Legislative Hearing: Hearing on 5 Federal Lands Bills
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land in the State of Utah from all forms of public appropriation, to provide for the shared management of the withdrawn land by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of the Air Force to facilitate enhanced weapons testing and pilot training, enhance public safety, and provide for continued public access to the withdrawn land, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and State land, and for other purposes.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
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The Honorable Raul Labrador
Idaho's First DistrictMember of Congress
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The Honorable Jared Polis
Colorado's Second DistrictMember of Congress
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The Honorable Greg Walden
Member of Congress
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The Honorable Chris Steward
Member of Congress
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The Honorable Don Young
Member of Congress
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James Sample
Director, Range PlanningOffice of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force
- Adobe Acrobat DocumentJames Sample
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Glenn Casamassa
Deputy Chief, National Forest SystemU.S. Forest Service
- Adobe Acrobat DocumentGlenn Casamassa
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Karen Mouritsen
Deputy Assistant DirectorEnergy, Minerals and Realty ManagementBureau of Land Management
- Adobe Acrobat DocumentKaren Mouritsen
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Gordon Cruickshank
District 2 Commissioner, ChairValley County, Idaho
- Adobe Acrobat DocumentGordon Cruickshank
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Bryce Dahlstrom
Chairman, Timber CommitteeSoutheast Conference
- Adobe Acrobat DocumentBryce Dahlstrom