BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Amendments
Black Hills National Cemetery: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion (S. 35), S8267 [21DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H7036, H7037, H7038, H7039, H7040, H7041, H7042, H7043, H7044, H7045, H7046, H7047, H7049, H7050, H7051, H7052, H7053, H7054, H7055, H7056, H7058, H7059, H7060, H7061, H7062, H7063, H7072, H7073, H7074, H7075, H7076, H7077, H7078, H7080, H7082, H7083, H7084, H7085, H7086 [6SE], H7120, H7121, H7123, H7125, H7128, H7129, H7130, H7131, H7132, H7134, H7135, H7137, H7138, H7139, H7140, H7141, H7142, H7143, H7144, H7146, H7147, H7148, H7149, H7150, H7152, H7153, H7154, H7155, H7156, H7157, H7158, H7170, H7171, H7172, H7173, H7174, H7175, H7176, H7177, H7178, H7179 [7SE], H7202, H7203, H7204, H7205, H7206, H7207 [8SE], H7254, H7256, H7257, H7259, H7260, H7261, H7262, H7264, H7265, H7266, H7267, H7268, H7269, H7270, H7272, H7273, H7274, H7275, H7277, H7278, H7279, H7280, H7281, H7282, H7283, H7284, H7285, H7286, H7288, H7290, H7291, H7292, H7293, H7294, H7295, H7297, H7298, H7299, H7300, H7301, H7302, H7304, H7305, H7306, H7307, H7309 [12SE], H7338, H7340, H7341, H7342, H7344, H7345, H7347, H7349, H7350, H7351, H7352, H7353, H7357, H7358, H7359, H7360 [13SE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), consideration (H. Res. 500), H6693 [6SE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), consideration (H. Res. 504), H7113 [7SE]
Electric power: enhance reliability of electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (H.R. 1873), H5027, H5029, H5030 [21JN]
——— enhance reliability of grid and reduce threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (H.R. 1873), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5012 [21JN]
Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), H8340, H8350, H8351, H8352, H8353, H8354 [1NO]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), consideration (H. Res. 595), H8316 [1NO]
Government regulations: disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (H. Res. 91), H1029 [7FE]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 74), H892 [2FE]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (H.R. 428), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1150 [14FE]
Articles and editorials
Alaskans Say Yes to Drilling in ANWR, S6610 [19OC]
Aligning Values, S1620 [7MR]
Bills and resolutions
Black Hills National Cemetery: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion (see S. 35), S113 [5JA] (see H.R. 337), H181 [5JA]
BLM Foundation: establish (see H.R. 1668), H2347 [22MR]
California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see S. 1959), S6403 [16OC] (see H.R. 4072), H8036 [16OC]
——— establish certain conservation and recreation areas (see H.R. 827), H944 [2FE]
——— establish Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Joaquin Rocks Wilderness (see H.R. 1913), H2751 [5AP]
California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (see S. 32), S112 [5JA]
——— provide for conservation and enhanced recreation opportunities (see H.R. 857), H976 [3FE]
Claims: provide small miner waivers from claim maintenance fees for a period of time after written receipt of defects is provided to the claimant to cure defects or pay the claim maintenance fee (see S. 884), S2425 [4AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs by updating livestock programs and reform eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits (see S. 1479), S3857 [29JN]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain BLM land in Cache County, UT, to Hyde Park, UT, for public purposes (see H.R. 4264), H8595 [7NO]
——— convey certain Federal land in Oregon (see S. 508), S1577 [2MR] (see H.R. 1306), H1527 [2MR]
——— convey certain land to La Paz County, AZ (see S. 1222), S3146 [24MY]
——— establish a pilot program for commercial recreation concessions on certain land managed by BLM (see S. 614), S1778 [13MR]
——— improve coal leasing (see S. 737), S1995 [27MR]
——— withdraw lands in the Thompson Divide area of Colorado from future oil and gas development and preserve existing private property rights (see S. 481), S1540 [1MR]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 3354), H6211 [24JY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), consideration (see H. Res. 500), H6653 [5SE] (see H. Res. 504), H7088 [6SE]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: convey parcels of national forest or public lands to private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with such lands (see H.R. 1106), H1297 [16FE]
——— improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands (see S. 509), S1577 [2MR] (see H.R. 1330), H1528 [2MR]
——— issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see H.R. 289), H95 [4JA]
Doña Ana County, NM: designate Organ Mountains and other public lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see S. 441), S1397 [16FE]
Ecology and environment: issue semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species (see H.R. 1357), H1529 [2MR]
——— support work to combat nationwide problem of invasive species threatening native ecosystems (see H. Res. 170), H1530 [2MR]
Electric power: enhance reliability of electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (see H.R. 1873), H2695 [4AP]
——— enhance reliability of grid and reduce threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (H.R. 1873), consideration (see H. Res. 392), H4991 [20JN]
Every Kid Outdoors program: establish to provide free access to Federal land and waters to 4th grade students (see S. 1522), S3885 [10JY] (see H.R. 3186), H5432 [11JY]
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2185), S7819 [4DE]
Forests: expedite wildfire prevention projects to reduce risk of wildfire on certain high-risk Federal land (see S. 1752), S4828 [3AU]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2936), H4991 [20JN]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), consideration (see H. Res. 595), H8292 [31OC]
——— provide cancellation ceilings for stewardship end result contracting projects (see S. 485), S1540 [1MR]
——— provide for stewardship contracting projects (see S. 1033), S2721 [3MY]
——— reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests (see S. 1991), S6642 [19OC] (see H.R. 4208), H8384 [1NO]
Government regulations: disapprove rule on onshore oil and gas operations, Federal and Indian oil and gas leases, and site security (see H.J. Res. 56), H877 [1FE]
——— disapprove rule on resource management planning (see S.J. Res. 15), S490 [30JA] (see H.J. Res. 44), H745 [30JA]
——— disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (see H. Res. 91), H1011 [6FE]
——— disapprove rule on standards for measurement and reporting of gas removed or sold from Federal and Indian lands and areas subject to communitization agreements (see H.J. Res. 68), H1083 [7FE]
——— disapprove rule on standards for measurement and reporting of oil removed or sold from Federal and Indian lands and areas subject to communitization agreements (see H.J. Res. 82), H1302 [16FE]
——— disapprove rule on the Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement (see H.J. Res. 96), H2788 [6AP]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (see S.J. Res. 11), S489 [30JA] (see H.J. Res. 36), H743 [30JA]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (see H. Res. 74), H817 [31JA]
——— provide that the Eastern Interior Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 2080), H2788 [6AP]
Helium: 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 (see S. 1572), S4056 [18JY] (see H.R. 3279), H5977 [18JY]
Idaho: provide for a land exchange with J.R. Simplot Co. (see S. 2140), S7296 [16NO] (see H.R. 4448), H9425 [16NO]
——— redesignate White Clouds Wilderness in Sawtooth and Salmon-Challis National Forests as Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness (see H.R. 4134), H8225 [25OC]
Law enforcement: terminate law enforcement functions of the Forest Service and the BLM and provide block grants to States for the enforcement of Federal law on Federal land under the jurisdiction of these agencies (see H.R. 622), H682 [24JA]
Los Angeles County, CA: withdraw certain lands from entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws (see H.R. 1557), H2147 [16MR]
Mohave County, AZ: provide for disposal of certain land (see S. 467), S1500 [28FE]
Montana: make a technical correction to law authorizing withdrawal and reservation of certain lands for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area (see S. 2149), S7297 [16NO]
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: modify boundaries to address the routing of the Gateway West Transmission Line (see H.R. 1728), H2463 [27MR] (see H.R. 2104), H2811 [20AP]
National parks and recreation areas: make America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass available at a discount to veterans (see S. 521), S1578 [2MR]
——— provide a lifetime America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see S. 355), S1129 [13FE] (see H.R. 1622), H2183 [17MR]
Nevada: facilitate pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, modify boundaries of certain wilderness areas, and fully implement White Pine County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act (see S. 1046), S2774 [4MY] (see H.R. 2374), H4177 [4MY]
New Mexico: permanently reauthorize Rio Puerco Management Committee and Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program (see S. 2249), S8149 [19DE]
OPM: provide a special designation for Federal wildland firefighters (see S. 949), S2553 [26AP] (see H.R. 3907), H7671 [2OC]
Oregon: designate certain land as wilderness and national recreation areas and make additional wild and scenic river designations (see S. 1548), S3997 [13JY]
——— withdraw certain land in Curry and Josephine Counties from coverage under public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws (see S. 192), S399 [23JA] (see H.R. 310), H179 [5JA]
Pershing County, NV: promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development (see S. 414), S1304 [16FE] (see H.R. 1107), H1297 [16FE]
Pony Express Resource Management Plan: authorize Utah to select lands that are available for disposal to be used for support and benefit of State institutions (see S. 1665), S4426 [27JY] (see H.R. 2582), H4423 [22MY]
Power resources: create a buffer in between oil and gas drilling operations and homes, businesses, schools, and other buildings that require special protection (see H.R. 4246), H8495 [3NO]
——— direct a portion of revenues received under oil and gas leases on Federal lands to the counties where such lands are located (see H.R. 3846), H7587 [27SE]
——— promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under geothermal leases (see H.R. 4568), H9708 [6DE]
——— streamline oil and gas permitting process and recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units (see S. 2151), S7297 [16NO]
Public buildings: relocate headquarters from Washington, DC, to a Western State (see S. 1007), S2680 [2MY] (see H.R. 2287), H3066 [2MY]
Public lands: discourage litigation against the Forest Service and the BLM relative to land management projects (see S. 605), S1743 [9MR] (see H.R. 1483), H2018 [9MR]
——— discourage litigation relative to land management projects, modify certain activities relative to greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitats, address forest health crisis, and achieve ecosystem restoration objectives (see S. 2068), S7001 [2NO]
——— dispose of certain Federal lands to benefit education, consolidate and improve Federal land management, and acquire lands for recreational and other opportunities (see H.R. 3333), H6144 [20JY]
——— establish a procedure for resolving claims to certain rights-of-way (see S. 468), S1500 [28FE] (see H.R. 3270), H5920 [17JY]
——— improve transparency and oversight of land conveyances involving the sale, exchange, or other disposal of certain public lands or acquisition of non-Federal lands (see H.R. 1965), H2783 [6AP]
——— maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, and generate education funding (see S. 2078), S7015 [6NO] (see H.R. 4257), H8522 [6NO]
——— promote innovative approaches to outdoor recreation by expediting permits, encouraging access by veterans, prioritizing recreation, and maintaining trails and infrastructure (see S. 1633), S4299 [26JY] (see H.R. 3400), H6464 [26JY]
——— provide for no net increase in acreage of certain Federal lands (see H.R. 2167), H2895 [26AP]
——— provide protections and certainty for private landowners relative to resurveying certain Federal land (see H.R. 1966), H2783 [6AP]
——— reaffirm to land management agencies the priorities and goals of 2007 Executive order on facilitation of hunting heritage and wildlife conservation and recommend issuing a new supporting Executive order (see H. Res. 483), H6517 [27JY]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (see S. 90), S205 [10JA] (see H.R. 428), H299 [10JA]
——— provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (H.R. 428), consideration (see H. Res. 99), H1079 [7FE]
Rio Grand del Norte National Monument: designate Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas (see S. 432), S1305 [16FE]
San Bernardino County, CA: allow a land exchange with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (see S. 357), S1129 [13FE] (see H.R. 497), H470 [12JA]
Sandoval County, NM: withdraw certain land from mineral development and maintain authority to sell, lease, or exchange surface rights (see S. 390), S1218 [15FE] (see H.R. 1085), H1243 [15FE]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 733), S1995 [27MR]
Sportsmen: provide for preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see H.R. 3668), H6632 [1SE] (see H.R. 4489), H9568 [30NO]
Tucson, AZ: provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land for purposes of economic development by conveyance of Federal reversionary interest (see S. 612), S1778 [13MR] (see H.R. 1547), H2082 [15MR]
Utah: convey certain land to Washington County and authorize the exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land (see S. 837), S2362 [4AP] (see H.R. 1961), H2753 [5AP]
——— establish Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve, Grand Staircase National Monument, Kaiparowits National Monument, Escalante Canyons National Monument, and a management council to oversee such lands (see H.R. 4558), H9708 [6DE]
——— issue new resource management plans for Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area and Red Cliffs National Conservation Area and amend St. George Field Office Resource Management Plan (see S. 1053), S2774 [4MY] (see H.R. 2424), H4220 [16MY]
Voyageurs National Park: modify boundaries (see S. 502), S1577 [2MR] (see H.R. 1350), H1529 [2MR]
Washington County, UT: implement certain measures relative to public land management (see H.R. 2423), H4220 [16MY]
Wilderness areas: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see S. 948), S2553 [26AP] (see H.R. 2044), H2786 [6AP]
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council: establish Advisory Committee to advise Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, and recreational shooting (see H.R. 1945), H2752 [5AP]
Wyoming: clarify authorized recreational uses in the Palisades, High Lakes, and Shoal Creek Wilderness Study Areas (see H.R. 4697), H10345 [20DE]
Court documents
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division minute order—mediation in Aderholt, et al. v. BLM, et al. relative to seizure of private property along the Red River in Texas, H1155 [14FE]
Letters
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and natural gas development: Anne Gunn and Don Russell, CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment (CARMA) Network, S7708 [1DE]
——— Jane Goodall, Jane Goodall Institute, S7707 [1DE], S8094 [19DE]
——— several scientists, S7708 [1DE]
——— Steven C. Amstrup, Polar Bears International (organization), S7708 [1DE]
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act: Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H986 [6FE]
——— Representative Roe, Committee on Veterans Affairs’ (House), H986 [6FE]
BLM Eastern Interior Resource Management Plan clarification as a rule subject to Congressional Review Act: Susan A. Poling, GAO, S7330 [27NO]
BLM rule on resource management planning: James E. Lockhart, Wild Connections (organization), H1040 [7FE]
——— Ken Rait, Pew Charitable Trusts (organization), H1039 [7FE]
——— Matthew Mead, Governor of Wyoming, H1040 [7FE]
——— Michael Murray, Susan Good Geise, and Andy Hunthausen, Lewis and Clark County, MT, Board of County Commissioners, H1027, H1039 [7FE]
——— Mike Brazell, Park County, CO, H1028 [7FE]
——— Nicole Rowley, Jean Curtiss, and Stacy Rye, Missoula County, MT, Board of County Commissioners, H1028, H1039 [7FE]
——— Ryan Sundberg, Humboldt County, CA, Board of Supervisors, H1039 [7FE]
——— several conservation organizations, H1038 [7FE]
——— several historic and cultural preservation organizations, H1038 [7FE]
——— several hunting, fishing, conservation, natural resource, and outdoor-industry organizations, H1040 [7FE]
——— several outdoor recreation organizations, H1028 [7FE]
——— several State and local government and public lands stakeholder organizations, H1041 [7FE]
BLM rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases: several environmental organizations, H956 [3FE]
——— several health organizations, H957 [3FE]
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act: Gordon Johnson, California Wilderness Project (organization), H5411 [11JY]
——— Jerry Muenzer, San Benito County, CA, Board of Supervisors, H5410 [11JY]
——— Ryan Henson, California Wilderness Coalition, H5411 [11JY]
——— several motorized recreation organizations, H5411 [11JY]
Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5023 [21JN]
——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5023 [21JN]
Guides and Outfitters (GO) Act: Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7649 [2OC]
——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7649 [2OC]
Resilient Federal Forests Act: Association of California Water Agencies, H8328 [1NO]
——— Bill Crapser, National Association of State Foresters, H8340 [1NO]
——— Dave Eliason, Public Lands Council and Craig Uden, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, H8337 [1NO]
——— Erik M. Hein, National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers, H8334 [1NO]
——— James W. Tobin III, National Association of Home Builders, H8335 [1NO]
——— Matthew D. Chase, National Association of Counties and Joel Bousman, Western Interstate Region (organization), H8332 [1NO]
——— Mike Draper, Forest Products Industry National Labor Management Committee, H8329 [1NO]
——— Nick Wiley, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, H8335 [1NO]
——— Phil Rigdon, Intertribal Timber Council, H8329 [1NO]
——— Rebecca A. Humphries, National Wild Turkey Federation, H8331 [1NO]
——— Representative Conaway, Committee on Agriculture (House), H8327 [1NO]
——— Representative Foxx, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H8327 [1NO]
——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8327 [1NO]
——— several organizations, H8334, H8336, H8339 [1NO]
Lists
Congressional Review Act resolutions passed by Senate, S2896 [11MY]
Organizations supporting H.J. Res, 44, disapprove BLM rule on resource management planning, S1624 [7MR]
President Trump’s Executive actions, S2896 [11MY]
Motions
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H7035 [6SE], H7408 [14SE]
Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), H8359 [1NO]
Government regulations: disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), S1601 [6MR]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), S2851 [10MY]
Press releases
NLBMDA Praises Reintroduction of Resilient Federal Forests Act: National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, H8330 [1NO]
Remarks in House
Alaska: prohibit funding to change existing placer mining plan of operation relative to Alaska environmental mitigation, H7156 [7SE]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: allow oil and natural gas development, H7792, H7796 [4OC]
Black Hills National Cemetery: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion (H.R. 337), H985–H987 [6FE]
California: establish Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Joaquin Rocks Wilderness (H.R. 1913), H5409–H5411 [11JY]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land in Oregon (H.R. 1306), H5412–H5414 [11JY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H3294, H3296 [3MY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H6695–H7087 [6SE], H7104, H7115–H7180 [7SE], H7197–H7208 [8SE], H7253–H7310 [12SE], H7334–H7378 [13SE], H7402–H7411, H7417 [14SE], E1173, E1182 [7SE], E1193 [11SE], E1204, E1209 [12SE], E1212 [13SE], E1226, E1234 [14SE], E1240 [18SE], E1254 [25SE], E1286, E1288, E1293 [28SE], E1357, E1358, E1359, E1360, E1361, E1362 [11OC]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), consideration (H. Res. 500), H6678–H6694 [6SE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), consideration (H. Res. 504), H7106–H7115 [7SE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 3354), unanimous-consent agreement, H7338 [13SE]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: ensure personnel involved in vegetation management decisions are educated on how unmanned technologies can be used to improve maintenance, lower costs, and reduce risk of wildfires, H5029, H5030 [21JN]
——— issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (H.R. 289), H5243 [28JN], H7646–H7650 [2OC]
——— prohibit reduction in wildfire suppression activities funding, H5030, H5031 [21JN]
Electric power: enhance reliability of electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management, H2620 [3AP], H8330 [1NO]
——— enhance reliability of electricity grid and reduce the threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (H.R. 1873), H2991 [1MY], H4932 [15JN], H5022–H5032 [21JN]
——— enhance reliability of grid and reduce threat of wildfires to and from electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands by facilitating vegetation management (H.R. 1873), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5005–H5013 [21JN]
EPA: Superfund Enforcement program funding through reductions in BLM oil and gas management program funding, H7137, H7138 [7SE]
Federal agencies and departments: exempt land management plans and rulemaking from regulation reform process, H361, H362 [11JA]
Forest Service: establish pilot project to expedite large-scale forest thinning projects in New Mexico by providing exemptions from certain environmental regulations, H8354, H8355 [1NO]
Forests: cancel pilot program to use arbitration instead of litigation to address challenges to forestry management activities, H8350, H8351 [1NO]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks, H9904 [14DE]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), H6309 [26JY], H7498 [26SE], H7736–H7742 [3OC], H7838 [4OC], H8254 [26OC], H8307, H8326–H8361 [1NO], H9746 [7DE], E1529 [8NO]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), consideration (H. Res. 595), H8309–H8318 [1NO]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), corrections in engrossment, H8362 [1NO]
——— implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (H.R. 2936), motion to recommit, H8359, H8360 [1NO]
——— preserve forest plans as major Federal actions under the National Environmental Policy Act and maintain determinations of extraordinary circumstances relative to proposed forest management actions, H8351 [1NO]
——— reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests, H8156 [25OC], H8330 [1NO]
Government regulations: disapprove rule on onshore oil and gas operations, Federal and Indian oil and gas leases, and site security (H.J. Res. 56), H829 [1FE]
——— disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), H959 [3FE], H1032–H1041, H1062, H1063 [7FE]
——— disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (H. Res. 91), H1023–H1031 [7FE]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), H918 [2FE], H951–H958 [3FE], H1063 [7FE], H1290 [16FE], E149 [6FE]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), consideration (H. Res. 74), H888–H894 [2FE]
——— prohibit funding for onshore oil and gas operations, Federal and Indian oil and gas leases, and measurement of oil regulations, H7157 [7SE]
——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases, H7175, H7176 [7SE]
——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, or enforce rule relative to onshore oil and gas operations, Federal and Indian oil and gas leases, and site security, H7174 [7SE]
Helium: 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 (H.R. 3279), H8323 [1NO]
Law enforcement: terminate law enforcement functions of the Forest Service and the BLM and provide block grants to States for the enforcement of Federal law on Federal land under the jurisdiction of these agencies (H.R. 622), H5419 [11JY]
Mining and mineral resources: prohibit funding for construction of sand and gravel mine in Santa Clarita, CA, H7202 [8SE]
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area: modify boundaries to address the routing of the Gateway West Transmission Line, H3293 [3MY]
——— modify boundaries to address the routing of the Gateway West Transmission Line (H.R. 2104), E965 [12JY]
OPM: provide a special designation for Federal wildland firefighters, H8354 [1NO]
Pony Express Resource Management Plan: authorize Utah to select lands that are available for disposal to be used for support and benefit of State institutions (H.R. 2582), H7643, H7644 [2OC]
Public lands: exclude certain lands in western Oregon managed by BLM from multiple use requirements, H8352, H8353 [1NO]
——— prohibit funding to pursue any extra-legal ways to transfer Federal lands to private owners in contravention of existing law, H7206 [8SE]
Public utilities: require utilities that hold transmission rights-of-way on public lands to submit up-front vegetation management plans, H5029 [21JN]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (H.R. 428), H916 [2FE], H1154–H1160 [14FE]
——— provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (H.R. 428), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1145–H1151 [14FE]
San Bernardino County, CA: allow a land exchange with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (H.R. 497), H5202–H5204 [27JN]
Sportsmen: provide for preservation of sportsmen’s heritage and protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3668), H7679 [3OC], H7763 [4OC]
Tucson, AZ: provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal land for purposes of economic development by conveyance of Federal reversionary interest (H.R. 1547), H7641, H7642 [2OC]
Remarks in Senate
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: allow oil and natural gas development, S6440, S6443–S6445 [17OC], S6509, S6531 [18OC], S6609–S6611, S6615, S6628 [19OC], S7149, S7150 [9NO], S7280 [16NO], S7394 [29NO], S7697, S7707–S7711 [1DE], S8039 [14DE], S8094–S8096, S8101 [19DE], S8157–S8159, S8178 [20DE]
Baker, OR: anniversary of National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, S1888 [21MR]
Black Hills National Cemetery: transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs for inclusion (S. 35), S8267, S8269 [21DE]
California Desert Conservation Area: provide for conservation, enhanced recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy (S. 32), S114 [5JA]
Congressional Review Act: use as a tool to overrule certain Government regulations, S2539 [26AP], S2576, S2577 [27AP], S2663 [2MY], S2688–S2690 [3MY], S2891, S2893–S2896 [11MY], S6182 [27SE], S7867 [6DE]
Dept. of the Interior: convey certain Federal land in Oregon (H.R. 1306), S8268 [21DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), S6153 [26SE], S6159 [27SE]
Forests: reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests, S6795 [25OC], S6833 [26OC]
——— reduce risk posed by wildfires to communities and the most at-risk federally owned forests (S. 1991), S6726 [24OC]
Government regulations: disapprove rule on resource management planning (H.J. Res. 44), S1601 [6MR], S1608–S1616, S1620, S1623–S1625 [7MR], S1686 [8MR]
——— disapprove rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases (H.J. Res. 36), S2841, S2848 [9MY], S2853–S2858, S2866, S2867, S2872, S2876 [10MY]
Idaho: provide for a land exchange with J.R. Simplot Co. (S. 2140), S7299 [16NO]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas by using the gradient survey method to determine the ownership boundary between public and private land (S. 90), S1506 [28FE]
Rio Grand del Norte National Monument: designate Cerro del Yuta and Rio San Antonio Wilderness Areas (S. 432), S8268 [21DE]
San Bernardino County, CA: allow a land exchange with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (S. 357), S1130 [13FE]
Wilderness areas: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness, S199 [10JA]
——— designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (S. 948), S2559 [26AP]
Reports filed
Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 35) (S. Rept. 115–35), S2720 [3MY]
Cerros del Norte Conservation Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 432) (S. Rept. 115–40), S2720 [3MY]
Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1913) (H. Rept. 115–209), H5432 [11JY]
Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2582) (H. Rept. 115–305), H7312 [12SE]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 36, Disapprove BLM Rule on Waste of Natural Gas From Venting, Flaring, and Leaks During Oil and Natural Gas Production on Onshore Leases: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 74) (H. Rept. 115–8), H817 [31JA]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 44, Disapprove BLM Rule on Resource Management Planning: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 91) (H. Rept. 115–9), H1011 [6FE]
Consideration of H.R. 428, Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 99) (H. Rept. 115–10), H1079 [7FE]
Consideration of H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act and H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 115–186), H4991 [20JN]
Consideration of H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 595) (H. Rept. 115–378), H8292 [31OC]
Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 3354) (H. Rept. 115–238), H6211 [24JY]
Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2374) (H. Rept. 115–311), H7421 [14SE]
Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1873) (H. Rept. 115–165), H4853 [12JN]
Guides and Outfitters (GO) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 289) (H. Rept. 115–320), H7433 [21SE]
Helium Extraction Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3279) (H. Rept. 115–365), H8075 [23OC]
Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1107) (H. Rept. 115–336), H7634 [28SE]
Resilient Federal Forests Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 2936) (H. Rept. 115–370), H8224 [25OC]
——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2936) (H. Rept. 115–370), H8224 [25OC]
Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 497) (H. Rept. 115–155), H4621 [2JN]
Sportsmen’s Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 733) (S. Rept. 115–116), S3731 [22JN]
Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3668) (H. Rept. 115–314), H7429 [18SE]
Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1547) (H. Rept. 115–280), H6629 [29AU]
Voyageurs National Park Boundary Modification: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 502) (S. Rept. 115–64), S2963 [16MY]
——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1350) (H. Rept. 115–470), H10179 [18DE]
Washington County, UT, Public Lands Management Implementation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2423) (H. Rept. 115–312), H7421 [14SE]
Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 508) (S. Rept. 115–65), S2963 [16MY]
——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1306) (H. Rept. 115–204), H5431 [11JY]
Rulings of the Chair
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3354), H7035 [6SE]
Statements
Resilient Federal Forests Act: Executive Office of the President, H8311, H8355, H8356 [1NO]
——— Tom Tidwell, Forest Service, H8330 [1NO]
Texts of
H. Res. 74, consideration of H.J. Res. 36, disapprove BLM rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases, H888 [2FE]
H. Res. 91, consideration of H.J. Res. 44, disapprove BLM rule on resource management planning, H1023 [7FE]
H. Res. 99, consideration of H.R. 428, Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act, H1145 [14FE]
H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 1873, Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act and H.R. 1654, Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act, H5005 [21JN]
H. Res. 595, consideration of H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, H8309 [1NO]
H.J. Res. 36, disapprove BLM rule on waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on onshore Federal and Indian leases, H951 [3FE]
H.J. Res. 44, dissaprove BLM rule on resource management planning, H1032 [7FE]
H.R. 289, Guides and Outfitters (GO) Act, H7646–H7648 [2OC]
H.R. 337, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act, H985 [6FE]
H.R. 428, Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act, H1154 [14FE]
H.R. 497, Santa Ana River Wash Plan Land Exchange Act, H5202 [27JN]
H.R. 1306, Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act, H5412 [11JY]
H.R. 1547, Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act, H7641 [2OC]
H.R. 1913, Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act, H5409 [11JY]
H.R. 2582, Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act, H7644 [2OC]
H.R. 2936, Resilient Federal Forests Act, H8340–H8349 [1NO]
H.R. 3279, Helium Extraction Act, H8323 [1NO]
S. 35, Black Hills National Cemetery Boundary Expansion Act, S8267 [21DE]
S. 90, Red River Gradient Boundary Survey Act, S207 [10JA]
S. 432, Cerros del Norte Conservation Act, S8269 [21DE]
S. 605, Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act, S1749 [9MR]
S. 948, America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act, S2556–S2559 [26AP]
S. 949, Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act, S2561 [26AP]
S. 2149, make a technical correction to law authorizing withdrawal and reservation of certain BLM lands for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area in Montana, S7301 [16NO]