[House Report 111-701]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 424

111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 111-701

             REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                     COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

                                 of the

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               during the

                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS




January 3, 2011.--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
          DOC HASTINGS, Washington, Ranking Republican Member
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             DON YOUNG, Alaska
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      ELTON GALLEGLY, California
    Samoa                            JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California      HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey                 Carolina
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, Washington
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
JIM COSTA, California                ROB BISHOP, Utah
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
GREGORIO SABLAN, Northern Marianas   DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
BEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico            ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
GEORGE MILLER, California            PAUL BROUN, Georgia
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      JOHN FLEMING, Louisiana
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin         CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
    Islands                          TOM McCLINTOCK, California
DIANA DeGETTE, Colorado              BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
RON KIND, Wisconsin
LOIS CAPPS, California
JAY INSLEE, Washington
JOE BACA, California
STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
    Dakota
JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts
FRANK KRATOVIL, Jr., Maryland
PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico

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On January 6, 2009, pursuant to H. Res. 8, Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II, 
of West Virginia, was elected to the Committee.
On January 6, 2009, pursuant to H. Res. 12, Ranking Member Doc 
Hastings, of Washington, was elected to the Committee.
On January 9, 2009, pursuant to H. Res. 38, the Minority (Republican) 
Members were elected to the Committee.
On January 21, 2009, pursuant to H. Res. 74, the Majority (Democrat) 
Members were elected to the Committee.
On February 28, 2010, Neil Abercrombie, of Hawaii, resigned from the 
Committee.
On May 6, 2010, pursuant to H. Res. 1334, Ben Ray Lujan, of New Mexico, 
was elected to the Committee.
      STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

                    JIM COSTA, California, Chairman
           DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado, Ranking Republican Member
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
    Samoa                            DON YOUNG, Alaska
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  JOHN FLEMMING, Louisiana
GREGORIO SABLAN, Northern Marianas   JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming
EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts      DOC HASTINGS, ex-officio
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
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          Subcommittee On Insular Affairs, Oceans And Wildlife

                MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam, Chairwoman 
     HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South Carolina, Ranking Republican Member
DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan             DON YOUNG, Alaska
ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American      JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
    Samoa                            DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado
FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey       ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
GREGORIO SABLAN, Northern Marianas   JOHN FLEMING, Louisiana
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin         JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah
    Islands                          BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
DIANA DeGETTE, Colorado              DOC HASTINGS, ex-officio
RON KIND, Wisconsin
LOIS CAPPS, California
CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
FRANK KRATOVIL, Jr., Maryland
PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico
BEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico
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             DON YOUNG, Alaska
GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California      ELTON GALLEGLY, California
RUSH D. HOLT, New Jersey             JOHN J. DUNCAN, Jr., Tennessee
MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam          JEFF FLAKE, Arizona
DAN BOREN, Oklahoma                  HENRY E. BROWN, Jr., South 
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico              Carolina
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York         BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania
DONNA M. CHRISTENSEN, Virgin         ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia
    Islands                          PAUL BROUN, Georgia
DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado              MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado
RON KIND, Wisconsin                  CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
LOIS CAPPS, California               TOM McCLINTOCK, California
JAY INSLEE, Washington               DOC HASTINGS, ex-officio
STEPHANIE HERSETH SANDLIN, South 
    Dakota
JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland
CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts
PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico
BEN RAY LUJAN, New Mexico
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio 
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                    Subcommittee On Water And Power

              GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California, Chairwoman
     CATHY McMORRIS RODGERS, Washington, Ranking Republican Member
GEORGE MILLER, California            ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona            MIKE COFFMAN, Colorado
JIM COSTA, California                TOM McCLINTOCK, California
PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon             DOC HASTINGS, ex-officio
JAY INSLEE, Washington
JOE BACA, California
NICK J. RAHALL, II, ex-officio
                          Full Committee Staff
                             Majority Staff

                     James H. Zoia, Chief of Staff
                    Ann Adler, Deputy Chief of Staff
                       Rick Healy, Chief Counsel
                 Blake Androff, Communications Director
                    Sally Barth, Research Assistant
             Teresa Bravo, Clerk, Office of Indian Affairs
                  Linda Booth, Chief Financial Officer
              Joycelyn Coleman, Legislative Calendar Clerk
        Janet Erickson, Staff Director, Office of Indian Affairs
     Amy Haskell, Legislative Advisor, Office of the Chief Counsel
         Lisa James, Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
                    Kim Le, Administrative Assistant
                        Nancy Locke, Chief Clerk
                  Kathleen Miller, Editor and Printer
       Joshua Pitre, Legislative Staff, Office of Indian Affairs
           Jennifer Romero, Counsel, Office of Indian Affairs
                      Julia Rowe, Press Assistant
                Matthew Spencer, Deputy Press Secretary
            Matt Vaccaro, Director of Information Technology
         Ed Van Scoyoc, Senior Information Technology Engineer
                  Heather Walrath, Chief Administrator
          Katherine Waring, Clerk, Office of the Chief Counsel
                     Julie Watkins, Staff Assistant

                            Republican Staff

                 Todd Young, Republican Chief of Staff 
             Todd Ungerecht, Counsel to the Ranking Member 
                Lisa Pittman, Republican Chief Counsel 
   Christopher N. Fluhr, Republican Staff Director, Office of Indian 
                                Affairs
            Jill Strait, Republican Communications Director 
             Spencer Pederson, Republican Press Secretary 
              Neal Kirby, Republican New Media Assistant 
 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
                    Nahal Hamidi, Subcommittee Clerk

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

          Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife
               Room 1337 Longworth, Phone (202) 225-0691
                 Room H2-187 Ford, Phone (202) 226-0200

            Brian Modeste, Staff Director, Insular Affairs 
            Jed Bullock, Legislative Staff, Insular Affairs 
   Domenick Carroll, Subcommittee Clerk/Legislative Advisor, Insular 
                                Affairs 

           Jean Flemma, Staff Director, Oceans and Wildlife 
        Julia Hathaway, Legislative Staff, Oceans and Wildlife 
          Karen Hyun, Legislative Staff, Oceans and Wildlife 
          Dave Jansen, Legislative Staff, Oceans and Wildlife 
 Katherine Romans, Subcommittee Clerk/Legislative Advisor, Oceans and 
                               Wildlife 

              Harry Burroughs, Republican Staff Director 
              Bonnie Bruce, Republican Legislative Staff 
             David S. Whaley, 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 
                  Leslie Ann Duncan, Legislative Staff
                  Christy Goldfuss, Legislative Staff
                   Anna McGeehan, 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

                      David Wegner, Staff Director
              Camille Calimlim Touton, Legislative Staff 
                    Joshua Mahan, Legislative Staff 
                Marissa Strickfaden, Subcommittee Clerk

                Kiel Weaver, Republican Staff Director 
                Ian Lyle, Republican Legislative Staff 
                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                            Committee on Natural Resources,
                                                   January 3, 2011.
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 111th Congress.
    With warm regards, I am
            Sincerely,
                                      Nick J. Rahall, II, Chairman.
                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of Transmittal............................................   vii
Overview.........................................................     1
    Full Committee...............................................     2
        Legislative Activities...................................     2
        Oversight Activities.....................................    10
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.................    11
        Legislative Activities...................................    11
        Oversight Activities.....................................    12
    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.........    12
        Legislative Activities...................................    12
        Oversight Activities.....................................    15
    Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.....    16
        Legislative Activities...................................    16
        Oversight Activities.....................................    21
    Subcommittee on Water and Power..............................    21
        Legislative Activities...................................    21
        Oversight Activities.....................................    23
Appendices:
    Printed Hearings.............................................    25
    Legislation Passed House.....................................    33
    List of Public Laws..........................................    49
    Committee Prints.............................................    53
    Committee Legislative Reports................................    55
    Oversight Summary............................................    63
                                                 Union Calendar No. 424
111th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     111-701

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   LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL 
                       RESOURCES, 111TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

January 3, 2011.--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 4, 2009, 
for an organizational meeting of the 111th Congress under the 
direction of Chairman Nick J. Rahall, II. The Committee 
Membership was 49 Members with 29 Democrats and 20 Republicans.
    The Committee established four subcommittees: Energy and 
Mineral Resources (Jim Costa, Chairman); Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife (Madeleine Bordallo, 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....................   754
Total number of meeting days:
    Full Committee (45)
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (18)
    Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife (42)
    Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands (33)
    Subcommittee on Water and Power (22)
        Total.....................................................   160
Total number of bills ordered reported from Committee.............   106
Total number of reports filed.....................................   103
Total number of bills referred to/discharged by Committee on 
    Natural Resources and passed by the House of Representatives..   163
Total number of public laws.......................................    32
Total number of bills enacted into law............................   118

*Includes House and Senate Resolutions.
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                             Full Committee


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative and Administrative Hearings and Markups

    February 4, 2009--Full Committee met to organize for the 
111th Congress; to adopt the Committee Rules, agree to an 
oversight plan, and adopt the Committee Staff Hiring 
Resolution.
    March 18, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 31, to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1385, 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 22, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 31, to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 860, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1385, 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 29, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 689, to interchange the 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between 
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1018, to amend the Wild Free-Roaming 
Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term 
health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other 
purposes.
    June 3, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1035, to amend the 
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992 to 
honor the legacy of Stewart L. Udall, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1061, to transfer certain land to the United States to be 
held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place land into 
trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 2040, to authorize a process by which the Secretary of the 
Interior shall process acquisitions of certain real property of 
the Samish Indian Nation into trust, and for other purposes.
    June 10, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 129, to authorize the 
conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los 
Padres National Forest in California; H.R. 409, to provide for 
the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 509, to reauthorize the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004; H.R. 556, to establish a program of 
research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the 
recovery of the southern sea otter; H.R. 762, to validate final 
patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes; H.R. 934, 
to convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the 
same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands; H.R. 
1080, to strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, 
unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1275, to direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San 
Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1442, to provide for the sale of the Federal Government's 
reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt 
Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet 
Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909; H.R. 
1454, to provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp; H.R. 1612, to amend the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of 
the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to 
provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, help 
restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, 
archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new 
generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote 
the value of public service; and H.R. 2188, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to 
protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, 
through voluntary actions on public and private lands, and for 
other purposes.
    June 11, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2314, 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.
    June 24, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2499, to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people 
of Puerto Rico.
    June 25, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2708, to amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that 
Act, and for other purposes.
    July 9, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 715, to expand the 
boundary of Saguaro National Park, to study additional land for 
future adjustments to the boundary of the Park, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1061, to transfer certain land to the United 
States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place 
land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1121, to authorize a land exchange to acquire 
lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of Blowing Rock, 
North Carolina, and for other purposes; H.R. 1376, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth 
National Monument in the State of Texas; and Committee 
Resolution #2, commending the service of the Honorable M. Pope 
Barrow, Jr., House Legislative Counsel.
    July 15, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1358, 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. 2678, to extend Federal recognition to the 
Duwamish Tribe, and for other purposes; H.R. 3084, to restore 
Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3120, to extend the Federal relationship to 
the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana as a 
distinct federally recognized Indian tribe, and for other 
purposes.
    July 22, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 2499, to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people 
of Puerto Rico.
    July 29, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 481, to revise the 
authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes; H.R. 905, to 
expand the boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine 
Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1053, to require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare 
a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency 
to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1641, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail; H.R. 
1771, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 1916, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting and 
Conservation Stamp Act to provide for a revised schedule of 
price increases for the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 
Stamp, popularly known as the ``Duck Stamp,'' and for other 
purposes.
    September 10, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 685, to require a 
study of the feasibility of establishing the United States 
Civil Rights Trail System, and for other purposes; H.R. 1593, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment 
of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component 
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 2008, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System 
of the Central Utah Project; H.R. 2265, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge 
project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2442, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2522, to raise the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water 
District Recycling Project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2741, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling 
and reuse project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2802, to 
provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the 
Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in 
honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2806, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather 
Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to 
allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 
ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or 
the Wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 2950, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of 
repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah 
Water Conservancy District; and H.R. 3113, to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River 
in the State of West Virginia for study for potential addition 
to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes.
    September 16, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3534, to provide 
greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability 
in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 
by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be 
known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of 
the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. (Part 
I)
    September 17, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3534, to provide 
greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability 
in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 
by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be 
known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of 
the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. (Part 
II)
    September 30, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 1065, to resolve 
water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the 
State of Arizona, and for other purposes; H.R. 1471, to expand 
the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the 
State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National 
Historical Park, and for other purposes; H.R. 2489, to 
authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial 
imagery mapping program through the United States Geological 
Survey, to promote use of the program for education, workforce 
training and development, and applied research, and to support 
Federal, State, tribal, and local government programs; H.R. 
3254, to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement, and for other purposes; H.R. 3342, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande 
Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims 
of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque; 
H.R. 3433, to amend the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the non-
Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in 
Canada that are funded under that Act, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 3537, to amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
    October 21, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2523, to amend the 
Act titled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted 
Indian lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, 
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant 
of long-term leases'', approved August 9, 1955, to provide for 
Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior 
express approval from the Secretary of the Interior.
    October 28, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 86, to eliminate an 
unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency 
by bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of 
Orange County, California, and meet the original Congressional 
intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 118, to authorize the addition of 
100 acres to Morristown National Historical Park; H.R. 2213, to 
reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; 
H.R. 2781, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 2888, to provide for the designation of the Devil's 
Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to designate 
segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon 
as wild or recreation rivers, and for other purposes.
    November 4, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3697, to amend the 
Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian 
tribes; and H.R. 3742, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to 
reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take 
land into trust for Indian tribes.
    November 18, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 1672, to reauthorize 
the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to 
promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest 
Straits, and for other purposes; H.R. 2062, to amend the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide for penalties and 
enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 3388, to modify the boundary of 
Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of 
Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 3603, to rename the 
Ocmulgee National Monument; H.R. 3644, to direct the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish education 
and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, 
including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts 
of climate change in coastal watershed regions; H.R. 3759, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-
related contract extensions of a certain timber contracts 
between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 3804, to make technical 
corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park 
Service authorities, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3940, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and 
other assistance to facilitate a political status public 
education program for the people of Guam.
    December 2, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 725, to protect 
Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable 
criminal proceedings, and for other purposes.
    December 16, 2009--Markup held on H.R. 725, to protect 
Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable 
criminal proceedings, and for other purposes; H.R. 2288, to 
amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual base funding for 
the Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through 
fiscal year 2023; H.R. 2314, 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. 2476, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 
1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture 
regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest 
System land that are subject to ski area permits, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3538, to authorize the continued use of certain 
water diversions located on National Forest System land in the 
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-
Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3726, to establish the Castle Nugent 
National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes.
    February 24, 2010--Markup held on H.R. 1769, to expand the 
Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to 
designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as 
wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes; H.R. 2788, to 
designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the 
March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California; H.R. 4003, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to evaluate resources in the Hudson River Valley 
in the State of New York to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of the National 
Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 4192, to designate 
the Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area to be 
administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation 
System, and for other purposes; H.R. 4252, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources 
in the Rialto-Colton Basin in the State of California, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 4395, to revise the boundaries of the 
Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
Train Station, and for other purposes.
    March 17, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 2099, to provide for 
the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
    April 21, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 1554, to take certain 
property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for the 
benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2340, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon 
Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance 
to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other 
public land in partial satisfaction of the landentitlement of 
the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and H.R. 
4445, To amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal a restriction on treating as 
Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New 
Mexico.
    May 5, 2010--Markup held on H. Res. 1254, directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the House of 
Representatives certain information relating to the Secretary's 
Treasured Landscape Initiative, potential designation of 
National Monuments, and High Priority Land-Rationalization 
Efforts; H.R. 2889, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves 
National Monument, and for other purposes; H.R. 3511, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish and 
operate a visitor facility to fulfill the purposes of the 
Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 4349, to further allocate and expand the 
availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 4438, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into an agreement to lease space from 
a nonprofit group or other government entity for a park 
headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 
to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of 
potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes; H.R. 4491, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of 
the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 4493, to provide for the 
enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife research, 
and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to 
the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other 
purposes.
    June 9, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4347, to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other 
purposes.
    June 16, 2010--Markup held on H. Res. 1406, directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the House of 
Representatives certain information relating to the potential 
designation of National Monuments; H.R. 1554, to take certain 
property in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for the 
benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2340, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon 
Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance 
to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other 
public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of 
the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 
H.R. 2864, to amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and 
provide hydrographic services specific to the Arctic for safe 
navigation, delineating the United States extended continental 
shelf, and the monitoring and description of coastal changes; 
H.R. 3914, to designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and 
San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3923, to provide for the exchange of certain 
land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes; H.R. 3967, to amend 
the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to 
authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015; H.R. 3989, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, in the State of 
Wyoming, as a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 4445, to 
amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal a restriction on treating as 
Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos 
in New Mexico; H.R. 4514, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles 
Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the National Park 
System, and for other purposes; H.R. 4686, to authorize the 
Secretary of Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest 
sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as 
a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 4773, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within Fort 
Pulaski National Monument, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
4973, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
volunteer programs and community partnerships for national 
wildlife refuges, and for other purposes.
    June 23, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 5479, to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide 
for use of excess funds available under that Act to provide for 
certain benefits, and for other purposes.
    June 30, 2010--Hearing held on the Discussion Draft, 
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3534, dated 
June 22, 2010 (5:25 p.m.).
    July 14, 2010--Markup held on H.R. 3534, to provide greater 
efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the 
administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by 
consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals 
management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as 
the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the 
Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
    July 15, 2010--Markup concluded on H.R. 3534, to provide 
greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability 
in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 
by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be 
known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of 
the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
    July 22, 2010--Markup held on H.R. 2523, to amend the Act 
titled ``An Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian 
lands for public, religious, educational, recreational, 
residential, business, and other purposes requiring the grant 
of long-term leases'', approved August 9, 1955, to provide for 
Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior 
express approval from the Secretary of the Interior; H.R. 3785, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of the suitability and feasibility of expanding the boundary of 
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area; H.R. 4195, to 
authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish 
a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 4347, to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to 
provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 4416, to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation 
Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 4823, to establish the 
Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National 
Forest, Arizona, and for other purposes; H.R. 4888, to revise 
the Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as it applies 
to units of the National Forest System derived from the public 
domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable 
procedure for determining cabin user fees, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5110, to modify the boundary of the Casa Grande 
Ruins National Monument, and for other purposes; H.R. 5131, to 
establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of 
Connecticut, and for other purposes; H.R. 5152, to adjust the 
boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to 
include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5194, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 5388, to expand the boundaries of the 
Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico; H.R. 5479, 
to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
to provide for use of excess funds available under that Act to 
provide for certain benefits, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
5494, to direct the Director of the National Park Service and 
the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain properties to 
the District of Columbia.
    July 28, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4384, to establish the 
Utah Navajo Trust Fund Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 
5023, to prescribe procedures for effective consultation and 
coordination by Federal agencies with federally recognized 
Indian tribes regarding Federal Government activities that 
impact tribal lands and interests to ensure that meaningful 
tribal input is an integral part of the Federal decision-making 
process; and H.R. 5468, to take certain Federal lands in Mono 
County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
Bridgeport Indian Colony.

  II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 11, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore 
Drilling: Environmental and Commercial Perspectives.''
    February 24, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore 
Drilling: State Perspectives.''
    February 25, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore 
Drilling: Industrial Perspectives.''
    March 31, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``The California 
Drought: Actions by Federal and State agencies to address 
impacts on lands, fisheries, and water users.''
    April 1, 2009--Oversight hearing on the ``Supreme Court 
decision Carcieri v. Salazar Ramifications to Indian Tribes.''
    October 7, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).''
    March 10, 2010--Oversight hearing on the ``Proposed 
Settlement of the Cobell v. Salazar Litigation.''
    May 26, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater 
Horizon Rig Explosion.'' (Day 1)
    May 27, 2010--Oversight hearing held on ``Outer Continental 
Shelf Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater 
Horizon Rig Explosion.'' (Day 2)
    August 6, 2010--Oversight field hearing in Eagle Butte, 
South Dakota, on ``Indian Education.''

              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    February 12, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 493, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations concerning 
the storage and disposal of matter referred to as ``other 
wastes'' in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
1977, and for other purposes.
    February 26, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 699, 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 23, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2489, to authorize a 
comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery mapping 
program through the United States Geological Survey, to promote 
use of the program for education, workforce training and 
development, and applied research, and to support Federal, 
State, tribal, and local government programs.
    September 9, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2227, to greatly 
enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic 
and national security, to conserve energy use, to promote 
innovation, to achieve lower emissions, cleaner air, cleaner 
water, and cleaner land, and for other purposes.
    January 20, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3820, to reauthorize 
Federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other 
purposes.
    February 24, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3709, to amend the 
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to authorize noncompetitive 
leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a 
qualified company or individual holds a preexisting legal right 
to develop geothermal resources, and for other purposes.
    September 23, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4817, to amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify 
that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to 
use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.

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

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 5, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Energy Outlooks, and 
the Role of Federal Onshore and Offshore Resources in Meeting 
Future Energy Demand.''
    March 17, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Leasing and 
Development of Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental 
Shelf.''
    March 24, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife on 
``Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf and the 
Future of our Oceans.''
    May 11, 2009--Oversight field hearing in Palm Desert, 
California, on ``Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The 
Road to Consensus.''
    June 4, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Unconventional Fuels, 
Part I: Shale Gas Potential.''
    July 23, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Federal Geospatial 
Data Management.''
    July 30, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Unconventional Fuels, 
Part II: The Promise of Methane Hydrates.''
    November 5, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power on ``Getting Past Gridlock: 
Models for Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission.''
    November 23, 2009--Oversight field hearing in Sacramento, 
California, on ``Abandoned Mines and Mercury in California.''
    March 25, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The President's 
Fiscal Year 2011 budget requests for the Minerals Management 
Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, the United States 
Geological Survey (excluding the water resources program), and 
the USDA Forest Service.''
    May 13, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Up in the Air: The 
BLM's Disappearing Helium Program.''
    June 17, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The Deepwater Horizon 
Incident: Are the Minerals Management Service Regulations Doing 
the Job?''

          Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    February 25, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 860, to reauthorize 
the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to 
give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
submerged lands.
    March 19, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1080, to strengthen 
enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and 
unregulated fishing, and for other purposes.
    April 23, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 669, to prevent the 
introduction and establishment of nonnative wildlife species 
that negatively impact the economy, environment, or other 
animal species' or human health, and for other purposes.
    May 5, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 509, to reauthorize the 
Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; H.R. 556, to establish 
a program of research, recovery, and other activities to 
provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter; and H.R. 
1454, to provide for the issuance of a Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp.
    May 13, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1916, to amend the 
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to provide 
for a revised schedule of price increases for the Migratory 
Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, popularly known as the 
``Duck Stamp,'' and for other purposes; H.R. 2062, to amend the 
Migratory Bird Treaty Act to provide for penalties and 
enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 2188, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to 
protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, 
through voluntary actions on public and private lands, and for 
other purposes.
    June 16, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2055, to establish a 
Salmon Stronghold Partnership program to protect wild Pacific 
salmon, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2565, to conserve fish 
and aquatic communities in the United States through 
partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve 
the quality of life for the people of the United States, and 
for other purposes.
    June 18, 2009--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.
    July 8, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 905, to expand the 
boundaries of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and 
Underwater Preserve, and for other purposes; H.R. 1053, to 
require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a 
crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency 
to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1771, to reauthorize the Chesapeake 
Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and for other purposes.
    July 28, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3086, to coordinate 
authorities within the Department of the Interior and within 
the Federal Government to enhance the United States' ability to 
conserve global wildlife and biological diversity and for other 
purposes.
    September 22, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1054, to amend the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of 
polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the 
date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species 
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 2213, to 
reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; 
H.R. 3433, to amend the North American Wetlands Conservation 
Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the non-
Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in 
Canada that are funded under that Act, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 3537, to amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp 
Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.
    October 15, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3644, to direct the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish 
education and watershed programs which advance environmental 
literacy, including preparedness and adaptability for the 
likely impacts of climate change in coastal watershed regions.
    October 20, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1672, to reauthorize 
the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to 
promote the protection of the resources of the Northwest 
Straits, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2548, to amend the 
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require establishment of 
a Working Waterfront Grant Program, and for other purposes.
    November 4, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3583, to provide for 
a subsidy to sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to 
American Samoa from vessels with United States fisheries 
endorsements that manufacture for the United States.
    November 5, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3940, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to extend grants and other 
assistance to facilitate a political status public education 
program for the people of Guam.
    January 27, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4416, to reauthorize 
the Great Ape Conservation Act, and for other purposes.
    February 25, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3511, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish and operate a 
visitor facility to fulfill the purposes of the Marianas Trench 
Marine National Monument, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
4493, to provide for the enhancement of visitor services, fish 
and wildlife research, and marine and coastal resource 
management on Guam related to the Marianas Trench Marine 
National Monument, and for other purposes.
    May 6, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 2864, to amend the 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize 
funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic 
services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, 
delineating the United States extended continental shelf, and 
the monitoring and description of coastal changes; H.R. 3805, 
to amend the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005 to extend by 2 
years the period for the conduct of the electronic duck stamp 
pilot program under that Act; and H.R. 4973, to amend the Fish 
and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and 
community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for 
other purposes.
    May 25, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 5284, to amend the Sikes 
Act to improve natural resources management planning for State-
owned facilities used for the national defense, and for other 
purposes.
    July 27, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3850, to provide for 
the eradication and control of nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, 
and other coastal States; H.R. 3910, to authorize a single 
fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
longline catcher processor subsector, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4914, to promote coastal jobs creation, promote 
sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, revitalize 
waterfronts, and for other purposes; H.R. 5180, to establish an 
Ombudsman Office within the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 5331, to revise the boundaries of 
John H. Chaffee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point 
Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, 
and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island; H.R. 5380, to 
provide for the expansion of Hakalau Forest National Wildlife 
Refuge, Hawaii County, Hawaii; and H.R. 5482, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide 
for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around 
the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
    September 16, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4339, to encourage 
students from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
to become civically engaged through local and Federal 
government fellowships; and H.R. 6015, to require the Director 
of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 
Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding territories 
and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.

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

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 3, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Managing Our Ocean 
and Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for 
the New Administration and the 111th Congress.''
    March 24, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on ``Energy 
Development on the Outer Continental Shelf and the Future of 
Our Oceans.''
    May 19, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Implementation of 
Public Law 110-229 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands and Guam.''
    May 20, 2009--Oversight hearing in advance of the 61st 
meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to be 
held in Madeira, Portugal, June 22-26.
    June 4, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on ``White-nose 
Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the Northeast?''
    June 9, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Overdose: How Drugs 
and Chemicals in Water Supplies and the Environment Are Harming 
Our Fish and Wildlife.''
    June 23, 2009--Joint Oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in 
Edgewater, Maryland, on ``The Impacts of Climate Change on the 
Chesapeake Bay.''
    September 9, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore 
Aquaculture.''
    October 27, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Implementation of 
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Reauthorization Act of 2006.''
    February 24, 2010--Oversight hearing on the President's 
Fiscal Year 2011 budget requests for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the United States Office of Insular 
Affairs, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
    March 3, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Setting the Bar for 
Accountability: Improving NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement 
Programs and Operations.''
    March 4, 2010--Oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2011 budget request for the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
    March 16, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Catch Shares as a 
Management Option: Criteria for Ensuring Success.''
    March 17, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The Proposed Virgin 
Islands Constitution from the Fifth Constitutional 
Convention.''
    March 23, 2010--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on 
``How to Manage Large Constrictor Snakes and Other Invasive 
Species.''
    April 22, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``A Community 
Perspective on Catch Shares.''
    April 27, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Marine Mammals in 
Captivity: What Constitutes Meaningful Public Education?''
    May 18, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The Implementation of 
Public Law 110-229 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands and Guam.''
    June 10, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Our Natural Resources 
at Risk: The Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater 
Horizon Oil Spill.''
    June 15, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Ocean Science and 
Data Limits in a Time of Crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish and 
Wildlife Service (FWS) have the Resources to Respond?''
    June 24, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``State Planning for 
Offshore Energy Development: Standards for Preparedness.''
    July 15, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Technical Assistance 
Program: Evaluating Its Ability to Meet the Needs of the 
Insular Areas.''

        Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    March 3, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1018, to amend the Wild 
Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management 
and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 715, to expand the boundary of 
Saguaro National Park, to study additional land for future 
adjustments to the boundary of the Park, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 409, to provide for the conveyance of 
certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada 
to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes.
    March 24, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 689, to interchange 
the administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands 
between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1078, to establish the Harriet 
Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the 
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in 
Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1275, to direct the exchange of 
certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and 
for other purposes.
    April 2, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1612, to amend the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of 
the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to 
provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, help 
restore the Nation's natural, cultural, historic, 
archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new 
generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote 
the value of public service.
    April 23, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1121, to authorize a 
land exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from 
the Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 1376, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth National Monument in the 
State of Texas.
    May 5, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 980, 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.
    May 14, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 129, to authorize the 
conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los 
Padres National Forest in California; H.R. 762, to validate 
final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes; H.R. 
865, to convey the New River State Park campground located in 
the Mount Rodgers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson 
National Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, to the 
Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 1442, to 
provide for the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary 
interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, 
Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery 
Association under the Act of January 23, 1909; H.R. 1471, to 
expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 
in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National 
Historical Park, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1641, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to provide for a study of 
the Cascadia Marine Trail.
    July 8, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 481, to revise the 
authorized route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
Chippewa National Forest; H.R. 685, to require a study of the 
feasibility of establishing the United States Civil Rights 
Trail System; H.R. 1593, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, 
Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System; H.R. 2167, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and 
feasibility of designating certain lands as the Los Caminos del 
Rio National Heritage Corridor; and H.R. 2806, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen 
Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order 
to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain 
while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 
or the Wilderness.
    July 21, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 644, 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.
    July 30, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2802, to provide for an 
extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former 
President John Adams and his legacy; H.R. 2806, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the 
Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park 
in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the 
floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage 
to the Park or the Wilderness; and H.R. 3113, to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River 
in the State of West Virginia for study for potential addition 
to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
    October 1, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 86, to eliminate an 
unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency 
by bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of 
Orange County, California, and meet the original Congressional 
intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 118, to authorize the addition of 
100 acres to Morristown National Historical Park; H.R. 1925, to 
designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red 
rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin 
Deserts in Utah for the benefit of present and future 
generations of Americans; H.R. 2689, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, 
as a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 2781, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla 
River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2888, to 
provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness 
Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson 
and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild or 
recreation rivers, and for other purposes.
    November 5, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 765, to establish 
the Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1769, to expand the Alpine Lakes 
Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle 
Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic 
rivers, and for other purposes; H.R. 2476, To amend the 
National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional 
recreational uses of National Forest System land that are 
subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes; H.R. 3388, 
to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3603, to rename the Ocmulgee National Monument; H.R. 3759, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-
related contract extensions of a certain timber contracts 
between the Secretary of the Interior and timber purchasers, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 3804, to make technical 
corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park 
Service authorities, and for other purposes.
    November 17, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2889, to modify the 
boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3339, to reauthorize the Federal Land 
Transaction Facilitation Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3444, to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State of 
California as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3538, to authorize the continued use of certain 
water diversions located on National Forest System land in the 
Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the Selway-
Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3726, to establish the Castle Nugent 
National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes.
    January 21, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 2788, to designate a 
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field 
Air Museum in Riverside, California; H.R. 2944, to withdraw 
certain Federal lands and interests located in Pima and Santa 
Cruz counties, Arizona, from the mining and mineral leasing 
laws of the United States, and for other purposes; H.R. 3914, 
to designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan 
Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 
4003, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to evaluate resources in the Hudson 
River Valley in the State of New York to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit 
of the National Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 4192, 
to designate the Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding 
Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National 
Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
4395, to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for 
other purposes.
    February 25, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 2100, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain public land in Mohave Valley, 
Mohave County, Arizona, administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, for use as 
a public shooting range; H.R. 3425, to authorize the Fair 
Housing Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative 
work on Federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate 
the enactment of the Fair Housing Act in 1968; H.R. 4438, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an 
agreement to lease space from a nonprofit group or other 
government entity for a park headquarters at San Antonio 
Missions National Historical Park, to expand the boundary of 
the Park, to conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 4491, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers 
in the early years of the National Parks, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 4524, to authorize funding to protect and 
conserve lands contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway to serve 
the public, and for other purposes.
    March 11, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4289, to designate 
certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other 
purposes.
    April 22, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4888, to revise the 
Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as it applies to 
units of the National Forest System derived from the public 
domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable 
procedure for determining cabin user fees, and for other 
purposes.
    April 27, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 2986, to amend the Act 
of May 29, 1930 (Chapter 354; 46 Stat. 482; commonly known as 
the Capper-Cramton Act), to authorize a grant program to 
preserve resources in the National Capital region, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3923, to provide for the exchange of 
certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests 
in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes; H.R. 3967, to 
amend the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 
2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015; H.R. 
3989, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, in 
the State of Wyoming, as a unit of the National Park System; 
H.R. 4514, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability 
and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles Young Home 
in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 4686, to authorize the Secretary of 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites 
on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a 
unit of the National Park System; and H.R. 4773, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within 
Fort Pulaski National Monument, and for other purposes.
    June 10, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3785, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability 
and feasibility of expanding the boundary of Chattahoochee 
River National Recreation Area; H.R. 4823, to establish the 
Sedona-Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National 
Forest, Arizona, and for other purposes; H.R. 5009, to 
designate certain lands in the Wasatch Mountains of Salt Lake 
County, Utah, as wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 5110, 
to modify the boundary of the Casa Grande Ruins National 
Monument, and for other purposes; H.R. 5131, to establish 
Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of 
Connecticut, and for other purposes; H.R. 5152, to adjust the 
boundary of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to 
include the Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 5194, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, and 
for other purposes.
    June 24, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4195, to authorize the 
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 5192, to require the 
Secretary of Agriculture to designate national forests or 
portions of national forests in western States as locations for 
demonstration projects to prevent or mitigate the effect of 
pine beetle infestations and conduct forest restoration 
activities, to authorize the emergency removal of dead and 
dying trees to address public safety risks in western States, 
to make permanent the stewardship contracting authorities 
available to the Forest Service, and for other purposes; H.R. 
5388, to expand the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in 
the State of New Mexico; and H.R. 5494, to direct the Director 
of the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior 
to transfer certain properties to the District of Columbia.
    September 16, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 1853, to clarify 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with respect 
to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4036, to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to 
establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
Revolution; H.R. 5965, to designate certain Federal land within 
the Monongahela National Forest as a component of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 6111, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development 
Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park Commission.

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

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 3, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``The Role of Federal 
Lands in Combating Climate Change.''
    March 19, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Restoring the 
Federal Public Lands Workforce.''
    April 7, 2009--Oversight field hearing in Twentynine Palms, 
California, on ``The Impacts of Climate Change on America's 
National Parks.''
    May 21, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``The Future of the 
Forest Economy.''
    June 4, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the Subcommittee 
on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife on ``White-nose 
Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the Northeast?''
    June 16, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power on ``Mountain Pine Beetle: 
Strategies for Protecting the West.''
    June 23, 2009--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife in 
Edgewater, Maryland, on ``The Impacts of Climate Change on the 
Chesapeake Bay.''
    March 23, 2010--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife on ``How 
to Manage Large Constrictor Snakes and Other Invasive 
Species.''
    April 8, 2010--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power in Grand Canyon, Arizona, on 
``On the Edge: Challenges Facing Grand Canyon National Park.''
    April 10, 2010--Oversight field hearing in Tucson, Arizona, 
on ``Losing Ground: The War on Buffelgrass in the Sonoran 
Desert.''
    May 25, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Building on America's 
Best Idea: The Next Century of the National Park System.''
    July 15, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Locally Grown: 
Creating Rural Jobs with America's Public Lands.''
    July 29, 2010--Oversight hearing held on ``Building 
Success: Implementation of the Secure Rural Schools Program.''
    September 23, 2010--Oversight hearing held on ``The Role of 
Partnerships in National Parks.''

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings and Markups

    May 14, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2008, a bill to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System 
of the Central Utah Project.
    July 21, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 1065, to resolve water 
rights claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State 
of Arizona, and for other purposes; H.R. 1738, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the city of Downey, California, regional wastewater treatment 
and reclamation facility projects; H.R. 2265, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge 
project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2442, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2522, to raise the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water 
District Recycling Project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2741, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling 
and reuse project, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2950, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of 
repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah 
Water Conservancy District.
    September 9, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 3254, to approve 
the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 3342, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande 
Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims 
of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque.
    September 22, 2009--Hearing held on H.R. 2288, to amend 
Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual base funding for the 
Upper Colorado and San Juan fish recovery programs through 
fiscal year 2023; H.R. 2316, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the State of 
California, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3563, to authorize 
the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement, and for 
other purposes.
    February 4, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4225, to authorize 
drought assistance adjustments to provide immediate funding for 
projects and activities that will help alleviate record 
unemployment and diminished agricultural production related to 
the drought in California.
    March 18, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4349, to further 
allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric power 
generated at Hoover Dam, and for other purposes; and H.R. 4579, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in phase one of the South San Diego County Water 
Reclamation Project, and for other purposes.
    June 17, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 4719, to establish a 
Southwest Border Region Water Task Force; and H.R. 5487, to 
amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize 
grants for and require applied water supply research regarding 
the water resources research and technology institutes 
established under that Act.
    September 16, 2010--Hearing held on H.R. 3061, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior to assess the irrigation 
infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project in 
the State of Colorado and provide grants to, and enter into 
cooperative agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to 
assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing 
infrastructure, and for other purposes; H.R. 5039, 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 the Groundwater 
Replenishment System Expansion to reclaim and reuse municipal 
wastewater in the Orange County, California region, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 5413, to authorize the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 6107, to amend section 301(d) of the Hoover 
Power Plant Act of 1984 to provide for notice regarding 
certification of certain projects, and for other purposes.

    II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 10, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Federal Power 
Marketing Administration Borrowing Authority: Defining 
Success.''
    April 28, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act Funds for the Bureau of Reclamation and 
the Water Resources Division of the United States Geological 
Survey (USGS).''
    May 27, 2009--Oversight field hearing in Tucson, Arizona, 
on ``Water quality issues in the Lower Colorado River.''
    June 16, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands on 
``Mountain Pine Beetle: Strategies for Protecting the West.''
    October 27, 2009--Oversight hearing on ``Water Management 
and Climate Variability: Information Support at the USGS and 
Bureau of Reclamation.''
    November 5, 2009--Joint oversight hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on ``Getting Past 
Gridlock: Models for Renewable Energy Siting and 
Transmission.''
    January 25, 2010--Oversight field hearing in Los Angeles, 
California, on ``Perspectives on California Water Supply: 
Challenges and Opportunities.''
    March 4, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The President's 
Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the Power Marketing 
Administrations, United States Department of Energy.''
    March 11, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The President's 
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for the Bureau of Reclamation 
and Water Resources Division of the United States Geological 
Survey (USGS), United States Department of the Interior.''
    April 8, 2010--Joint oversight field hearing with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in 
Grand Canyon, Arizona, on ``On the Edge: Challenges Facing 
Grand Canyon National Park.''
    April 9, 2010--Oversight field hearing in Las Vegas, 
Nevada, on ``Collaboration on the Colorado River: Lessons 
Learned to Meet Future Challenges.''
    May 17, 2010--Oversight field hearing in Greenly, Colorado, 
on ``Managing Water for the Future: How Federal, State and 
Local Entities are Supporting Agriculture.''
    July 15, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``The Bureau of 
Reclamation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: A 
Progress Report and Planning for the Future.''
    July 29, 2010--Oversight hearing on ``Investment in Small 
Hydropower: Prospects of Expanding Low-Impact and Affordable 
Hydropower Generation in the West.''
                               APPENDIX I

                            Printed Hearings

    111-1--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore Drilling: 
Environmental and Commercial Perspectives.'' February 11, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-2--Hearing on H.R. 493, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to promulgate regulations concerning the storage and 
disposal of matter referred to as ``other wastes'' in the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, and for 
other purposes. February 12, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-3--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore Drilling: State 
Perspectives.'' February 24, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    111-4--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore Drilling: Industry 
Perspectives.'' February 25, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    111-5--Hearing on H.R. 699, 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. February 26, 2009, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-6--Oversight hearing on ``Managing Our Ocean and 
Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: Priorities for the 
New Administration and the 111th Congress.'' March 3, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and 
Wildlife)
    111-7--Oversight hearing on ``The Role of Federal Lands in 
Combating Climate Change.'' March 3, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    111-8--Oversight hearing on ``Energy Outlooks, and the Role 
of Federal Onshore and Offshore Resources in Meeting Future 
Energy Demand.'' March 5, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee 
on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-9--Oversight hearing on ``Federal Power Marketing 
Administration Borrowing Authority: Defining Success.'' March 
10, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    111-10--Oversight hearing on ``Leasing and Development of 
Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf.'' March 
17, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    111-11--Hearing on H.R. 31, to provide for the recognition 
of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 1385, 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. March 18, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-12--Oversight hearing on ``Restoring the Federal Land 
Management Workforce.'' March 19, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    111-13--Joint oversight hearing on ``Energy Development on 
the Outer Continental Shelf and the Future of Our Oceans.'' 
March 24, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, and Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife)
    111-14--Oversight hearing on ``Supreme Court decision 
Carieri v. Salazar Ramifications to Indian Tribes.'' April 1, 
2009, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-15--Hearing on H.R. 1612, to amend the Public Lands 
Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the 
Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to 
provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, help 
restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, 
archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new 
generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote 
the value of public service. April 2, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    111-16--Oversight field hearing on ``The Impacts of Climate 
Change on America's National Parks.'' April 7, 2009, 
Twentynine, Palms, California. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands)
    111-17--Oversight hearing on ``American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act Funds for the Bureau of Reclamation and the 
Water Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey 
(USGS).'' April 28, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Water and Power)
    111-18--Oversight field hearing on ``Solar Energy 
Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus.'' May 11, 
2009, Palm Desert, California. (Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources)
    111-19--Oversight hearing on the ``Implementation of Public 
Law 110-229 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
and Guam.'' May 19, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-20--Oversight hearing held in advance of the 61st 
meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to be 
held in Madeira, Portugal, June 22-26. May 20, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and 
Wildlife)
    111-21--Joint oversight hearing on ``White-nose Syndrome: 
What's Killing Bats in the Northeast.'' June 4, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and 
Wildlife, and Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    111-22--Oversight hearing on ``Unconventional Fuels, Part 
I: Shale Gas Potential.'' June 4, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-23--Hearing on H.R. 2314, 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. 
June 11, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-24--Joint oversight hearing on ``Mountain Pine Beetle: 
Strategies for Protecting the West.'' June 16, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power, and 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    111-25--Joint oversight field hearing on ``The Impacts of 
Climate Change on the Chesapeake Bay.'' June 23, 2009, 
Edgewater, Maryland. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands, and Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife)
    111-26--Hearing on H.R. 2499, to provide for a Federally 
sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto 
Rico. June 24, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-27--Hearing on H.R. 644, 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 21, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
    111-28--Hearing on H.R. 1065, to resolve water rights 
claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of 
Arizona, and for other purposes; H.R. 1738, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the city of Downey, California, regional wastewater treatment 
and reclamation facility projects; H.R. 2265, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge 
project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2442, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act 
to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2522, to raise the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water 
District Recycling Project, and for other purposes; H.R. 2741, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling 
and reuse project, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2950, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of 
repayment contracts between the United States and the Unitah 
Water Conservancy District. July 21, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    111-29--Oversight hearing on ``Federal Geospatial Data 
Management''; and Legislative hearing on H.R. 2489, to 
authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial 
imagery mapping program through the United States Geological 
Survey, to promote use of the program for education, workforce 
training and development, and applied research, and to support 
Federal, State, tribal, and local government programs. July 23, 
2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    111-30--Hearing on H.R. 3086, to coordinate authorities 
within the Department of the Interior and within the Federal 
Government to enhance the United States' ability to conserve 
global wildlife and biological diversity and for other 
purposes. July 28, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-31--Hearing on H.R. 2802, to provide for an extension 
of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation 
to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President 
John Adams and his legacy; H.R. 2806, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen 
Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order 
to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain 
while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 
or the Wilderness; and H.R. 3113, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River in the State 
of West Virginia for study for potential addition to the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. July 30, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    111-32--Oversight hearing on ``Unconventional Fuels, Part 
II: The Promise of Methane Hydrates. July 30, 2009, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-33--Oversight hearing on ``Offshore Aquaculture.'' 
September 9, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-34--Hearing on H.R. 3254, to approve the Taos Pueblo 
Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3342, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to 
develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to 
approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the 
Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque. 
September 9, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and 
Power)
    111-35--Hearing on H.R. 3534, to provide greater 
efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the 
administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by 
consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals 
management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as 
the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the 
Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. September 
16 and 17, 2009, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-36--Hearing on H.R. 1054, to amend the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar bear 
trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the 
polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 2213; to reauthorize the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; H.R. 3433, to 
amend the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish 
requirements regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the 
costs of wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are 
funded under that Act, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3537, 
to amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
Design Program Act of 1994. September 22, 2009, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-37--Hearing on H.R. 86, to eliminate an unused 
lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by 
bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange 
County, California, and meet the original Congressional intent 
of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 118, to authorize the addition of 100 
acres to Morristown National Historical Park; H.R. 1925, to 
designate as wilderness certain Federal portions of the red 
rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin 
Deserts in Utah for the benefit of present and future 
generations of Americans; H.R. 2689, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia, 
as a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 2781, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla 
River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2888, to 
provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness 
Area in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson 
and Franklin Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild or 
recreation rivers, and for other purposes. October 1, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    111-38--Oversight hearing on ``Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act NAGPRA).'' October 7, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-39--Hearing on H.R. 2523, to amend the Act titled ``An 
Act to authorize the leasing of restricted Indian lands for 
public, religious, educational, recreational, residential, 
business, and other purposes requiring the grant of long-term 
leases'', approved August 9, 1955, to provide for Indian tribes 
to enter into certain leases without prior express approval 
from the Secretary of the Interior. October 21, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-40--Hearing on H.R. 3583, to provide for a subsidy to 
sellers and buyers of fish directly delivered to American Samoa 
from vessels with United States fisheries endorsements that 
manufacture for the United States. November 4, 2009, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and 
Wildlife)
    111-41--Hearing on H.R. 3697, to amend the Act of June 18, 
1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the 
Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes; and H.R. 
3742, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into 
trust for Indian tribes. November 4, 2009, Washington, D.C. 
(Full Committee)
    111-42--Oversight field hearing on ``Abandoned Mines and 
Mercury in California.'' November 23, 2009, Sacramento, 
California. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-43--Oversight field hearing on ``Perspectives on 
California Water Supply: Challenges and Opportunities.'' 
January 25, 2010, Los Angeles, California. (Subcommittee on 
Water and Power)
    111-44--Hearing on H.R. 2100, to provide for the conveyance 
of certain public land in Mohave Valley, Mohave County, 
Arizona, administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the 
Arizona Game and Fish Department, for use as a public shooting 
range; H.R. 3425, to authorize the Fair Housing Commemorative 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in 
the District of Columbia to commemorate the enactment of the 
Fair Housing Act in 1968; H.R. 4438, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to enter into an agreement to lease space from 
a nonprofit group or other government entity for a park 
headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 
to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of 
potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes; H.R. 4491, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of 
the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 4524, to authorize funding to 
protect and conserve lands contiguous with the Blue Ridge 
Parkway to serve the public, and for other purposes. February 
25, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands)
    111-45--Oversight hearing on ``Setting the Bar for 
Accountability: Improving NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement 
Programs and Operations.'' March 3, 2010, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Insular Affairs)
    111-46--Oversight hearing on ``Proposed Settlement of the 
Cobell v. Salazar Litigation.'' March 10, 2010, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-47--Hearing on H.R. 4289, to designate certain lands in 
the State of Colorado as components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System, and for other purposes. March 11, 2010, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    111-48--Oversight hearing on ``Catch Shares as a Management 
Option: Criteria for Ensuring Success.'' March 16, 2010 and 
April 22, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-49--Oversight hearing on ``The Proposed Virgin Islands 
Constitution from the Fifth Constitutional Convention.'' March 
17, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-50--Oversight field hearing on ``Losing Ground: The War 
on Buffelgrass in the Sonoran Desert.'' April 10, 2010, Tucson, 
Arizona. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands)
    111-51--Hearing on H.R. 4888, to revise the Forest Service 
Recreation Residence Program as it applies to units of the 
National Forest System derived from the public domain by 
implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes. April 22, 
2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands)
    111-52--Oversight hearing on ``Up in the Air: The BLM's 
Disappearing Helium Program.'' May 13, 2010, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-53--Oversight hearing on ``Building on America's Best 
Idea: The Next Century of the National Park System.'' May 25, 
2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests, and Public Lands)
    111-54--Oversight hearing on the ``Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil and Gas Strategy and Implications of the Deepwater Horizon 
Rig Explosion.'' May 26-27, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    111-55--Hearing on H.R. 4347, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further 
self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes. June 
9, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-56--Oversight hearing on ``Our Natural Resources at 
Risk: The Short and Long Term Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon 
Oil Spill.'' (Part 1 of 3), June 10, 2010, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-57--Oversight hearing on ``Ocean Science and Data 
Limits in a Time of Crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service (FWS) Have the Resources to Respond?'' (Part 2 of 3), 
June 15, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-58--Oversight hearing on ``The Deepwater Horizon 
Incident: Are the Minerals Management Service Regulations Doing 
the Job?'' June 17, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources)
    111-59--Hearing on H.R. 5479, to amend the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for use of 
excess funds available under that Act to provide for certain 
benefits, and for other purposes. June 23, 2010, Washington, 
D.C. (Full Committee)
    111-60--Oversight hearing on ``State Planning for Offshore 
Energy Development: Standards for Preparedness.'' (Part 3 of 3) 
June 24, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife)
    111-61--Legislative hearing on the ``Discussion Draft, 
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3534, dated 
June 22, 2010 (5:25 p.m.).'' June 30, 2010, Washington, D.C. 
(Full Committee)
    111-62--Oversight hearing on ``Locally Grown: Creating 
Rural Jobs with America's Public Lands.'' July 15, 2010, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Public Lands)
    111-63--Hearing on H.R. 4384, to establish the Utah Navajo 
Trust Fund Commission, and for other purposes; H.R. 5023, to 
prescribe procedures for effective consultation and 
coordination by Federal agencies with federally recognized 
Indian tribes regarding Federal Government activities that 
impact tribal lands and interests to ensure that meaningful 
tribal input is an integral part of the Federal decision-making 
process; and H.R. 5468, to take certain Federal lands in Mono 
County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
Bridgeport Indian Colony. July 28, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Full 
Committee)
    111-64--Oversight hearing on ``Building Success: 
Implementation of the Secure Rural Schools Program.'' July 29, 
2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands)
    111-65--Hearing on H.R. 4817, to amend the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified 
States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain 
payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects. September 
23, 2010, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    111-66--Oversight hearing on ``The Role of Partnerships in 
National Parks.'' September 23, 2010, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands)
                              APPENDIX II

                        Legislation Passed House

               BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED HOUSE BY DATE

    [Asterisk (*) denotes bills that the Committee on Natural 
Resources was not the lead Committee]
    02/23/2009--H.R. 44, to implement the recommendations of 
the Guam War Claims Review Commission. Passed House by vote of 
299-99.
    02/23/2009--H. Res. 132, honoring the life and memory of 
the Chiricahua Apache leader Goyathlay or Goyaale, also known 
as Geronimo, and recognizing the 100th anniversary of his death 
on February 17, 2009, as a time of reflection and the 
commencement of a ``Healing'' for all Apache people. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    02/23/2009--H.R. 601, to provide for the conveyance of 
parcels of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah. Passed House 
by vote of 396-1.
    02/23/2009--H.R. 603, 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 by voice vote.
    02/23/2009--H.R. 714, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National 
Park, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote. 
(Public Law 111-261)
    02/24/200--H.R. 80, 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 by vote of 323-95.
    02/24/2009--H.R. 637, 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 vote of 402-16.
    03/02/2009--H.R. 81, 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 by voice vote. (Public Law 
111-xxx)
    03/02/2009--H.R. 326, 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 by voice vote.
    03/03/2009--H.R. 844, 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.
    03/03/2009--H.R. 146, 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 vote of 394-13. (Public Law 111-
11)
    03/03/2009--H.R. 548, to assist citizens, public and 
private institutions, and governments at all levels in 
planning, interpreting, and protecting sites where historic 
battles were fought on American soil during the armed conflicts 
that shaped the growth and development of the United States, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
402-13.
    03/25/2009--H.R. 146, an act to designate certain land as 
components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to 
authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of 
the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other 
purposes (Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009). House 
agreed to Senate amendments by vote of 285-140. (Public Law 
111-11)
    03/26/2009--H.R. 1404, to authorize 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. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 412-3.
    04/21/2009--H.R. 388, 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 by vote of 288-116.
    04/21/2009--H.R. 411, 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 290-118.
    04/21/2009--H.R. 1219, to make amendments to the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992. 
Passed House by vote of 362-43.
    04/21/2009--H.R. 1694, 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.
    04/21/2009--S. 39*, a bill to repeal section 10(f) of 
Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the ``Bennett Freeze''. 
Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-18)
    06/02/2009--H.R. 325, 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. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    06/02/2009--H.R. 689, to interchange the administrative 
jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote. (Public Law 
111-206)
    06/02/2009--H.R. 1120, 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.
    06/02/2009--H.R. 1280, to modify a land grant patent issued 
by the Secretary of the Interior. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/02/2009--H.R. 1393, 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.
    06/02/2009--H.R. 2330, 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.
    06/02/2009--H.R. 2430, 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. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    06/02/2009--H.J. Res. 40, to honor the achievements and 
contributions of Native Americans to the United States, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 385-0. 
(Public Law 111-33)
    06/02/2009--H. Res. 421, recognizing and commending the 
Great Smoky Mountains National Park on its 75th year 
anniversary. Passed House by vote of 392-1.
    06/03/2009--H.R. 31, to provide for the recognition of the 
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by vote of 240-179.
    06/03/2009--H.R. 1385, 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, as amended, by voice vote.
    06/11/2009--H. Res. 529, condemning the violent attack on 
the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, 2009 
and honoring the bravery and dedication of United States 
Holocaust Memorial Museum employees and security personnel. 
Passed House by vote of 413-0.
    06/24/2009--H.R. 2990*, to provide special pays and 
allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, expand 
concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability 
benefits to disabled military retirees, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by vote of 404-0.
    6/26/2009--H.R. 2454*, to create clean energy jobs, achieve 
energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and 
transition to a clean energy economy. Passed House by vote of 
219-212.
    07/07/2009--H.R. 1129, 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 329-75.
    07/08/2009--H.R. 1275, to direct the exchange of certain 
land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 423-0. 
(Public Law 111-53)
    07/08/2009--H.R. 1945, to require 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 the Tule 
River Reservation in the State of California to provide a water 
supply for domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural 
purposes, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 417-
3.
    07/15/2009--H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-
2005-0081, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 413-
0.
    07/15/2009--H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to 
give that territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
submerged lands. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 416-0.
    07/15/2009--H.R. 1044, 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 vote of 415-3.
    07/16/2009--H.R. 129, to authorize the conveyance of 
certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National 
Forest in California. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 422-
0.
    07/16/2009--H.R. 409, to provide for the conveyance of 
certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada 
to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 406-0.
    07/16/2009--H.R. 1442, to provide for the sale of the 
Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 
acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to 
the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 
23, 1909. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 422-0. (Public 
Law 111-168)
    07/16/2009--H.R. 2188, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
to conduct a Joint Venture Program to protect, restore, 
enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, 
and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on 
public and private lands, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by vote of 400-0.
    07/17/2009--H.R. 1018, to amend the Wild Free-Roaming 
Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and long-term 
health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by vote of 239-185.
    07/27/2009--H. Res. 288, Recognizing the importance of park 
and recreation facilities and expressing support for the 
designation of the month of July as ``National Park and 
Recreation Month''. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/27/2009--H.R. 1121, to authorize a land exchange to 
acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of 
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 377-0. (Public Law 111-167)
    07/27/2009--H.R. 1376, to authorize a land exchange to 
acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of 
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 308-74.
    07/28/2009--H.R. 509, to reauthorize the Marine Turtle 
Conservation Act of 2004, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by vote of 354-72.
    07/28/2009--H.R. 556, to establish a program of research, 
recovery, and other activities to provide for the recovery of 
the southern sea otter. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
316-107.
    07/28/2009--H.R. 1035*, to amend the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native 
American Public Policy Act of 1992 to honor the legacy of 
Stewart L. Udall, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    09/08/2009--H.R. 310, 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 by vote 
of 388-0.
    09/08/2009--H.R. 1043, 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.
    09/08/2009--H.R. 1287, 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 by voice vote.
    09/08/2009--H.R. 1858, 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.
    09/08/2009--H. Res. 361, recognizing the historical 
significance of Historic Virginia Key Beach Park of Miami, 
Florida. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/08/2009--H. Res. 541, recognizing and honoring the 
restoration and renovation of the Bishop Museum's historic 
Hawaiian Hall, the Nation's premier showcase for Hawaiian 
culture and history, on the occasion of the Museum's 120th 
anniversary. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/10/2009--H.R. 965, 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 311-107.
    09/22/2009--H. Res. 599, honoring the Minute Man National 
Historical Park on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H. Res. 670, congratulating and saluting the 
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary for celebrating its 75th anniversary, 
commending the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary for its contributions to 
the preservation of wildlife and the native ecology of the 
Appalachian Mountains and eastern Pennsylvania, and commending 
the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary for its dedication to educating the 
public and the international community about wildlife 
conservation. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H. Res. 688, expressing support for the goals 
and ideals of the first annual National Wild Horse and Burro 
Adoption Day taking place on September 26, 2009. Passed House 
by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 860, to reauthorize the Coral Reef 
Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 1080, to strengthen enforcement mechanisms 
to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 2265, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Magna Water 
District water reuse and groundwater recharge project, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 2522, to raise the ceiling on the Federal 
share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District 
Recycling Project, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 2741, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of 
Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2009--H.R. 2802, to provide for an extension of the 
legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to 
establish a commemorative work in honor of former President 
John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote. (Public Law 111-169)
    09/22/2009--H.R. 3113, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate a segment of the Elk River in the State of 
West Virginia for study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    09/23/2009--H.R. 3617*, to provide an extension of Federal-
aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and 
other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs. 
Passed House by vote of 335-85.
    09/23/2009--H.R. 324, to establish the Santa Cruz Valley 
National Heritage Area, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by vote of 281-142.
    09/29/2009--H.R. 685, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study regarding the 
proposed United States Civil Rights Trail, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/29/2009--H.R. 905, to expand the boundaries of the 
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
286-107.
    09/29/2009--H.R. 2950, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between 
the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District. 
Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/29/2009--H.R. 3123, 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.
    09/30/2009--H.R. 1053, to require the Office of Management 
and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration 
activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to require the 
Environmental Protection Agency to develop and implement an 
adaptive management plan, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by vote of 418-1.
    09/30/2009--H.R. 1771, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay 
Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
388-78.
    10/06/2009--H. Res. 710, supporting the goals and ideals of 
``National Estuaries Day''. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/07/2009--H. Res. 701, to recognize the Dyke Marsh 
Wildlife Preserve as a unique and precious ecosystem. Passed 
House by vote of 325-93.
    10/07/2009--H. Res. 795, honoring the people of 
Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Ambassadors for 
their efforts in creating the Flight 93 temporary memorial and 
encouraging the completion of the National Park Service Flight 
93 National Memorial by the 10th anniversary of September 11, 
2001. Passed House by vote of 426-0.
    10/13/2009--H.R. 1593, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, 
Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    10/13/2009--H.R. 3433, to amend the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding payment of 
the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation 
projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-
149)
    10/13/2009--H.R. 3476, to reauthorize the Delaware Water 
Gap National Recreation Area Citizen Advisory Commission. 
Passed House by vote of 384-1.
    10/13/2009--H.R. 3537, to amend and reauthorize the Junior 
Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    10/13/2009--H.R. 3689, to provide for an extension of the 
legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 
Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 390-0. (Public 
Law 111-270)
    10/14/2009--H. Res. 816, mourning the loss of life caused 
by the earthquakes and tsunamis that occurred on September 29, 
2009, in American Samoa, Samoa, and Tonga. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 422-0.
    10/15/2009--H.R. 2442, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area 
Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by vote of 241-173.
    10/26/2009--H.R. 1471, to expand the boundary of the Jimmy 
Carter National Historic Site in the State of Georgia, to 
redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    10/26/2009--H.R. 1641, to amend the National Trails System 
Act to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    10/26/2009--H.R. 2806, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather 
Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to 
allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 
ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or 
the Wilderness, and for other purposes. Passed House, as 
amended, by voice vote.
    10/27/2009--H.R. 2489, to authorize a comprehensive 
national cooperative geospatial imagery mapping program through 
the United States Geological Survey, to promote use of the 
program for education, workforce training and development, and 
applied research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and 
local government programs. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
379-33.
    11/05/2009--H.R. 1849*, to designate the Liberty Memorial 
at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as 
the National World War I Memorial, to establish the World War I 
centennial commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of World War I, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 418-1.
    11/07/2009--H.R. 3962*, to provide affordable, quality 
health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health 
care spending, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 
220-215. (Public Law 111-192)
    11/19/2009--H.R. 2781, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as 
components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and 
for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 292-133.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 118, to authorize the addition of 100 
acres to Morristown National Historical Park. Passed House, as 
amended, by voice vote.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 1454*, to provide for the issuance of a 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. 
Passed House, as amended, by voice vote. (Public Law 111-241)
    12/07/2009--H.R. 1672, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits 
Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote the protection of 
the resources of the Northwest Straits, and for other purposes. 
Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 2062, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty 
Act to provide for penalties and enforcement for intentionally 
taking protected avian species, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 3388, to modify the boundary of Petersburg 
National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 3804, to make technical corrections to 
various Acts affecting the National Park Service, to extend, 
amend, or establish certain National Park Service authorities, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice 
vote.
    12/07/2009--H.R. 3940, to amend Public Law 96-597 to 
clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to 
extend grants and other assistance to facilitate political 
status public education programs for the peoples of the non-
self-governing territories of the United States. Passed House, 
as amended, by voice vote. (Public Law 111-244) 
    12/09/2009--H.R. 86, to eliminate an unused lighthouse 
reservation, provide management consistency by bringing the 
rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, 
California, and meet the original Congressional intent of 
preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 397-4.
    12/09/2009--H.R. 3603, to rename the Ocmulgee National 
Monument. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 419-0.
    01/19/2010--H.R. 725, to protect Indian arts and crafts 
through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and 
for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote. 
(Public Law 111-211) 
    01/19/2010--H.R. 3759, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to grant economy-related contract extensions of a 
certain timber contracts between the Secretary of the Interior 
and timber purchasers, and for other purposes. Passed House, as 
amended, by voice vote.
    01/21/2010--H.R. 1065, to resolve water rights claims of 
the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of Arizona, and 
for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 262-
147. (Public Law 111-291)
    01/21/2010--H.R. 3254, to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian 
Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other purposes. 
Passed House, as amended, by vote of 254-158. (Public Law 111-
291)
    01/21/2010--H.R. 3342, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to 
develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and to 
approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the 
Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 249-153. (Public Law 111-291)
    01/27/2010--H. Res. 1020, honoring the 95th anniversary of 
the signing of the Rocky Mountain National Park Act. Passed 
House by vote of 408-0.
    01/27/2010--H.R. 3726, to establish the Castle Nugent 
National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 240-
175.
    01/27/2010--H.R. 4474, to authorize the continued use of 
certain water diversions located on National Forest System land 
in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by vote of 415-0.
    02/23/2010--H.R. 2314, 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, as amended, by vote of 245-164.
    03/02/2010--H.R. 3820, to reauthorize Federal natural 
hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 335-50.
    03/12/2010--H.R. 3650, to establish a National Harmful 
Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program, to develop and coordinate a 
comprehensive and integrated strategy to address harmful algal 
blooms and hypoxia, and to provide for the development and 
implementation of comprehensive regional action plans to reduce 
harmful algal blooms and hypoxia. Passed House, as amended, by 
vote of 251-103.
    03/18/2010--H. Res. 1173, recognizing the 100th anniversary 
of the Vermont Long Trail, the oldest long-distance hiking 
trail in the United States, and congratulating the Green 
Mountain Club for its century of dedication in developing and 
maintaining the trail. Passed House by vote of 409-1.
    03/18/2010--H.R. 1769, to expand the Alpine Lakes 
Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle 
Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic 
rivers, and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by 
voice vote.
    03/18/2010--H.R. 4252, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-
Colton Basin in the State of California, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    03/19/2010--H.R. 2788, to designate a Distinguished Flying 
Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 
Riverside, California. Passed House by vote of 410-0.
    03/19/2010--H.R. 3644, to direct the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration to establish education and watershed 
programs which advance environmental literacy, including 
preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts of climate 
change in coastal watershed regions. Passed House, as amended, 
by vote of 244-170.
    03/19/2010--H.R. 3671, 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 vote of 289-121.
    03/19/2010--H.R. 4003, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate 
resources in the Hudson River Valley in the State of New York 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 293-115.
    03/19/2010--H.R. 4395, to revise the boundaries of the 
Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
Train Station, and for other purposes. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 372-31.
    03/20/2010--H.R. 1612, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of 
Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service 
opportunities for young Americans; help restore the nation's 
natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational and 
scenic resources; train a new generation of public land 
managers and enthusiasts; and promote the value of public 
service. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 288-116.
    04/14/2010--H. Res. 1237, honoring the life of Wilma Pearl 
Mankiller and expressing condolences of the House of 
Representatives on her passing. Passed House by voice vote.
    04/29/2010--H.R. 2499, to provide for a federally 
sanctioned self-determination process for the people of Puerto 
Rico. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 223-169.
    05/18/2010--H. Con. Res. 211, recognizing the 75th 
anniversary of the establishment of the East Bay Regional Park 
District in California, and for other purposes. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    05/18/2010--H. Res. 1327, honoring the life, achievements, 
and contributions of Floyd Dominy. Passed House by vote of 390-
0.
    05/18/2010--H.R. 2288, to amend Public Law 106-392 to 
maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San 
Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2023. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 264-122.
    05/18/2010--H.R. 4491, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating 
and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early 
years of the National Parks, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    06/08/2010--H. Res. 518, honoring the life of Jacques-Yves 
Cousteau, explorer, researcher, and pioneer in the field of 
marine conservation. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 354-
0.
    06/08/2010--H.R. 1061, to transfer certain land to the 
United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to 
place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 347-0. (Public 
Law 111-323)
    06/08/2010--H.R. 2008, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power 
on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    06/08/2010--H.R. 4349, to further allocate and expand the 
availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice 
vote.
    06/23/2010--H.R. 5481, to give subpoena power to the 
National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and 
Offshore Drilling. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 420-1, 
2 present.
    06/29/2010--S.J. Res. 33*, a joint resolution to provide 
for the reconsideration and revision of the proposed 
constitution of the United States Virgin Islands to correct 
provisions inconsistent with the Constitution and Federal law. 
Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-194)
    06/30/2010--H.R. 1554, to take certain property in McIntosh 
County, Oklahoma, into trust for the benefit of the Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation, and for other purposes. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 421-1.
    06/30/2010--H.R. 4445, to amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal 
a restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands held 
in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 411-0. (Public Law 111-xxx)
    07/01/2010--H.R. 2340, to resolve the claims of the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land 
adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide 
for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of 
certain other public land in partial satisfaction of the land 
entitlement of the Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 410-0.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 689, to interchange the administrative 
jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for other 
purposes. House agreed to the Senate amendment under suspension 
of the rules by voice vote. (Public Law 111-206)
    07/13/2010--H.R. 3923, to provide for the exchange of 
certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests 
in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by voice vote.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 3967, to amend the National Great Black 
Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations 
through fiscal year 2015. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 3989, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of adding the Heart Mountain 
Relocation Center, in the State of Wyoming, as a unit of the 
National Park System. Passed House by voice vote.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 4438, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into an agreement to lease space from a 
nonprofit group or other government entity for a park 
headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, 
to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of 
potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 264-114.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 4514, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Colonel Charles 
Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the National Park 
System, and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by 
vote of 350-26.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 4686, to authorize the Secretary of 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites 
on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a 
unit of the National Park System. Passed House, as amended, by 
voice vote.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 4773, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands within Fort Pulaski National 
Monument, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 379-
0.
    07/13/2010--H.R. 4973, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act 
of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and community 
partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote. (Public Law 
111-xxx)
    07/14/2010--H.R. 2864, to amend the Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire 
hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to 
the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States 
extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description 
of coastal changes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 420-0.
    07/21/2010--H.R. 725, to protect Indian arts and crafts 
through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings, and 
for other purposes. House agreed to the Senate amendment by 
vote of 326-92. (Public Law 111-211)
    07/21/2010--S. 1053*, A bill to amend the National Law 
Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date. Passed 
House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-222)
    07/21/2010--H.R. 5716*, to provide for enhancement of 
existing efforts in support of research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities to advance 
technologies for the safe and environmentally responsible 
exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas 
resources. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    07/26/2010--H. Con. Res. 304, directing the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives to correct the enrollment of H.R. 725. 
House agreed to the resolution without objection.
    07/29/2010--H.R. 2476*, to amend the National Forest Ski 
Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the 
Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses 
of National Forest System land that are subject to ski area 
permits, and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by 
voice vote.
    07/30/2010--H.R. 3534, to provide greater efficiencies, 
transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration 
of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating 
administration of various Federal energy minerals management 
and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office 
of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the 
Interior, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 209-
193, 1 Present.
    09/22/2010--H. Con. Res. 294, Commemorating the 75th 
Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 1454*, to provide for the issuance of a 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp. 
Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-241)
    09/22/2010--H. Res. 1503, expressing support for the goals 
and ideals of National Estuaries Day, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H. Res. 1508, celebrating the 200th Anniversary 
of John James Audubon in Henderson, Kentucky. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 4195, to authorize the Peace Corps 
Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in 
the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 4347, to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further 
self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes. 
Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 5152, to adjust the boundary of the 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the 
Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 5194, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 5494, to direct the Director of the 
National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior to 
transfer certain properties to the District of Columbia. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 5811, 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 
by voice vote.
    09/28/2010--H.R. 714, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National 
Park, and for other purposes. House agreed to the Senate 
amendments, under suspension of the rules, by voice vote. 
(Public Law 111-261) 
    09/28/2010--H. Res. 1378, condemning the theft from the 
Mojave National Preserve of the national Mojave Cross memorial 
honoring American soldiers who died in World War I. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    09/28/2010--H. Res. 1636, celebrating the 75th anniversary 
of the Hoover Dam. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/30/2010--S. 3802*, a bill to designate a mountain and 
icefield in the State of Alaska as the ``Mount Stevens'' and 
``Ted Stevens Icefield'', respectively. Passed House, without 
objection, by unanimous consent. (Public Law 111-284)
    09/30/2010--H.R. 3940, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a 
political status public education program for the people of 
Guam. House agreed to the Senate amendments, under suspension 
of the rules, by vote of 386-5. (Public Law 111-244)
    12/14/2010--H.R. 1061, to transfer certain land to the 
United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to 
place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and for other 
purposes. House agreed to the Senate amendments, under 
suspension of the rules, by voice vote. (Public Law 111-323)
    12/14/2010--S. 1405*, a bill to redesignate the Longfellow 
National Historic Site, Massachusetts, as the ``Longfellow 
House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site''. 
Passed House by vote of 364-0. (Public Law 111-333)
    12/14/2010--S. 1448*, a bill to amend the Act of August 9, 
1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Confederated 
Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, 
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and the Burns 
Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land. 
Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-334)
    12/14/2010--S. 1609*, a bill to authorize a single 
fisheries cooperative for the Bering Sea Aleutian Islands 
longline catcher processor subsector, and for other purposes. 
Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 111-335)
    12/14/2010--S. 2906*, a bill to amend the Act of August 9, 
1955, to modify a provision relating to leases involving 
certain Indian tribes. Passed House by voice vote. (Public Law 
111-336)
    12/20/2010--H.R. 81, 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 agreed to the Senate amendment, 
under suspension of the rules, by voice vote. (Public Law 111-
xxx)
    12/22/2010--S. 3903, A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 
years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. Passed 
House by unanimous consent. (Public Law 111-xxx) 

                BILLS WHICH FAILED TO PASS HOUSE BY DATE

    01/20/2010--H.R. 3538, to authorize the continued use of 
certain water diversions located on National Forest System land 
in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for 
other purposes. Failed to pass House under suspension of the 
rules, as amended, by vote of 225-191.
    06/09/2010--H. Res. 989, expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives that the United States should adopt national 
policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean 
acidification, to study the impacts of ocean acidification, and 
to address the effects of ocean acidification on marine 
ecosystems and coastal economies. Failed to agree to the 
resolution by vote of 241-170.
    09/22/2010--H.R. 5131, to establish Coltsville National 
Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for other 
purposes. Failed to pass House, as amended, by vote of 215-174.
    09/23/2010--H.R. 4823, to establish the Sedona-Red Rock 
National Scenic Area in the Coconino National Forest, Arizona, 
and for other purposes. Failed to pass House, as amended, by 
vote of 258-160.
    09/23/2010--H.R. 5110, to modify the boundary of the Casa 
Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other purposes. Failed 
to pass House, as amended, by vote of 244-174.
                              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 111-11: H.R. 146 (*S. 22), Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 38; H.R. 75; H.R. 76; H.R. 88; 
H.R. 89; H.R. 102; H.R. 165; H.R. 166; H.R. 169; H.R. 170; H.R. 
171; H.R. 172; H.R. 222; H.R. 234; H.R. 279; H.R. 280; H.R. 
283; H.R. 284; H.R. 285; H.R. 286; H.R. 316; H.R. 318; H.R. 
328; H.R. 337; H.R. 338; H.R. 348; H.R. 351; H.R. 352; H.R. 
365; H.R. 366; H.R. 367; H.R. 368; H.R. 369; H.R. 371; H.R. 
372; H.R. 376; H.R. 383; H.R. 397; H.R. 401; H.R. 404; H.R. 
405; H.R. 408; H.R. 410; H.R. 419; H.R. 437; H.R. 438; H.R. 
453; H.R. 454; H.R. 455; H.R. 480; H.R. 488; H.R. 530; H.R. 
545; H.R. 548; H.R. 551; H.R. 552; H.R. 567; H.R. 602; H.R. 
604; H.R. 763; H.R. 920; H.R. 921; H.R. 922; H.R. 923; H.R. 
924; H.R. 925; H.R. 926; H.R. 928; H.R. 1007; H.R. 1373; H.R. 
1435)
    Public Law 111-18: S. 39, A bill to repeal section 10(f) of 
Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the ``Bennett Freeze'' 
(H.R. 1762)
    Public Law 111-33: H.J. Res. 40, Native American Heritage 
Day Act of 2009
    Public Law 111-53: H.R. 1275, Utah Recreational Land 
Exchange Act of 2009
    Public Law 111-84: *H.R. 2647, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (H.R. 1044; H.R. 2689; 
H.R. 2990)
    Public Law 111-88: *H.R. 2996, Department of the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 
(H.R. 1404)
    Public Law 111-90: *S. 1818, Morris K. Udall Scholarship 
and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act 
of 2009 (H.R. 1035)
    Public Law 111-148: *H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (H.R. 2708)
    Public Law 111-149: H.R. 3433, To amend the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding 
payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands 
conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, 
and for other purposes
    Public Law 111-167: H.R. 1121, Blue Ridge Parkway and Town 
of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009
    Public Law 111-168: H.R. 1442, To provide for the sale of 
the Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 
60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed 
to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of 
January 23, 1909
    Public Law 111-169: H.R. 2802, To provide for an extension 
of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation 
to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President 
John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes
    Public Law 111-194: *S.J. Res. 33, A joint resolution to 
provide for the reconsideration and revision of the proposed 
constitution of the United States Virgin Islands to correct 
provisions inconsistent with the Constitution and Federal law
    Public Law 111-205: *H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act of 2010 (H.R. 3759; H.R. 4060)
    Public Law 111-206: H.R. 689, Shasta-Trinity National 
Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer Act
    Public Law 111-211: H.R. 725, Indian Arts and Crafts 
Amendments Act of 2010, Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010
    Public Law 111-222: S. 1053, A bill to amend the National 
Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date
    Public Law 111-241: H.R. 1454, Multinational Species 
Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010
    Public Law 111-244: H.R. 3940, To clarify the availability 
of existing funds for political status education in the 
Territory of Guam, and for other purposes
    Public Law 111-261: H.R. 714, To authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National 
Park, and for other purposes
    Public Law 111-270: H.R. 3689, To provide for an extension 
of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor 
center, and for other purposes
    Public Law 111-284: S. 3802, Mount Stevens and Ted Stevens 
Icefield Designation Act (H.R. 6197)
    Public Law 111-291: *H.R. 4783, Claims Resolution Act of 
2010 (H.R. 845; H.R. 1065; H.R. 3254; H.R. 3342; H.R. 3563)
    Public Law 111-323: H.R. 1061, Hoh Indian Tribe Safe 
Homelands Act
    Public Law 111-333: S. 1405, Longfellow House-Washington's 
Headquarters National Historic Site Designation Act (H.R. 6203)
    Public Law 111-334: S. 1448, A bill to amend the Act of 
August 9, 1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes 
of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and 
the Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for 
trust land (H.R. 4010; H.R. 4916)
    Public Law 111-335: S. 1609, Longline Catcher Processor 
Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act (H.R. 3910)
    Public Law 111-336: S. 2906, A bill to amend the Act of 
August 9, 1955, to modify a provision relating to leases 
involving certain Indian tribes (H.R. 4401)
    Public Law 111-xxx: H.R. 81, International Fisheries 
Agreement Clarification Act, Shark Conservation Act of 2010 
(H.R. 4369)
    Public Law 111-xxx: H.R. 4445, Indian Pueblo Cultural 
Center Clarification Act
    Public Law 111-xxx: H.R. 4973, National Wildlife Refuge 
Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010
    Public Law 111-xxx: *S. 3903, A bill to authorize leases 
of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh 
Pueblo (H.R. 4276)
                              ----------                              

    Presented to President but not signed as of filing of 
report.
                              APPENDIX IV

                            Committee Prints
                               APPENDIX V

                     Committee Legislative Reports

    House Report 111-103 (H.R. 31), to provide for the 
recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of Carolina, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-104 (H.R. 1385), 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 111-108 (H.R. 689), to interchange the 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between 
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-175 (H.R. 556), to establish a program of 
research, recovery, and other activities to provide for the 
recovery of the southern sea otter.
    House Report 111-176 (H.R. 934), to convey certain 
submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in order to give that territory the same benefits in 
its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American 
Samoa have in their submerged lands.
    House Report 111-177 (H.R. 1018), to amend the Wild Free-
Roaming Horses and Burros Act to improve the management and 
long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 111-178 (H.R. 762), to validate final patent 
number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-179 (H.R. 1275), to direct the exchange of 
certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 111-196 (H.R. 860), to reauthorize the Coral 
Reef Conservation Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-197 (H.R. 129), to authorize the 
conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los 
Padres National Forest in California.
    House Report 111-198 (H.R. 1442), to provide for the sale 
of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in 
approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, 
originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery Association 
under the Act of January 23, 1909.
    House Report 111-199 (H.R. 409), to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the 
State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-200 (H.R. 509), to reauthorize the Marine 
Turtle Conservation Act of 2004.
    House Report 111-201 (H.R. 2188), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to 
protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, 
through voluntary actions on public and private lands, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-227 (H.R. 1121), to authorize a land 
exchange to acquire lands for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the 
Town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-228 (H.R. 1080), to strengthen enforcement 
mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated 
fishing, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-229 (H.R. 1376), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth 
National Monument in the State of Texas.
    House Report 111-258 (H.R. 2265), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater recharge 
project, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-259 (H.R. 2522), to raise the ceiling on 
the Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water 
District Recycling Project, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-260 (H.R. 2741), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-261 (H.R. 2802), to provide for an 
extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former 
President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-262 (H.R. 3113), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River in 
the State of West Virginia for study for potential addition to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-267 (H.R. 685), to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study regarding 
the proposed United States Civil Rights Trail, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-268 (H.R. 2442), to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand 
the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-269 (H.R. 2950), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts 
between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy 
District.
    House Report 111-270 (H.R. 905), to expand the boundaries 
of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater 
Preserve, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-271 (H.R. 1771), to reauthorize the 
Chesapeake Bay Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-272, Part 1 (H.R. 1053), to require the 
Office of Management and Budget to prepare a crosscut budget 
for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to 
require the Environmental Protection Agency to develop and 
implement an adaptive management plan, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-290 (H.R. 481), to revise the authorized 
route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in 
northeastern Minnesota to include existing hiking trails along 
Lake Superior's north shore and in Superior National Forest and 
Chippewa National Forest, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-291 (H.R. 1593), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in 
Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System.
    House Report 111-292 (H.R. 1641), to amend the National 
Trails System Act to provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine 
Trail.
    House Report 111-293 (H.R. 2806), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen 
Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order 
to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain 
while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 
or the Wilderness, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-294 (H.R. 2499), to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people 
of Puerto Rico.
    House Report 111-296 (H.R. 3433), to amend the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements 
regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of 
wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are funded under 
that Act, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-297 (H.R. 3537), to amend and reauthorize 
the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 
1994.
    House Report 111-306 (H.R. 1061), to transfer certain land 
to the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian 
Tribe, to place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 111-307 (H.R. 1471), to expand the boundary of 
the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of 
Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-308 (H.R. 2008), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of 
hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central 
Utah Project.
    House Report 111-309 (H.R. 2489), to authorize a 
comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery mapping 
program through the United States Geological Survey, to promote 
use of the program for education, workforce training and 
development, and applied research, and to support Federal, 
State, tribal, and local government programs.
    House Report 111-310 (H.R. 715), to expand the boundary of 
Saguaro National Park, to study additional land for future 
adjustments to the boundary of the Park, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-312, Part 1, (H.R. 1612), to amend the 
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of 
the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to 
provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, help 
restore the nation's natural, cultural, historic, 
archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new 
generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote 
the value of public service.
    House Report 111-334 (H.R. 86), to eliminate an unused 
lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by 
bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange 
County, California, and meet the original Congressional intent 
of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-335 (H.R. 118), to authorize the addition 
of 100 acres to Morristown National Historical Park.
    House Report 111-336 (H.R. 2781), to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla River in 
Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-337 (H.R. 2888), to provide for the 
designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the 
State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin 
Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 111-354 (H.R. 1672), to reauthorize the 
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act to promote 
the protection of the resources of the Northwest Straits, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 111-355 (H.R. 2062), to amend the Migratory 
Bird Treaty Act to provide for penalties and enforcement for 
intentionally taking protected avian species, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-356 (H.R. 3603), to rename the Ocmulgee 
National Monument.
    House Report 111-357 (H.R. 3940), to amend Public Law 96-
597 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior 
to extend grants and other assistance to facilitate political 
status public education programs for the peoples of the non-
self-governing territories of the United States.
    House Report 111-358, Part 1 (H.R. 1454), to provide for 
the issuance of a Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp.
    House Report 111-359, Part 1 (H.R. 3388), to modify the 
boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth 
of Virginia, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-360, Part 1 (H.R. 3804), to make technical 
corrections to various Acts affecting the National Park 
Service, to extend, amend, or establish certain National Park 
Service authorities, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-390, (H.R. 3342), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande 
Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims 
of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque.
    House Report 111-391, (H.R. 1065), to resolve water rights 
claims of the White Mountain Apache Tribe in the State of 
Arizona, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-392 (H.R. 3644), to direct the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish education 
and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, 
including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts 
of climate change in coastal watershed regions.
    House Report 111-393 (H.R. 3726), to establish the Castle 
Nugent National Historic Site at St. Croix, United States 
Virgin Islands, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-394 (H.R. 3759), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to grant economy-related contract 
extensions of a certain timber contracts between the Secretary 
of the Interior and timber purchasers, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-395 (H.R. 3254), to approve the Taos 
Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-397, Part 1 (H.R. 725), to protect Indian 
arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal 
proceedings, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-398 (H.R. 3538), to authorize the 
continued use of certain water diversions located on National 
Forest System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return 
Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of 
Idaho, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-412 (H.R. 2314), 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 111-433 (H.R. 4252), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in the 
Rialto-Colton Basin in the State of California, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-434 (H.R. 1769), to expand the Alpine 
Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the 
Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic 
rivers, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-435 (H.R. 2788), to designate a 
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field 
Air Museum in Riverside, California.
    House Report 111-436 (H.R. 4003), to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate 
resources in the Hudson River Valley in the State of New York 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing 
the site as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-437 (H.R. 4192), to designate the 
Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area to be 
administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation 
System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-438 (H.R. 4395), to revise the boundaries 
of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the 
Gettysburg Train Station, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-480 (H. Res. 1254), directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the House of 
Representatives certain information relating to the Secretary's 
Treasured Landscape Initiative, potential designation of 
National Monuments, and High Priority Land-Rationalization 
Efforts.
    House Report 111-481 (H.R. 2288), to amend Public Law 106-
392 to maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and 
San Juan fish recovery programs through fiscal year 2023.
    House Report 111-482 (H.R. 4491), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives 
for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo 
Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-483 (H.R. 3511), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to establish and operate a visitor 
facility to fulfill the purposes of the Marianas Trench Marine 
National Monument, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-484 (H.R. 4493), to provide for the 
enhancement of visitor services, fish and wildlife research, 
and marine and coastal resource management on Guam related to 
the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-500 (H.R. 2889), to modify the boundary of 
the Oregon Caves National Monument, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-501, (H.R. 4438), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to lease 
space from a nonprofit group or other government entity for a 
park headquarters at San Antonio Missions National Historical 
Park, to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study of 
potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-502 (H.R. 4349), to further allocate and 
expand the availability of hydroelectric power generated at 
Hoover Dam, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-510 (H. Res. 1406), directing the 
Secretary of the Interior to transmit to the House of 
Representatives certain information relating to the potential 
designation of National Monuments.
    House Report 111-513 (H.R. 1554), to take certain property 
in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, into trust for the benefit of the 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-514 (H.R. 2340), to resolve the claims of 
the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska 
to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to 
provide for the conveyance to the Bering Straits Native 
Corporation of certain other public land in partial 
satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.
    House Report 111-515 (H.R. 4445), to amend Public Law 95-
232 to repeal a restriction on treating as Indian country 
certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico.
    House Report 111-525 (H.R. 3923), to provide for the 
exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt 
National Forests in the State of Colorado, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-526, Part 1, (H.R. 3967), to amend the 
National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to 
authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015.
    House Report 111-527 (H.R. 4514), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, Ohio as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-528 (H.R. 4686), to authorize the 
Secretary of Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest 
sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as 
a unit of the National Park System.
    House Report 111-529 (H.R. 3989), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of adding the 
Heart Mountain Relocation Center, in the State of Wyoming, as a 
unit of the National Park System.
    House Report 111-530 (H.R. 4773), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands within Fort 
Pulaski National Monument, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-531 (H.R. 4973), to amend the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize volunteer programs and 
community partnerships for national wildlife refuges, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-532 (H.R. 2864), to amend the Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize funds to acquire 
hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services specific to 
the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United States 
extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and description 
of coastal changes.
    House Report 111-533, Part 1, (H.R. 2476), to amend the 
National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional 
recreational uses of National Forest System land that are 
subject to ski area permits, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-575, Part 1, (H.R. 3534), to provide 
greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability 
in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 
by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be 
known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of 
the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-575, Part 2, (H.R. 3534), to provide 
greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability 
in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 
by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 
minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be 
known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of 
the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. 
(Supplemental Report)
    House Report 111-595 (H.R. 5194), to designate Mt. Andrea 
Lawrence, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-596 (H.R. 5131), to establish Coltsville 
National Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-597 (H.R. 3785), to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the suitability 
and feasibility of expanding the boundary of Chattahoochee 
River National Recreation Area.
    House Report 111-598 (H.R. 5110), to modify the boundary of 
the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 111-599 (H.R. 4823), to establish the Sedona-
Red Rock National Scenic Area in the Coconino National Forest, 
Arizona, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-600 (H.R. 3914), to designate certain 
lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as 
wilderness, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-601 (H.R. 5388), to expand the boundaries 
of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico.
    House Report 111-602 (H.R. 4195), to authorize the Peace 
Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative 
work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 111-603 (H.R. 4347), to amend the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further 
self-governance by Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-604 (H.R. 4888), to revise the Forest 
Service Recreation Residence Program as it applies to units of 
the National Forest System derived from the public domain by 
implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for 
determining cabin user fees, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-605 (H.R. 5494), to direct the Director of 
the National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior to 
transfer certain properties to the District of Columbia.
    House Report 111-606 (H.R. 5152), to adjust the boundary of 
the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park to include the 
Wallis House and Harriston Hill, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-650 (H.R. 4416), to reauthorize the Great 
Ape Conservation Act, and for other purposes.
    House Report 111-651 (H.R. 5479), to amend the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide for use 
of excess funds available under that Act to provide for certain 
benefits, 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 on-going 
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.
    Transportation: The Committee reviewed the Indian 
Reservation Roads distribution formula to Indian tribes and 
received a briefing from Administration officials on the status 
of regulations concerning the classification of roads used to 
determine tribal allocations.
    Cultural Activities Protection: The Committee continued its 
efforts to protect Native American cultural heritage and 
practices. In 1990, Congress enacted the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to provide for the 
disposition of certain Native American human remains, funerary 
objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to 
Native Americans. Oversight activities included requesting a 
GAO Report on implementation of the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act by federal agencies. GAO found 
that after almost 20 years, most federal agencies have failed 
to fully implement NAGPRA. In addition, the Committee reviewed 
the goals of the Administration in the implementation of 
NAGPRA, reviewed operations of the Review Committee to 
determine if NAGPRA is operating effectively, and to determine 
barriers to the successful implementation of NAGPRA.
    Oversight activities also included a review of eagle 
feather confiscations and regulations by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service (USFWS). A briefing was provided by USFWS 
Chief Law Enforcement Officer Benito Perez, after which the 
USFWS pledged to provide more outreach to Indian communities 
regarding their policies for owning and obtaining feathers from 
eagles and other protected birds.
    Education: The Committee conducted a comprehensive 
examination of Indian education, which included tribal 
curriculum and funding needs for Head Start, elementary and 
secondary education, post-secondary education. The examination 
also included the status of school facilities and school 
construction funding needs.
    Indian Lands: The Committee reviewed the effects of the 
Supreme Court's decision in Carcieri v. Salazar. In February, 
2009, the Supreme Court held that the Secretary of the Interior 
did not have authority to take land into trust for Indian 
tribes that were not under federal jurisdiction in 1934. The 
Committee examined the devastating effects that this decision 
has had on tribal cultures and economies, as well as on the 
inability of Indian tribes to reclaim land lost to past federal 
policies.
    Trust Responsibility: In 1996, individual Indians initiated 
a class action lawsuit alleging mismanagement of Individual 
Indian Money accounts. The Court of Appeals found that the 
United States had breached its trust responsibility to Indians 
by mismanaging the accounts. The Committee examined the details 
of a proposed settlement between the parties of the Cobell v. 
Salazar litigation, which was ratified by Congress as part of 
P.L. 111-291 (Claims Resolution Act of 2010).
    Health Care: The Committee conducted in-depth oversight of 
Alaska Native health facilities. Committee staff toured the 
Alaska Native Medical Center and learned about its system of 
care for rural Alaska Natives. The system includes regional and 
rural health facilities located throughout central and southern 
Alaska. Staff visited one regional Alaska Native health 
facility and three rural health facilities, which participate 
in the Alaska Native Medical Center system by sending their 
patients to the next level of care depending on health need. 
Oversight also included a tour of the Alaska Native Health 
Center and Tribal Health Consortium in Fairbanks and its system 
of care for Alaska Natives located in the northern part of 
Alaska.

              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.
    Offshore Drilling: The Committee performed rigorous and 
comprehensive oversight of the U.S. offshore oil and gas 
drilling program, conducting five hearings in early 2009 
concerning the potential future of the program in the wake of 
the expiration of the Congressional and Executive moratoria on 
leasing in large portion of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf 
(OCS), and conducting six days of hearings investigating the 
tragic explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon and the resultant 
oil spill. These hearings highlighted major shortcomings in the 
treatment of safety and environmental issues under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), and formed the basis for 
the extensive amendments to the OCSLA that would pass the House 
on July 30, 2010, as part of the Committee-drafted Consolidated 
Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act of 2010.
    Unconventional Fuels: The Committee explored the potential 
of unconventional fuels to contribute to future U.S. oil and 
natural gas reserves. Shale gas deposits, in particular, are 
already driving a natural gas boom in the lower 48 states, and 
are responsible for increasing U.S. natural gas proved reserves 
up 11% in 2009, to their highest levels since 1971. However, 
with the increase in shale gas drilling activity (particularly 
in the eastern states) come concerns about the impact of 
hydraulic fracturing on drinking water supplies, and the 
Committee looked at thebalance between resource production and 
environmental protection. Methane hydrates have the further potential 
to provide vast quantities of natural gas, particularly from Alaska and 
the OCS, but additional research is needed to make their production 
economic.
    Renewable Energy: The Committee conducted oversight over 
ongoing efforts to site renewable energy generation and 
transmission facilities on federal lands. Until late in the 
111th Congress, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had not 
approved any permit applications for solar energy facilities on 
its lands, and had a backlog of over 100 pending applications. 
The Committee examined the conflicts involved in attempting to 
find environmentally appropriate locations to place large-scale 
solar structures on BLM-managed land, and also explored 
different state and regional initiatives that could inform and 
advance federal renewable energy siting and new transmission.
    Geospatial Data Management: The Committee examined the 
efforts of the federal government to reduce duplication in 
geospatial data collection gathering, and also how to improve 
coordination and cooperation in data sharing between different 
agencies of the federal government, and between the government 
and other stakeholders.
    Helium: The Committee examined the status and future of the 
Federal Helium Program, managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management. A recent report by the National Research Council, 
``Selling the Nation's Helium Reserve,'' urges Congress to re-
evaluate portions of the Helium Privatization Act of 1996, 
which mandates the selling of the federal Helium stockpile.
    Abandoned Mines: The Committee reviewed the scope and 
severity of California's abandoned mine and mercury 
contamination problems, and solicited recommendations for 
research and remediation from three panels of witnesses, 
representing federal, state, industry, county, and nonprofit 
experience. The toxic legacy of gold and mercury mining in 
California is considered by some experts to be one of the most 
neglected environmental problems in the state.
    Energy Outlooks: The Committee held an oversight hearing on 
recent publications from the Energy Information Administration 
and the International Energy Agency regarding the role that 
federal lands and waters could play in meeting the United 
States' energy needs in both the short-term and long-term.

          SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS, OCEANS AND WILDLIFE

Insular Affairs

    Budget Overview: The Committee examined the portions of the 
President's budgets for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 pertaining 
to existing needs in the insular areas, including the five 
principal U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and 
the United States Virgin Islands) and the three freely 
associated states (Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau).
    Regulation Reform and Federal Workforce in the Territories: 
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. In particular, the Committee also monitored the 
implementation of the Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity 
Assurance Act of 2009 (NAREA), which extended locality pay to 
the U.S. territories in addition to the States of Alaska and 
Hawaii effective January 1, 2010, and which provides for the 
eventual discontinuation of the nonforeign area Cost-of-Living 
Allowances for all General Schedule (GS) employees in these 
jurisdictions.
    General Oversight: The Committee reviewed fundamental 
governance and financial management challenges facing each of 
the territories and the freely associated states, as well as 
challenges facing the Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) at the 
Department of the Interior.
    Presidential Executive Orders/Interagency and 
Intergovernmental Relations: The Committee monitored 
reorganization and reforms made by the President and within the 
Executive Branch toward improving federal interagency 
coordination on policy affecting the insular areas.
    Puerto Rico Self-Determination: The Committee continued its 
work from the 110th Congress to solicit a full range of views 
on proposals relating to Puerto Rico's political status. The 
Committee reported favorably legislation, H.R. 2499, that was 
subsequently passed by the full House of Representatives to 
provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process 
for the people of Puerto Rico.
    Guam Political Status Education: To further the 
opportunities for self-determination for the people of Guam, 
the Committee held a hearing and later reported out 
legislation, H.R. 3940, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to extend assistance for political status public 
education programs in Guam. This legislation was passed by the 
House of Representatives and enacted into law in amended form.
    Virgin Islands Fifth Proposed Constitution: The Committee 
exercised its authority to consider a proposed fifth United 
States Virgin Islands constitution upon its submission to 
Congress by the President of the United States on March 1, 
2010. The full House of Representatives passed and the 
President later signed Senate Joint Resolution 33, which 
provided for the reconsideration and revision of the proposed 
constitution of the United States Virgin Islands to correct 
provisions inconsistent with the United States Constitution and 
federal law.
    Implementation of Federal Immigration in the Northern 
Mariana Islands: The Committee held oversight hearings and 
monitored the implementation of Title VII of U.S. Public Law 
110-229, which took effect in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands (CNMI) on November 28, 2009. The law applies 
federal immigration policy in the CNMI through a five-year 
transition period. The Committee monitored the process and 
progress of the Administration to promulgate rules necessary 
for full implementation, including rules providing for a 
nonimmigrant investor visa and a transitional worker visa 
strictly pertaining to the CNMI as authorized by Congress. The 
Committee also reviewed public input, particularly from 
community leaders in Guam and the CNMI, in the rulemaking 
process for implementing the Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program and 
worked toward ensuring implementation of the authorized program 
conforms to Congressional intent. The Committee also remained 
cognizant in its oversight and especially attentive to the 
status of previously CNMI government permitted alien workers in 
the CNMI who remain there in the transition period.
    Guam/CNMI Military Build-Up: The Committee monitored and 
conducted general oversight on the October 29, 2005 renewal of 
the Government of the United States and the Government of 
Japan's Security Consultative Agreement that calls for a major 
realignment of the U.S-Japan strategic alliance including the 
relocation of 8,000 or more U.S. Marines fromOkinawa to Guam. 
In particular, the Committee monitored the Department of the Navy's 
preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) examining alternatives 
for decisions to execute this military realignment on Guam and in the 
CNMI and related proposed actions.
    Energy Efficiency: The Committee monitored the work of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas in 
facilitating interagency cooperation and federal partnership 
with each territory and freely associated state to gain 
financial, engineering and policy expertise for reducing 
dependency on imported fossil fuels and toward identifying, 
developing and bringing to market alternative, clean and 
indigenous sources of energy, as well as to improve the overall 
efficiency and reliability of their respective energy 
infrastructure.
    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 Additionally, the Committee monitored 
the process of the Executive Branch to review the terms of 
Public Law 99-658, which formalized federal support for the 
Compact of Free Association between the United States and the 
Republic of Palau The Committee also reviewed the adequacy of 
federal response to the impacts of migration from the freely 
associated states on U.S. jurisdictions.
    Emergency Preparedness and Hazard Mitigation: The Committee 
reviewed activities across the Executive Branch and the insular 
areas, including the freely associated states, to improve 
emergency preparedness and natural hazard mitigation. The 
Committee exerted particular emphasis in examining the federal 
response to the September 29, 2009, earthquake of a magnitude 
8.0 that occurred approximately 120 miles southwest of American 
Samoa and that generated a tsunami resulting in lost lives and 
significant destruction in the territory. The Committee also 
examined progress with federal support to undertake coastal 
inundation mapping in the territories and certify communities 
as tsunami ready, as well as the merits of a proposal for the 
establishment of a Caribbean Tsunami Warning Center in 
partnership with the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez to 
service Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

                          OCEANS AND WILDLIFE

Department of Commerce--National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for relevant programs and activities of the 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
    Captive Marine Mammals: Under the 1994 amendments to the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is the agency charged 
with issuing take or import permits for the public display of 
marine mammals. Permits are supposed to be granted only if the 
organization offers an education or conservation program based 
on professionally recognized standards. Regulations delineating 
the standards for such programs have never been promulgated. 
The Committee held hearings in anticipation of a proposed rule 
to revise the permit requirements for public display.
    Catch Shares: With NMFS implementing a new catch share 
policy and actively promoting the use of catch shares in 
fisheries around the country, the Committee held two hearings 
to investigate the design and implementation considerations 
that would increase the effectiveness of catch share programs 
as a conservation and management tool while avoiding unintended 
consequences for fishing communities.
    Endocrine Disruption Compounds: The Committee investigated 
the impact of endocrine disruption compounds (EDCs) in our 
water resources and natural environment on the nation's fish 
and wildlife species, including masculinization and 
feminization of fish, birds, and mammals; abnormal thyroid 
function in birds; decreased hatching success in fish, birds, 
and turtles; and decreased fertility.
    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. The 
Committee held hearings to explore the progress made by NMFS 
and the Regional Fishery Management Councils in implementing 
annual catch limits and accountability measures to end 
overfishing and rebuild overfished fish stocks by the statutory 
deadlines.

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.
    Offshore Energy Development: The Committee conducted 
oversight hearings regarding the relationship between offshore 
energy development and healthy, productive oceans. The 
Committee reviewed environmental issues that arise from oil and 
gas production in the oceans, including a discussion of the 
lingering effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 24, 
1989.
    NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Programs: On January 21, 2010 
the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. 
Department of Commerce released the results and recommendations 
of a review of the NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Programs and 
Operations. The Committee held hearings to examine the 
recommendations of the OIG report and highlight further action 
necessary to correct the issues facing law enforcement programs 
and operations.
    International Whaling Commission: In advance of the 61st 
Annual International Whaling Commission (IWC) Meeting, held in 
Portugal in June of 2009, the Committee held hearings to review 
issues facing whale populations globally, the U.S. position on 
the moratorium on all forms of commercial whaling, and the 
future of the IWC.
    Offshore Aquaculture: As many capture fisheries peak, and 
the demand for seafood continues to rise, aquaculture is 
becoming a more important means to boost per capita fish 
supply. Sustainability of both the emerging offshore 
aquaculture industry and the marine environment will be 
dependent on the certainty provided by a national framework to 
guide offshore aquaculture operations. The Committee held 
hearings to investigate the need for a comprehensive federal 
permitting and regulatory system for offshore aquaculture, the 
necessary components of such a system, and the implications of 
a more piecemeal approach envisioned by the Gulf of Mexico 
Fishery Management Council plan, which took effect on September 
3, 2009.
    Deepwater Horizon Disaster: In the wake of the explosion on 
the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 
20, 2010, the Committee held a number of hearings to 
investigatethe short and long-term effects of the oil spill on 
fisheries, birds and other wildlife, marine mammals, tribal resources, 
and trust resources. In addition, the Committee reviewed the response 
resources available to NOAA and investigated what additional resources, 
data and preparedness plans might make response efforts more effective.

Department of the Interior--Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

    Budget Oversight: The Committee reviewed the President's 
budget request for the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
    Managing Wildlife Resources in a Dynamic Environment: The 
Committee held hearings to investigate challenges facing the 
conservation of our wildlife and ocean resources, including 
climate change, energy development, the economic downturn, and 
federal budget deficits, and to establish priorities for 
wildlife and ocean conservation.
    Invasive Species (joint with Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands): The Committee examined the 
impact of invasive species in fragile ecosystems, such as in 
Everglades National Park where Burmese pythons have destroyed 
habitat and threatened native species in spite of widespread 
efforts to manage the population. The Committee investigated 
the impact of invasive species on the economy, the environment, 
and human health.
    White-Nose Syndrome (joint with Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands): Bats provide an important 
ecosystem service in controlling insect populations across the 
country. An emergent and disturbing threat to bats known as 
``white-nose syndrome'' was first identified in New York in 
2006, and has since spread to nine states and killed an 
estimated one million bats. The Committee investigated what is 
known about this disease and federal actions needed to further 
comprehend and contain this crisis.
    Deepwater Horizon Disaster: In response to the explosion of 
the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 
20, 2010, the Committee conducted extensive investigations into 
the state of fish and wildlife habitats, the health of birds 
and other wildlife impacted by the spill, and the resources 
available to the FWS for cleanup, recovery, and assessment of 
damages.

        SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL PARKS, FORESTS AND PUBLIC LANDS

National Park Service

    Impacts of Climate Change on NPS Resources: The Committee 
examined the impacts of climate change on national parks and 
heard testimony regarding National Park Service and 
Administration strategies to address these impacts. The 
Committee also explored ideas for comprehensive landscape 
management programs for public lands, wildlife corridors and 
ecosystem planning, and considered how to implement 
conservation strategies across jurisdictional boundaries, 
especially with the contradicting mandates and cultures of the 
federal land management agencies.
    The Second Century of the National Park Service: In 2016, 
the National Park Service will celebrate its centennial 
anniversary. The Committee examined some of the challenges the 
National Park System faces as it nears its second century, 
including chronic underfunding, crumbling infrastructure, and 
declining visitation at many units and among many demographic 
segments of American society. The hearing also covered threats 
that arise outside parks' borders, including air and water 
pollution, invasive species, climate change, growing 
urbanization and resource development on adjacent lands.
    NPS Partnerships: The National Park Service has long 
enjoyed the support of many partners, public and private, who 
have contributed to individual parks and the park system in a 
wide variety of ways. Park partners have helped acquire land, 
build visitor centers and other facilities, protect resources, 
expand scientific research, and reach out to new 
constituencies. Over the years, parks throughout the system 
have become dependent on their partners, and, while most of 
those partnerships have been entirely beneficial, occasionally 
some partnership agreements have resulted in added financial 
burdens or liability risks. The Committee examined both the 
benefits and the risks of these partnerships.

U.S. Forest Service

    Quincy Library Group: The timber wars of the 1990's and the 
resulting economic hardships in communities adjacent to forest 
lands in the Pacific Northwest led to the creation of the 
Quincy Library Group (QLG), a controversial partnership between 
environmental groups, timber managers, and local businesses. 
The Committee explored the effects of the pilot projects funded 
through the QLG and whether the pilot projects should be 
extended or modified to be more limited in scope.

Multiple Bureaus

    Federal Land and Climate Change: The Committee heard 
testimony focusing on public lands managed by the Forest 
Service and the Bureau of Land Management and government's role 
in helping to combat and adapt to the affects of climate 
change. Areas of increased erosion along shore lines, recurring 
drought situations, expanding areas of pest infestation, as 
well as the negative impact to wildlife were explored.
    Restoring the Federal Land Management Workforce: The 
Committee examined issues affecting the morale, recruitment, 
retention, and effectiveness of U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of 
Land Management, and National Park Service employees.
    White Nose Syndrome (joint with Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Wildlife and Oceans): White-nose Syndrome (WNS), a new 
and recent threat to bats, was first identified in February 
2006 and has since spread to nine states, killing hundreds of 
thousands of bats. There are 45 species of bats in the 
continental United States, which are mainly insectivorous, 
providing an important ecosystem service in the control of 
beetles, moths, aquatic flies, and mosquitoes, as well as 
agricultural pests. The Committee examined the potential impact 
of WNS on the nation's forests and croplands and the current 
research on the maladies and efforts to stop it.
    Bark Beetle Impacts (joint with Subcommittee on Water and 
Power): The Committee heard testimony on developing policies to 
appropriately mitigate the damage to ecosystems and to 
communities from the ongoing Mountain Pine Bark Beetle 
infestation affecting public and private land throughout the 
Inter-mountain West.
    Chesapeake Bay (joint with Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Wildlife and Oceans): In the last two years, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service has taken steps to address the effects of 
global climate change on the Chesapeake Bay environment and the 
13 National Wildlife Refuges and 59 National Park Service units 
that are within its watershed. This builds on nearly three 
decades of work to help remedy the effects of overfishing, 
polluted runoff, and fragmented habitat. Past degradation of 
the Bay costs local businesses over $100 million per year as 
well as nearly 5,000 jobs. The Committee conducted oversight 
regarding the effect that rising tides and changing weather 
patterns will have on the environment and businesses throughout 
the region.
    Invasive Snakes (joint with Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Wildlife and Oceans): Non-native Burmese pythons were 
first known to be established in Everglades National Park in 
the mid-1990s; the wild population in and around the park is 
now thought to be well into the thousands. The voracious 
predators eat a wide variety of mammals and birds, threatening 
already rare species such as the American alligator, the 
endangered wood stork and Key Largo wood rat. The Fish and 
Wildlife Service predicts pythons are also likely to out-
compete native predators such as the endangered Florida 
panther, eastern indigo snake, native boas and hawks. Further, 
federal and state agencies believe the snake is likely to 
spread well beyond South Florida. The Committee heard testimony 
on the current situation and on what state and federal agencies 
are doing to control the spread of the python.
    Challenges Facing the Grand Canyon (joint with Subcommittee 
on Water and Power): The Grand Canyon watershed is made up of 
an astonishingly vast system of springs and tributaries that 
feed the Colorado River. The watershed is facing increasing 
threats brought on by a recent boom in the demand for uranium 
and by the Forest Service's 2007 unilateral decision to allow 
uranium exploration within miles of the South Rim of the 
Canyon. The park's river system is also threatened by 
operations of the Glen Canyon Dam, which stores water pursuant 
to the Colorado River Compact, treaty requirements with Mexico, 
and generates power for many communities in the Southwest. The 
Committee explored water and water quality issues, including 
protecting the park and its watershed from pollution from 
uranium mining, resource management, research, monitoring and 
mitigation and adaptive management, and the effect of 
operations of the Glen Canyon Dam.
    Buffelgrass Infestation: The buffelgrass invasion has 
fundamentally changed the Sonoran Desert landscape in southern 
Arizona. It has dramatically altered the fragile ecosystem, 
fueling wildfires, once infrequent and limited in scope, and 
threatening the existence of iconic native desert species like 
the ocotillo and the saguaro cactus. The Committee explored 
current efforts to control buffelgrass and highlighted 
successful efforts on public and private lands by local 
volunteer groups.
    Rural Voices: Small communities throughout the western 
United States are relying on collaborative projects between 
private and government entities, helping rebuild jobs while 
achieving conservation goals. Witnesses provided the Committee 
with testimony on how federal projects have effectively helped 
local governments and small businesses develop healthy business 
environments in communities adjacent to public lands.
    Secure Rural Schools Program: The enactment of the Secure 
Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act helped to 
provide counties with a consistent and reliable source of 
funding following years of declining and chaotic fluctuations 
in timber revenues on public lands. The Committee explored the 
current payment system and the role of Resource Advisory 
Committees in determining project based spending.

                    SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

    Budget Reviews: The Committee held oversight 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. The hearings allowed for a 
discussion on the Administration priorities and how they were 
being addressed within the budget and programmatic efforts of 
the agencies.
    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Bureau of 
Reclamation: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(ARRA) provided the Bureau of Reclamation with $1 billion 
dollars in ARRA funding. The Committee held three oversight 
hearings to discuss the expenditure of the ARRA funds. The 
first hearing examined the new borrowing authority of the 
Bonneville Power Administration. The second hearing addressed 
the reasoning, methodology and process used to identify and 
prioritize ARRA funding projects for the Bureau of Reclamation 
and the U.S. Geological Survey. At the third hearing the 
Committee reviewed the progress made by the Bureau of 
Reclamation in administering the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act, and how projects identified to receive ARRA 
funding helped Reclamation's mission.
    Data Management and the United States Geological Survey: In 
the face of decreased runoff and climate variability, data 
management plays a crucial role. The Administration is 
implementing climate centers and river basin studies which are 
dependent on coordinated data analysis, and scientific study. 
The Committee explored the current status of water data 
management, the sharing of information between the agencies and 
the local water districts, and where improvements could be made 
to maximize data collection efforts. The Committee examined 
processes to protect scientific integrity in the collection, 
management, and analysis in water resource planning.
    Changing Conditions Affecting Western Water Supplies: The 
Committee held hearings to consider how state and local water 
managers are dealing with drought challenges and water supply 
variability, and how the Bureau of Reclamation and the 
Geological Survey are responding to the overall picture of 
changing water supplies in the West. The Committee examined 
federal, state, and local entities support of agriculture in 
the South Platte Basin, and how southern California's water 
supply is impacted by statewide conditions. Of particular 
interest and concern is the increasing dependence on the use of 
groundwater.
    Sustainable Low Impact and Small Hydro Power Potential: 
Sustainable, low-impact, small hydropower has shown significant 
potential as a new source of energy, while avoiding many of the 
adverse environmental impacts and prohibitive costs associated 
with conventional hydropower. The Committee examined potential 
growth opportunities for sustainable, low impact, small 
hydropower and reviewed the federal government's role in 
facilitating or inhibiting the development of these projects. 
The Committee reviewed the ongoing efforts by the 
Administration to facilitate the development of small 
hydropower and encourage hydropower efficiencies, along with 
reviewing the financial, environmental and regulatory obstacles 
to small hydropower expansion.
    Colorado River Basin Operation and Management: The 
Committee conducted oversight on various issues associated with 
the operation and management of the Colorado River. The 
Committee examined how the ongoing collaboration process 
between the Colorado River Basin States and the federal 
government has been used to resolve past water supply conflicts 
and the role the federal government has had in helping 
stakeholders address future river basin challenges. The 
Committee also examined the operation and management of the 
Colorado River and the challenges associated with the 
operations of Glen Canyon Dam and its environmental and 
cultural impacts on Grand Canyon National Park and adjoining 
Indian reservations. Finally, the Committee examined the water 
quality challenges along the lower Colorado River from Hoover 
Dam south to the international boundary with Mexico.
    Pine Beetle Impacts on Western Watersheds (joint with 
Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands): The 
Committee examined the impact of the expanding pine beetle 
infestation in the West and the potential implications thereof 
on watershed integrity, water quality, and power transmission 
lines. The loss of tree cover in western watersheds increasing 
the likelihood of forest fires which lead to increased erosion 
and sediment flow into streams and rivers, impacted water 
quality conditions, impacts to water distribution, potential 
loss of power grid integrity as transmission lines are 
compromised, loss of aquatic integrity, and increased operation 
and maintenance costs.
    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 to 
publicly and cooperatively owned utilities that, in turn, sell 
the electricity to retail consumers. The Committee examined the 
new borrowing authority, as provided in the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009, and heard testimony on the 
Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) increased borrowing 
authority. The Committee also examined the PMAs' role in 
improving the nation's transmission infrastructure and 
challenges to the system.

                                  
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