Legislative Hearing: Hearing on 5 Federal Lands Bills

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016 Time: 02:00 PM Location: Longworth House Office Building 1334

On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 2316 (Rep. Raul Labrador), To generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land by establishing a demonstration program for local, sustainable forest management, and for other purposes. “Self-Sufficient Community Lands Act”;
  • H.R. 3650 (Rep. Don Young), To authorize States to select and acquire certain National Forest System lands to be managed and operated by the State for timber production and other purposes under the laws of the State, and for other purposes. “State National Forest Management Act of 2015”;
  • H.R. 3826 (Rep. Greg Walden), To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions relating to certain land exchanges in the Mt. Hood Wilderness in the State of Oregon. “Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act”;
  • H.R. 4510 (Rep. Jared Polis), To insure adequate use and access to the existing Bolts Ditch headgate and ditch segment within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Eagle County, Colorado, and for other purposes. “Bolts Ditch Access and Use Act”; and
  • H.R. 4579 (Rep. Chris Stewart), To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land, and for other purposes. “Utah Test and Training Range Encroachment Prevention and Temporary Closure Act”

Witnesses

  1. The Honorable Raul Labrador
    Idaho's First District
    Member of Congress
  2. The Honorable Jared Polis
    Colorado's Second District
    Member of Congress
  3. The Honorable Greg Walden
    Member of Congress
  4. The Honorable Chris Steward
    Member of Congress
  5. The Honorable Don Young
    Member of Congress
  6. James Sample
    Director, Range Planning
    Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
  7. Glenn Casamassa
    Deputy Chief, National Forest System
    U.S. Forest Service
  8. Karen Mouritsen
    Deputy Assistant Director
    Energy, Minerals and Realty Management
    Bureau of Land Management
  9. Gordon Cruickshank
    District 2 Commissioner, Chair
    Valley County, Idaho
  10. Bryce Dahlstrom
    Chairman, Timber Committee
    Southeast Conference