On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., in Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hearing on the following:

• H.R. 3843 (Rep. Doug Lamborn), To authorize for a 7-year period the collection of claim location and maintenance fees, and for other purposes. ‘‘Locatable Minerals Claim Location and Maintenance Fees Act of 2015.’’

• H.R. 3844 (Rep. Jody Hice), To establish the Energy and Minerals Reclamation Foundation to encourage, obtain, and use gifts, devises, and bequests for projects to reclaim abandoned mine lands and orphan oil and gas well sites, and for other purposes. “Energy and Minerals Reclamation Foundation Establishment Act of 2015.”

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