Hill Heat

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 387, to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, and for other purposes
• S. 1264, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, and for other purposes
• S. 1412, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, and for other purposes
• S. 1750, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes
• S. 2254, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes
• S. 2568, to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program
• S. 2708, to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes
• S. 2980, to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes
• S. 2996, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes (Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska))
• S. 3046, to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, and for other purposes
• S. 3129, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes
• S. 3144, to establish the Sutton Mountain National Monument, to authorize certain land exchanges in the State of Oregon, to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community development purposes, and for other purposes
• S. 3269, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes;
• S. 3370, to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for other purposes
• S. 3404, to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico
• S. 3644, to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes
• S. 3709, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out vegetation management projects and timber production projects on certain National Forest System land in the States of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, and for other purposes
• S. 3997, to amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and for other purposes
• S. 4062, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the sale of certain Federal land to States and units of local government to address housing shortages, and for other purposes
• S. 4080, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and for other purposes; and
• S. 4227, to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes (Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.))

Opening Remarks

• Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Subcommittee Chair, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests & Mining
• Sen. Mike Lee, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests & Mining

Witness Panel 1

• Nada Culver, Deputy Director, Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, USDA Forest Service
• Jake Garfield, Deputy Director, Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office
• Dr. Sean McKenna, Executive Director, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute
• Jerimiah Rieman, Executive Director, Wyoming County Commissioners Association