[House Report 110-925]
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                                                 Union Calendar No. 598

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 110-925

             REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                     COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

                                 of the

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               during the

                       ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS




January 2, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed
                     COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

              NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia, Chairman
              DON YOUNG, Alaska, Ranking Republican Member
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      ELTON GALLEGLY, California
    Samoa                            JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              CHRIS CANNON, Utah
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin         JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
    Islands                          STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California      HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey                 Carolina
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, Washington
JIM COSTA, California                LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  TOM COLE, Oklahoma
JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland           ROB BISHOP, Utah
GEORGE MILLER, California            BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      BILL SALI, Idaho
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
LOIS CAPPS, California               STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana
JAY INSLEE, Washington
MARK UDALL, Colorado
JOE BACA, California
HILDA L. SOLIS, California
STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
    Dakota
HEATH SHULER, North Carolina

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On January 4, 2007, pursuant to H. Res. 7, Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II 
of West Virginia was elected to the Committee.
On January 10, 2007, pursuant to H. Res. 45, the Minority (Republican) 
Members were elected to the Committee.
On January 18, 2007, pursuant to H. Res. 75, the Majority (Democrat) 
Members were elected to the Committee.
On April 19, 2007, Hilda L. Solis of California resigned from the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power.
On April 25, 2007, Rick Renzi of Arizona resigned from the Committee.
On May 11, 2007, Ken Calvert of California resigned from the Committee.
On May 11, 2007, pursuant to H. Res. 323, Mary Fallin of Oklahoma and 
Kevin McCarthy of California were elected to the Committee.
On October 2, 2007, Kevin McCarthy of California resigned from the 
Committee.
On January 15, 2008, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana resigned from the 
Committee.
On February 25, 2008, Dean Heller of Nevada resigned from the 
Committee.
On February 25, 2008, pursuant to H. Res. 998, Adrian Smith of Nebraska 
and Robert J. Wittman of Virginia were elected to the Committee.
On May 14, 2008, pursuant to H. Res. 1196, Steve Scalise of Louisiana 
was elected to the Committee.
      STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

                    JIM COSTA, California, Chairman
          STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico, Ranking Republican Member
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
    Samoa                            BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              BILL SALI, Idaho
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         DON YOUNG, ex-officio
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island
HILDA L. SOLIS, California
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
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             Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans

                MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam, Chairwoman
     HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina, Ranking Republican Member
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             JIM SAXTON, New Jersey
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      WAYNE T. GILCHREST, Maryland
    Samoa                            CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, Washington
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             TOM COLE, Oklahoma
SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas              BILL SALI, Idaho
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island     DON YOUNG, ex-officio
RON KIND, Wisconsin
LOIS CAPPS, California
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
                                 ------                                

                    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs

            DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin Islands, Chairwoman
        LUIS G. FORTUNO, Puerto Rico, Ranking Republican Member
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      ELTON GALLEGLY, California
    Samoa                            JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            DON YOUNG, ex-officio
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio

        Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands

                  RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona, Chairman
              ROB BISHOP, Utah, Ranking Republican Member
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii             CHRIS CANNON, Utah
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin         THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado
    Islands                          JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland               Carolina
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         TOM COLE, Oklahoma
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  BILL SALI, Idaho
LOIS CAPPS, California               DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
JAY INSLEE, Washington               ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 VACANCY
STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South     DON YOUNG, ex-officio
    Dakota
HEATH SHULER, North Carolina
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
                                 ------                                

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

              GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California, Chairwoman
     CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, Washington, Ranking Republican Member
JIM COSTA, California                DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
GEORGE MILLER, California            MARY FALLIN, Oklahoma
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
JOE BACA, California                 DON YOUNG, ex-officio
VACANCY
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
                          Full Committee Staff
                             majority staff

                     James H. Zoia, Chief of Staff
                       Rick Healy, Chief Counsel
                    Ann Adler, Deputy Chief of Staff
             Blake Androff, Deputy Communications Director
                  Linda Booth, Chief Financial Officer
              Joycelyn Coleman, Legislative Calendar Clerk
           Janet Erickson, Counsel, Office of Indian Affairs
            Cynthia Freeman, Clerk, Office of Indian Affairs
                   Amanda Greenberg, Press Assistant
                 Allyson Groff, Communications Director
                    Amy Haskell, Legislative Advisor
         Marie Howard, Staff Director, Office of Indian Affairs
                    Lisa James, Executive Assistant
            Emily Lande, Clerk, Office of the Chief Counsel
                        Kim Le, Staff Assistant
                 Linda Livingston, Chief Administrator
                        Nancy Locke, Chief Clerk
                  Kathleen Miller, Editor and Printer
       Joshua Pitre, Legislative Staff, Office of Indian Affairs
                  Katherine Romans, Research Assistant
                   Lori Sonken, Senior Policy Advisor
            Matt Vaccaro, Director of Information Technology
         Ed Van Scoyoc, Senior Information Technology Engineer
                Heather Warren, Administrative Assistant

                            republican staff

            Christopher N. Fluhr, Republican Chief of Staff
                 Lisa Pittman, Republican Chief Counsel
  Cynthia A. Ahwinona, Republican Legislative Staff, Office of Indian 
                                Affairs
                    Chris Burroughs, Staff Assistant
       W. Jackson Coleman, General Counsel to the Ranking Member
                 Steve Hansen, Communications Director
                   Kevin Kennedy, Professional Staff
                    Katherine Lowry, Staff Assistant
         Richard P. Stanton, Counsel, Office of Indian Affairs
 Sophia Varnasidis, Republican Director of Administrative and External 
                                Affairs

                           subcommittee staff
              subcommittee on energy and mineral resources
               Room 1626 Longworth, Phone (202) 225-9297

              Deborah von Hoffmann Lanzone, Staff Director
                    Steve Feldgus, Legislative Staff
                  Wendy Van Asselt, Legislative Staff
                  Marcie Cooperman, Subcommittee Clerk

                Tim Charters, Republican Staff Director
            Kathleen Benedetto, Republican Legislative Staff

             subcommittee on fisheries, wildlife and oceans
                 Room H2-187 Ford, Phone (202) 226-0200

                      Jean Flemma, Staff Director
                     Dave Jansen, Legislative Staff
                   Julia Hathaway, Legislative Staff
                   Megan Maassen, Subcommittee Clerk

               Harry Burroughs, Republican Staff Director
               Bonnie Bruce, Republican Legislative Staff
             David S. Whaley, Republican Legislative Staff

                    subcommittee on insular affairs
               Room 1337 Longworth, Phone (202) 225-0691

                      Tony Babauta, Staff Director
                         Brian Modeste, Counsel
                   Rebecca Zepeda, Subcommittee Clerk

             Richard P. Stanton, Republican Staff Director
             Cynthia Ahwinona, Republican Legislative Staff

        subcommittee on national parks, forests and public lands
               Room 1333 Longworth, Phone (202) 226-7736

                     David Watkins, Staff Director
                    Laurel Angell, Legislative Staff
                   Meghan Conklin, Legislative Staff
                  Leslie Ann Duncan, Legislative Staff
                  Domenick Carroll, Subcommittee Clerk

               James Streeter, Republican Staff Director
              Casey Hammond, Republican Legislative Staff
                Jason Knox, Republican Legislative Staff

                    subcommittee on water and power
               Room 1522 Longworth, Phone (202) 225-8331

                     Amelia Jenkins, Staff Director
                  Camille Calimlim, Legislative Staff
                    David Zacher, Legislative Staff
                    Emily Knight, Subcommittee Clerk
                 Jennifer Castillo, Subcommittee Clerk

                 Kiel Weaver, Republican Staff Director
               Nick Strader, Republican Legislative Staff
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                            Committee on Natural Resources,
                                                   January 2, 2009.
Hon. Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Ms. Miller: Pursuant to clause 1(d)(1) of Rule XI and 
Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, here is a 
report of the legislative and oversight activities of the 
Committee on Natural Resources during the 110th Congress.
    With warm regards, I am
            Sincerely,
                                      Nick J. Rahall, II, Chairman.


                            C O N T E N T S

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                                                                   Page
Letter of Transmittal............................................   VII
Overview.........................................................     1
    Full Committee...............................................     2
        Legislative Activities...................................     2
        Oversight Activities.....................................    13
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.................    14
        Legislative Activities...................................    14
        Oversight Activities.....................................    14
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans...............    15
        Legislative Activities...................................    15
        Oversight Activities.....................................    19
    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs..............................    20
        Legislative Activities...................................    20
        Oversight Activities.....................................    20
    Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.....    21
        Legislative Activities...................................    21
        Oversight Activities.....................................    27
    Subcommittee on Water and Power..............................    28
        Legislative Activities...................................    28
        Oversight Activities.....................................    32
Appendices:
    Printed Hearings.............................................    33
    Legislation Passed House.....................................    43
    List of Public Laws..........................................    63
    Committee Prints.............................................    65
    Committee Legislative Reports................................    67
    Oversight Summary............................................    79


                                                 Union Calendar No. 598
110th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     110-925

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   LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL 
                       RESOURCES, 110TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 2, 2009.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

  Mr. Rahall, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                                Overview

    The Committee on Natural Resources met on February 7, 2007, 
for an organizational meeting of the 110th Congress under the 
direction of Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II. The Committee 
Membership was 49 Members with 27 Democrats and 22 Republicans.
    The Committee established five subcommittees: Energy and 
Mineral Resources (Jim Costa, Chairman); Fisheries, Wildlife 
and Oceans (Madeleine Bordallo, Chairwoman); Insular Affairs 
(Donna M. Christensen, Chairwoman); National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands (Raul Grijalva, Chairman); and Water and Power 
(Grace F. Napolitano, Chairwoman).

                              Jurisdiction

    The jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources, as 
prescribed by clause 1(l) of Rule X of the Rules of the House 
is as follows:
    (1) Fisheries and wildlife, including research, 
restoration, refuges, and conservation.
    (2) Forest reserves and national parks created from the 
public domain.
    (3) Forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership, 
including alien ownership of mineral lands.
    (4) Geological Survey.
    (5) International fishing agreements.
    (6) Interstate compacts relating to apportionment of waters 
for irrigation purposes.
    (7) Irrigation and reclamation, including water supply for 
reclamation projects and easements of public lands for 
irrigation projects; and acquisition of private lands when 
necessary to complete irrigation projects.
    (8) Native Americans generally, including the care and 
allotment of Native American lands and general and special 
measures relating to claims that are paid out of Native 
American Funds.
    (9) Insular possessions of the United States generally 
(except those affecting the revenue and appropriations).
    (10) Military parks and battlefields, national cemeteries 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior, parks within the 
District of Columbia, and the erection of monuments to the 
memory of individuals.
    (11) Mineral land laws and claims and entries thereunder.
    (12) Mineral resources of the public lands.
    (13) Mining interests generally.
    (14) Mining schools and experimental stations.
    (15) Marine affairs, including coastal zone management 
(except for measures relating to oil and other pollution of 
navigable waters).
    (16) Oceanography.
    (17) Petroleum conservation on the public lands and 
conservation of the radium supply in the United States.
    (18) Preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of 
interest on the public domain.
    (19) Public lands generally, including entry, easements, 
and the grazing thereon.
    (20) Relations of the United States with Native Americans 
and Native American tribes.
    (21) Trans-Alaska Oil Pipeline (except ratemaking).

                            Activities Report

                 committee on natural resources statistics

Total number of bills and resolutions referred....................   795
Total number of meeting days:
    Full Committee (58)
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (20)
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans (48)
    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs (18)
    Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (43)
    Subcommittee on Water and Power (28)
      Total.......................................................   215
Total number of bills ordered reported from Committee.............   143
Total number of reports filed.....................................   141
Total number of bills referred to/discharged by Committee on 
    Natural Resources and passed by the House of Representatives..   217
Total number of public laws.......................................    26
Total number of bills enacted into law*...........................   101

*Includes House and Senate Resolutions.
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                             Full Committee


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative and Administrative Hearings and Markups

    February 7, 2007--Full Committee met to organize for the 
110th Congress.
    March 7, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 162, to adjust the 
boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte 
National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of 
Louisiana, and for other purposes; H.R. 249, to restore the 
prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-
roaming horses and burros; H.R. 285, to establish the Steel 
Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania; 
H.R. 309, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish 
a demonstration program to facilitate landscape restoration 
programs within certain units of the National Park System 
established by law to preserve and interpret resources 
associated with American history, and for other purposes; H.R. 
319, to establish the Journey through Hallowed Ground National 
Heritage Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 865, to grant 
rights-of-way for electric transmission lines over certain 
Native allotments in the State of Alaska; and H.R. 886, to 
enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor 
opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River 
Valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-
elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes.
    March 14, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1328, to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act.
    April 18, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 65, to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1294, to extend Federal recognition to 
the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-
Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
Indian Tribe.
    April 25, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 65, to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1294, to extend Federal recognition to the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-
Eastern Division, The Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
Indian; and H.R. 1328, to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act.
    May 2, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 359, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and 
the farm labor movement; H.R. 487, to amend the Cheyenne River 
Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation 
to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage 
resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 505, to express the policy of the United 
States regarding the United States relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the 
United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity; H.R. 
713, to establish the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in 
the State of New York, and for other purposes; H.R. 986, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain 
segments of the Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1080, to modify the boundaries of the 
Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT 
Park Subdivision, and for other purposes; H.R. 1100, to revise 
the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site 
in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1114, to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Geological 
Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater resources in the 
State of Alaska, and for other purposes; H.R. 1140, to 
authorize the Secretary, in cooperation with the City of San 
Juan Capistrano, California, to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of an advanced water treatment plant 
facility and recycled water system, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 1595, to implement the recommendations of the Guam War 
Claims Review Commission.
    May 23, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2337, to promote energy 
policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy 
and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change 
mitigation, and for other purposes.
    June 6, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 2337, to promote energy 
policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy 
and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change 
mitigation, and for other purposes.
    June 7, 2007--Markup continued on H.R. 2337, to promote 
energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative 
energy and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change 
mitigation, and for other purposes.
    June 13, 2007--Markup concluded on H.R. 2337, to promote 
energy policy reforms and public accountability, alternative 
energy and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change 
mitigation, and for other purposes; Hearing held on H.R. 673, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma 
County, Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the 
Cocopah Indian Tribe, and for other purposes; H.R. 1575, to 
reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake 
Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 2120, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now 
held in trust by the United States for that Indian Tribe.
    June 28, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 31, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service 
Area Recycled Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill 
Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects; H.R. 
50, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act and 
the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994; H.R. 189, to 
establish the Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State 
of New Jersey; H.R. 465, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997; H.R. 716, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse Plan; H.R. 761, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin 
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center 
Foundation, Inc., certain Federal land associated with the 
Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used 
as an historical interpretive site along the trail; H.R. 1011, 
to designate additional National Forest System lands in the 
State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to 
designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for 
eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness,to 
establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for 
the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic 
areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 1205, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes; H.R. 1239, to amend 
the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to 
provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a 
parcel of National Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, 
to facilitate the construction of a new fire and rescue station, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1337, to provide for a feasibility study of 
alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma 
Master Conservancy District and cities served by the District; H.R. 
1388, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Star-
Spangled Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the 
District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail; H.R. 1503, to amend 
the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Avra/
Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project; H.R. 1526, to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the Rancho California Water District 
Southern Riverside County Recycled/Non-Potable Distribution Facilities 
and Demineralization/Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and 
Reclamation Facility Project; H.R. 1834, to authorize the national 
ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and H.R. 
2400, to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to establish an integrated Federal ocean and 
coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the 
territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf 
of the United States, and for other purposes.
    July 11, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1696, to amend the 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes 
of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in 
that Tribe; H.R. 2863, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe 
of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land 
owned by the Tribe; H.R. 2952, to authorize the Saginaw 
Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey 
land and interests in land owned by the Tribe; and S. 375, to 
waive application of the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education assistance Act to a specific parcel of real property 
transferred by the United States to 2 Indian Tribes in the 
State of Oregon, and for other purposes.
    July 18, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 673, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, 
Arizona, into trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah 
Indian Tribe, and for other purposes; H.R. 1696, to amend the 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes 
of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in 
that Tribe; H.R. 2120, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the Sault Ste. 
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in 
trust by the United States for that Indian Tribe; H.R. 2863, to 
authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to 
convey land and interests in land owned by the Tribe; H.R. 
2952, to authorize the Siginow Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the 
State of Michigan to convey land and interests in land owned by 
the Tribe; and S. 375, A bill to waive application of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education assistance Act to a 
specific parcel of real property transferred by the United 
States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other 
purposes.
    September 26, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 1483, to amend the 
Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend 
the authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 3058, to amend chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter 
to units of general local government in which entitlement land 
is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously 
entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes.
    October 3, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2837, to provide for 
administrative procedures to extend Federal recognition to 
certain Indian groups, and for other purposes.
    October 10, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 29, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide 
water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other 
uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 53, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of the 
United States Virgin Islands to provide land on the island of 
Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a school, 
and/or other purposes; H.R. 135, to establish the Twenty-First 
Century Water Commission to study and develop recommendations 
for a comprehensive water strategy to address future water 
needs; H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain public land located wholly or partially within 
the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington, to the 
utility district; H.R. 664, to amend the Water Desalination Act 
of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in 
research and development, environmental and feasibility 
studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water 
District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California; H.R. 767, to 
protect, conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their 
natural habitats at national wildlife refuges through 
cooperative, incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and 
eradicate harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 783, to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 830, to authorize the exchange of 
certain lands in Denali National Park in the State of Alaska; 
H.R. 1462, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the implementation of the Platte River Recovery 
Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Central 
and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the Pathfinder Dam 
and Reservoir; H.R. 1528, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2094, to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2197, to modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National 
Historical Park in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 3111, to provide for the administration of Port 
Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes.
    October 18, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 2262, to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain 
lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of 
mining claims, and for other purposes.
    October 23, 2007--Markup continued on H.R. 2262, to modify 
the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public 
domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation 
of mining claims, and for other purposes; and a Markup held on 
H.R. 900, to provide for a federally sanctioned self-
determination process for the people of Puerto Rico.
    October 31, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2801, to provide for 
the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek and 
Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness in the State 
of Alaska and for the granting of a right-of-way for safe and 
reliable access for the Native Village of King Cove, Alaska, 
and for other purposes.
    November 7, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 1497, to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to 
plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1662, to amend the Reclamation Safety 
of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security 
of dams and other facilities; H.R. 2246, to validate certain 
conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands 
located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed by the 
United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental 
railroads, and for other purposes; H.R. 3079, to amend the 
Joint Resolution Approving the Covenant to Establish a 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3998, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands 
and structures to determine the appropriate means for 
preservation, use, and management of the resources associated 
with such lands and structures.
    November 8, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 3994, to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
provide further self governance by Indian tribes, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2445, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native 
village, and for other purposes; H.R. 3350, to amend the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment 
of lands to Alaska Native veterans; H.R. 3351, to adapt the 
lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the 
provision of Federal economic development assistance to 
similarly situated remote Native American communities, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 3560, to provide for the completion of 
certain land selections under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
    November 14, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2445, to amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander 
Creek as a Native village, and for other purposes; HR. 3350, to 
amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for 
equitable allotment of lands to Alaska Native veterans; H.R. 
3351, to adapt the lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped 
economies to the provision of Federal economic development 
assistance to similarly situated remote Native American 
communities, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3560, to provide 
for the completion of certain land selections under the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
    November 15, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 123, to authorize 
appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund; H.R. 
236, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a 
Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water 
Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve 
objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and 
environmental restoration; H.R. 2085, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek 
Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project, 
Oklahoma, and for other purposes; H.R. 3739, to amend the 
Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for 
the statement of findings; and H.R. 4074, to authorize the 
implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, 
and for other purposes.
    February 6, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 2176, to provide for 
and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay 
Mills Indian Community; and H.R. 4115, to provide for and 
approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. 
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
    February 13, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 816, to provide for 
the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant 
Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way 
across the released land for the construction and maintenance 
of a flood control project; H.R. 1143, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin 
Islands National Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 1311, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-
Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 
development of a cancer treatment facility; H.R. 1922, to 
designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding 
Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural 
Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2176, to provide for and approve the 
settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian 
Community; H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange with the 
City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land 
in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land 
ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 4115, to provide for and approve the 
settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians.
    March 12, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1187, to expand the 
boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary; H.R. 
2016, to establish the National Landscape Conservation System, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 2342, to direct the President to 
establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation 
System, and for other purposes; H.R. 2515, to authorize 
appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the 
States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2675, to provide for the conveyance of 
approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest 
in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy 
Scouts of America, and for other purposes; H.R. 3352, to 
reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement 
Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 3651, to require the 
conveyance of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp 
Williams, Utah, to support the training and readiness of the 
Utah National Guard; H.R. 3891, to amend the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of 
Directors on the Board of Directors of the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation; and H.R. 4933, to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife and to make 
technical corrections, and for other purposes.
    April 2, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 831, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of 
Coffman Cove, Alaska; H.R. 3513, to amend the Oregon Wilderness 
Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of 
the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of 
Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3734, to rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National 
Conservation Area in the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson 
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in honor 
of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority on birds 
of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of 
thisNational Conservation Area, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5151, 
to designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in 
the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia, and for 
other purposes.
    April 9, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 3490, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to 
take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes; H.R. 3522, 
to ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant 
to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache 
Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize 
issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior 
boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 5608, to establish regular and 
meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials 
in the development of Federal policies that have tribal 
implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-
government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the 
imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes; H.R. 5680, 
to amend certain laws relating to Native Americans to make 
certain adjustments, and for other purposes; and S. 2457, a 
bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by 
Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.
    April 10, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 5541, to provide a 
supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland 
fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and 
National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive 
wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 5648, to amend the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 
1978 to establish a Federal wildland fire emergency suppression 
fund to facilitate accountable fire suppression activities by 
the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior 
to unanticipated large fire events, to encourage enhanced 
management efficiencies and cost controls of wildland fire 
suppression, and to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire to 
communities, and for other purposes.
    April 17, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1575, to reaffirm and 
clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a 
distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3490, to transfer administrative jurisdiction of 
certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for 
Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 3522, to ratify a conveyance of a 
portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba 
County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of 
litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba 
County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent 
for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the 
Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5541, to provide a supplemental funding source 
for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities 
on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, 
to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management 
strategy, and for other purposes; and S. 2457, a bill to 
provide for extensions of leases of certain land by 
Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.
    April 23, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 2801, to provide for 
the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek and 
Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness in the State 
of Alaska and for the granting of a right-of-way for safe and 
reliable access for the Native Village of King Cove, Alaska, 
and for other purposes.
    April 30, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1464, to assist in the 
conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid 
populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise 
in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations; 
H.R. 1771, to assist in the conservation of cranes by 
supporting and providing, through projects of persons and 
organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial 
resources for the conservation programs of countries the 
activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and 
the ecosystems of cranes; H.R. 2649, to make amendments to the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992; 
H.R. 3323, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
a water distribution system to the Goleta Water District, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 3667, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout 
Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition 
to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 3930, to 
provide for a land exchange involving State land and Bureau of 
Land Management land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New 
Mexico, and to establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National 
Habitat Preservation Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 4841, 
to approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement 
entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno 
Indians relating to alleged interferences with the water 
resources of the Tribe, to authorize and direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to execute and perform the Settlement Agreement 
and related waivers, and for other purposes; H.R. 5540, to 
amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for 
the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network; and H.R. 5618, to reauthorize and amend 
the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other 
purposes.
    May 7, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 3094, to establish in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as 
the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.
    May 14, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 554, to provide for the 
protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2632, to establish the Sabinoso 
Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3022, to designate the John Krebs Wilderness in 
the State of California, to add certain land to the Sequoia-
Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 3682, to designate certain Federal lands in Riverside 
County, California, as wilderness, to designate certain river 
segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, or recreational 
river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto 
Mountains National Monument, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
5680, to amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, and 
for other purposes.
    June 5, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 2306, to provide for the 
use and distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, et al., by the United States Court of Federal 
Claims in Docket Numbers 18 and 188, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 3699, to provide for the use and distribution of the 
funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe v. United States, Docket Nos. 19 and 188, United 
States Court of Federal Claims.
    June 11, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1423, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor 
center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2964, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species 
under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating 
to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3702, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National 
Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a 
cemetery; H.R. 3981, to authorize the Preserve America Program 
and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4199, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation 
Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
National Historical Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 5511, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed 
drainage tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 5710, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural 
Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of 
the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 5741, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.
    June 25, 2008--A Committee Resolution dealing with an 
emergency withdrawal of certain federal lands near Grand Canyon 
National Park; and a markup held on H.R. 415, to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton 
River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers; H.R. 1210, to authorize 
the exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah 
Counties, Utah, and for other purposes; H.R. 1286, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail; H.R. 
1907, to authorize the acquisition of land and interests in 
land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and 
to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and 
estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the 
economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3227, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue 
stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National 
Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Area; and H.R. 6041, to redesignate the Rio 
Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Travis C. 
Johnson Canal.''
    July 16, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 160, to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a 
battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and 
protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 2535, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and 
suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, 
and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of 
California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, 
industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2933, to amend the American Battlefield Protection Act of 
1996 to extend the authorization for that Act, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3299, to provide for a boundary adjustment and 
land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, 
to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that 
resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes 
Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest 
System land; H.R. 3336, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing a historic district to the Camp 
Hale on parcels of land in the State of Colorado; H.R. 3437, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the 
Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado; 
H.R. 3849, to provide for the conveyance of parcels of land to 
Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah; H.R. 4828, to amend the Palo 
Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand 
the boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 5293, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims 
of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation in 
Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior to carry out 
the settlement, and for other purposes; H.R. 5350, to authorize 
the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in 
Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 5751, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the 
Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 6176, to authorize the expansion 
of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, 
and for other purposes.
    July 23, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1847, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority 
relating to land acquisition from willing sellers for the 
majority of the trails in the System, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 5335, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide 
for the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and 
campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 5853, to expand 
the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 6159, to provide for a land exchange 
involving certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino 
National Forest in the State of California, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 6177, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic 
River.

  II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 16, 2007--Oversight hearing on Reports, Audits and 
Investigations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Regarding the 
Department of the Interior.
    February 28, 2007--Oversight hearing on the Evolving West.
    May 9, 2007--Oversight hearing on Endangered Species Act 
Implementation: Science or Politics?
    June 1, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Lower Brule, South 
Dakota, on The Needs and Challenges of Tribal Law Enforcement 
on Indian Reservations.
    July 25, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review.
    July 31, 2007--Oversight hearing on Crisis of Confidence: 
The Political Influence of the Bush Administration on Agency 
Science and Decision-Making.
    September 19, 2007--Oversight hearing on Diversifying 
Native Economies.
    December 12, 2007--Oversight hearing on New Fees for 
Filming and Photography on Public Lands.
    February 14, 2008--Oversight hearing on the President's 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for the Department of the 
Interior.
    February 20, 2008--Oversight field hearing in Miami, 
Oklahoma on Oklahoma Indian Issues: Proposed Regulations 
Governing Economic Development.
    February 27, 2008--Oversight hearing on the Department of 
Interior's Recently Released Guidance on Taking Land into Trust 
for Indian Tribes and its Ramifications.
    March 5, 2008--Oversight hearing on Poaching American 
Security: Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Trade.
    May 21, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Danger of Deception: 
Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?
    June 19, 2008--Oversight hearing on Utah Navajo Trust Fund.

              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    July 26, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2262, to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain 
lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of 
mining claims, and for other purposes.
    August 21, 2007--Field hearing in Elko, Nevada on H.R. 
2262, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable 
minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles 
of self-initiation of mining claims, and for other purposes.
    October 2, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2262, to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain 
lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of 
mining claims, and for other purposes.

  II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL 
                               RESOURCES

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 24, 2007--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in 
Tucson, Arizona, on Our National Forests at Risk: The 1872 
Mining Law and its Impact on the Santa Rita Mountains of 
Arizona.
    February 27, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Proposed Fiscal 
Year 2008 Budget for the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy and Minerals Programs, 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), 
the Minerals and Geology Program of the Forest Service, and the 
United States Geological Survey (USGS).
    March 20, 2007--Oversight hearing on Towards a Clean Energy 
Future: Energy Policy and Climate Change on Public Lands.
    April 17, 2007--Oversight hearing on the Implementation of 
Title III, the Oil and Gas provisions, of the Energy Policy Act 
of 2005.
    April 19, 2007--Oversight hearing on Renewable Energy 
Opportunities and Issues on Federal Lands: Review of Title II, 
Subtitle B--Geothermal Energy of EPAct; and other renewable 
programs and proposals for public resources.
    April 24, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans on Renewable 
Energy Opportunities and Issues on the Outer Continental Shelf.
    April 26, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on 
Land-use Issues Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and 
Development.
    May 1, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on The Future of 
Fossil Fuels: Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of 
Carbon Dioxide.
    June 28, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Minerals Management 
Service's Proposed 2007-2012 Program for Oil and Gas Leasing on 
the Outer Continental Shelf.
    February 28, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget for the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Energy and Minerals programs, 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSMRE), the Minerals and Geology Program of the Forest 
Service, and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), except 
for the activities and programs of the Water Resources 
Division.
    March 11, 2008--Oversight hearing on Getting Royalties 
Right: Recent Recommendations for Improving the Federal Oil & 
Gas Royalty System.
    March 28, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands in 
Flagstaff, Arizona, on Community Impacts of Proposed Uranium 
Mining near Grand Canyon National Park.
    April 12, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs in Frederikstead, St. Croix, 
U.S. Virgin Islands, on Charting a Clean Energy Future for the 
Insular Areas.
    April 15, 2008--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on The 
West-wide Energy Corridor Process: State and Community Impacts.
    May 22, 2008--Oversight hearing on The United States 
Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program--Science, 
Preparation, and Response.
    June 10, 2008--Oversight hearing on How Should the Federal 
Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal 
Combustion Waste?
    June 12, 2008--Oversight hearing on Spinning Straw Into 
Black Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide.

             Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    March 6, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1205, to reauthorize 
the Coral Reef Conservation act of 2000, and for other 
purposes.
    March 13, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 50, to reauthorize the 
African Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
Conservation Act of 1994; and H.R. 465, to reauthorize the 
Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
    March 22, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 50, to reauthorize the 
African Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
Conservation Act of 1994; H.R. 465, to reauthorize the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997; and H.R. 1205, to 
reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for 
other purposes.
    April 26, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 21, to establish a 
national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a national 
and regional ocean governance structure, and for other 
purposes.
    June 5, 2007--Hearing held on H. Con. Res. 147, Recognizing 
200 years of research, service to the people of the United 
States, and stewardship of the marine environment by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its 
predecessor agencies, and for other purposes; H. Res. 186, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Clean Beaches Week 
and recognizing the considerable value of American beaches and 
their role in American culture; H.R. 1834, to authorize the 
national ocean exploration program and the national undersea 
research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and H.R. 2400, to direct the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
establish an integrated Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan 
for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial 
sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf of 
the United States, and for other purposes.
    June 19, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 1834, to authorize the 
national ocean exploration program and the national undersea 
research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and H.R. 2400, to direct the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to 
establish an integrated Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan 
for the Great Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial 
sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf of 
the United States, and for other purposes.
    June 21, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 767, to protect, 
conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural 
habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, 
incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate 
harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes.
    July 12, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2010, to provide the 
necessary authority to the Secretary of Commerce for the 
establishment and implementation of a regulatory system for 
offshore aquaculture in the United States Exclusive Economic 
Zone, and for other purposes.
    July 26, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 767, to protect, 
conserve, and restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural 
habitats at national wildlife refuges through cooperative, 
incentive-based grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate 
harmful nonnative species, and for other purposes.
    August 2, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1769, to amend the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on 
endangered Columbia Salmon, and for other purposes.
    September 6, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1464, to assist in 
the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting 
and providing financial resources for the conservation programs 
of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid 
populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise 
in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations; 
H.R. 1771, to assist in the conservation of cranes by 
supporting and providing, through projects of persons and 
organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial 
resources for the conservation programs of countries the 
activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and 
the ecosystems of cranes; H.R. 1913, to assist in the 
conservation of great cats by supporting and providing 
financial resources for the conservation programs of nations 
within the range of great cats and projects of persons with 
demonstrated expertise in the conservation of great cats.
    October 4, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 1464, to assist in the 
conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid 
populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise 
in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations; 
and H.R. 1771, to assist in the conservation of cranes by 
supporting and providing, through projects of persons and 
organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial 
resources for the conservation programs of countries the 
activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and 
the ecosystems of cranes.
    October 16, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1497, to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to 
plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and 
for other purposes.
    October 24, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1187, to expand the 
boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary; H.R. 
1907, to authorize the acquisition of land and interests in 
land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and 
to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and 
estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the 
economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 3352, to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act, and for other purposes.
    February 13, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 1187, to expand the 
boundaries of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine 
Sanctuary and the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary; H.R. 
1907, to authorize the acquisition of land and interests in 
land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and 
to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and 
estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the 
economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2342, to direct the President to establish a National 
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3352, to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 3891, to 
amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment 
Act to increase the number of Directors on the Board of 
Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; and 
H.R. 4933, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to protect 
captive wildlife and to make technical corrections, and for 
other purposes.
    February 28, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 3223, to amend the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to establish a grant 
program to ensure coastal access for commercial and 
recreational fishermen and other water-dependent coastal-
related businesses, and for other purposes; H.R. 5451, to 
reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 5452, to amend the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972 to authorize grants to coastal States to support 
State efforts to initiate and complete surveys of coastal State 
waters and Federal waters adjacent to a State's coastal zone to 
identify potential areas suitable or unsuitable for the 
exploration, development, and production of renewable energy, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 5453, to amend the Coastal 
Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize assistance to coastal 
states to develop coastal climate change adaptation plans 
pursuant to approved management programs approved under section 
306, to minimize contributions to climate change, and for other 
purposes.
    March 11, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 2964, to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as 
prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections 
in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under 
that Act, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5534, to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears 
illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as 
with respect to prohibited wildlife species, and for other 
purposes.
    April 3, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 5618, to reauthorize 
and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for 
other purposes.
    April 16, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 5741, to amend the 
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 
improve the conservation of sharks.
    April 23, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 21, to establish a 
national policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national 
and regional ocean governance structure, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 5618, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes.
    April 24, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 3639, to establish a 
program of research and other activities to provide for the 
recovery of the southern sea otter; and H.R. 5350, to authorize 
the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in 
Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
    May 8, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 3840, to prohibit 
commercial fishing of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes 
in inland, State, and Federal waters along the Atlantic coast 
of the United States, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3841, to 
prohibit the commercial harvesting of Atlantic menhaden for 
reduction purposes in the coastal waters and the exclusive 
economic zone.
    June 4, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 2964, to amend the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited 
wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the 
provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that 
Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 5350, to authorize the 
Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in 
Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 5451, to 
reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 5741, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.
    June 24, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 4455, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide international wildlife 
management and conservation programs through the Wildlife 
Without Borders Program in the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, and for other purposes.
    June 26, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 6311, to prevent the 
introduction and establishment of nonnative wildlife species 
that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or 
animal species' health, and for other purposes.
    July 24, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 6204, to expand the 
boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and 
Underwater Preserve and for other purposes; and H.R. 6537, to 
reauthorize and amend the National Marine Sanctuaries Act to 
establish a National Marine Sanctuary System, to strengthen and 
clarify management authorities, and for other purposes.

II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND 
                                 OCEANS

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 27, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2008 Budget Request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FWS).
    March 29, 2007--Oversight hearing on Ocean Policy 
Priorities in the United States.
    April 17, 2007--Oversight hearing on Wildlife and Oceans in 
a Changing Climate.
    April 24, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on Renewable 
Energy Opportunities and Issues on the Outer Continental Shelf.
    May 1, 2007--Oversight hearing on Gone with the Wind: 
Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds and Bats.
    May 3, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Convention on 
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as a 
precursor to the Conference of the Parties that will be held in 
June.
    May 24, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, on No Child Left 
Inside: Reconnecting Kids with the Outdoors.
    June 26, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Birds and the Bees: 
How Pollinators Help Maintain Healthy Ecosystems.
    July 14, 2007--Oversight field hearing in South Padre 
Island, Texas on Vanishing Beaches: Coastal Erosion and its 
Impact on Coastal Communities.
    September 27, 2007--Oversight hearing on Aquatic Nuisance 
Species and Activities of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 
Force.
    October 9, 2007--Oversight hearing on Implementation of the 
National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act: Has the Promise Been 
Fulfilled?
    November 3, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Santa Barbara, 
California, on Reauthorization of the National Marine 
Sanctuaries Act.
    December 5, 2007--Oversight hearing on Rebuilding 
Overfished Fisheries under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Management Act.
    February 26, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget Request for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FWS).
    April 16, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Implementation of 
the Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing Provisions of 
the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act.
    April 28, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in 
Brownsville, Texas, on Walls and Waivers: Expedited 
Construction of the Southern Border Wall and the Collateral 
Impacts on Communities and the Environment.
    May 15, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Management of West 
Coast Salmon Fisheries.
    June 10, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Annual 
International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting that will be 
held in Santiago, Chile, from June 23-27, 2008.
    June 18, 2008--Oversight hearing on Reauthorization of the 
National Marine Sanctuaries Act.
    June 24, 2008--Oversight hearing on Planning for a Changing 
Climate and its Impacts on Wildlife and Oceans: State and 
Federal Efforts and Needs.
    July 10, 2008--Oversight hearing on Going, Going, Gone? An 
Assessment of the Global Decline in Bird Populations.

                    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    March 22, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 900, to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people 
of Puerto Rico; and H.R. 1230, to recognize the right of the 
People of Puerto Rico to call a Constitutional Convention 
through which the people would exercise their natural right to 
self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for 
congressional consideration of such decision.
    April 25, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 900, to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people 
of Puerto Rico; and H.R. 1230, to recognize the right of the 
People of Puerto Rico to call a Constitutional Convention 
through which the people would exercise their natural right to 
self-determination, and to establish a mechanism for 
congressional consideration of such decision.
    July 9, 2007--Field hearing in St. John, United States 
Virgin Islands on H.R. 53, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of 
the United States Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a 
school, and for other purposes; and H.R. 59, to convey certain 
submerged lands to the Government of the Virgin Islands, and 
for other purposes.
    August 15, 2007--Field hearing in Saipan, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, on H.R. 3079, to amend the Joint 
Resolution Approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.
    September 20, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 53, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease 
with the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, for 
the establishment of a school, and for other purposes.

    II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 27, 2007--Oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2008 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior's Office 
of Insular Affairs.
    April 19, 2007--Oversight hearing on Current Economic, 
Social and Security Conditions of the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands.
    July 24, 2007--Oversight hearing on the Implementation of 
the Compact of Free Association between the United States and 
the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
    August 13, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Mangilao, Guam, 
on U.S. Military Buildup on Guam and Challenges Facing the 
Community.
    February 22, 2008--Oversight field hearing in Mapusaga, 
American Samoa, on The Economic Effects of the Recently 
Increased Minimum Wage.
    February 28, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget Request for the Department of Interior's Office of 
Insular Affairs.
    April 12, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Frederikstead, 
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Charting a Clean Energy 
Future for the Insular Areas.
    May 21, 2008--Joint oversight hearing with the Committee 
Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information 
Policy, Census and National Archives on Disparate Treatment of 
the U.S. Territories by the Census Bureau and the 
Unavailability of Current and Reliable Data of These Areas.
    June 10, 2008--Oversight hearing on Implementation of the 
Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 between the 
United States and the Federated States of Micronesia.
    June 12, 2008--Oversight hearing on Implementation of the 
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the 
Republic of Palau.
    July 17, 2008--Oversight hearing on Successes and 
Challenges of the Interagency Group on Insular Affairs.

        Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    March 15, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 713, to establish the 
Niagara Falls National Area in the State of New York, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 754, to designate the National Museum of 
Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, 
as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States; 
and H.R. 929, to establish the Land Between the Rivers National 
Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
    March 29, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 189, to establish the 
Paterson Great Falls National Park in the State of New Jersey; 
H.R. 359, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
a special resource study of sites associated with the life of 
Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement; and H.R. 
1080, to modify the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to 
include certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, and for 
other purposes.
    April 17, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 554, to provide for 
the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 986, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River 
in the State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R 1100, to 
revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic 
Site in the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of the 
National Forest System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to 
facilitate the construction of a new fire and rescue station, 
and for other purposes.
    April 19, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 359, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and 
the farm labor movement; H.R. 713, to establish the Niagara 
Falls National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 986, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the 
State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R. 1080, to 
modify the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include 
certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1100, to revise the boundary of the Carl 
Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North 
Carolina, and for other purposes; and H. Con. Res. 116, 
expressing the sense of Congress that the National Museum of 
Wildlife Art, located in Jackson, Wyoming, shall be designated 
as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.
    May 10, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 523, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located 
wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells 
Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district; and H.R. 
1011, to designate additional National Forest System lands in 
the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, 
to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for 
eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to 
establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to 
provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness 
areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes.
    May 15, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1239, to amend the 
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to 
provide additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out 
the Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1388, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled 
Banner Trail in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the 
District of Columbia as a National Historic Trail; H.R. 1483, 
to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage 
areas, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1528, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the New England 
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes.
    June 7, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2016, to establish the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
    June 14, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 442, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Wolf House, located in Norfolk, 
Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 761, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark 
Interpretative Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc., 
certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an 
historical interpretive site along the trail; H.R. 1625, to 
establish the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1835, to provide for a resource study of 
the area known as the Rim of the Valley Corridor in the State 
of California to evaluate alternatives for protecting resources 
of the corridor, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2197, to 
modify the boundary of the Hopewell Culture National Historical 
Park in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes.
    July 12, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 105, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability 
and feasibility of establishing the Northern Neck National 
Heritage Area in Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 1083, 
to amend the Act establishing the Rivers of Steel National 
Heritage Area in order to include Butler County, Pennsylvania, 
within the boundaries of that heritage area; H.R. 1145, to 
establish the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area in the State 
of Alabama, and for other purposes; H.R. 1297, to establish the 
Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of 
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1815, to extend the authorization for the Coastal Heritage 
Trail in the State of New Jersey; and H.R. 1885, to establish 
the Santa Cruz National Heritage Area in the State of Arizona, 
and for other purposes.
    July 19, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 783, to modify the 
boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1266, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
resource study along the ``Ox-Bow Route'' of the Butterfield 
Overland Trail in the States of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, 
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1674, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the site of the Battle of Camden in South Carolina, 
as unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
    July 26, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 3058, to amend chapter 
69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments 
under such chapter to units of general local governments in 
which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional 
payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States 
and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and 
for other purposes.
    August 2, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2959, to establish a 
fund for the National Park Centennial Challenge, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3094, to establish in the Treasury of the 
United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park 
Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.
    September 27, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 830, to authorize 
the exchange of certain land in Denali National Park in the 
State of Alaska; H.R. 2094, to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 3111, to provide for the administration of Port Chicago 
Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National 
Parks System and for other purposes.
    October 18, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1975, to designate 
certain National Forest System lands and public lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of 
Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, 
wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological 
connecting corridors, and for other purposes.
    October 23, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 816, to provide for 
the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant 
Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way 
across the released land for the construction and maintenance 
of a flood control project; H.R. 1311, to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai site to the city of 
Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment 
center; H.R. 1922, to designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse 
and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an 
outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National 
Landscape System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2246, to 
validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally 
conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction of 
transcontinental railroads, and for other purposes.
    October 30, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 415, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton 
River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 1143, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands 
in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1286, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the 
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic 
Trail; H.R. 1545, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of Fort 
San Geronimo and other related resources in the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico and the suitability and feasibility of their 
inclusion in the National Park System as part of the San Juan 
National Historic Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 1836, to 
amend the acquisition authority for land for the development of 
visitor and administrative facilities at Weir Farm National 
Historic Site in the State of Connecticut; H.R. 3022, to 
designate the John Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, 
to add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park 
Wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 3120, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
of the Stranahan House in Broward County, Florida, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3265, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study of the Harry S 
Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, in Lamar, Missouri, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange 
with the city of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest 
System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further 
land ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3616, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic 
Trail to include additional sites associated with the 
preparation and return phases of the expedition, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3821, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites and 
resources at Matewan, West Virginia, associated with the Battle 
of Matewan to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
designating certain historic areas as a unit of the National 
Park System.
    November 1, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 3301, to authorize 
and direct the exchange and conveyance of certain National 
Forest land and other land in Southeast Arizona.
    November 13, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2334, to designate 
as wilderness certain land within the Rocky Mountain National 
Park and to adjust boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness 
and the Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho 
National Forest in the State of Colorado; H.R. 2632, to 
establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, 
New Mexico; H.R. 3287, to expand the Pajarita Wilderness and 
designate the Tumacacori Highland Wilderness in Coronado 
National Forest, Arizona; H.R. 3513, to amend the Oregon 
Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon 
Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk 
River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers; and H.R. 
3682, to designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, 
California, as wilderness, to designate certain river segments 
in Riverside County as a wild, scenic or recreational river, to 
adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
National Monument.
    February 26, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 5151, to designate 
as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in the 
Monongahela National Forest in the state of West Virginia, and 
for other purposes.
    March 6, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 877, to amend the Adams 
National Historical Park Act of 1998 to include the Quincy 
Homestead within the boundary of the Adams National Historical 
Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 1423, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor 
center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1693, to authorize National Mall Liberty 
Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously 
approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
Revolution; H.R. 2675, to provide for the conveyance of 
approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest 
in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy 
Scouts of America, and for other purposes; H.R. 3651, to 
require the conveyance of certain public land within the 
boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the training and 
readiness of the Utah National Guard; and H.R. 3734, to rename 
the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the 
state of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey 
National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, 
an international authority on birds of prey, who was 
instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation 
Area, and for other purposes.
    April 24, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 859, to establish the 
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the State of 
Colorado, and for other purposes; H.R. 3227, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain 
lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National 
Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; H.R. 
3667, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of 
Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild 
and Scenic River System; H.R. 3930, to provide for a land 
exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land Management 
land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to 
establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat 
Preservation Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 3981, to 
authorize the Preserve America Program and Save America's 
Treasures Program, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5540, to 
amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for 
the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network.
    June 5, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 573, to amend the Act 
entitled ``An Act to provide for the establishment of the 
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes'' to 
clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
accept donations of lands that are contiguous to the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other purposes; H.R. 3702, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in 
the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson 
County, Montana, for use as a cemetery; H.R. 3809, to amend the 
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Act of 1988 
regarding the local coordinating entity of the Delaware and 
Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes; H.R. 
4199, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 
1992 to add sites to the Dayton Aviation Heritage National 
Historical Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 4828, to amend 
the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to 
expand the boundaries of the historic site, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 5583, to withdraw the Tusayan Ranger 
District and Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock 
Valley from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, 
and for other purposes.
    July 10, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 160, to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a 
battlefield acquisition grant program for the acquisition and 
protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1847, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land 
acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails 
in the System, and for other purposes; H.R. 2933, to amend the 
American Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the 
authorization for that Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 3299, 
to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyance 
involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the 
effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in 
approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth 
Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land; H.R. 3336, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing a 
historic district to the Camp Hale on parcels of land in the 
state of Colorado; H.R. 3849, to provide for the conveyance of 
parcels of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah; H.R. 5263, 
to encourage the collaborative, science-based ecosystem 
restoration of priority forest landscapes on Federal lands 
under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management and the 
Forest Service through a joint Collaborative Forest Landscape 
Restoration Program, and for other purposes; H.R. 5751, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent 
to the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 6177, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild 
and Scenic River.
    July 15, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 2297, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National 
Scenic Trail; H.R. 2299, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain 
Federal land located in the City, and for other purposes; H.R. 
5335, to amend the National Trails System Act to provide for 
the inclusion of new trail segments, land components, and 
campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears National 
Historic Trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 5671, to amend the 
laws establishing the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National 
Recreation Area and the Columbia River National Gorge National 
Scenic Area, units of the National Forest System derived from 
the public domain, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
retain and utilize special use permit fees collected by the 
Secretary in connection with the operation of marinas in the 
recreation area and the operation of the Multnomah Falls Lodge 
in the scenic area, and for other purposes; H.R. 5853, to 
expand the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park 
in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 6159, to provide for a land 
exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the 
Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 6176, to authorize the expansion of the 
Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 6305, to clarify the authorization for 
the use of certain National Park Service properties within 
Golden Gate National Parks and San Francisco Maritime National 
Historic Park, and for other purposes.

II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS 
                            AND PUBLIC LANDS

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 24, 2007--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Tucson, 
Arizona, on Our National Forests at Risk: The 1872 Mining Law 
and its Impact on the Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona.
    February 27, 2007--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2008 Budget Request for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 
the Forest Service (FS).
    March 20, 2007--Oversight hearing on Yellowstone National 
Park Bison.
    April 26, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on Land-use Issues 
Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Development.
    May 1, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on Energy and Mineral Resources on The Future of Fossil Fuels: 
Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide.
    May 24, 2007--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans on No Child Left Inside: 
Reconnecting Kids with the Outdoors.
    June 19, 2007--Oversight hearing on Wildfire Preparedness: 
An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.
    June 28, 2007--Oversight hearing on Management by 
Exclusion: The Forest Service Use of Categorical Exclusions 
from NEPA.
    September 18, 2007--Oversight hearing on Management of the 
Statue of Liberty National Monument.
    February 27, 2008--Oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget Requests for the National Park Service, Forest 
Service and Bureau of Land Management.
    March 13, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Impacts of 
Unmanaged Off-Road Vehicles on Federal Land.
    March 28, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Flagstaff, 
Arizona, on Community Impacts of Proposed Uranium Mining near 
Grand Canyon National Park.
    April 15, 2008--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on The West-wide 
Energy Corridor Process: State and Community Impacts.
    April 28, 2008--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans in Brownsville, 
Texas, on Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the 
Southern Border Wall and the Collateral Impacts on Communities 
and the Environment.
    May 20, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Future of the 
National Mall.
    June 18, 2008--Oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on 
Water and Power on Paying to Play: Implementation of Fee 
Authority on Federal Lands.
    July 24, 2008--Oversight hearing on Expanding Access to 
Federal Lands for People with Disabilities.

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    March 1, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 24, The San Joaquin 
River Restoration Settlement Act.
    April 19, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 487, to amend the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to 
provide compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux 
Tribe for damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir 
Project, and for other purposes; H.R. 1114, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct 
a study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1140, to authorize the Secretary, in 
cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, 
to participate in the design, planning, and construction of an 
advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water 
system, and for other purposes; H.R. 1337, to provide for a 
feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies 
of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities 
served by the District; H.R. 1662, to amend the Reclamation 
Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the 
security of dams and other facilities.
    April 26, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 1462, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation 
of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for 
Endangered Species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin 
and to modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir.
    May 17, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 236, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation 
partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other 
regional partners to achieve objectives relating to water 
supply, water quality, and environmental restoration; H.R. 716, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse Plan; H.R. 
1503, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian 
Restoration Project; and H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Rancho California Water District Southern Riverside County 
Recycled/Non-Potable Distribution Facilities and 
Demineralization/Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and 
Reclamation Facility Project.
    May 24, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 31, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service 
Area Recycled Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill 
Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects; and 
H.R. 1526, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay Area Regional 
Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes.
    June 12, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 31, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service 
Area Recycled Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill 
Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects; H.R. 
716, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to participate in the Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse Plan; H.R. 
1462, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate 
in the implementation of the Platte River Recovery 
Implementation Program for Endangered Species in the Central 
and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the Pathfinder Dam 
and Reservoir; H.R. 1503, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash 
Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project; H.R. 1526, to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Bay Area Regional Water 
Recycling Program, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1725, to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Rancho California Water District Southern 
Riverside County Recycled/Non-Potable Distribution Facilities 
and Demineralization/Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and 
Reclamation Facility Project.
    July 24, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 1970, to amend the 
Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to 
authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water 
infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use 
of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water 
Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain 
Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the 
Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of 
water, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2515, to authorize 
appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the 
States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other 
purposes.
    September 18, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 2733, to establish 
the Trinity River Restoration Fund, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 2085, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
to the McGee Creek Authority certain facilities of the McGee 
Creek Project, Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
    September 25, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 123, to authorize 
appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund; H.R. 
2498, to provide for a study regarding development of a 
comprehensive integrated regional water management plan that 
would address four general areas of regional water planning in 
both the San Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare 
Lake Hydrologic Region, inclusive of Kern, Tulare, Kings, 
Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, 
California, and to provide that such plan be the guide by which 
those counties use as a mechanism to address and solve long-
term water needs in a sustainable and equitable manner; and 
H.R. 2535, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study on the feasibility and suitability of constructing a 
storage reservoir, outlet works, and a delivery system for the 
Tule River Indian Tribe of California to provide a water supply 
for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, 
and for other purposes.
    October 16, 2007--Markup held on H.R. 123, to authorize 
appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund; H.R. 
236, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a 
Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water 
Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve 
objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and 
environmental restoration; H.R. 2085, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek 
Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project, 
Oklahoma, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2498, to provide for 
a study regarding development of a comprehensive integrated 
regional water management plan that would address four general 
areas of regional water planning in both the San Joaquin River 
Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic Region, 
inclusive of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, 
Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and to 
provide that such plan be the guide by which those counties use 
as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water needs in a 
sustainable and equitable manner.
    October 24, 2007--Hearing held on H.R. 496, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to assist in the planning, 
design, and construction of the Tumalo Irrigation District 
Water Conservation Project in Deschutes County, Oregon; H.R. 
3323, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey a 
water distribution system to the Goleta Water District, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3437, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project 
in the State of Colorado; and H.R. 3739, to amend the Arizona 
Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the 
statement of findings.
    March 13, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 317, to authorize the 
construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the State of 
Colorado, and for other purposes; H.R. 4841, to approve, 
ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement entered into to 
resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating 
to alleged interferences with the water resources of the Tribe, 
to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
execute and perform the Settlement Agreement and related 
waivers, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5293, to approve the 
settlement of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute 
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for 
other purposes.
    April 23, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 2649, to make 
amendments to the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992; H.R. 3323, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey a water distribution system to the 
Goleta Water District, and for other purposes; and H.R. 4841, 
to approve, ratify, and confirm the settlement agreement 
entered into to resolve claims by the Soboba Band of Luiseno 
Indians relating to alleged interferences with the water 
resources of the Tribe, to authorize and direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to execute and perform the Settlement Agreement 
and related waivers, and for other purposes.
    May 8, 2008--Hearing held on H.R. 155, to provide 
compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of 
South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan 
projects along the Missouri River; H.R. 5511, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage 
tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
5710, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and for other purposes.
    May 22, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 5511, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage 
tunnel in Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
5710, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the 
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and for other purposes.
    July 15, 2008--Markup held on H.R. 2535, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility 
and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet 
works, and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of 
California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, 
industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 3437, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of 
Colorado; and H.R. 5293, to approve the settlement of the water 
rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley 
Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes.

    II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 8, 2007--Oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
Budget Request for the Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal Power 
Marketing Administrations, and the Water Resources Division of 
the United States Geological Survey.
    April 10, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Pomona, 
California on Sustainable Water Supplies for The West: Part I--
Protecting Groundwater Resources.
    June 1, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Pueblo, Colorado 
on The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project at 45: Sustainable Water for 
the 21st Century.
    July 2, 2007--Oversight field hearing in Vallejo, 
California on Extinction is not a Sustainable Water Policy: The 
Bay-Delta Crisis and the Implications for California Water 
Management.
    January 29, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Immediate 
Federal and State Role in Addressing Uncertain Water Deliveries 
for California and the Impacts on California Communities.
    February 26, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget Requests for the Bureau of Reclamation, the Federal 
Power Marketing Administrations, and the Water Resources 
division of the United States Geological Survey.
    April 16, 2008--Oversight hearing on Indian Water Rights 
Settlements.
    June 12, 2008--Oversight hearing on Hydropower: Providing 
75% of America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring its Role 
as a Continued Source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the 
Future.
    June 18, 2008--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on 
Paying to Play: Implementation of Fee Authority on Federal 
Lands.
    June 24, 2008--Oversight hearing on The Silent Invasion: 
Finding Solutions to Minimize the Impacts of Invasive Quagga 
Mussels on Water Rates, Water Infrastructure and the 
Environment.
    July 21, 2008--Oversight field hearing in Fresno, 
California, on The Federal Response to the California Drought 
Emergency.
                               APPENDIX I

                            Printed Hearings

    110-1--Oversight hearing on Reports, Audits and 
Investigations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) Regarding the 
Department of the Interior. February 16, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Full Committee)
    110-2--Joint oversight field hearing on Our National 
Forests at Risk: The 1872 Mining Law and its Impact on the 
Santa Rita Mountains of Arizona. February 24, 2007, Tucson, 
Arizona. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources; and 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-3--Oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget 
Request for the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular 
Affairs. February 27, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs)
    110-4--Oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget for 
the Minerals Management Service (MMS), the Bureau of Land 
Management (BLM), Energy and Minerals programs, the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), the 
Minerals and Geology Program of the Forest Service, and the 
United States Geological Survey (USGS), except for the 
activities and programs of the Water Resources Division. 
February 27, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources)
    110-5--Oversight hearing on the Evolving West. February 28, 
2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-6--Hearing on H.R. 24, to authorize the implementation 
of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement. March 1, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-7--Oversight hearing on Yellowstone National Park 
Bison. March 20, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-8--Hearing on H.R. 900, to provide for a federally 
sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto 
Rico; and H.R. 1230, to recognize the right of the People of 
Puerto Rico to call a Constitutional Convention through which 
the people would exercise their natural right to self-
determination, and to establish a mechanism for congressional 
consideration of such decision. March 22, 2007 and April 25, 
2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-9--Oversight hearing on Royalties at Risk. March 28, 
2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-10--Oversight hearing on Ocean Policy Priorities in the 
United States; and Hearing on H.R. 21, to establish a national 
policy for our oceans, to strengthen the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, to establish a national and 
regional ocean governance structure, and for other purposes. 
March 29, 2007 and April 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-11--Oversight field hearing on Sustainable Water 
Supplies for the West: Part 1--Protecting Groundwater 
Resources. April 10, 2007, Pomona, California. (Subcommittee on 
Water and Power)
    110-12--Oversight hearing on Wildlife and Oceans in a 
Changing Climate. April 17, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-13--Oversight hearing on Toward a Clean Energy Future: 
Energy Policy and Climate Change on Public Lands. March 20, 
2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    110-14--Hearing on H.R. 554, to provide for the protection 
of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 986, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the State 
of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R. 1100, to revise the 
boundary of the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in 
the State of North Carolina, and for other purposes; H.R. 1285, 
to provide for the conveyance of a parcel of National Forest 
System land in Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the 
construction of a new fire and rescue station, and for other 
purposes. April 17, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-15--Oversight hearing on Implementation of Title III, 
the Oil and Gas provisions, of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 
April 17, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources)
    110-16--Hearing on H.R. 65, to provide for the recognition 
of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 1294, to extend Federal recognition to the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-
Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
Indian Tribe. April 18, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-17--Oversight hearing on Current Economic, Social, and 
Security Conditions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands. April 19, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs)
    110-18--Oversight hearing on Renewable Energy Opportunities 
and Issues on Federal Lands: Review of Title II, Subtitle B--
Geothermal Energy of EPAct; and other renewable programs and 
proposals for public resources. April 19, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-19--Joint oversight hearing on Renewable Energy 
Opportunities and Issues on the Outer Continental Shelf. April 
24, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife 
and Oceans; and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-20--Hearing on H.R. 1462, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the implementation of the Platte 
River Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in 
the Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the 
Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir. April 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-21--Joint oversight hearing on Land-use Issues 
Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Development. 
April 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands; and Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources)
    110-22--Oversight hearing on Gone with the Wind: Impacts of 
Wind Turbines on Birds and Bats. May 1, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-23--Joint oversight hearing on The Future of Fossil 
Fuels: Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon 
Dioxide. May 1, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources; and Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands)
    110-24--Oversight hearing on Endangered Species Act 
Implementation: Science or Politics? May 9, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-25--Hearing on H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or 
partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, 
Washington, to the utility district; and H.R. 1011, to 
designate additional National Forest System lands in the State 
of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to 
designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for 
eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to 
establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to 
provide for the development of trail plans for the wilderness 
areas and scenic areas, and for other purposes. May 10, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    110-26--Joint oversight hearing on No Child Left Inside: 
Reconnecting Kids with the Outdoors. May 24, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans; and 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands)
    110-27--Oversight field hearing on The Fryingpan-Arkansas 
Project at 45: Sustainable Water for the 21st Century. June 1, 
2007, Pueblo, Colorado (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-28--Oversight field hearing on The Needs and Challenges 
of Tribal Law Enforcement on Indian Reservations. June 1, 2007, 
Brule, South Dakota. (Full Committee)
    110-29--Hearing held on H.R. 2016, to establish the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. 
June 7, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands)
    110-30--Oversight hearing on Wildfire Preparedness: An 
Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure. June 19, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    110-31--Oversight hearing on Management by Exclusion: The 
Forest Service Use of Categorical Exclusions from NEPA. June 
28, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands)
    110-32--Oversight hearing on The Minerals Management 
Service's Proposed Five-Year Program for Oil and Gas Leasing on 
the Outer Continental Shelf. June 28, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-33--Oversight field hearing on Extinction is not a 
Sustainable Water Policy: The Bay-Delta Crisis and the 
Implications for California Water Management. July 2, 2007, 
Vallejo, California. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-34--Field hearing on H.R. 53, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with 
the Government of the United States Virgin Islands, for the 
establishment of a school, and for other purposes. July 9, 
2007, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs)
    110-35--Hearing on H.R. 2515, to authorize appropriations 
for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado 
River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of 
Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 1970, to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and 
Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and 
rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New 
Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund 
the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the 
conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to 
authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the 
delivery of water, and for other purposes. July 24, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-36--Oversight hearing on The Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review. July 25, 
2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-37--Hearing on H.R. 2262, to modify the requirements 
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, 
consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining 
claims, and for other purposes. July 26, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-38--Oversight hearing on Crisis of Confidence: The 
Political Influence of the Bush Administration on Agency 
Science and Decision-Making. July 31, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Full Committee)
    110-39--Hearing on H.R. 3094, to establish in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund which shall be known as the 
National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
2959, to establish a fund for the National Park Centennial 
Challenge, and for other purposes. August 2, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-40--Oversight field hearing on the U.S. Military 
Buildup on Guam and Challenges Facing the Community. August 13, 
2007, Mangilao, Guam. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-41--Field hearing on H.R. 3079, to amend the Joint 
Resolution Approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands. August 15, 2007, Saipan, CNMI. 
(Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-42--Field hearing on H.R. 2262, to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain 
lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of 
mining claims, and for other purposes. August 21, 2007, Elko, 
Nevada. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-43--Oversight hearing on Management of the Statue of 
Liberty National Monument. September 18, 2007, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-44--Oversight hearing on Diversifying Native Economies. 
September 19, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-45--Hearing on H.R. 123, to authorize appropriations 
for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund; H.R. 2498, to 
provide for a study regarding development of a comprehensive 
integrated regional water management plan that would address 
four general areas of regional water planning in both the San 
Joaquin River Hydrologic Region and the Tulare Lake Hydrologic 
Region, inclusive of Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, 
Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, California, and 
to provide that such plan be the guide which those counties use 
as a mechanism to address and solve long-term water needs in a 
sustainable and equitable manner; and H.R. 2535, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility 
and suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet 
works, and a delivery systemfor the Tule River Indian Tribe of 
California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, 
industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes. 
September 25, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-46--Hearing on H.R. 2262, to modify the requirements 
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, 
consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining 
claims, and for other purposes. October 2, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-47--Hearing on H.R. 2837, to provide for administrative 
procedures to extend Federal recognition to certain Indian 
groups, and for other purposes. October 3, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-48--Oversight hearing on Implementation of the National 
Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act: Has the Promise Been 
Fulfilled? October 9, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-49--Hearing on H.R. 1497, to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants 
illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other 
purposes. October 16, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-50--Hearing on H.R. 1975, to designate certain National 
Forest System lands and public lands under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, 
Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic 
rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting 
corridors, and for other purposes. October 18, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    110-51--Hearing on H.R. 2801, to provide for the inclusion 
of certain non-Federal land in the Izembek and Alaska Peninsula 
Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness in the State of Alaska and for 
the granting of a right-of-way for safe and reliable access for 
the Native Village of King Cove, Alaska, and for other 
purposes. October 31, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-52--Hearing on H.R. 3301, to authorize and direct the 
exchange and conveyance of certain National Forest land and 
other land in Southeast Arizona. November 1, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-53--Hearing on H.R. 3994, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further 
self governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 
November 8, 2007, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-54--Hearing on H.R. 2334, to designate as wilderness 
certain land within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to 
adjust the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the 
Arapaho National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest 
in the State of Colorado; H.R. 2632, to establish the Sabinoso 
Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico; H.R. 3287, to 
expand the Pajarita Wilderness and designate the Tumacacori 
Highland Wilderness in Coronado National Forest, Arizona; H.R. 
3513, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate 
the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks 
of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic 
rivers; and H.R. 3682, to designate certain Federal lands in 
Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate 
certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, 
or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa 
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. November 13, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    110-55--Hearing on H.R. 2445, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native 
village, and for other purposes; H.R. 3350, to amend the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act to provide for equitable allotment 
of lands to Alaska Native veterans; H.R. 3351, to adapt the 
lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to the 
provision of Federal economic development assistance to 
similarly situated remote Native American communities, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 3560, to provide for the completion of 
certain land selections under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and for other purposes. November 14, 2007, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-56--Oversight hearing on New Fees for Filming and 
Photography on Public Lands. December 12, 2007, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-57--Hearing on H.R. 2176, to provide for and approve 
the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian 
Community; and H.R. 4115, to provide for and approve the 
settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians. February 6, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    110-58--Oversight field hearing on The Economic Effects of 
the Recently Increased Minimum Wage. February 22, 2008, 
American Samoa. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-59--Hearing on H.R. 5151, to designate as wilderness 
additional National Forest System lands in the Monongahela 
National Forest in the state of West Virginia, and for other 
purposes. February 26, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-60--Oversight hearing on Department of the Interior's 
Recently Released Guidance on Taking Land into Trust for Indian 
Tribes and its Ramifications. February 27, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-61--Hearing on H.R. 3223, to amend the Coastal Zone 
Management Act of 1972 to establish a grant program to ensure 
coastal access for commercial and recreational fishermen and 
other water-dependent coastal-related businesses, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5451, to reauthorize the Coastal Zone Management 
Act of 1972, and for other purposes; H.R. 5452, to amend the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to authorize grants to 
coastal States to support State efforts to initiate and 
complete surveys of coastal State waters and Federal waters 
adjacent to a State's coastal zone to identify potential areas 
suitable or unsuitable for the exploration, development, and 
production of renewable energy, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 5453, to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to 
authorize assistance to coastal states to develop coastal 
climate change adaptation plans pursuant to approved management 
programs approved under section 306, to minimize contributions 
to climate change, and for other purposes. February 28, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans)
    110-62--Oversight hearing on Poaching American Security: 
Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Trade. March 5, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-63--Hearing on H.R. 2964, to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited 
wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the 
provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that 
Act, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5534, to amend the Lacey 
Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears 
illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as 
with respect to prohibited wildlife species, and for other 
purposes. March 11, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-64--Oversight hearing on Getting Royalties Right: 
Recent Recommendations for Improving the Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty System. March 11, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee 
on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-65--Hearing on H.R. 5608, to establish regular and 
meaningful consultation and collaboration with tribal officials 
in the development of Federal policies that have tribal 
implications, to strengthen the United States government-to-
government relationships with Indian tribes, and to reduce the 
imposition of unfunded mandates upon Indian tribes; H.R. 3522, 
to ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant 
to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache 
Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize 
issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior 
boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 3490, to transfer administrative 
jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land 
Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands 
into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria, and for other purposes; S. 2457, A bill to provide 
for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot 
(Western) Tribe; and H.R. 5680, to amend certain laws relating 
to Native Americans, and for other purposes. April 9, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-66--Joint oversight field hearing on Charting a Clean 
Energy Future for the Insular Areas. April 12, 2008, 
Frederikstead, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. (Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs; and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    110-67--Oversight hearing on Indian Water Rights 
Settlements. April 16, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Water and Power)
    110-68--Joint oversight field hearing on Walls and Waivers: 
Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and 
Collateral Impacts to Communities and the Environment. April 
28, 2008, Brownsville, Texas. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands; and Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-69--Hearing on H.R. 155, to provide compensation to the 
Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for 
damage to tribal land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the 
Missouri River; H.R. 5511, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy 
problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, 
Colorado, and for other purposes; and H.R. 5710, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance 
to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the 
planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico 
Rural Water System, and for other purposes. May 8, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-70--Oversight hearing on Management of West Coast 
Salmon Fisheries. May 15, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-71--Oversight hearing on The Future of the National 
Mall. May 20, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-72--Oversight hearing on The Danger of Deception: Do 
Endangered Species Have a Chance? May 21, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-73--Joint oversight hearing on Census Data: Special 
Issues Related to U.S. Territories. May 21, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs; and Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information 
Policy, Census, and National Archives)
    110-74--Oversight hearing on How Should the Federal 
Government Address the Health and Environmental Risks of Coal 
Combustion Waste? June 10, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee 
on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    110-75--Oversight hearing on Spinning Straw Into Black 
Gold: Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Carbon Dioxide. June 12, 
2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    110-76--Oversight hearing on Hydropower: Providing 75% of 
America's Current Renewable Energy. Exploring Its Role as a 
Continued Source of Clean, Renewable Energy for the Future. 
June 12, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and 
Power)
    110-77--Joint oversight hearing on Paying to Play: 
Implementation of Fee Authority on Federal Lands. June 18, 
2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands; and Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    110-78--Oversight hearing on the Utah Navajo Trust Fund. 
June 19, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    110-79--Oversight hearing on Planning for a Changing 
Climate and its Impacts on Wildlife and Oceans; and Hearing 
held on H.R. 4455, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to provide international wildlife management and conservation 
programs through the Wildlife Without Borders Program in the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and for other 
purposes. June 24, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-80--Hearing on H.R. 6311, to prevent the introduction 
and establishment of nonnative wildlife species that negatively 
impact the economy, environment, or human or animal species' 
health, and for other purposes. Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee 
on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans)
    110-81--Oversight hearing on the Successes and Challenges 
of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas. July 17, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-82--Oversight hearing on Expanding Access to Federal 
Lands for People with Disabilities. July 24, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    110-83--Hearing on H.R. 6537, to reauthorize and amend the 
National Marine Sanctuaries Act to establish a National Marine 
Sanctuary System, to strengthen and clarify management 
authorities, and for other purposes; and H.R. 6204, to expand 
the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and 
Underwater Preserve and for other purposes. July 24, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans)
    110-84--Oversight hearing on Impacts that U.S. Consumer 
Demand is Having on the Illegal and Unsustainable Trade of 
Wildlife Products, and Ongoing and Proposed Efforts to Increase 
Public Awareness About These Impacts. September 16, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans)
    110-85--Oversight hearing on The Pineros: Reviewing the 
Welfare of Workers on Federal Lands. September 16, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    110-86--Oversight hearing on Recent Interior Department 
Inspector General Investigations on Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Collections. September 18, 2008, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    110-87--Oversight hearing on Identifying Labor Solutions 
for the Guam Military Buildup. September 23, 2008, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    110-88--Oversight hearing on Recent Trends Concerning 
Annual Budgets for the National Wildlife Refuge System and 
Implications for Management Activities. September 24, 2008, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans)
                              APPENDIX II

                        Legislation Passed House

                       BILLS PASSED HOUSE BY DATE

    [Asterisk (*) denotes bills that the Committee on Natural 
Resources was not the lead Committee]
    01/05/2007--S. 159, to redesignate the White Rocks National 
Recreation Area in the State of Vermont as the ``Robert T. 
Stafford White Rocks National Recreation Area''. Passed House 
without objection. (Public Law 110-1)
    01/17/2007--H.R. 57, to repeal certain sections of the Act 
of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands. Passed House 
by voice vote. (Public Law 110-40)
    01/18/2007--H.R. 6*, to reduce our Nation's dependency on 
foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative 
energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, 
developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy 
Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
energy, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 264-
163. (Public Law 110-140) [See also H.R. 3221, Public Law 110-
289]
    02/06/2007--H.R. 161, to adjust the boundary of the 
Minidoka Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai 
Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by vote of 419-0.
    02/06/2007--H.R. 235, to allow for the renegotiation of the 
payment schedule of contracts between the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Redwood Valley County Water District, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    02/06/2007--H.R. 356, to remove certain restrictions on the 
Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain 
property acquired by that District from the United States. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    02/06/2007--H.R. 386, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima 
Project, Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District. 
Passed House by vote of 417-0.
    02/06/2007--H.R. 512, to establish the Commission to Study 
the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American 
Latino to develop a plan of action for the establishment and 
maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in 
Washington, DC, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    02/07/2007--H.R. 482, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to transfer ownership of the American River Pump 
Station Project, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote 
of 425-0.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 122, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire 
regional recycling project and in the Cucamonga Valley Water 
District recycling project. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote. (Public Law 110-161)
    03/05/2007--H.R. 247, to designate a Forest Service trail 
at Waldo Lake in the Willamette National Forest in the State of 
Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a 
former Member of the House of Representatives. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 276, to designate the Piedras Blancas 
Light Station and the surrounding public land as an Outstanding 
Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National 
Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 299, to adjust the boundary of Lowell 
National Historical Park, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 376, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of including the battlefields and 
related sites of the First and Second Battles of Newtonia, 
Missouri, during the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek 
National Battlefield or designating the battlefields and 
related sites as a separate unit of the National Park System, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 467, to authorize early repayment of 
obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the A & B 
Irrigation District in the State of Idaho. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 497, to authorize the Marion Park Project, 
a committee of the Palmetto Conservation Foundation, to 
establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the District 
of Columbia, and its environs to honor Brigadier General 
Francis Marion. Passed House by vote of 390-0.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 807, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
feasibility and suitability of establishing a memorial to the 
Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for its 
inclusion as a unit of the National Park System. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 903, to provide for a study of options for 
protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in 
and adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in 
Colorado, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/05/2007--H.R. 995, to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend 
the authorization for establishing a memorial in the District 
of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became 
disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United 
States. Passed House by vote of 390-0. (Public Law 110-106)
    03/05/2007--H.R. 1047, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of designating the Soldiers' Memorial Military 
Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, as a unit of the 
National Park System. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/19/2007--H. Res. 138, recognizing the importance of Hot 
Springs National Park on its 175th anniversary. Passed House by 
vote of 399-0.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 658, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect 
natural resources of units of the National Park System through 
collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of 
the National Park System, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by vote of 390-10.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 838, to provide for the conveyance of the 
Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the White Acre and 
Gambel Oak properties and related real property to Park City, 
Utah, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 839, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging the Arthur V. 
Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to provide additional 
water for the Weber Basin Project to fulfill the purposes for 
which that project was authorized. Passed House by vote of 394-
1.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 902, to facilitate the use for irrigation 
and other purposes of water produced in connection with 
development of energy resources. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 1006, to amend the provisions of law 
relating to the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue 
Assistance Grant Program, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    03/19/2007--H.R. 1021, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the 
suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic 
buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    03/20/2007--H.R. 759, to redesignate the Ellis Island 
Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration 
Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the 
``Bob Hope Memorial Library''. Passed House by vote of 420-1.
    04/17/2007--H. Res. 217, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives concerning the 50th anniversary of the 
flooding of Celilo Falls. Passed house by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 309, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a demonstration program to facilitate 
landscape restoration programs within certain units of the 
National Park System established by law to preserve and 
interpret resources associated with American history, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 609, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Central Texas 
Water Recycling and Reuse Project, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 786, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Los Angeles 
County Water Supply Augmentation Demonstration Project, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 815, to provide for the conveyance of 
certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada 
National Guard. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 865, to grant rights-of-way for electric 
transmission lines over certain Native allotments in the State 
of Alaska. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 886, to enhance ecosystem protection and 
the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the 
Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by 
designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as 
wilderness, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/17/2007--H.R. 1191, to authorize the National Park 
Service to pay for services rendered by subcontractors under a 
General Services Administration Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite 
Quantity Contract issued for work to be completed at the Grand 
Canyon National Park. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/26/2007--H.R. 249, to restore the prohibition on the 
commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and 
burros. Passed House by vote of 277-137.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 30, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Eastern 
Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
and Expansion Project. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 407, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
establishing the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area in the 
States of Washington and Oregon, and for other purposes. Passed 
House as amended by vote of 294-80.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 487, to amend the Cheyenne River Sioux 
Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide compensation to 
members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage resulting 
from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 1025, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of 
implementing a water supply and conservation project to improve 
water supply reliability, increase the capacity of water 
storage, and improve water management efficiency in the 
Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska 
and Milford Lake in Kansas. Passed House by vote of 370-1.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 1080, to modify the boundaries of Grand 
Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT Park 
Subdivision, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 1114, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the 
United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on 
groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 1140, to authorize the Secretary, in 
cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, 
to participate in the design, planning, and construction of an 
advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled water 
system, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/07/2007--H.R. 1737, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the 
GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in 
the area of Oxnard, California. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/08/2007--H.R. 1294, to extend Federal recognition to the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-
Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock 
Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
Indian Tribe. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/08/2007--H.R. 1595, to implement the recommendations of 
the Guam War Claims Review Commission. Passed House as amended 
by vote of 288-133.
    05/23/2007--H.R. 1100, to revise the boundary of the Carl 
Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of North 
Carolina, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 268-
150.
    06/05/2007--H. Con. Res. 54, expressing the support of 
Congress for the creation of a National Hurricane Museum and 
Science Center in Southwest Louisiana. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    06/05/2007--H. Con. Res. 94, encouraging the elimination of 
harmful fishing subsidies that contribute to overcapacity in 
commercial fishing fleets worldwide and that lead to the 
overfishing of global fish stocks. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H. Con. Res. 116, expressing the sense of 
Congress that the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located in 
Jackson, Wyoming, shall be designated as the ``National Museum 
of Wildlife Art of the United States''. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    06/05/2007--H. Res. 341, supporting the goals and ideals of 
``American Eagle Day'', and celebrating the recovery and 
restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of 
the United States. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H.R. 361, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley 
Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to 
authorize additional projects and activities under that Act, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H. Res. 390, recognizing the importance of the 
Ouachita National Forest on its 100th anniversary. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H. Res. 401, supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Trails Day. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H.R. 1139, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to plan, design and construct facilities to provide 
water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other uses from 
the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana River, California, 
and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H.R. 1175, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to increase the 
ceiling on the Federal share of the costs of phase I of the 
Orange County, California, Regional Water Reclamation Project. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    06/05/2007--H.R. 1736, to amend the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for 
conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab County, 
Utah. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/07/2007--H.R. 65, to provide for the recognition of the 
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by vote of 256-128.
    06/27/2007--H. Res. 186, supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Clean Beaches Week and recognizing the considerable 
value of American beaches and their role in American culture. 
Passed House without objection.
    06/27/2007--S. 277*, a bill to modify the boundaries of 
Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT 
Park Subdivision, and for other purposes. Passed House without 
objection. (Public Law 110-47)
    07/10/2007--H.R. 359, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites 
associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm 
labor movement. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/10/2007--H. Res. 483, recognizing the 63rd Anniversary 
of Big Bend National Park, established on June 12, 1944. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    07/10/2007--H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Rancho 
California Water District Southern Riverside County Recycled/
Non-Potable Distribution Facilities and Demineralization/
Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and Reclamation Facility 
Project. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/10/2007--H.R. 1904, to provide assistance to the State 
of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water 
plans, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/10/2007--H.R. 2121, to modify a land grant patent issued 
by the Secretary of the Interior. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/10/2007--H.R. 2381, to promote Department of the 
Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the 
management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper 
Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 50, to reauthorize the African Elephant 
Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act 
of 1994. Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 110-132)
    07/23/2007--H.R. 465, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant 
Conservation Act of 1997. Passed House by voice vote. (Public 
Law 110-133)
    07/23/2007--H.R. 495, to update the management of Oregon 
water resources, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 716, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Santa Rosa 
Urban Water Reuse Plan. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 761, to authorize the Secretary of 
Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark 
Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain 
Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark National 
Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical 
interpretive site along the trail. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 1239, to bill to amend the National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to 
authorize additional funding to carry out the Act, and for 
other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 1285, to provide for the conveyance of a 
parcel of National Forest System land in Kittitas County, 
Washington, to facilitate the construction of a new fire and 
rescue station, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended 
by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 1388, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail in the States 
of Maryland and Virginia and the District of Columbia as a 
National Historic Trail. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 1503, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Avra/BlackWash 
Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project. Passed House as amended 
by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 1526, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bay 
Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/23/2007--H.R. 2400, to direct the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish an 
integrated Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great 
Lakes and coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the 
exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf of the 
United States, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended 
by voice vote.
    07/30/2007--H. Res. 16, recognizing Virginia's James River 
as ``America's Founding River''. Passed House without 
objection.
    07/30/2007--H.R. 31, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Elsinore Valley 
Municipal Water District Wildomar Service Area Recycled Water 
Distribution Facilities and Alberhill Wastewater Treatment and 
Reclamation Facility Projects. Passed House by unanimous 
consent.
    07/30/2007--S. 375*, a bill to waive application of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a 
specific parcel of real property transferred by the United 
States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other 
purposes. Passed House without objection. (Public Law 110-78)
    07/30/2007--H.R. 673, to a bill to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into trust 
as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, and 
for other purposes. Passed House without objection.
    07/30/2007--H.R. 1696, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration 
Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe to determine blood 
quantum requirement for membership in that Tribe. Passed House 
without objection.
    07/30/2007--H.R. 2107, to create the Office of Chief 
Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and 
for other purposes. Passed House without objection.
    07/30/2007--H.R. 2120, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now 
held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe. 
Passed House without objection.
    07/30/2007--H.R. 2863, to authorize the Coquille Indian 
Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in 
land owned by the Tribe. Passed House without objection. 
(Public Law 110-75)
    07/30/2007--H.R. 2952, to authorize the Saginaw Chippewa 
Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and 
interests in land owned by the Tribe. Passed House without 
objection. (Public Law 110-76)
    07/30/2007--H.R. 2963, to transfer certain land in 
Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, 
from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be 
held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, 
and for other purposes. Passed House without objection. (Public 
Law 110-383)
    07/30/2007--H.R. 3006*, to improve the use of a grant of a 
parcel of land to the State of Idaho for use as an agricultural 
college, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote. 
(Public Law 110-77)
    07/31/2007--H.R. 986, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate certain segments of the Eightmile River in the 
State of Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
vote of 253-172.
    08/04/2007--H.R. 3221*, moving the United States toward 
greater energy independence and security, developing innovative 
new technologies, reducing carbon emissions, creating green 
jobs, protecting consumers, increasing clean renewable energy 
production, and modernizing our energy infrastructure, and to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax 
incentives for the production of renewable energy and energy 
conservation. Passed House by vote of 241-172. (Public Law 110-
289) [See also H.R. 6, Public Law 110-140]
    09/18/2007--H. Res. 326*, commemorating the 25th 
anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    09/24/2007--H. Con. Res. 186, honoring the 75th anniversary 
of Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    09/24/2007--H. Res. 634, encouraging participation in 
hunting and fishing, and supporting the goals and ideals of 
National Hunting and Fishing Day and the efforts of hunters and 
fishermen toward the scientific management of wildlife and 
conservation of the natural environment. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    10/15/2007--H. Con. Res. 25*, expressing the sense of 
Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not 
later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and 
working land of the United States should provide from renewable 
resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed 
in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, 
and affordable food, feed, and fiber. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 53, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the Government of 
the United States Virgin Islands to provide land on the island 
of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a 
school, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 189, a bill to establish the Paterson 
Great Falls National Historical Park in the State of New 
Jersey, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 256-
122.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or 
partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, 
Washington, to the utility district. Passed House by vote of 
377-0.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 767, to protect, conserve, and restore 
native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at national 
wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive-based grants to 
control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative species, and 
for other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 783, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow the continued occupancy and use of certain 
land and improvements within Rocky Mountain National Park. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 813, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin 
Natural Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to 
carry out a program to assist agencies in projects to construct 
regional brine lines in California, to authorize the Secretary 
to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination 
demonstration and reclamation project, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 830, a bill to authorize the exchange of 
certain interests in land in Denali National Park in the State 
of Alaska. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 1205, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Passed House 
as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 1337, to provide for a feasibility study 
of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central 
Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the 
District. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 1462, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to participate in the implementation of the Platte 
River Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Species in 
the Central and Lower Platte River Basin and to modify the 
Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 1803, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a feasibility study to design and construct 
a four reservoir intertie system for the purposes of improving 
the water storage opportunities, water supply reliability, and 
water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland 
Reservoirs in San Diego County, California in consultation and 
cooperation with the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater 
Authority, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 1855, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation 
District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water Supply 
Enhancement Project. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 2094, to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes. Passed 
House as amended by voice vote.
    10/22/2007--H.R. 2197, to modify the boundary of the 
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in the State of Ohio, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/23/2007--H.R. 1011, to designate additional National 
Forest System lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a 
wilderness study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek 
Potential Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the 
Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng Mountain and 
Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for the development of 
trail plans for the wilderness areas and scenic areas, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/24/2007--H.R. 505, to express the policy of the United 
States regarding the United States relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the 
United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity. Passed 
House by vote of 261-153.
    10/24/2007--H.R. 1483, to amend the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization 
for certain national heritage areas, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by vote of 291-122.
    11/01/2007--H.R. 2262, to modify the requirements 
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, 
consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining 
claims, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 244-
166.
    11/13/2007--H. Con. Res. 229, expressing the sense of the 
Congress that the United States should seek a review of 
compliance by all nations with the International Commission for 
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas' conservation and management 
recommendations for Atlantic bluefin tuna and other species, 
and should pursue strengthened conservation and management 
measures to facilitate the recovery of the Atlantic bluefin 
tuna, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote.
    11/13/2007--H.R. 2614, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in certain water 
projects in California. Passed House by voice vote.
    11/13/2007--H.R. 2627, to establish the Thomas Edison 
National Historical Park in the State of New Jersey as the 
successor to the Edison National Historic Site. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    12/04/2007--H.R. 1662, a bill to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to seek limited reimbursement for site security 
activities, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    12/04/2007--H.R. 2246, a bill to provide for the release of 
any reversionary interest of the United States in and to 
certain lands in Reno, Nevada. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote.
    12/04/2007--H.R. 3998, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands 
and structures to determine the appropriate means for 
preservation, use, and management of the resources associated 
with such lands and structures. Passed House as amended by vote 
of 326-79.
    12/05/2007--H. Con. Res. 147, recognizing 200 years of 
research, service to the people of the United States, and 
stewardship of the marine environment by the National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration and its predecessor agencies, 
and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 414-
0.
    12/05/2007--H.R. 236, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the 
North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to 
achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and 
environmental restoration. Passed House as amended by vote of 
358-55.
    12/11/2007--H.R. 123, to authorize appropriations for the 
San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    12/11/2007--H.R. 3079, to amend the joint resolution that 
approved the covenant establishing the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. Passed House 
as amended by voice vote.
    12/11/2007--H.R. 3739, to amend the Arizona Water 
Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the statement of 
findings. Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 110-148)
    01/29/2008--H.R. 1528, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by vote of 261-122.
    02/12/2008--H.R. 29, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to construct facilities to provide water for 
irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from 
the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    02/12/2008--H. Con. Res. 209, expressing the sense of 
Congress that the Museum of the American Quilter's Society, 
located in Paducah, Kentucky, should be designated as the 
``National Quilt Museum of the United States''. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    02/12/2008--H. Res. 868, recognizing the 100th anniversary 
of the declaration of Muir Woods National Monument by President 
Theodore Roosevelt. Passed House voice vote.
    02/12/2008--H.R. 2251, to extend the Acadia National Park 
Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at 
the park, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    02/12/2008--H.R. 3332, to provide for the establishment of 
a memorial within Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on 
the island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and 
perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were forcibly 
relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    02/14/2008--H.R. 1834*, to authorize the national ocean 
exploration program and the national undersea research program 
within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
Passed House by vote of 352-49.
    03/04/2008--H. Res. 698, commemorating the 200th 
anniversary of Congressional Cemetery. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    03/04/2008--H. Res. 807, honoring the life of Marjory 
Stoneman Douglas, champion of the Florida Everglades and 
founder of Florida's environmental movement. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 816, to provide for the release of certain 
land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State 
of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land 
for the construction and maintenance of a flood control 
project. Passed House by vote of 375-0.
    03/04/2008--H. Res. 845, recognizing the 60th anniversary 
of Everglades National Park. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 1143, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National 
Park, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 378-0.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 1311, to provide for the conveyance of the 
Alta-Hualapai Site to the Nevada Cancer Institute, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by vote of 377-0.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 1922, to designate the Jupiter Inlet 
Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of 
Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 3111, to provide for the administration of 
Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange with 
the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System 
land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land 
ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    03/04/2008--H.R. 5137, to ensure that hunting remains a 
purpose of the New River Gorge National River. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    03/05/2008--H.R. 4191, to redesignate the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage National Historical Park in the State of Ohio as the 
``Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historical Park'', and for 
other purposes. Passed House by vote of 407-4.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 1187, to expand the boundaries of the Gulf 
of the Farollones National Marine Sanctuary and the Cordell 
Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 2342, to direct the President to establish 
a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System, and 
for other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 2515, to authorize appropriations for the 
Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River 
Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, 
California, and Nevada, and for other purposes. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 2675, to provide for the conveyance of 
approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita National Forest 
in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, Inc., of the Boy 
Scouts of America, and for other purposes. Passed House as 
amended by vote of 370-2.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 3352, to reauthorize and amend the 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by vote of 308-60.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 3651, to require the conveyance of certain 
public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to 
support the training and readiness of the Utah National Guard. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 3891, to amend the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to increase the number of 
Directors on the Board of Directors of the National Fish and 
Wildlife Foundation. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    03/31/2008--H.R. 4933, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 to protect captive wildlife and to make technical 
corrections, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    04/09/2008--H.R. 2016, to establish the National Landscape 
Conservation System, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
vote of 278-140.
    04/22/2008--H.R. 831, to provide for the conveyance of 
certain Forest Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, 
Alaska. Passed House as amended by vote of 382-0.
    04/22/2008--H.R. 3513, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act 
of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon 
as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes. Passed House 
as amended by voice vote.
    04/22/2008--H.R. 3734, to rename the Snake River Birds of 
Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho as the 
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation 
Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international 
authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the 
establishment of this National Conservation Area, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/22/2008--H.R. 5151, to designate as wilderness 
additional National Forest System lands in the Monongahela 
National Forest in the State of West Virginia, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 368-17.
    04/29/2008--H.R. 3490, to transfer administrative 
jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land 
Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands 
into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    04/29/2008--H.R. 3522, to ratify a conveyance of a portion 
of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State 
of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between 
the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New 
Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and 
to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache 
Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by voice vote. (Public Law 110-236)
    04/29/2008--H. Res. 1043, Honoring the life and legacy of 
Chief Standing Bear, a pioneer in civil rights for Native 
Americans, on the 100th anniversary of Chief Standing Bear's 
death. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/29/2000--S. 2457*, a bill to provide for extensions of 
leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe. 
(Public Law 110-228)
    04/29/2008--S. 2739*, a bill to authorize certain programs 
and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest 
Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the 
Act approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United 
States of America, to amend the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
vote of 291-117. (Public Law 110-229)
    05/13/2008--H.R. 6022*, to suspend the acquisition of 
petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by vote of 385-25. (Public Law 110-232)
    05/20/2008--H.R. 1464, to assist in the conservation of 
rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing 
financial resources for the conservation programs of nations 
within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations and 
projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the 
conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations. Passed 
House as amended by vote of 294-119.
    05/20/2008--H.R. 2649, to make amendments to the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. 
Passed House as amended by vote of 374-39.
    05/21/2008--H.R. 1771, to assist in the conservation of 
cranes by supporting and providing, through projects of persons 
and organizations with expertise in crane conservation, 
financial resources for the conservation programs of countries 
the activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes 
and the ecosystems of cranes. Passed House as amended by vote 
of 304-18.
    05/21/2008--H.R. 3323, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey a water distribution system to the Goleta 
Water District, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended 
by voice vote.
    05/21/2008--H.R. 4841, to approve, ratify, and confirm the 
settlement agreement entered into to resolve claims by the 
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating to alleged 
interferences with the water resources of the Tribe, to 
authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute 
and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and 
for other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote. 
(Public Law 110-297)
    05/21/2008--H. Con. Res. 300, recognizing the necessity for 
the United States to maintain its significant leadership role 
in improving the health and promoting the resiliency of coral 
reef ecosystems, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    05/21/2008--H. Con. Res. 325, celebrating the 50th 
Anniversary of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission's 
Historical Preservation and Museum Program, which began on June 
15, 1958, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/21/2008--H. Res. 1074, honoring the 60th anniversary of 
the commencement of the carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    05/21/2008--S.J. Res. 17*, a joint resolution directing the 
United States to initiate international discussions and take 
necessary steps with other Nations to negotiate an agreement 
for managing migratory and transboundary fish stocks in the 
Arctic Ocean. Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 110-243)
    06/05/2008--H.R. 5540, to amend the Chesapeake Bay 
Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing 
authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
Network. Passed House by vote of 321-86.
    06/09/2008--H. Res. 1158, recognizing the 100th anniversary 
of the establishment of the Ozark National Forest in Arkansas. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    06/09/2008--H.R. 2632, to establish the Sabinoso Wilderness 
Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    06/09/2008--H.R. 3022, to designate the John Krebs 
Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain land to 
the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, and for 
other purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    06/09/2008--H.R. 3682, to designate certain Federal lands 
in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to designate 
certain river segments in Riverside County as a wild, scenic, 
or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of the Santa Rosa 
and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    06/17/2008--H.R. 2964, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 
1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species 
under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating 
to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 302-96.
    06/17/2008--H.R. 3702, to direct the Secretary of 
Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge 
National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use 
as a cemetery. Passed House as amended by vote of 396-0.
    06/18/2008--H. Res. 1199, commending the Orange County 
Water District and its employees for their sound financial 
management and innovative groundwater management, waterquality, 
water efficiency, and environmental programs, on its 75th anniversary. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    06/18/2008--H. Res. 1247, supporting the goals and ideals 
of ``American Eagle Day,'' and celebrating the recovery and 
restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of 
the United States. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    06/18/2008--H.R. 5680, to amend certain laws relating to 
Native Americans, and for other purposes. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    06/19/2008--H.R. 5511, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to remedy 
problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in Leadville, 
Colorado, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    06/19/2008--H.R. 5710, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide financial assistance to the Eastern New 
Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and 
construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and 
for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 301-124.
    07/08/2008--H.R. 1423, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a partnership with the Porter County 
Convention, Recreation and Visitor Commission regarding the use 
of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center as a visitor 
center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 376-11.
    07/08/2008--H.R. 3981, to authorize the Preserve America 
Program and Save America's Treasures Program, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 360-23.
    07/08/2008--H.R. 4199, to amend the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 368-18.
    07/08/2008--H.R. 5741, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/09/2008--H. Res. 1322, commending the firefighters from 
California and throughout the United States for their 
courageous actions and sacrifices in fighting the California 
wildfires. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/09/2008--H.R 5541, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/10/2008--H.R. 1286, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route 
National Historic Trail. Passed House by vote of 345-69.
    07/14/2008--H.R. 1714, to clarify the boundaries of Coastal 
Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-64P. Passed House by 
voice vote. (Public Law 110-419)
    07/14/2008--H.R. 3227, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow stocking fish in certain lakes in the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Passed House as amended 
by voice vote.
    07/14/2008--H.R. 5618, to reauthorize and amend the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    07/16/2008--H.R. 415, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Passed House by vote of 242-175.
    09/10/2008--H.R. 3667, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers 
in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Passed House by vote of 
299-118.
    09/16/2008--H.R. 6899, to advance the national security 
interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on 
oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies 
while building a bridge to the future through expanded access 
to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the 
relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers 
who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the 
development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies 
for large oil and gas companies, and facilitating energy 
efficiencies in the building, housing, and transportation 
sectors, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 236-
189.
    09/17/2008--H.R. 2535, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and suitability 
of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a 
delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California 
to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, 
and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    09/17/2008--H.R. 3437, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project 
in the State of Colorado. Passed House as amended by voice 
vote.
    09/17/2008--H.R. 5293, to approve the settlement of the 
water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck 
Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    09/17/2008--H.R. 5350, to authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, 
Virginia, and for other purposes. Passed as amended by voice 
vote. (Public Law 110-393)
    09/22/2008--H. Res. 1374, commemorating the 75th 
anniversary of the Grand Coulee Dam and recognizing its 
critical role in the national and economic security of the 
United States and the contributions of hydroelectric power to 
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 1907, to authorize the acquisition of land 
and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the 
conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and 
functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the 
environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for 
other purposes. Passed House as amended by vote of 313-59.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 3299, to provide for a boundary adjustment 
and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National Forest, 
Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey 
that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes 
Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest 
System land, and for other purposes. Passed House as amended by 
voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 3336, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability 
and feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the 
National Park System. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 3849, to provide for the conveyance of 
parcels of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah. Passed House 
as amended by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 5335, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 
components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail of Tears 
National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. Passed House 
as amended by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 5853, to expand the boundary of the Minute 
Man National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 6159, to provide for a land exchange 
involving certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino 
National Forest in the State of California, and for other 
purposes. Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 6176, to authorize the expansion of the 
Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2008--H.R. 6685, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide an annual grant to facilitate an iron 
working training program for Native Americans. Passed House by 
vote of 302-72.
    09/24/2008--H.R. 160, to amend the American Battlefield 
Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition 
grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally 
significant battlefields and associated sites of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    09/24/2008--H.R. 2933, to amend the American Battlefield 
Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield acquisition 
grant program for the acquisition and protection of nationally 
significant battlefields and associated sites of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes. 
Passed House as amended by voice vote.
    09/24/2008--H.R. 4828, to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield 
National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of 
the historic site, and for other purposes. Passed House as 
amended by voice vote.
    09/29/2008--H. Res. 1474, recognizing the 50th anniversary 
of the first vertical ascent of the face of El Capitan in 
Yosemite National Park and honoring the historic climbing feat 
of the original climbing team. Passed House by unanimous 
consent.
    09/29/2008--H.R. 2963, to transfer certain land in 
Riverside County, California, and San Diego County, California, 
from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be 
held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, 
and for other purposes. House agreed to the Senate amendments 
and passed by unanimous consent.
    09/29/2008--H.R. 5350, to authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, 
Virginia, and for other purposes. House agreed to the Senate 
amendment and passed by unanimous consent.
    09/29/2008--H.R. 5618, to reauthorize and amend the 
National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other purposes. 
House agreed to the Senate amendment and passed by unanimous 
consent. (Public Law 110-394)
    09/29/2008--H.R. 7017, to amend Public Law 100-573 to 
extend the authorization of the Delaware Water Gap National 
Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. Passed House by 
unanimous consent.
    09/29/2008--S. 1193*, a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to take into trust 2 parcels of Federal land for the 
benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, 
and for other purposes. Passed House with an amendment by 
unanimous consent.
    09/29/2008--S. 1582*, a bill to reauthorize and amend the 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other purposes. 
Passed House with an amendment by unanimous consent.
    09/29/2008--S. 3128*, a bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe 
for use in planning, engineering, and designing a certain water 
system project. Passed House with an amendment by unanimous 
consent. (Public Law 110-390)
    09/29/2008--S. 3550*, an original bill to designate a 
portion of the Rappahannock River in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia as the ``John W. Warner Rapids''. Passed House by 
unanimous consent. (Public Law 110-418)

                BILLS WHICH FAILED TO PASS HOUSE BY DATE

    06/05/2008--H.R. 3058, to amend chapter 69 of title 31, 
United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter 
to units of general local government in which entitlement land 
is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal 
years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously 
entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes. Failed House under suspension of the rules by vote of 
218-193, 2 Present.
    06/25/2008--H.R. 2176, to provide for and approve the 
settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian 
Community. Failed House by vote of 121-298.
    06/26/2008--H.R. 6251, to prohibit the Secretary of the 
Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders 
of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands 
subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and 
for other purposes. Failed House under suspension of the rules 
as amended by vote of 223-195.
    07/17/2008--H.R. 6515, to amend the Naval Petroleum 
Reserves Production Act of 1976 to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct an expeditious environmentally responsible 
program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National 
Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, and for other purposes. Failed 
House under suspension of the rules by vote of 244-173.
                              APPENDIX III

                          List of Public Laws

    [Asterisk (*) denotes bills that were not referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources but contain legislation that was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources]
    Public Law 110-1: S. 159 (H.R. 48)
    Public Law 110-40: H.R. 57 (S. 279*)
    Public Law 110-47: S. 277 (H.R. 1080)
    Public Law 110-75: H.R. 2863 (S. 1286)
    Public Law 110-76: H.R. 2952
    Public Law 110-77: H.R. 3006 (H.R. 2732; S. 1325*; S. 
1764*)
    Public Law 110-78: S. 375 (H.R. 679)
    Public Law 110-106: H.R. 995 (S. 824*)
    Public Law 110-114: H.R. 1495*
    Public Law 110-132: H.R. 50 (H.R. 465)
    Public Law 110-133: H.R. 465 (H.R. 50)
    Public Law 110-140: H.R. 6 (H. Con. Res. 25; H.R. 1267)
    Public Law 110-148: H.R. 3739
    Public Law 110-161: H.R. 2764* (H.R. 122; H.R. 771; H.R. 
783; H.R. 1091; H.R. 1918; H.R. 3858; H.R. 4028)
    Public Law 110-228: S. 2457
    Public Law 110-229: S. 2739* (H.R. 886; H.R. 247; H.R. 276; 
H.R. 1922; H.R. 815; H.R. 658; H.R. 1100; H.R. 299; H.R. 161; 
H.R. 2251; H.R. 376; H.R. 1047; H.R. 442; H.R. 807; H.R. 359; 
H.R. 1021; H.R. 1835; H.R. 497; H.R. 2094; H.R. 512; H. Con. 
Res. 209; H. Con. Res. 116; H.R. 759; H.R. 1388; H.R. 761; H.R. 
3616; H.R. 986; H.R. 830; H.R. 1239; H.R. 1191; H.R. 319; H.R. 
713; H.R. 1625; H.R. 1483; H.R. 1083; H.R. 1815; H.R. 407; H.R. 
1114; H.R. 235; H.R. 482; H.R. 839; H.R. 1904; H.R. 386; H.R. 
1736; H.R. 467; H.R. 495; H.R. 1025; H.R. 30; H.R. 1526; H.R. 
1662; H.R. 902; H.R. 1462; H.R. 1337; H.R. 3079; H.R. 3616)
    Public Law 110-232: H.R. 6022
    Public Law 110-234: H.R. 2419* (H.R. 1497)
    Public Law 110-236: H.R. 3522
    Public Law 110-243: S.J. Res. 17
    Public Law 110-281: H.R. 3891
    Public Law 110-297: H.R. 4841 (H.R. 1276)
    Public Law 110-383: H.R. 2963 (H.R. 28)
    Public Law 110-386: S. 1582* (H.R. 3352, S. 1584*)
    Public Law 110-390: S. 3128 (H.R. 6754)
    Public Law 110-393: H.R. 5350
    Public Law 110-394: H.R. 5618 (S. 3160*)
    Public Law 110-398: H.R. 6849*
    Public Law 110-418: S. 3550 (H.R. 7031)
    Public Law 110-419: H.R. 1714
    Public Law 110-453: S. 1193 (H.R. 5680)
                              APPENDIX IV

                            Committee Prints
                               APPENDIX V

                           Committee Reports

    House Report 110-89 (H.R. 886), to adjust the boundary of 
the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-90 (H.R. 309), to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish a demonstration program to facilitate 
landscape restoration programs within certain units of the 
National Park System established by law to preserve and 
interpret resources associated with American history, and for 
other purposes. (Amended)
    House Report 110-91 (H.R. 865), to grant rights-of-way for 
electric transmission lines over certain Native allotments in 
the State of Alaska.
    House Report 110-92 (H.R. 285), to establish the Steel 
Industry National Historic Site in the State of Pennsylvania. 
(Amended)
    House Report 110-93 (H.R. 249), to restore the prohibition 
on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros.
    House Report 110-94 (H.R. 162), to adjust the boundary of 
the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-95 (H.R. 319), to establish the Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, and for other 
purposes. (Amended)
    House Report 110-124 (H.R. 1294), to extend Federal 
recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy 
Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the 
Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the 
Nansemond Indian Tribe.
    House Report 110-125 (H.R. 1140), to authorize the 
Secretary, in cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, 
California, to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and 
recycled water system, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-126 (H.R. 1114), to require the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and 
the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on 
groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-127 (H.R. 1080), to modify the boundaries 
of Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the 
GT Park Subdivision, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-128 (H.R. 487), to amend the Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide 
compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for 
damage resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-129 (H.R. 1595), to implement the 
recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review Commission.
    House Report 110-157 (H.R. 1100), to revise the boundary of 
the Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in the State of 
North Carolina, and for other purposes. (Amended)
    House Report 110-164 (H.R. 65), to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for 
other purposes. (Amended)
    House Report 110-219 (H.R. 713), to establish the Niagara 
Falls National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-220 (H.R. 986), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as components of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-221 (H.R. 1337), to provide for a 
feasibility study of alternatives to augment the water supplies 
of the Central Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities 
served by the District.
    House Report 110-222 (H.R. 1725), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Rancho California Water District Southern Riverside County 
Recycled/Non-Potable Distribution Facilities and 
Demineralization/Desalination Recycled Water Treatment and 
Reclamation Facility Project.
    House Report 110-223 (H.R. 359), to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites 
associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm 
labor movement.
    House Report 110-243 (H.R. 31), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wildomar Service Area 
Recycled Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill Wastewater 
Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects.
    House Report 110-244 (H.R. 50), to reauthorize the African 
Elephant Conservation Act and the Rhinoceros and Tiger 
Conservation Act of 1994.
    House Report 110-245 (H.R. 465), to reauthorize the Asian 
Elephant Conservation Act of 1997.
    House Report 110-246 (H.R. 716), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse Plan.
    House Report 110-247 (H.R. 761), to authorize the Secretary 
of Interior to convey to The Missouri River Basin Lewis and 
Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. 
certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an 
historical interpretive site along the trail.
    House Report 110-248 (H.R. 1239), to amend the National 
Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998 to provide 
additional staff and oversight of funds to carry out the Act, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-249 (H.R. 1285), to provide for the 
conveyance of a parcel of National Forest System land in 
Kittitas County, Washington, to facilitate the construction of 
a new fire and rescue station, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-250 (H.R. 1388), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Star-Spangled Banner Trail 
in the States of Maryland and Virginia and the District of 
Columbia as a National Historic Trail.
    House Report 110-251 (H.R. 1503), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project.
    House Report 110-252 (H.R. 1526), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-253, Part 1 (H.R. 2400), to direct the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to establish an integrated Federal ocean and 
coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal state 
waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and 
the Continental Shelf of the United States, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-271 (H.R. 673), to adjust the boundary of 
the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-272 (H.R. 1696), to amend the Ysleta del 
Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas 
Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to 
determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that 
Tribe.
    House Report 110-273 (H.R. 2120), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit of 
the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land 
now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe.
    House Report 110-274 (H.R. 2863), to authorize the Coquille 
Indian Tribe of the State of Oregon to convey land and 
interests in land owned by the Tribe.
    House Report 110-275 (H.R. 2952), to authorize the Saginaw 
Chippewa Tribe of Indians of the State of Michigan to convey 
land and interests in land owned by the Tribe.
    House Report 110-276 (S. 375), to waive application of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a 
specific parcel of real property transferred by the United 
States to 2 Indian tribes in the State of Oregon, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-296, Part 1 (H.R. 2337), to promote energy 
policy reforms and public accountability, alternative energy 
and efficiency, and carbon capture and climate change 
mitigation, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-310 (H.R. 189), to establish the Paterson 
Great Falls National Park in the State of New Jersey.
    House Report 110-311, Part 1 (H.R. 1834), to authorize the 
national ocean exploration program and the national undersea 
research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration.
    House Report 110-315, Part 1 (H.R. 1011), to designate 
additional National Forest System lands in the State of 
Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study area, to designate 
the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area for eventual 
incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish 
the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for 
the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and 
scenic areas, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-388 (H.R. 1483), to amend the Omnibus 
Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the 
authorization for certain national heritage areas, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-389 (H.R. 505), to express the policy of 
the United States regarding the United States relationship with 
Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition 
by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
    House Report 110-391 (H.R. 2197), to modify the boundary of 
the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in the State of 
Ohio, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-392 (H.R. 2094), to provide for certain 
administrative and support services for the Dwight D. 
Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-393 (H.R. 1462), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the implementation 
of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for 
Endangered Species in the Central and Lower Platte River Basin 
and to modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir.
    House Report 110-394, Part 1 (H.R. 1205), to reauthorize 
the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-395 (H.R. 830), to authorize the exchange 
of certain lands in Denali National Park in the State of 
Alaska.
    House Report 110-396 (H.R. 783), to modify the boundary of 
Mesa Verde National Park, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-397 (H.R. 767), to protect, conserve, and 
restore native fish, wildlife, and their natural habitats at 
national wildlife refuges through cooperative, incentive based 
grants to control, mitigate, and eradicate harmful nonnative 
species, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-398 (H.R. 523), to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or 
partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, 
Washington, to the utility district.
    House Report 110-399 (H.R. 53), to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with the 
Government of the United States Virgin Islands to provide land 
on the island of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the 
establishment of a school, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-412 (H.R. 2262), to modify the 
requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain 
lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of 
mining claims, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-458 (H.R. 236), to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership 
with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional 
partners to achieve objectives relating to water supply, water 
quality, and environmental restoration.
    House Report 110-459 (H.R. 1662), to amend the Reclamation 
Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the 
security of dams and other facilities.
    House Report 110-460 (H.R. 2085), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek 
Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project, 
Oklahoma, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-461 (H.R. 2246), to validate certain 
conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands 
located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed by the 
United States to facilitate construction of transcontinental 
railroads, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-462 (H.R. 3998), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies 
of certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate 
means for preservation, use, and management of the resources 
associated with such lands and structures.
    House Report 110-469, Part 1 (H.R. 3079), to amend the 
Joint Resolution Approving the Covenant to Establish a 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-483 (H.R. 123), to authorize 
appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund.
    House Report 110-484 (H.R. 3739), to amend the Arizona 
Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the 
statement of findings.
    House Report 110-502 (H.R. 1528), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the New England National Scenic 
Trail, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-503, Part 1 (H.R. 29), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide 
water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other 
uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-504, Part 1 (H.R. 135), to establish the 
Twenty-First Century Water Commission to study and develop 
recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to address 
future water needs.
    House Report 110-505, Part 1 (H.R. 3058), to amend chapter 
69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments 
under such chapter to units of general local government in 
which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional 
payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States 
and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-506, Part 1 (H.R. 3111), to provide for 
the administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National 
Memorial as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-511, Part 1 (H.R. 664), to amend the Water 
Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to assist in research and development, environmental 
and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the 
Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana 
Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California.
    House Report 110-531 (H.R. 816), to provide for the release 
of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in 
the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the 
released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood 
control project.
    House Report 110-532 (H.R. 1143), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin 
Islands National Park, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-533 (H.R. 1311), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of 
Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment 
facility.
    House Report 110-534 (H.R. 3473), to provide for a land 
exchange with the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National 
Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to 
further land ownership consolidation in that national forest, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-536, Part 1 (H.R. 1922), to designate the 
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in 
the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a 
unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-541, Part 1 (H.R. 2176), to provide for 
and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay 
Mills Indian Community.
    House Report 110-542, Part 1 (H.R. 4115), to provide for 
and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault 
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
    House Report 110-551 (H.R. 4933), to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to protect captive wildlife and to make 
technical corrections, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-552 (H.R. 3891), to amend the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act to increase the 
number of Directors on the Board of Directors of the National 
Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
    House Report 110-553 (H.R. 2675), to provide for the 
conveyance of approximately 140 acres of land in the Ouachita 
National Forest in Oklahoma to the Indian Nations Council, 
Inc., of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-554 (H.R. 3651), to require the conveyance 
of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, 
Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah 
National Guard.
    House Report 110-555 (H.R. 2515), to authorize 
appropriations for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in the 
States of Arizona, California, and Nevada, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-556 (H.R. 3352), to reauthorize and amend 
the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-557 (H.R. 1187), to expand the boundaries 
of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the 
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
    House Report 110-558, Part 1 (H.R. 2342), to direct the 
President to establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-561 (H.R. 2016), to establish the National 
Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-564, Part 1 (H.R. 1328), to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act.
    House Report 110-591 (H.R. 3513), to amend the Oregon 
Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon 
Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk 
River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-592 (H.R. 831), to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of 
Coffman Cove, Alaska.
    House Report 110-593 (H.R. 3734), to rename the Snake River 
Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho 
as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National 
Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an 
international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental 
in the establishment of this National Conservation Area, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-597 (H.R. 900), to provide for a federally 
sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto 
Rico.
    House Report 110-598, Part 1 (H.R. 5151), to designate as 
wilderness additional National Forest System lands in the 
Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-609 (H.R. 3490), to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the 
Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to 
take such landsinto trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-610 (H.R. 3522), to ratify a conveyance of 
a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba 
County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of 
litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba 
County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent 
for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the 
Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-611 (S. 2457), to provide for extensions 
of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) 
Tribe.
    House Report 110-631 (H.R. 3323), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey a water distribution system 
to the Goleta Water District, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-632 (H.R. 3930), to provide for a land 
exchange involving State land and Bureau of Land Management 
land in Chavez and Dona Ana Counties, New Mexico, and to 
establish the Lesser Prairie Chicken National Habitat 
Preservation Area, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-633 (H.R. 4074), to authorize the 
implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-634 (H.R. 2649), to make amendments to the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992.
    House Report 110-635 (H.R. 1771), to assist in the 
conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, through 
projects of persons and organizations with expertise in crane 
conservation, financial resources for the conservation programs 
of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly 
affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes.
    House Report 110-649 (H.R. 4841), to approve, ratify, and 
confirm the settlement agreement entered into to resolve claims 
by the Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians relating to alleged 
interferences with the water resources of the Tribe, to 
authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to execute 
and perform the Settlement Agreement and related waivers, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-657 (H.R. 1464), to assist in the 
conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid 
populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise 
in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations.
    House Report 110-667 (H.R. 5540), to amend the Chesapeake 
Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing 
authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
Network.
    House Report 110-668 (H.R. 3667), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and 
Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential 
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
    House Report 110-668, Part 2 (H.R. 3667), to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi 
and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System.
    House Report 110-670, Part 1 (H.R. 554), to provide for the 
protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-692 (H.R. 5680), to amend certain laws 
relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-693 (H.R. 3682), to designate certain 
Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as wilderness, 
to designate certain river segments in Riverside County as a 
wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of 
the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-694 (H.R. 3022), to designate the John 
Krebs Wilderness in the State of California, to add certain 
land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 110-695 (H.R. 2632), to establish the Sabinoso 
Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New Mexico, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-701, Part 1 (H.R. 5618), to reauthorize 
and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-704, Part 1 (H.R. 5541), to provide a 
supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland 
fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and 
National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive 
wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-712 (H.R. 2964), to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited 
wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the 
provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that 
Act, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-713 (H.R. 3702), to direct the Secretary 
of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-
Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, 
Montana, for use as a cemetery.
    House Report 110-714 (H.R. 5710), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to 
the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, 
design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-715 (H.R. 5511), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
remedy problems caused by a collapsed drainage tunnel in 
Leadville, Colorado, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-735 (H.R. 415), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
    House Report 110-736 (H.R. 1286), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to designate the Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.
    House Report 110-737 (H.R. 1423), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of a visitor 
center to be constructed outside the boundary of the Indiana 
Dunes National Lakeshore in Porter County, Indiana, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-738 (H.R. 3981), to authorize the Preserve 
America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-739 (H.R. 4199), to amend the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to add sites to the 
Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-740 (H.R. 5741), to amend the High Seas 
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to improve the 
conservation of sharks.
    House Report 110-756 (H.R. 3227), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in 
the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
    House Report 110-790 (H.R. 3849), to provide for the 
conveyance of parcels of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, 
Utah.
    House Report 110-791 (H.R. 4828), to amend the Palo Alto 
Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the 
boundaries of the historic site, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-792 (H.R. 2933), to amend the American 
Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization 
for that Act, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-793 (H.R. 3299), to provide for a boundary 
adjustment and land conveyances involving Roosevelt National 
Forest, Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land 
survey that resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal 
Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest 
System land.
    House Report 110-794 (H.R. 1575), to reaffirm and clarify 
the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct 
federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-795 (H.R. 3094), to establish in the 
Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as 
the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-796 (H.R. 160), to amend the American 
Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to establish a battlefield 
acquisition grant program for the acquisition and protection of 
nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the 
Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-797 (H.R. 6176), to authorize the 
expansion of the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort 
Davis, Texas, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-798 (H.R. 3336), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to carry out a study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing a historic district 
to the Camp Hale on parcels of land in the State of Colorado.
    House Report 110-799 (H.R. 5751), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly 
conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut Canyon 
National Monument in the State of Arizona, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-811 (H.R. 1907), to authorize the 
acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers 
to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological 
values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit 
both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-812 (H.R. 2535), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and 
suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, 
and a delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of 
California to provide a water supply for domestic, municipal, 
industrial, and agricultural purposes, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-813 (H.R. 3437), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to carry out the Jackson Gulch 
rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado.
    House Report 110-814 (H.R. 6041), to redesignate the Rio 
Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Travis C. 
Johnson Canal''.
    House Report 110-815 (H.R. 5293), to approve the settlement 
of the water rights claims of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the 
Duck Valley Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to carry out the settlement, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-822, Part 1 (H.R. 5350), to authorize the 
Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in 
Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-838 (H.R. 6177), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande Wild 
and Scenic River.
    House Report 110-839 (H.R. 5853), to expand the boundary of 
the Minute Man National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts to include Barrett's Farm, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 110-840 (H.R. 5335), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trail 
segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the 
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-841 (H.R. 1847), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land 
acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails 
in the System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 110-861 (H.R. 6159), to provide for a land 
exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the 
Mendocino National Forest in the State of California, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 110-882 (H.R. 1497), to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants 
illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other 
purposes.
                              APPENDIX VI

                           Oversight Summary

    Under clause 2 of Rule X of the House of Representatives, 
each standing committee of the House has general oversight 
responsibilities to determine whether laws and programs 
addressing subjects within its jurisdiction are being 
implemented in accordance with the intent of Congress and to 
determine whether they should be continued, curtailed or 
eliminated. The Committee on Natural Resources had an extensive 
schedule of oversight hearings and carried out an ongoing 
program of review of the laws and programs under the 
Committee's jurisdiction. The following is a summary of the 
Committee's oversight activities (a listing of the specific 
oversight hearings is found in the overview section of this 
report):

                         NATIVE AMERICAN ISSUES

    Budget Overview: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for programs and activities related to the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and other Department of the Interior 
agencies with tribal-related programs.
    Economic Development Non-Gaming: The Committee examined 
what is needed to spur development on Indian reservations, 
especially the need to ensure strong, stable tribal government 
structures that are prepared to operate business development 
and foster relationships with outside businesses for the 
betterment of all involved.
    Cultural and Sacred Land Protection: The Committee 
continued its efforts to protect Native American cultural and 
sacred lands. Each year sites that are integral to the practice 
of Native American religions are defaced or destroyed. 
Oversight activities included exploring the rights of tribes to 
collect needed berries, fruits, and fauna, as well as special 
access to eagles if needed and the protection of and access to 
cultural and sacred sites.
    Law Enforcement and Personal Safety Issues: The Committee 
examined the problems that result from funding shortages that 
cause some tribal police forces to severely restrict activities 
part way through the fiscal year. In addition, the issue of 
gangs on reservations and how to address the violence they 
bring was reviewed. The Committee examined the problems that 
have arisen from drug dealers who are aliens or non-Indians and 
who have found undeveloped Indian lands to be a safe haven from 
which to peddle their poison.
    Detention Centers: The Committee examined the status of 
detention facilities throughout Indian Country. In September of 
2004, the DOI Office of Inspector General (IG) released a 
report entitled, Neither Safe nor Secure--an Assessment of 
Indian Detention Facilities. This report found longstanding 
neglect and BIA indifference toward safety and security 
concerns at the detention centers. Oversight activities 
included a review of BIA's response to the report, including 
what improvements have been made since 2004.
    Native Hawaiians: The Committee carried out oversight of 
the trust responsibility that the federal government 
established under the Hawaii Statehood Act. This included House 
passage of the Hawaiian Homelands Act, and a review of the 
distribution of Hawaiian homelands and status of infrastructure 
on those lands.
    Rights of Way: The Department of the Interior released a 
congressionally mandated report on what authority Indian tribes 
should have over utility rights-of-way that cross Indian lands. 
The Committee held a hearing on the findings of that report.

              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES

    Budget Oversight: The Committee examined the budgets for 
energy and minerals related programs within the U.S. Geological 
Survey, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
Minerals Management Service, Bureau of Land Management and the 
minerals and geology program of the Forest Service.
    Federal Oil and Natural Gas Royalty Program: The Committee 
performed rigorous and comprehensive oversight of the federal 
onshore and offshore oil and natural gas royalty program 
managed by the Minerals Management Service. A series of reports 
and investigations conducted by the Interior Department's 
Inspector General (IG), the Government Accountability Office 
(GAO) and by the media paint a picture of gross mismanagement 
of the royalty compliance and collection program, including 
under-reporting of royalty payments, inadequate auditing, and 
outright fraud. In particular, the Committee focused on:
    (1) Deepwater Oil and Gas Royalty Relief Act of 1995--Under 
this law, leases in the Gulf of Mexico issued during 1998-1999 
are considered flawed because they allowed waivers of royalty 
payments even when energy prices are high. The Committee 
examined ways to address these potential multi-billion dollar 
losses to the taxpayers.
    (2) Royalty Audit and Inspection--The Committee reviewed 
the management of this program. According to an Interior 
Department IG report, MMS is now auditing less than 10% of 
lessees. In addition, there have been several highly critical 
GAO, IG and media reports on the consistent under-performance 
of the MMS audit and its enforcement functions.
    (3) Oil and Gas Royalty Rates--The Committee reviewed 
results of a GAO study into royalty rates (requested by Senator 
Bingaman and Chairman Rahall) that found that states generally 
charge higher royalty rates than the federal government. In 
addition, industry analysts estimate that the U.S. ``government 
take'' on oil and gas is lower than most other countries in the 
world.
    (4) Necessity of Royalty Relief--The Committee reviewed the 
efficacy of royalty relief. Additionally, the Committee 
examined the various ``royalty relief'' provisions of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), including enhanced relief 
for deep water leases in the Gulf of Mexico, new relief for 
``marginal wells,'' and new provisions added for deep drilling 
on previously issued ``shallow'' water gas leases in the Gulf 
and for future leases in the Alaska OCS.
    (5) Royalty In-Kind (RIK)--Despite Congressional concerns, 
MMS undertook a pilot RIK program through which companies pay 
royalties in the form of oil or gas instead of the more 
traditional cash payments. The RIK program continued to expand 
over the years until 2005, when the program was made permanent 
as part of the EPAct. This action ignored a series of reports 
and investigations, including one in 1998 by GAO, requested by 
Chairman Rahall, whichconcluded the RIK program was unlikely to 
succeed. The Committee closely investigated the management of the 
program, including the findings of a September 2008 report released by 
the Department of the Interior Inspector General that revealed 
significant ethical and criminal violations by certain employees of the 
RIK program.
    Reform of the 1872 Mining Law: The Mining Law of 1872 is a 
relic of 19th century land law that is greatly in need of 
reform and revision to bring it in line with modern-day land 
use and hard rock mining practices. Under this law, valuable 
hard rock minerals such as gold, silver, and copper are mined 
on public domain lands in the western states without the 
payment of a royalty. Further, these lands can be patented (fee 
simple title) by holders of mining claims for $2.50 or $5.00 an 
acre, depending on the type of claim (an annual appropriations 
bill provision has temporarily halted this practice). The 
Committee conducted a full range of hearings and field 
inspections. As a result the House passed reform legislation 
that addressed such problems as: the lack of no royalty or 
production fee, patchwork environmental protection, the 
inadequacy of bonding, and abandoned hard rock mines.
    Implementation of Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct): The 
Committee conducted oversight into a number of implementation 
issues related to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, including: the 
availability of oil and gas resources, the designation of 
western energy corridors, alternative renewable energy OCS 
projects, and split-estate lands and energy development.
    Multiple Use Mandate and Energy Development: The Committee 
performed oversight into the way BLM has allowed its oil and 
gas program to dominate other public land uses to the detriment 
of BLM's other management responsibilities.
    Regulation of Coal Ash Placement: EPA is promulgating 
regulations to govern the disposal of coal combustion waste in 
landfills, surface impoundments, and mines. This is critical in 
view of the growing body of data that indicates increasing 
threats to health and the environment from unregulated disposal 
of coal combustion waste. The question of coal waste 
management, whether regulated by EPA or the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, was reviewed by the 
Committee.

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS

Department of Commerce--National Marine Fisheries Service

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for relevant programs and activities of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
    Recommendations of the Joint Ocean Commissions Initiative 
(JOCI): In 2003 and 2004, two major, national, bipartisan 
commissions--the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy (established 
by federal law) and the Pew Oceans Commission--released reports 
making recommendations for improving federal policies related 
to the management and conservation of fisheries, other ocean 
resources, and the marine environment generally. In late 2004, 
the two commissions formed one entity, the Joint Ocean 
Commissions Initiative, to pursue these recommendations. The 
Committee held hearings on JOCI's findings and recommendations, 
prior to considering legislation implementing appropriate 
recommendations.
    Implementation of 2006 Amendments to the Magnuson Act: In 
2006, Congress reauthorized the Magnuson Act, adopting the 
first substantive changes to the law in more than a decade. 
These changes required federal agencies and regional fishery 
management councils to change their operations. The Committee 
conducted oversight to ensure that changes to the law are 
implemented as Congress intended. The Committee also examined 
the appropriate levels of funding needed to implement the law 
effectively.
    Administration of the Endangered Species Act (ESA): The ESA 
provides for the conservation and management of threatened and 
endangered species. The Secretary of Commerce, through NMFS, is 
charged with implementing this law for marine species. The 
Committee held oversight hearings on the status of listed 
marine species and prospects for recovery, as well as on the 
agency's implementation of the Act and funding levels.
    Overfishing on the High Seas: The Committee held oversight 
hearings on incentives to reduce overfishing in international 
waters and eliminate bycatch, including gear modification to 
reduce seabird, sea turtle and shark bycatch.
    Invasive Species: The Committee examined the impact that 
invasive species have on the marine and aquatic environments, 
and ways to address this growing national problem.

Department of Commerce--National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
        (NOAA)

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for relevant programs and activities of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    National Marine Sanctuaries Act: There are 13 marine 
sanctuaries nationwide, in addition to the new monument in the 
Northwest Hawaiian Islands. The Committee examined 
opportunities to improve the law.
    Ocean Health: The Committee held oversight hearings on 
issues affecting the health of our oceans, such as coral 
degradation, acidification, marine debris, dead zones, and red 
tides. The Committee also examined the science surrounding 
these issues and opportunities to improve ocean health.
    Coastal Zone Management in the 21st Century: In 2006, NOAA, 
through its National Ocean Service and in consultation with the 
Coastal States Organization, initiated a visioning process to 
engage stakeholders on the federal, state, and local levels in 
redefining our national approach to managing the Nation's 
coastal zone. The Committee held oversight hearings on their 
findings and gathered insights into potential amendments to the 
Coastal Zone Management Act.

Department of the Interior--Fish and Wildlife Service

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
    Endangered Species Act Implementation: The Committee held 
oversight hearings examining the science behind decisions to 
list, not list, and delist endangered and threatened species. 
The Committee also examined the appropriate levels of funding 
needed to implement the law effectively.
    Migratory Bird Treaty Act Enforcement and Bird and Bat 
Mortality: The Committee held oversight hearings on enforcement 
of incidental take of birds under the Migratory Bird Treaty 
Act, particularly the impacts that wind turbine development has 
had on bird and bat mortality.
    National Wildlife Refuge Operations and Maintenance 
Backlog: The Committee examined how the operations and 
maintenance backlog is impacting the public's use of wildlife 
refuges.
    Lacey Act Enforcement: The Lacey Act, enacted in 1900 and 
subsequently amended over the last century, was the first 
federal law to control trade in wildlife and wildlife products. 
The Committee examined the adequacy of this venerable Act's 
existing authority to control the burgeoning multibillion 
dollar trade of threatened and endangered or otherwise illegal 
wildlife into and out of the United States.
    Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) Development: 
Under the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act, the 
Fish and Wildlife Service is required to develop CCPs for all 
refuges no later than October 9, 2012. The Committee examined 
the status of CCP development and the resources and strategies 
that might be employed to meet this critical conservation 
requirement.
    Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species: 
About 169 countries are party to this international agreement 
providing for the worldwide protection of endangered plants and 
animals by ensuring that trade does not threaten their 
survival. The Committee held hearings on changes proposed by 
the United States and other countries, and examined strategies 
the United States intends to pursue to achieve and promote 
species conservation.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS

    Budget Overview: The Committee reviewed that portion of the 
President's budget which relates to the insular areas of the 
United States, including five principal U.S. territories 
(American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto 
Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) and three freely associated 
states (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, and Republic of Palau).
    Regulation Reform: The Committee examined the need for, and 
advisability of, reducing or enhancing those federal rules and 
regulations falling within its jurisdiction which relate to the 
insular areas of the United States.
    Normalizing Immigration and Border Security: The Committee 
recognizes that U.S. territories are also U.S. borders and that 
certain U.S. territories are viewed as more strategic and vital 
to the defense of the U.S. because of their locations. The 
Committee reviewed and developed legislation to normalize 
immigration and protect sensitive U.S. territorial borders.
    Puerto Rico Self-Determination: The Committee held 
extensive hearings on proposals to resolve Puerto Rico's 
political status and developed legislation that was reported to 
the House.
    General Oversight: The Committee reviewed fundamental 
issues facing each of the territories and the freely associated 
states. Some of these issues have been researched by the U.S. 
Government Accountability Office (GAO) in two December 2006 
reports: Compacts of Free Association--Micronesia and the 
Marshall Islands Face Challenges in Planning for 
Sustainability, Measuring Progress, and Ensuring Accountability 
and U.S. Insular Areas--Economic, Fiscal, and Financial 
Accountability Challenges.
    Compacts of Free Association: The Committee exercised its 
oversight authority of funding and program assistance to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of 
Micronesia in accordance with the Compact of Free Association 
Amendments Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-188). Additionally, Public Law 
99-658, which established the free association relationship 
between the United States and the Republic of Palau, 
contemplates a review of the terms and related agreements of 
the Compact in the fifteenth year of the political 
relationship. The Committee helped oversee formal negotiations 
leading up to the fifteenth anniversary between the United 
States and the Republic of Palau.

        SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS

U.S. Forest Service

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for the programs and activities of the Forest 
Service.
    Forest Planning and NEPA: The announcement by the 
Administration to exempt national forest plans from NEPA was 
one in a series of administrative moves to scale back or 
exclude the public from Forest Service planning. The Committee 
examined these changes and their impact on our natural 
resources and the public's right to know about and participate 
in the management of our national forests.
    Hazardous Fuel Costs: Both the GAO and the USDA Inspector 
General have issued reports documenting problems with the 
Forest Service's handling of the hundreds of millions of 
dollars they have received for hazardous fuels reduction. The 
Committee examined the issues identified in these reports, 
including agency failures to control costs, prioritize 
projects, and deliver value in its hazardous fuels program, and 
developed legislation, which passed the House, to help address 
these problems.
    Healthy Forest Act Implementation: In 2003, the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management were given 
significant new authority to expedite the removal of dead and 
dying timber from national forests and public lands. The 
Committee examined the agencies' use of this new authority.
    Campground Closures: The Forest Service ordered a 
nationwide assessment of all national forest campgrounds. In 
some areas, they proposed to shut down or scale back one-third 
or more of all campgrounds. The Committee examined the 
potential impact this assessment could have on public 
recreation in our national forests.

Bureau of Land Management

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for programs and activities of the Bureau of 
Land Management.
    Oil and Gas Development Impacts on Public Lands: The 
current Administration has fast-tracked the extraction of oil 
and gas from public lands, with thousands of new drilling 
permits issued annually. This development has, in certain 
places, negatively impacted the natural, scenic, historical, 
cultural, and recreational resources that exist on public 
lands. The Committee undertook an extensive review of this 
matter.
    Wild Horse and Burro Program: With the repeal of the 
prohibition on the sale and commercial slaughter of wild horses 
and burros, public attention has been focused on the many 
problems with the BLM's administration of the program. The 
Committee examined the program and the House passed legislation 
to prohibit the slaughter of these symbols of the American 
West.
    National Landscape Conservation System: In the late 1990s, 
the National Landscape Conservation System was established 
within the Bureau of Land Management to pull together under one 
umbrella the national monuments, national conservation areas, 
wilderness, and other conservation units administered by the 
BLM. Many of these conservation units were established only in 
the past decade and their management plans are new or in the 
process of being finalized. The Committee examined the agency's 
management of the system and the numerous significant resources 
the system contains and developed legislation, which passed the 
House, to legislatively establish the National Landscape 
Conservation System.

National Park Service

    Budget: The Committee examined the President's budget 
request for the programs and activities of the National Park 
Service.
    Yellowstone Bison: After six years and millions of dollars, 
implementation of the 2000 Yellowstone Bison Management Plan 
has not proceeded beyond the first phase of the plan. Thousands 
of bison have been slaughtered under the plan and the Committee 
explored ways to protect and properly manage these living 
symbols of America.
    Centennial Challenge: In August 2006, President Bush called 
on Americans to enhance our national parks and directed the NPS 
to come up with a plan to achieve this, which became known as 
the ``Centennial Challenge''. The Committee examined the 
program to determine how the Administration is meeting its 
responsibility as the steward of some of the most important 
elements of our national heritage and developed legislation to 
implement the proposed program.
    Recreation Fees: On January 1, 2007 federal agencies rolled 
out a new ``America the Beautiful Pass.'' That pass replaced 
others that were less costly to visitors to our National Parks 
and public lands attractions. The result is that individuals 
who want to continue to enjoy these American treasures have to 
pay 23% to 60% more than in the past to do so. The National 
Park Service is the largest collector of recreation fees but 
the Committee examined the fee programs of all agencies to see 
where, why, and how such fees are being collected and used.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

    Budget Reviews: The Committee held hearings to review the 
spending priorities of the Bureau of Reclamation, the Water 
Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, and the Power 
Marketing Administrations.
    Water Recycling: Congress, in 1992, provided the Bureau of 
Reclamation with broad authority and specific direction to 
create a comprehensive water recycling program to serve 
communities in the 17 western states and the Insular Areas. 
Unfortunately, the executive branch generally has not been 
responsive to ``Title XVI'' water recycling initiatives and has 
resisted full implementation of the authorized water recycling 
program. Committee hearings examined various proposals to 
reform the Title XVI water recycling program, the Office of 
Management and Budget's ``PART'' reviews, and new membrane 
technologies for recycling and desalination.
    Sustainable Water Supplies and the Bureau of Reclamation: 
The Committee held hearings to explore the 21st century federal 
role in providing assistance for drought protection and water 
supply development to communities, agricultural water users, 
and state governments. Additionally, the Committee considered 
groundwater supplies and how the U.S. Geological Survey and the 
Bureau of Reclamation might more effectively assist state, 
tribal, and local governments to study, develop, and conserve 
groundwater supplies for agricultural, municipal, and 
environmental uses.
    Changing Conditions Affecting Western Water Supplies: The 
Committee held hearings to consider how state and local water 
managers are dealing with drought planning and water supply 
variability, and how the Bureau of Reclamation and the 
Geological Survey are responding to the changing water supply 
picture. Hearings also considered the impact on agency programs 
of increased presence of nanoparticles and pharmaceutical 
chemicals in Bureau-administered water supply systems.
    Klamath River, California and Oregon: The Klamath River is 
heavily impacted by a Bureau of Reclamation irrigation project 
and federally-licensed hydropower projects. Salmon populations 
of vital importance to Indian Tribes and non-Indian fisheries 
have reached historically low levels. The river has been the 
source of controversy for years. Affected interests and the 
governors of California and Oregon have worked toward 
settlement of river management disputes. The Committee 
conducted hearings on this matter and considered, among other 
things, the relationship of a Klamath River settlement to other 
fishery restoration and river management initiatives in the 
region.
    CALFED, OCAP, and the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan: The 
severe decline in the ecological health of California's 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta has not been corrected. The 
Committee conducted oversight on the California Bay-Delta 
Program (CALFED), the Central Valley Project Operations 
Criteria and Plan (OCAP), and the newer Bay-Delta Conservation 
Plan (BDCP).
    Lower Colorado River Basin Operation and Management: 
Committee oversight activities included an examination of the 
fiscal and environmental impacts of operating the Yuma 
Desalting Plant and the impact of its operation on the Cienega 
de Santa Clara in Mexico; drought and water supply variability 
in the Basin; the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species 
Conservation Program; transboundary water supplies and issues 
with the Government of Mexico; implementation plans for lining 
the All-American Canal and constructing new regulated storage 
at or near the All-American Canal; and the potential for 
adverse effects on water supplies from proposed new and 
widespread uranium development in the Basin. The Committee also 
considered how California's changing administration of its 
share of the Colorado River will affect the agriculture-
dependent communities and coastal urban areas that are 
dependent on or expect to use Colorado River water, and the 
relationship of those uses to federal and state efforts to 
protect and restore the environmental values of the Salton Sea.
    Indian Water Settlements: Indian water settlements will 
play a crucial role in shaping the future of tribal and non-
Indian communities throughout the West. The Committee examined 
the current status of Indian water settlement negotiations, how 
settlements should be structured in light of increasingly 
uncertain and variable water supplies, the impact of federal 
water projects on tribal resources, and whether a permanent 
funding source for Indian water settlements is appropriate.
    Power Marketing Administrations: The Department of the 
Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and the Department of the 
Army's Corps of Engineers generate electricity at hydropower 
plants located at major federal water projects. The Department 
of Energy's four Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) 
generally sell this electricity in wholesale markets mostly to 
publicly and cooperatively owned utilities that, in turn, sell 
the electricity to retail consumers. Committee hearings 
reviewed the PMAs' existing authorities and considered ways in 
which the PMAs might provide additional assistance and 
incentives to encourage utilities to reduce energy demand and 
increase the percentage of renewable energy in their 
portfolios, as has been successfully demonstrated in the 
Pacific Northwest. The Committee also examined the PMAs' role 
in improving the nation's transmission infrastructure and 
current policies for siting transmission corridors on public 
lands and Indian reservations.

                                  
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