House Natural Resources Committee
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Recent News About House Natural Resources Committee
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Committee Calls for Reduced Funding for Agencies After Failures to Testify
Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a series of three letters to House Committee on Appropriations leadership requesting a reduction in Fiscal Year 2024 funding for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Reclamation
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Committee Upholds Commitment to America By Advancing Legislation Unlocking Natural Resources
On May 17, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a full committee markup and favorably reported a total of eight bills. Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) released the following statement in response:
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Committee Republicans Explore Potential Solutions to Address Forest Management, Wildland Firefighter Reforms, Wildfire Crisis
On May 16, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held an oversight hearing examining the challenges facing forest management, fire suppression and wildland firefighters ahead of the 2023 wildfire year.
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Committee Republicans Investigate Agency Failures and Ballooning Budget Requests
On May 16, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE). Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) released the following statement in response:
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Committee Examines U.S. Interests in Indo-Pacific and the Threat of Chinese Influence
On May 16, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a hearing on preserving U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific and countering Chinese influence in the region.
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Committee Considers Budget Request, Lack of Results for Insular and Tribal Communities
On May 25, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA).
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Committee Investigates Administration's Efforts to Limit Access to Federal Lands
On May 24, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to examine the Biden administration's ongoing efforts to limit access to federal lands and ignore the interests of local communities.
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Committee Republicans Conduct Oversight of Increased Budget Requests, Lack of Results
On May 23, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held an oversight hearing on the president's Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget request for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs).
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Committee Republicans Move Solutions to Increase Forest Management, Improve Wildland Firefighter Conditions and Address the Wildfire Crisis
On May 23, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on nine bills focused on forest management, wildland firefighter reforms and fire suppression policies.
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Members Seek Additional Answers from USFWS on Use of Outside Consultants for "Social Change" Initiatives
Last week, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams, seeking transparency on the use of funds to hire outside consultants for various trainings, projects and workshops that are unrelated to the mission of the agency.
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What They Are Saying: The Save Our Sequoias Act
On Arbor Day 2023, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) joined Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), U.S. Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and a bipartisan group of more than 50 members in re-introducing the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act.
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Westerman Leads Bipartisan Delegation to See Forest Management in Action
On May 19, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a bipartisan group of members and staff to the Yale School of the Environment to see their working forest in action and learn more from faculty and subject-matter experts on scientific forest management
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Members Ask DOI to Extend Comment Period on Land Management Rule, Hear From Impacted Communities
On May 17, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) led a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, asking her to extend the comment period on a proposed land management rule until the agency has time to hear from the communities most impacted by the decision.
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Committee Republicans Consider Bills Expanding Mineral Production and Access
On May 11, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on two bills focused on unleashing Minnesota's untapped mineral potential. Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) released the following statement in response:
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Committee Sounds Alarm on Lack of Tribal Health Care Oversight
On May 11, the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs held a hearing to examine the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Subcommittee Chair Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement in response:
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Committee Republicans Hold Biden Accountable for Executive Overreach
On May 11 the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the Biden administration's executive overreach and how these policies have crippled America's energy independence. Subcommittee Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) released the following statement in response:
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Committee Considers Bipartisan Legislation to Save Giant Sequoias From Extinctio
On May 10, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing on the Save Our Sequoias (SOS) Act.
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Committee Republicans Work to Increase Access for Sportsmen, Responsibly Restore Beach Habitat
On May 10, the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries held a legislative hearing on bills promoting hunting and fishing access and legislation to aid in beach habitat restoration. Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) issued the following statement in response:
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Republicans Visit Northern Minnesota to Examine Mineral Resources, Receive Community Input
On May 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman Pete Stauber (R-Minn.) led members of Congress on field tours and conducted a hearing to learn more about mineral resources in northern Minnesota and hear from local community members
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Members Investigate NOAA's Sudden Policy Reversal Impacting Lower Snake River Dams
On May 1, Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Chairman Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) sent a letter to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Richard Spinrad regarding NOAA's recent reversal on supporting continued operations of the dams on the Lower Snake River.