Full Committee Markup: Remote Full Committee Markup - 5.26.21

Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2021 Time: 11:00 AM Presiding: The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) via the Cisco WebEx online video conferencing platform, and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page, the Committee on Natural Resources willmeet to consider the following bills:

 

  • H.R. 164 (Rep. Soto), To authorize the Seminole Tribe of Florida to lease or transfer certain land, and for other purposes.
  • H.R. 438 (Rep. Young), To amend the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children Act to extend the deadline for a report by the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, and for other purposes. 
  • H.R. 1146 (Rep. LaHood), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes. Community Reclamation Partnerships Act.
  • H.R. 1619 (Rep. Clyburn), To clarify the status of gaming conducted by the Catawba Indian Nation, and for other purposes. Catawba Indian Nation Lands Act.
  • H.R. 1733 (Rep. Cartwright), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide funds to States and Indian tribes for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes. RECLAIM Act of 2021.  
  • H.R. 1734 (Rep. Cartwright), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to allow the Secretary of the Interior to delegate certain emergency reclamation activities to the States and Tribes, and for other purposes. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021.
  • H.R. 2415 (Rep. Leger Fernández), To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands and to provide funds to States and Tribal Governments to permanently plug, remediate, and reclaim orphaned wells and the surrounding lands, and for other purposes. Orphaned Well Clean-up and Jobs Act of 2021. 
  • H.R. 2641 (Rep. Newhouse), To amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to authorize pumped storage hydropower development utilizing multiple Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs. Pacific Northwest Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act of 2021.