LAND USE

Bills and resolutions

Commission on Land Reparations: establish (see H.R. 7927), H2483 [12MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see S. 3717), S344 [28JA] (see H.R. 7318), H1948 [2FE]

——— include Indian Tribes among priority resource concerns (see H.R. 7627), H2234 [20FE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (see H.R. 7567), H2224 [13FE]

——— require reports on foreign agriculture land acquisitions to contain geospatial data (see S. 4192), S1614 [25MR]

Forest Service: provide for long-term Good Neighbor Authority (see H.R. 7951), H2530 [16MR]

Guam: provide exception to ‘‘public purpose’’ requirement for certain land transfers in case of transfer restoring such land to original landowner or heirs (see H.R. 7673), H2326 [25FE]

International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists: observance (see S. Res. 645), S1091 [17MR]

Lumber industry: amend legislation commonly referred to as ‘‘O&C Act’’ relative to timber production (see H.R. 7603), H2233 [20FE]

Mining and mineral resources: codify notice requirements for mineral exploration activities on certain public lands (see H.R. 7458), H2117 [10FE]

Power resources: expedite judicial review of energy and mineral projects, create new protections for fully-permitted projects, establish enforceable deadlines, and mandate de-risking programs and compliance reporting (see H.R. 7329), H1975 [3FE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: provide opportunity for public notice and comment relative to land protection plans (see H.R. 7348), H2029 [4FE]

Letters

Disapprove BLM rule entitled ‘‘Public Land Order for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and St. Louis Counties, MN’’: John L. Downey, International Union of Operating Engineers, E81 [30JA]

Small Cemetery Conveyance Act: Representative Glenn Thompson, Committee on Agriculture (House), H2511 [16MR]

——— Representative Westerman, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H2511 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize to convey, without consideration, certain cemeteries (H.R. 4284), H2510, H2511 [16MR]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs, H1940 [2FE]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 7567), H2423, H2427 [5MR]

Remarks in Senate

BLM: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Buffalo Field Office Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment’’ (H.J. Res. 130), S530 [9FE]

Dept. of HUD: publish guidelines and best practices for State zoning and local zoning frameworks (S. 1299), S663 [25FE]

Housing: reform local zoning laws and regulations to facilitate new home construction and increase housing supply, S153–S155 [13JA]

Reports filed

Mining Regulatory Clarity Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 544) (S. Rept. 119–105), S577 [11FE]

Small Cemetery Conveyance Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4284) (H. Rept. 119–454), H892 [14JA]

University of Utah Research Park Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1453) (S. Rept. 119–108), S577 [11FE]

Texts of

H.R. 4284, Small Cemetery Conveyance Act, H2510 [16MR]

S. Res. 645, International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, S1093 [17MR]