Legislative Hearing: Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Lands Bills

Subcommittee on Federal Lands Date: Thursday, May 12, 2016 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Longworth House Office Building 1324

On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands held a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 3565 (Rep. Lois Capps), To expand the boundary of the California Coastal National Monument, and for other purposes. “California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act”;
  • H.R. 3839 (Rep. Kristi Noem), To transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain Bureau of Land Management land from the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for inclusion in the Black Hills National Cemetery, and for other purposes. “Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act”;
  • H.R. 4233 (Rep. Dana Rohrabacher), To eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for other purposes; and
  • H.R. 5132 (Rep. Greg Walden), To adjust the eastern boundary of the Whychus-Deschutes Wilderness Study Area in the State of Oregon to facilitate fire prevention and response activities to protect adjacent private property, and for other purposes. 

Witnesses

  1. Mr. Richard Hoffmann
    Fire Chief
    Crooked River Ranch Fire and Rescue
    Terrebonne, Oregon
  2. Ms. Abbie Jossie
    Acting Assistant Director, National Landscape Conservation System & Community Partnerships
    Bureau of Land Management
    Washington, D.C.