Legislation to Transfer Federal Lands and to Limit Permit Process for Cell Towers

House Natural Resources Committee
   Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth

22/06/2023 at 02:00PM

On Thursday, June 22, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 2997 (Rep. Boebert), “Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic Yields (CONVEY) Act” to transfer a parcel of BLM land for economic development for the town of Clifton in Mesa County, Colorado;
  • H.R. 3025 (Rep. Plaskett), To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of Federal land in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands;
  • H.R. 3049 (Rep. Curtis), “Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Exchange Act of 2023”;
  • H.R. 3250 (Rep. Morelle), “National Museum of Play Recognition Act”; and
  • H.R. 4141 (Rep. Fulcher) To provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews, and for other purposes.

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Nada Wolff Culver, Principal Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management [All bills]
  • Rose Pugliese, Assistant Minority Leader, Colorado House of Representatives (District 14), Colorado Springs, Colorado [H.R. 2997]
  • Michelle McConkie, Director, State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, Salt Lake City, Utah [H.R. 3049]
  • John Stuart, President and CEO, MTE Communications, Midvale, Idaho [H.R. 4141]