On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. ET in 1324 Longworth Hearing
Room and via Webex, and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page,
the Committee on Natural Resources will
meet
to consider the following bill:
H.R.
2021
(Chair Raúl M. Grijalva), To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile
environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes.
Environmental Justice For All Act.
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The purpose of the business
meeting
is to consider a pending nomination and legislation on agenda below.
Agenda Item 1: Nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management).
Agenda Item 2: S.
192, a
bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain
river segments in the State of Oregon as components of the National
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
Agenda Item 3: S.
387, a
bill 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. (Ms. Sinema).
Agenda Item 4: S.
557, a
bill establish a pilot program for native plant species, and for other
purposes. (Ms. Collins).
Agenda Item 5: S.
567, a
bill to provide for the conservation and economic development in the
State of Nevada, and for other purposes. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
Agenda Item 6: S.
1344,
a bill to redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of
Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park, and for other
purposes. (Mr. Durbin).
Agenda Item 7: S.
1493,
a bill to sustain economic development and recreational use of
National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain
land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new
areas for recreation, and for other purposes. (Mr. Tester).
Agenda Item 8: S.
1538,
a bill to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to
include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Ara,
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild
rivers in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. (Mr. Merkley).
Agenda Item 9: S.
1718,
to amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National
Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for additional
areas to be added to the park, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
Agenda Item 10: S.
1769,
a bill to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for
other purposes. (Mrs. Feinstein)
Agenda Item 11: S.
2130,
a bill to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf
revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten
opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Whitehouse).
Agenda Item 12: S.
2367,
a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in
Frederick County, Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training
Center of the National Park Service, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Cardin).
Agenda Item 13: S.
2561,
a bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning
Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to
provide that a land resource management plan or land use plan
approved, amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered
to be a continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary
Federal involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for
other purposes. (Mr. Daines).
Agenda Item 14: S.
2568,
a bill to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data
Program. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
Agenda Item 15: S.
2693,
a bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment
Act of 1992 to authorize additional projects related to the Salton
Sea, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
Agenda Item 16: S.
2708,
a bill 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. (Mr. Lujan).
Agenda Item 17: S.
2806,
a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement
landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in
increasing their resilence to wildfire, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Schumer).
Agenda Item 18: S.
2980,
a bill to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and
leases in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Heinrich).
Agenda Item 19: S.
2996,
a bill to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental
Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. (Ms.
Murkowski).
Agenda Item 20: S.
3046,
a bill 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. (Mr. Daines).
Agenda Item 21: S.
3129,
a bill 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. (Mr.
Heinrich).
Agenda Item 22: S.
3141,
a bill to establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in
the State of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for
other purposes. (Mr. Durbin).
Agenda Item 23: S.
3185,
a bill to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain
roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other
purposes. (Mr. Toomey).
Agenda Item 24: S.
3240,
a bill to waive the application fee for applications for special use
permits for veterans’ special events at war memorials on land
administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia
and its environs, and for other purposes. (Mr. Rubio).
Agenda Item 25: S.
3269,
a bill 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. (Ms. Murkowski).
Agenda Item 26: S.
3307,
a bill to modify the boundary of the Wilson’s Creek National
Battlefield in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Blunt).
Agenda Item 27: S.
3338,
a bill to revise the boundary of the Ste. Genevieve National
Historical Park in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Blunt).
Agenda Item 28: S.
3370,
a bill to release the reversionary interest of the United States in
certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for other
purposes. (Mr. Lee).
Agenda Item 29: S.
3404,
a bill to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the
Constitution of the State of New Mexico. (Mr. Heinrich).
Agenda Item 30: S.
3450,
a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct,
operate, and maintain facilities in the Sun River project, Montana,
for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation. (Mr. Daines).
Agenda Item 31: S.
3667,
a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the
National Park Service the United States African-American Burial
Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes. (Mr. Brown).
Agenda Item 32: S.
3685,
a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special
resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of
establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio as a unit of the
National Park Service. (Mr. Brown).
Agenda Item 33: S.
3997,
a bill 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. (Mr. McConnell).
Agenda Item 34: S.
4080,
a bill to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National
Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California,
and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
Agenda Item 35: S.
4114,
a bill to amend Public Law 99-420 to provide for the conveyance of
certain Federal land in the State of Maine for use for affordable
workforce housing, and for other purposes. (Mr. King).
Agenda Item 36: S.
4121,
a bill to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in
Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial. (Mr. Brown).
Agenda Item 37: S.
4176,
a bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify
the eligibility requirements for certain small water storage and
groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use of funds for
certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Risch).
Agenda Item 38: S.
4233,
a bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide
for critical maintenance and repair of certain Bureau of Reclamation
reserved or transferred works, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
Agenda Item 39: H.R.
1931,
an act to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese
American confinement education as a means to understand the importance
of democratic principles, se and abuse of power, and to raise
awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese
Americans, and for other purposes.
Agenda Item 40: H.R.
3531,
an act to authorize the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation
to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its
environs, and for other purposes.
Agenda Item 41: H.R.
5001,
an act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to continue to
implement endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and
San Juan River Basins, and for other purposes.
Agenda Item 42: H.R.
6201,
an act to extend the authority for the establishment of a
commemorative work to honor enslaved and free Black persons who served
in the American Revolution, and for other purposes.
Agenda Item 43: H.R.
6434,
an act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish, within
the National Park Service, the Japanese American World War II History
Network and for other purposes.
Agenda Item 44: S.
3519,
a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
(Mr. Boozman).
Agenda Item 45: S.
4227,
a bill 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 purpose. (Mr. Hoeven).
On Thursday, July 21, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. ET, in room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building and via Cisco WebEx, the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans,
and Wildlife, chaired by Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), will hold a
hybrid legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
4951
(Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-OR) To prohibit the use of M-44 devices,
commonly known as “cyanide bombs”, on public land, and for other
purposes. Canyon’s Law.
H.R.
7918
(Rep. William Keating, D-MA) To require the Secretary of Commerce to
establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program. Sea Turtle
Rescue Assistance Act of 2022.
H.R.
7975
(Rep. Tim Walberg, R-MI) To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes
Restoration Semipostal Stamp. Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp
Act of 2022.
H.R.
8090
(Rep. Katie Porter, D-CA) To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation
Climate Change and Water Program.
On
Friday July 22, we will officially have less than 7 years to act to keep
global warming below 1.5°C. Global commitments from government leaders
and industry are not on track to meet this deadline. Join people around
the world as we acknowledge this profound moment, and recommit to a
rapid, bold transition away from fossil fuels. The first official
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