House Natural Resources Committee
Federal Lands Subcommittee
1324 Longworth
06/10/2025 at 10:15AM
On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:
- H.R. 1045 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025”, To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute for Utah
- H.R. 1655 (Rep. Bentz), “Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act”, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews
- H.R. 3187 (Rep. Hill), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, the former headquarters of the Ouachita National Forest
- H.R. 3444 (Rep. Huffman), “Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act of 2025”, To direct Federal land management agencies of the Department of the Interior to establish Tribal Co-Management Plans and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for the performance of certain activities of the Forest Service
Witnesses:
Panel II
- John Crockett, Deputy Chief of State, Private and Tribal Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. [All bills]
Panel III (Outside Experts):
- Larry Blackmon, Judge, Perry County, Perryville, AR [H.R. 3187] • Larissa Yocom, Director, Utah Forest Restoration Institute, Logan, UT [H.R. 1045] • Greg Andreas, General Manager, Ponderosa, O’Neals, CA [H.R. 1655] • Bill Tripp, Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources, Orleans, CA [H.R. 3444] [Minority Witness]