Full Committee Hearing: Full Committee Legislative Hearing

Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Time: 10:00 AM

WHAT: Full Committee Legislative Hearing on:

  • H.R. 4315 (Hastings of WA), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. “21st Century Endangered Species Transparency Act”
  • H.R. 4316 (Lummis), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to improve the disclosure of certain expenditures under that Act, and for other purposes. “Endangered Species Recovery Transparency Act”
  • H.R. 4317 (Neugebauer), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require disclosure to States of the basis of determinations under such Act, to ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking under such Act, and for other purposes. “State, Tribal, and Local Species Transparency and Recovery Act”
  • H.R. 4318 (Huizenga), To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to conform citizen suits under that Act with other existing law, and for other purpose. “Endangered Species Litigation Reasonableness Act”

WHERE: 1324 Longworth House Office Building, US Capitol Complex, Washington DC
WHEN: 10AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2014

WITNESSES:

Panel I

Dr. Rob Roy Ramey II, Ph.D.
Nederland, Colorado
(H.R. 4315, H.R. 4317)

The Honorable Kel Seliger
State Senator
The Senate of Texas
Amarillo, Texas
(H.R. 4317)

Dr. Steven Courtney
Associate
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
Santa Barbara, California
(H.R. 4315, H.R. 4317)

Mr. Michael Bean
Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
(H.R. 4315, H.R. 4317)

Mr. Sam Rauch
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C.
(H.R. 4315, H.R. 4317)

The Honorable Tom Jankovsky
Commissioner
Garfield County, Colorado
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
(H.R. 4315, H.R. 4317)

Panel II

Ms. Karen Budd-Falen
Owner/Partner
Budd-Falen Law Offices
Cheyenne, Wyoming
(H.R. 4316, H.R. 4318)

Mr. Robert V. Percival
Robert F. Stanton Professor of Law
Director, Environmental Law Program
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Baltimore, Maryland
(H.R. 4316, H.R. 4318)

Mr. Michael Bean
Counselor to the Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
(H.R. 4316, H.R. 4318)

Mr. Sam Rauch
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs
National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Washington, D.C.
(H.R. 4316, H.R. 4318)

Mr. Kent Holsinger
Attorney
Holsinger Law
Denver, Colorado
(H.R. 4316, H.R. 4318)