Full Committee Markup: Opening Statements

FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON:

• H.R. 825 (Rep. Paul Gosar), To promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and for other purposes. “Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act”
• H.R. 873 (Rep. Mike Gallagher), To authorize the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation to establish the National Global War on Terrorism Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.  “Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act”
• H.R. 965 (Rep. Ann Kuster), To redesignate the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site as the "Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park", and for other purposes. “Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act”
• H.R. 1074 (Rep. Rod Blum), To repeal the Act entitled "An Act to confer jurisdiction on the State of Iowa over offenses committed by or against Indians on the Sac and Fox Indian Reservation"
• H.R. 1418 (Rep. Don Young), To amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for other purposes
• H.R. 1491 (Rep. Doug LaMalfa), To reaffirm the action of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians, and for other purposes. “Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Land Affirmation Act of 2017”
• H.R. 1547 (Rep. Martha McSally), To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by the city of Tucson, Arizona, for purposes of economic development by conveyance of the Federal reversionary interest to the City. “Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act”
• H.R. 2075 (Rep. Greg Walden), To adjust the eastern boundary of the Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities in order to protect adjacent private property, and for other purposes.  “Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act”
• H.R. 2083 (Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler), To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species, and for other purposes. “Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act”
• H.R. 2199 (Rep. Kevin Cramer), To improve Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other purposes. “Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2017”
• H.R. 2316 (Rep. Glenn Thompson), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to repeal provisions relating only to the Allegheny National Forest. “Cooperative Management of Mineral Rights Act of 2017”
• H.R. 2371 (Rep. Paul Gosar), To require the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration to establish a pilot project to provide increased transparency for customers, and for other purposes.  “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act”
• H.R. 2374 (Rep. Ruben Kihuen), To facilitate certain pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, Nevada, to modify the boundaries of certain wilderness areas in the State of Nevada, and to fully implement the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act.  “Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act”
• H.R. 2423 (Rep. Chris Stewart), To implement certain measures relating to management of Washington County, Utah, required by Public Law 111-11.  “Washington County, Utah, Public Lands Management Implementation Act”
• H.R. 2582 (Rep. Mia Love), To authorize the State of Utah to select certain lands that are available for disposal under the Pony Express Resource Management Plan to be used for the support and benefit of State institutions, and for other purposes. “Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act”
• H.R. 2611 (Rep. J. French Hill), To modify the boundary of the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, and for other purposes.  “Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act”
• H.R. 2615 (Rep. Steven Palazzo), To authorize the exchange of certain land located in Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jackson County, Mississippi, between the National Park Service and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and for other purposes.  “Gulf Islands National Seashore Land Exchange Act of 2017”
• H.R. 2768 (Rep. Scott Tipton), To designate certain mountain peaks in the State of Colorado as ''Fowler Peak'' and "Boskoff Peak". “Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act”
• H.R. 3115 (Rep. Richard Nolan), To provide for a land exchange involving Federal land in the Superior National Forest in Minnesota acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture through the Weeks Law, and for other purposes. “Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017”
• H.R. 3279 (Rep. Paul Cook), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to provide that extraction of helium from gas produced under a Federal mineral lease shall maintain the lease as if the helium were oil and gas.  “Helium Extraction Act of 2017”
• H.R. 3281 (Rep. Doug Lamborn), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities, and for other purposes.  “Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act.”