[Senate Report 112-4]
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112th Congress                                                   Report
 1st Session                     SENATE                           112-4
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                       HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND

                     A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE

                              COMMITTEE ON

                      ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                       DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS

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                              COMMITTEE ON

                      ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                                     


                                     

                 March 17, 2011.--Ordered to be printed



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               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                            (112th Congress)

                  JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            RICHARD BURR, North Carolina
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             MIKE LEE, Utah
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            RAND PAUL, Kentucky
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 DANIEL COATS, Indiana
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire        ROB PORTMAN, Ohio
AL FRANKEN, Minnesota                JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
JOE MANCHIN, III, West Virginia      BOB CORKER, Tennessee
CHRISTOPHER A. COONS, Delaware
                    Robert M. Simon, Staff Director
                      Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel
               McKie Campbell, Republican Staff Director
               Karen K. Billups, Republican Chief Counsel
                                     

               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                            (111th Congress)

                  JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico, Chairman
BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota        LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    RICHARD BURR, North Carolina
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas         ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             JIM BUNNING, Kentucky
EVAN BAYH, Indiana                   JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            BOB CORKER, Tennessee
MARK UDALL, Colorado
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire
                    Robert M. Simon, Staff Director
                      Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel
               McKie Campbell, Republican Staff Director
               Karen K. Billups, Republican Chief Counsel
  

                       MEMORANDUM OF THE CHAIRMAN

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To Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:

    The enclosed report reviews the accomplishments of the 
Committee in the 111th Congress. It will be submitted to the 
Senate pursuant to section 8 of Senate Rule XXVI.
      
                                           Jeff Bingaman, Chairman.















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Memorandum of the Chairman.......................................   iii

Summary..........................................................     1

Jurisdiction.....................................................     2

Full Committee:
    Jurisdiction.................................................     3
    Nominations..................................................     3
    Hearings.....................................................     6
    Business meetings............................................    13

Subcommittee on Energy:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    25
    Hearings.....................................................    25

Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    29
    Hearings.....................................................    29

Subcommittee on National Parks:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    35
    Legislative Hearings.........................................    35

Subcommittee on Water and Power:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    41
    Hearings.....................................................    41

Major legislative initiatives....................................    45

Other measures enacted into law..................................    47





112th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                      112-4

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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
         ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE 111TH CONGRESS

                                _______
                                

                 March 17, 2011.--Ordered to be printed

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        Mr. Bingaman, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                   Resources, submitted the following

                 SPECIAL REPORT ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                                Summary

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources conducted an 
extensive oversight and legislative program during the 111th 
Congress. A total of 433 bills and resolutions, 34 nominations, 
and 201 Executive Communications were referred to the Committee 
for consideration.
    The Committee and its 4 subcommittees held a total of 98 
public hearings, including 4 field hearings during the 111th 
Congress. These hearings included 34 oversight hearings, 50 
legislative hearings, and 14 nomination hearings. The Committee 
also held 28 business meetings.
    Action was completed on a broad range of oversight, 
legislative, and executive matters. A total of 97 bills and 3 
resolutions were reported by the Committee, and the Committee 
was discharged of 4 other matters.
    Ten of the 97 bills reported by the Committee and 2 of the 
bills discharged by unanimous consent passed both the House and 
the Senate and were signed into law. Two other measures within 
the Committee's jurisdiction were enacted without referral to 
the Committee. In addition, however, another 160 separate 
legislative measures reported by the Committee during the 110th 
Congress were consolidated into the Omnibus Public Land 
Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 146), which was enacted as Public 
Law 111-11 at the beginning of the 111th Congress.
    Thirty-four nominations submitted by President Obama were 
referred to the Committee during the 111th Congress. In 
addition, the Committee held hearings on the nominations of 
Steven Chu to be Secretary of Energy and Kenneth L. Salazar to 
be Secretary of the Interior before the nominations were 
received, and the Senate confirmed those nominations without 
referral to the Committee. One nomination was withdrawn by the 
President, and two were returned to the President under the 
provisions of rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate. The remaining 31 nominations were reported by the 
Committee and confirmed by the Senate.
    The Committee filed 96 reports on measures it ordered 
reported, and published 93 hearing records.

                              Jurisdiction

    Rule XXV(1)(g)(1) of the Standing Rules of the Senate gives 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources jurisdiction over 
matters relating to the following subjects:

          1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.
          2. Energy policy.
          3. Energy regulation and conservation.
          4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
          5. Energy research and development.
          6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer 
        Continental Shelf lands.
          7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.
          8. Mining education and research.
          9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral 
        conservation.
          10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness 
        areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, 
        military parks and battlefields, and on the public 
        domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects 
        of interest.
          11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
          12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
          13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
          14. Public lands and forests, including farming and 
        grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom.
          15. Solar energy systems.
          16. Territorial possessions of the United States, 
        including trusteeships.
                             FULL COMMITTEE

                        Jeff Bingaman, Chairman

                              jurisdiction

    During the 111th Congress, the Full Committee retained 
jurisdiction, without reference to a subcommittee, over the 
following matters: National Energy Policy, including 
international energy affairs and emergency preparedness; 
nuclear waste policy; privatization of federal assets; 
territorial policy (including changes in status and issues 
affecting Antarctica); and Native Hawaiian matters. In 
addition, the Full Committee retained jurisdiction of issues 
that: (1) required extremely expeditious handling; (2) 
substantially overlapped two or more subcommittee 
jurisdictions; or (3) were of exceptional national significance 
in which all Members wished to participate fully.

                              NOMINATIONS

    Thirty-four presidential nominations were referred to the 
Committee during the 111th Congress.
Nominations confirmed
    The Committee held hearings on and favorably reported 31 
nominations which were subsequently confirmed by the Senate. 
These nominations were for:
            Department of the Interior
    David J. Hayes, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. 
Received February 27, 2009. Hearing held March 12, 2009. S. 
Hrg. 111-9. Reported March 18, 2009. Confirmed May 20, 2009.
    Thomas L. Strickland, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish, 
Wildlife and Parks. Received March 12, 2009. Hearing held March 
24, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-16. Reported March 31, 2009. (Joint 
referral with Committee on Environment and Public Works.) 
Confirmed April 30, 2009.
    Hilary Chandler Tompkins, to be Solicitor of the Department 
of the Interior. Received March 31, 2009. Hearing held April 
23, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-22. Reported April 30, 2009. Confirmed 
June 17, 2009.
    Rhea S. Suh, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
(Policy, Management and Budget). Received April 20, 2009. 
Hearing held May 5, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-23. Reported May 13, 
2009. Confirmed May 18, 2009.
    Michael L. Connor, to be Commissioner of Reclamation. 
Received April 20, 2009. Hearing held May 5, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-
23. Reported May 13, 2009. Confirmed May 21, 2009.
    Anne Castle, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
(Water and Science). Received April 27, 2009. Hearing held June 
2, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-55. Reported June 9, 2009. Confirmed June 
19, 2009.
    Wilma A. Lewis, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Land and Minerals Management). Received May 6, 2009. 
Hearing held July 9, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-79. ReportedJuly 29, 
2009. Confirmed August 7, 2009.
    Robert V. Abbey, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. Received June 10, 2009. Hearing held July 9, 2009. 
S. Hrg. 111-79. Reported July 29, 2009. Confirmed August 7, 
2009.
    Anthony Marion Babauta, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Insular Affairs). Received July 6, 2009. Hearing held 
July 28, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-98. Reported August 4, 2009. 
Confirmed September 10, 2009.
    Jonathan B. Jarvis, to be Director of the National Park 
Service. Received July 13, 2009. Hearing held July 28, 2009. S. 
Hrg. 111-98. Reported August 4, 2009. Confirmed September 24, 
2009.
    Joseph G. Pizarchik, to be Director of the Office of 
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. Received July 16, 
2009. Hearing held August 6, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-99. Reported 
October 8, 2009. Confirmed November 6, 2009.
    Marcia K. McNutt, to be Director of the United States 
Geological Survey. Received August 4, 2009. Hearing held 
October 8, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-160. Reported October 14, 2009. 
Confirmed October 21, 2009.
            Department of Energy
    Kristina M. Johnson, to be Under Secretary of Energy. 
Received March 23, 2009. Hearing held April 23, 2009. S. Hrg. 
111-22. Reported April 30, 2009. Confirmed May 19, 2009.
    Steven Elliot Koonin, to be Under Secretary for Science, 
Department of Energy. Received March 26, 2009. Hearing held 
April 23, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-22. Reported April 30, 2009. 
Confirmed May 19, 2009.
    Ines R. Triay, to be an Assistant of Energy (Environmental 
Management). Received March 31, 2009. Hearing held April 23, 
2009. S. Hrg. 111-22. Reported April 30, 2009. (Joint referral 
with Committee on Armed Services.) Confirmed May 20, 2009.
    Scott Blake Harris, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of Energy. Received April 2, 2009. Hearing held April 23, 2009. 
S. Hrg. 111-22. Reported April 30, 2009. Confirmed May 19, 
2009.
    David B. Sandalow, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(International Affairs and Domestic Policy). Received April 20, 
2009. Hearing held May 5, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-23. Reported May 
13, 2009. Confirmed May 18, 2009.
    Daniel B. Poneman, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. 
Received April 20, 2009. Hearing held May 5, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-
23. Reported May 13, 2009. Confirmed May 18, 2009.
    Catherine Radford Zoi, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). Received April 
27, 2009. Hearing held June 2, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-55. Reported 
June 9, 2009. Confirmed June 19, 2009.
    William F. Brinkman, to be Director of the Office of 
Science. Received April 27, 2009. Hearing held June 2, 2009. S. 
Hrg. 111-55. Reported June 9, 2009. Confirmed June 19, 2009.
    Richard G. Newell, to be Administrator of the Energy 
Information Administration. Received May 18, 2009. Hearing held 
July 9, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-79. Reported July 29, 2009. Confirmed 
July 31, 2009.
    James J. Markowsky, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy). Received June 18, 2009. Hearing held July 28, 
2009. S. Hrg. 111-98. Reported August 4, 2009. Confirmed August 
7, 2009.
    Warren F. Miller, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Nuclear Energy). Received June 18, 2009. Hearing held 
July 28, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-98. Reported August 4, 2009. 
Confirmed August 7, 2009.
    Jose Antonio Garcia, to be Director of the Office of 
Minority Economic Impact. Received July 20, 2009. Hearing held 
August 6, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-99. Reported October 8, 2009. 
Confirmed October 21, 2009.
    Arun Majumdar, to be Director of the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency. Received September 21, 2009. Hearing held 
October 8, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-160. Reported October 14, 2009. 
Confirmed October 21, 2009.
    Patricia A. Hoffman, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability). Received 
December 9, 2009. Hearing held February 2, 2010. S. Hrg. 111-
376. Reported March 3, 2010. Confirmed June 22, 2010.
    Jeffrey A. Lane, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs). Received 
February 1, 2010. Hearing held March 17, 2010. S. Hrg. 111-432. 
Reported May 6, 2010. Confirmed June 22, 2010.
            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    John R. Norris, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, for the term expiring June 30, 2012. 
Received June 11, 2009. Hearing held August 6, 2009. S. Hrg. 
111-99. Reported October 8, 2009. Confirmed December 24, 2009.
    Cheryl A. LaFleur, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, for the term expiring June 30, 2014. 
Received March 9, 2010. Hearing held April 27, 2010. S. Hrg. 
111-527. Reported May 6, 2010. Confirmed June 22, 2010.
    Philip D. Moeller, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, for the term expiring June 30, 2015. 
Received March 9, 2010. Hearing held April 27, 2010. S. Hrg. 
111-527. Reported May 6, 2010. Confirmed June 22, 2010.
            Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas 
                    Transportation Projects
    Larry Persily, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural 
Gas Transportation Projects. Received December 9, 2009. Hearing 
held February 2, 2010. S. Hrg. 111-376. Reported March 3, 2010. 
Confirmed March 10, 2010.
Nominations withdrawn or returned
    Three nominations were withdrawn by or returned to the 
President. They were for:

    Warren F. Miller, Jr., to be Director of the Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Received June 22, 2009. 
Hearing held July 28, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-98. Reported August 4, 
2009. Returned to the President August 5, 2010 under the 
provisions of rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate.
    Suedeen G. Kelly, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, for the term ending June 30, 2014. 
Received July 28, 2009. Withdrawn by the President December 23, 
2009.
    Peter B. Lyons, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Nuclear Energy), vice Warren F. Miller, Jr., resigned. 
Received December 13, 2010. Returned to the President December 
22, 2010 under the provisions of rule XXXI, paragraph 6, of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate.
Nominations confirmed without referral
    In addition to the 34 nominations referred to the 
Committee, the Committee held hearings on two nominations 
before the Senate received the nominations, and the Senate 
confirmed them without referring them to the Committee. They 
were for:

    Steven Chu, to be Secretary of Energy. Hearing held January 
13, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-3. Confirmed January 20, 2009.
    Kenneth L. Salazar, to be Secretary of the Interior. 
Hearing held January 15, 2009. S. Hrg. 111-4. Confirmed January 
20, 2009.

                                HEARINGS

    The Full Committee held 26 legislative hearings, 24 
oversight hearings, and 14 nomination hearings during the 111th 
Congress, as follows:
January 8, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-2.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on current energy 
security challenges.
January 13, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-3.
    Hearing on the nomination of Steven Chu to be Secretary of 
Energy.
January 15, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-4.
    Hearing on the nomination of Ken Salazar to be Secretary of 
the Interior.
February 10, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-6.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on a majority 
staff draft for a Renewable Portfolio Standard proposal.
February 12, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-11.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the current state 
of the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program, authorized 
under Title 17 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and how the 
delivery of services to support the deployment of clean energy 
technologies might be improved.
February 26, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-7.
    Legislative hearing to provide recommendations for reducing 
energy consumption in buildings through improved implementation 
of authorized DOE programs and through other innovative federal 
energy efficiency policies and programs.
March 3, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-13.
    Oversight hearing to examine the progress on smart grid 
initiatives authorized in the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007, and funded in the stimulus bill, and to learn of 
opportunities and impediments to timely installation of smart 
grid technologies.
March 5, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-14.
    Legislative hearing to review future directions of energy 
research and development and to identify key scientific and 
technological hurdles that must be overcome in order to pursue 
these new directions.
March 10, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-19.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on issues related 
to S. 531, a bill to provide for the conduct of an in-depth 
analysis of the impact of energy development and production on 
the water resources of the United States, and for other 
purposes.
March 12, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-15.
    Legislative hearing to examine draft legislation regarding 
siting of electricity transmission lines, including increased 
federal siting authority and regional transmission planning.
March 12, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-9.
    Hearing on the nomination of David Hayes to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior.
March 17, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-45.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on energy 
development on public lands and the outer Continental Shelf.
March 18, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-21.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on nuclear energy 
development.
March 19, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-24.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 598, the 
Appliance Standards Improvement Act of 2009.
March 24, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-16.
    Hearing on the nomination of Thomas Strickland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department 
of the Interior.
March 26, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-35.
    Legislative hearing to examine draft legislation regarding 
strengthening American manufacturing through improved 
industrial energy efficiency.
April 22, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-28.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on energy 
efficiency resource standards, including S. 548, a bill to 
amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to 
establish a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for 
retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other 
purposes.
April 23, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-22.
    Hearing on the nominations of Kristina M. Johnson, to be 
the Under Secretary of Energy; of Steven Elliot Koonin, to be 
the Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy; of Ines 
R. Triay, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental 
Management); of Hilary Chandler Tompkins, to be Solicitor of 
the Department of the Interior; and of Scott Blake Harris, to 
be the General Counsel of the Department of Energy.
April 28, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-51.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on legislation to 
improve the availability of financing for deployment of clean 
energy and energy efficiency technologies and to enhance United 
States' competitiveness in this market through the creation of 
a Clean Energy Deployment Administration within the Department 
of Energy. A joint discussion draft of the bill is posted on 
the Committee's Web site.
May 5, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-23.
    Hearing on the nominations of Daniel B. Poneman, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Energy; of David B. Sandalow, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and 
Domestic Policy); of Rhea S. Suh, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior; and of Michael L. Connor, to be Commission of 
Reclamation.
May 7, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-29.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on a joint staff 
draft related to cybersecurity and critical electricity 
infrastructure.
May 12, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-67.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 967, the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Modernization Act of 2009, and S. 
283, a bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to 
modify the conditions for the release of products from the 
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account.
May 14, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-50.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 1013, the 
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program 
Amendments Act of 2009.
June 2, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-55.
    Hearing on the nominations of Catherine Radford Zoi, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy, Efficiency, and 
Renewable Energy); of William F. Brinkman, to be Director of 
the Office of Science, Department of Energy; and of Anne 
Castle, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
July 9, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-79.
    Hearing on the nominations of Wilma A. Lewis, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior; of Richard G. Newell, to 
be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration; and 
of Robert V. Abbey, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management.
July 14, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-116.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 796, the 
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009, and S. 140, the 
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act of 2009.
July 21, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-128.
    Legislative hearing to consider the preparedness of Federal 
land management agencies for the 2009 wildfire season and to 
receive testimony on S. 561 and H.R. 1404, the Federal Land 
Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act.
July 28, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-98.
    Hearing on the nominations of James J. Markowsky, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy); of Warren F. 
Miller, Jr., to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear 
Energy) and Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive 
Waste; of Anthony M. Babauta, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Interior (Insular Areas); and of Jonathan B. Jarvis, to be 
the Director of the National Park Service
August 6, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-99.
    Hearing on the nominations of John R. Norris, to be a 
Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; of Jose 
Antonio Garcia, to be Director of the Office of Minority 
Economic Impact, Department of Energy; and of Joseph G. 
Pizarchik, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior.
August 22, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-130.
    Field hearing to consider renewable energy production, 
strategies, and technologies with regard to rural communities.
September 15, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-222.
    Oversight hearing to explore potential costs and price 
volatility in the energy sector as a result of a greenhouse gas 
trading program and ways to reduce or contain those costs.
October 8, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-160.
    Hearing on the nominations of Marcia K. McNutt, to be 
Director of the United States Geological Survey; and of Arun 
Majumdar, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.
October 14, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-253.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on energy and 
related economic effects of global climate change legislation.
October 21, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-182.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the costs and 
benefits for energy consumers and energy prices associated with 
the allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances.
October 28, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-276.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the role of 
natural gas in mitigating climate change.
November 17, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-284.
    Oversight hearing to explore the international aspects of 
global climate change.
November 19, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-303.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony environmental 
stewardship policies related to offshore energy production.
December 2, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-310.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on policy options 
for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
December 3, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-314.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on H.R. 3276, the 
American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009.
December 10, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-335.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the role of grid-
scale energy storage in meeting our energy and climate goals.
December 15, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-375.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 2052, a bill 
to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary 
of Energy to carry out a research and development and 
demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction 
costs relating to nuclear reactors, and for other purposes and 
S. 2812, The Nuclear Power 2021 Act.
January 21, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-385.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the research, 
development, priorities and imperatives needed to meet the 
medium and long term challenges associated with climate change.
February 2, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-376.
    Hearing on the nominations of Larry Persily, to be Federal 
Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, and 
Patricia A. Hoffman, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability).
February 4, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-477.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the U.S. 
Department of Energy's budget for fiscal year 2011.
February 15, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-384.
    Field hearing to receive testimony on S. 1689, the Organ 
Mountains-Desert Peaks Wilderness Act.
February 24, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-391.
    Oversight hearing to consider the President's Proposed 
Budget for fiscal year 2011 for the Forest Service.
March 3, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-398.
    Oversight hearing to consider the President's Proposed 
Budget for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of the Interior.
March 4, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-478.
    Oversight hearing to examine the Department of Energy's 
implementation of programs authorized and funded under the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
March 9, 2010.--S. Hrg. 111-752.
    Oversight hearing to examine financial transmission rights 
and other electricity market mechanisms.
March 10, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-402.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 1696, the 
Green Gaming Act of 2009, and S. 2908, the Water Heater Rating 
Improvement Act of 2009, S. 3059, the National Energy 
Efficiency Enhancement Act of 2010, and S. 3054, a bill to 
amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish 
efficiency standards for bottle-type water dispensers, 
commercial hot food holding cabinets, and portable electric 
gas.
March 11, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-422.
    Legislative hearing to review legislative proposals 
designed to create jobs related to energy efficiency, including 
a Majority Staff Draft on energy efficient building retrofits.
March 17, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-432.
    Hearing on the nomination of Jeffrey Lane, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs).
April 20, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-652.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on carbon capture 
and sequestration legislation, including S. 1856, S. 1134, and 
other draft legislative text.
April 27, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-527.
    Hearing on the nominations of Philip D. Moeller and Cheryl 
A. LaFleur, to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission.
May 11, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-653, part 1.
    Oversight hearing to review issues related to deepwater 
offshore exploration for petroleum and the accident in the Gulf 
of Mexico involving the offshore oil rig Deepwater Horizon.
May 18, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-653, part 2.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony from the 
Administration on issues related to offshore oil and gas 
exploration including the accident involving the Deepwater 
Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
May 19, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-666.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the proposed 
Constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands; S. 2941, the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands Supplemental Nuclear Compensation Act 
of 2010; H.R. 3940, an act 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; and H.R. 2499, 
the Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2010.
May 20, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-625.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 2921, to 
provide for the conservation, enhanced recreation 
opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the 
California Desert Conservation Area, to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to designate certain offices to serve as 
Renewable Energy Coordination Offices for coordination of 
Federal permits for renewable energy projects and transmission 
lines to integrate renewable energy development, and for other 
purposes.
May 25, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-679, part 3.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the liability 
and financial responsibility issues related to offshore oil 
production, including the Deepwater Horizon accident in the 
Gulf of Mexico, including S. 3346, a bill to increase the 
limits on liability under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act.
June 9, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-653, part 4.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on issues related to 
the Department of the Interior's May 27th report: Increased 
Safety Measures for Energy Development on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, including oversight of recent actions recommended by the 
Department to address the safety of offshore oil development
June 22, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-712.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on policies to 
reduce oil consumption through the promotion of accelerated 
development of electric-drive vehicles, as proposed in S. 3495, 
the Promoting Electric Vehicles Act of 2010.
June 24, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-653, part 5.
    Legislative hearing to hear testimony on the following 
bills: S. 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to 
include a plan that describes the means and timeline for 
containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and 
for other purposes; S. 3431, a bill to improve the 
administration of the Minerals Management Service, and for 
other purposes.
June 30, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-753.
    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on S. 3452, a bill 
to designate the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of 
the National Park System, and for other purposes.
September 23, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-751.
    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the U.S. 
Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program and its 
effectiveness in spurring the near-term deployment of clean 
energy technology.

                           BUSINESS MEETINGS

    The Committee held 28 business meetings, at which it 
ordered reported 31 nominations and 97 bills, and 3 
resolutions, as follows:
February 11, 2009.
    The Committee approved subcommittee assignments and ordered 
reported S. Res. 31, the Committee funding resolution.
March 18, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of David J. 
Hayes, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
March 31, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Thomas L. 
Strickland to be Assistant Secretary of Fish and Wildlife, 
Department of the Interior; and began consideration of S. 1462, 
a bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced 
energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy 
innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes.
April 30, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Kristina M. Johnson to be Under Secretary 
of Energy;
    The nomination of Steven Elliot Koonin to be Under 
Secretary for Science, Department of Energy;
    The nomination of Ines R. Triay to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management);
    The nomination of Scott Blake Harris to be General Counsel 
of the Department of Energy; and
    The nomination of Hilary Chandler Tompkins to be Solicitor 
of the Department of the Interior.
May 6, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
May 13, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Daniel B. Poneman to be Deputy Secretary 
of Energy;
    The nomination of David B. Sandalow to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and Domestic 
Policy);
    The nomination of Rhea S. Suh to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior;
    The nomination of Michael L. Connor to be Commissioner of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; and
    Resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to promote clean 
energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, 
improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce 
development, and for other purposes.
May 14, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
May 19, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
May 21, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
June 4, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
June 9, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Anne Castle to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior;
    The nomination of William F. Brinkman to be Director of the 
Office of Science, Department of Energy;.
    The nomination of Catherine Radford Zoi to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Energy, Efficiency, and Renewable Energy); 
and
    Resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to promote clean 
energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, 
improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce 
development, and for other purposes.
June 11, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
June 16, 2009.
    The Committee resumed consideration of S. 1462, a bill to 
promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy 
efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and 
workforce development, and for other purposes.
June 17, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. 1462, a bill to promote clean energy technology 
development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy 
security, and energy innovation and workforce development, and 
for other purposes.
July 28, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Wilma A. Lewis to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior;
    The nomination of Richard G. Newell to be Administrator of 
the Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; 
and
    The nomination of Robert V. Abbey to be Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
August 4, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of James J. Markowsky to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy);
    The nomination of Warren F. Miller to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy);
    The nomination of Warren F. Miller to be Director of the 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of 
Energy;
    The nomination of Anthony Marion Babauta to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior;
    The nomination of Jonathan B. Jarvis to be Director of the 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
    H.R. 1275, an Act to direct the exchange of certain land in 
Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and for other 
purposes; and
    H.R. 2938, an Act to extend the deadline for commencement 
of construction of a hydroelectric project.
September 15, 2009.
    The Committee was scheduled to consider pending 
nominations, but a quorum was not present and no action was 
taken.
October 8, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of John R. Norris to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
    The nomination of Jose Antonio Garcia to be Director of the 
Office of Minority Economic Impact; Department of Energy; and
    The nomination of Joseph G. Pizarchik to be Director of the 
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement, 
Department of the Interior.
October 14, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Arun Majumdar to be Director of the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy, Department of 
Energy; and
    The nomination of Marcia K. McNutt to be Director of the 
United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
December 16, 2009.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. Res. 275, Honoring the Minute Man National Historical 
Park on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
    S. Res. 297, To recognize the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve 
as a unique and precious ecosystem.
    S. 409, a bill to secure Federal ownership and management 
of significant natural, scenic, and recreational resources, to 
provide for the protection of cultural resources, to facilitate 
the efficient extraction of mineral resources by authorizing 
and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and 
for other purposes.
    S. 522, a bill 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.
    S. 555, a bill to provide for the exchange of certain land 
located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State 
of Colorado, and for other purposes.
    S. 721, a bill 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.
    S. 782, a bill to provide for the establishment of the 
National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.
    S. 853, a bill to designate additional segments and 
tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and 
Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System.
    S. 874, a bill to establish El Rio Grande Del Norte 
National Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 940, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal 
land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and for other 
purposes.
    S. 1053, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal 
land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and for other 
purposes.
    S. 1139, a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to 
enter into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, 
Oregon, and for other purposes.
    S. 1140, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon.
    S. 1369, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the Molalla River in the State of Oregon, 
as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
and for other purposes.
    S. 1405, a bill to redesignate the Longfellow National 
Historic Site, Massachusetts, as the `Longfellow House-
Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site'.
    S. 1453, a bill to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain 
annual base funding for the Bureau of Reclamation for the Upper 
Colorado River and San Juan fish recovery programs through 
fiscal year 2023.
    S. 1672, a bill to reauthorize the National Oilheat 
Research Alliance Act of 2000.
    S. 1757, a bill to provide for the prepayment of a 
repayment contract between the United States and the Uintah 
Water Conservancy District, and for other purposes.
    S. 1759, a bill to authorize certain transfers of water in 
the Central Valley Project, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 689, an Act 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. 714, an Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for 
other purposes.
    H.R. 1121, an Act 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. 1287, an Act 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.
    H.R. 1376, an Act to establish the Waco Mammoth National 
Monument in the State of Texas, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 1442, an Act 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. 1593, an Act 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. 1694, an Act to authorize the acquisition and 
protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 
under the American Battlefield Protection Program.
    H.R. 1945, an Act 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.
    H.R. 2330, an Act 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.
    H.R. 2802, an Act 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. 3113, an Act 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.
    H.R. 3276, an Act to promote the production of molybdenum-
99 in the United States for medical isotope production, and to 
condition and phase out the export of highly enriched uranium 
for the production of medical isotopes.
March 3, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Larry Persily, to be Federal Coordinator 
for Alaska Gas Transportation Projects; and
    The nomination of Patricia A. Hoffman to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability).
May 6, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    The nomination of Jeffrey A. Lane, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Congressional and Intergovernmental 
Affairs).
    The nomination of Cheryl A. LaFleur, to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    The nomination of Phillip D. Moeller, to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    Committee amendments to S. 1462, a bill to promote clean 
energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, 
improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce 
development, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 934, an Act 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. 3689, an Act 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.
    S. 3099, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving the American Falls Reservoir.
    S. 3100, a bill to reinstate and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving the Little Wood River Ranch.
June 16, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. 553, a bill 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.
    S. 1017, a bill to reauthorize the Cane River National 
Heritage Area Commission and expand the boundaries of the Cane 
River National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana.
    S. 1018, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University 
in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center 
for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, the 
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, and 
the University, and for other purposes.
    S. 1080, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University 
in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center 
for the use of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, the 
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, and 
the University, and for other purposes.
    S. 1270, a bill to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves 
National Monument, and for other purposes.
    S. 1272, a bill 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.
    S. 1629, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a special resource study of the archeological site 
and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia town site in the 
State of Illinois, and for other purposes.
    S. 1719, a bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah.
    S. 1787, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction 
Facilitation Act, and for other purposes.
    S. 2722, a bill 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.
    S. 2726, a bill to modify the boundary of the Minuteman 
Missile National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, 
and for other purposes.
    S. 2738, a bill 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.
    S. 2830, a bill to extend and enhance the COBRA subsidy 
program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009.
    S. 2892, a bill to establish the Alabama Black Belt 
National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.
    S. 2907, a bill to establish a coordinated avalanche 
protection program, and for other purposes.
    S. 2933, a bill 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.
    S. 2941, a bill to provide supplemental ex gratia 
compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for 
impacts of the nuclear testing program of the United States, 
and for other purposes.
    H.R. 86, an Act to eliminate an unused lighthouse 
reservation, provide management consistency by incorporating 
the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange County, 
California, into the California Coastal National Monument 
managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original 
Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and 
small islands, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 129, an Act to authorize the conveyance of certain 
National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest 
in California.
    H.R. 601, an Act to provide for the conveyance of parcels 
of land to Mantua, Box Elder County, Utah.
    H.R. 762, an Act to validate final patent number 27-2005-
0081, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 1043, an Act to provide for a land exchange involving 
certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino National 
Forest in the State of California, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 2008, an Act 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. 2741, an Act 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. 3804, an Act 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.
    H.R. 4474, an Act 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.
June 30, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. 3516, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
Act to reform the management of energy and mineral resources on 
the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.
July 21, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. 349, a bill to establish the Susquehanna Gateway 
National Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 607, a bill 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.
    S. 745, a bill 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.
    S. 1651, a bill to modify a land grant patent issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
    S. 1689, a bill to designate certain land as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System and the National 
Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, and 
for other purposes.
    S. 1750, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army 
George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor 
in Leesburg, Virginia, and for other purposes.
    S. 2052, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and 
development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing 
and construction costs relating to nuclear reactors, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 2812, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to 
develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor 
designs, and for other purposes.
    S. 2843, a bill to provide for a program of research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application in 
vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy.
    S. 3303, a bill to establish the Chimney Rock National 
Monument in the State of Colorado.
    S. 3313, a bill to withdraw certain land located in Clark 
County, Nevada, from location, entry, and patent under the 
mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to 
mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 3495, a bill to promote the deployment of plug-in 
electric drive vehicles, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 685, an Act 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.
    H.R. 1612, an Act 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.
    H.R. 4252, an Act 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.
    H.R. 4349, an Act to further allocate and expand the 
availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, 
and for other purposes.
July 22, 2010.
    The Committee resumed consideration of pending legislation.
August 5, 2010.
    The Committee ordered reported:

    S. 679, a bill to establish a research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application program to promote 
research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in 
hybrid vehicles, and for other purposes.
    S. 1117, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, 
conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut 
River watershed of the States of New Hampshire and Vermont.
    S. 1320, a bill to provide assistance to owners of 
manufactured homes constructed before January 1, 1976, to 
purchase Energy Star-qualified manufactured homes.
    S. 1596, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California.
    S. 2798, a bill to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire 
through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation 
treatment of National Forest System and adjacent land, and for 
other purposes.
    S. 2900, a bill to establish a research, development, and 
technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of 
gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power 
generation systems.
    S. 3075, a bill to withdraw certain Federal land and 
interests in that land from location, entry, and patent under 
the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and 
geothermal leasing laws.
    S. 3396, a bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to establish within the Department of Energy a Supply Star 
program to identify and promote practices, companies, and 
products that use highly efficient supply chains in a manner 
that conserves energy, water, and other resources.
    S. 3404, a bill to amend the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental 
conditions in the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage 
Tunnel in Lake County, Colorado, and for other purposes.
    S. 3452, a bill to designate the Valles Caldera National 
Preserve as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
purposes.
    S. 3460, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
provide funds to States for rebates, loans, and other 
incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase 
and installation of solar energy systems for properties located 
in the United States, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 2430, an Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
    H.R. 2442, an Act 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, an Act 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. 3388, an Act to modify the boundary of Petersburg 
National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for 
other purposes.
    H.R. 4395, an Act to revise the boundaries of the 
Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
Train Station, and for other purposes.
    H.R. 5026, an Act to amend the Federal Power Act to protect 
the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to 
the defense of the United States against cybersecurity and 
other threats and vulnerabilities.
                         Subcommittee on Energy

                  MARIA CANTWELL, Washington, Chairman

BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota        JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    RICHARD BURR, North Carolina
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
EVAN BAYH, Indiana                   JIM BUNNING, Kentucky
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 BOB CORKER, Tennessee
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire

                              jurisdiction

    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal, and synthetic 
fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy 
commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; 
Department of Energy National Laboratories; global climate 
change; new technologies research and development; nuclear 
facilities siting and insurance program; commercialization of 
new technologies, including solar energy systems; Federal 
energy conservation programs; energy information; liquefied 
natural gas projects; oil and natural gas regulation; refinery 
policy; coal conversion; utility policy; strategic petroleum 
reserves; regulation of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and 
other oil and gas pipeline transportation systems within 
Alaska; Arctic research and energy development; and oil, gas, 
and coal production and distribution.

                                hearings

    The Subcommittee on Energy held four legislative hearings 
and two oversight hearings.

March 25, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-17.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on draft 
legislation to improve energy market transparency and 
regulation.

May 7, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-44.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on net metering, 
interconnection standards, and other policies that promote the 
deployment of distributed generation to improve grid 
reliability, increase clean energy deployment, enable consumer 
choice, and diversity our nation's energy supply.

December 8, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-330.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    H.R. 957, Green Energy Education Act of 2009;
    H.R. 2729, To authorize the designation of National 
Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, and 
for other purposes;
    H.R. 3165, Wind Energy Research and Development Act of 
2009;
    H.R. 3246, Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009;
    H.R. 3585, Solar Technology Roadmap Act;
    S. 737, A bill to amend the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
conduct research, development, and demonstration to make 
biofuels more compatible with small non-road engines, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 1617, To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish 
a program for the award of grants to States to establish 
revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers 
to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy 
technology, and for other purposes;
    S. 2744, A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
expand the authority for awarding technology prizes by the 
Secretary of Energy to include a financial award for separation 
of carbon dioxide from dilute sources; and
    S. 2773, A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to carry 
out a program to support the research, demonstration, and 
development of commercial applications for offshore wind 
energy, and for other purposes.

June 15, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-699.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 3460, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to 
provide funds to states for rebates, loans, and other 
incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase 
and installation of solar energy systems for properties located 
in the United States, and for other purposes;
    S. 3396, a bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to establish within the Department of Energy a Supply Star 
program to identify and promote practices, companies, and 
products that use highly efficient supply chains in a manner 
that conserves energy, water, and other resources;
    S. 3251, a bill to improve energy efficiency and the use of 
renewable energy by Federal agencies, and for other purposes;
    S. 679, a bill to establish a research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application program to promote 
research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in 
hybrid vehicles, and for other purposes;
    S. 3233, a bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell 
surplus uranium from the inventory of the Department of Energy, 
and for other purposes; and
    S. 2900, a bill to establish a research, development, and 
technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of 
gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power 
generation systems.

September 29, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-718.

    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the Propane 
Education and Research Council (PERC) and National Oilheat 
Research Alliance (NORA).

September 30, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-750.

    Oversight hearing to examine the role of strategic minerals 
in clean energy technologies and other applications as well as 
legislation to address the issue, including S. 3521, the Rare 
Earths Supply Technology and Resources Transformation Act of 
2010.
                Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests

                      RON WYDEN, Oregon, Chairman

TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas         JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
MARK UDALL, Colorado                 BOB CORKER, Tennessee
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire

                              jurisdiction

    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibility for: public lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service, 
including farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; 
establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and 
wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; 
reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 
territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and 
general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and 
enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral 
leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale 
reserves; National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska; and deep seabed 
mining.

                                hearings

    The Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests held nine 
legislative hearings and one oversight hearing.

June 17, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-65.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 409, to secure Federal ownership and management of 
significant natural, scenic, and recreational resources, to 
provide for the protection of cultural resources, to facilitate 
the efficient extraction of mineral resources by authorizing 
and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, and 
for other purposes;
    S. 782, to provide for the establishment of the National 
Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System;
    S. 874, to establish El Rio Grande Del Norte National 
Conservation Area in the State of New Mexico, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 1139, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter 
into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, 
and for other purposes; and
    S. 1140, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon.

October 8, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-160.

    Legislative hearing on the following bills:

    S. 522, 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;
    S. 865 and 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;
    S. 881, to provide for the settlement of certain claims 
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 940, direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 
the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal land 
located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 1272, 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; and
    S. 1689, to designate certain land as components of the 
National Wilderness Preservation System and the National 
Landscape Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, and 
for other purposes.

October 29, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-223.

    Legislative hearing on the following bills:

    S. 555, to provide for the exchange of certain land located 
in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of 
Colorado, and for other purposes;
    S. 607, 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;
    S. 721, 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;
    S. 1122, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements 
with State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide 
certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and 
protection services;
    S. 1328 and 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;
    S. 1442, 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, establish a grant program for 
Indian Youth Service Corps, 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. 129, to authorize the conveyance of certain National 
Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in 
California.

November 18, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-290.

    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on managing Federal 
forests in response to climate change, including for natural 
resource adaptation and carbon sequestration was rescheduled.

December 17, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-364.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 1470, to sustain the economic development and 
recreational use of National System land and other public land 
in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness 
study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 1719, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels 
of land in the town of Ulta, Utah;
    S. 1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction 
Facilitation Act, and for other purposes;
    H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, 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 
the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin 
Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands.

March 10, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-565.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 2895, to restore forest landscapes, protect old growth 
forests, and manage national forests in the eastside forests of 
the State of Oregon, and for other purposes;
    S. 2907, to establish a coordinated avalanche protection 
program, and for other purposes;
    S. 2966 and H.R. 4474, to authorize the continued use of 
certain water diversions located on the 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
    S. 2791 and 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.

April 21, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-566.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 1546, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels 
of land to the town of Mantua, Utah;
    S. 2798, to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire 
through the facilitation of insect and disease infestation 
treatment of National Forest System and adjacent land, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 2830, 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; and
    S. 2963, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon 
as wilderness, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal 
land and non-Federal land, and for other purposes.

April 28, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-744.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 1241, to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
require annual permits and assess annual fees for the 
commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 
five persons or fewer;
    S. 1571 and H.R. 1043, to provide for a land exchange 
involving certain National Forest System land in the Mendocino 
National Forest in the State of California, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 2762, to designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, 
and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 3075, to withdraw certain Federal land and interests in 
that land from location, entry, and patent under the mining 
laws and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing 
laws;
    S. 3185, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land 
into trust for the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of 
Nevada, and for other purposes; and
    H.R. 86, to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, 
provide management consistency by incorporating the rocks and 
small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, 
into the California Coastal National Monument managed by the 
Bureau of Land Management, and meet the original Congressional 
intent of preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands, 
and for other purposes.

June 4, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-682.

    Field hearing to receive testimony on S. 2895, to restore 
forest landscapes, protect old growth forests, and manage 
national forests in the eastside forests of the State of 
Oregon, and for other purposes.

June 16, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-730.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 3294, to establish certain wilderness areas in central 
Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving 
National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land 
in central Idaho;
    S. 3310, to designate certain wilderness areas in the 
National Forest System in the State of South Dakota; and
    S. 3313, to withdraw certain land located in Clark County, 
Nevada from location, entry and patent under the mining laws 
and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and 
geothermal leasing or mineral materials, and for other 
purposes.

September 29, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-721.

    Joint legislative hearing (with the Subcommittee on 
National Parks) to receive testimony on the following bills:

    S. 3261, to establish the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage 
Area in the State of Texas, and for other purposes;
    S. 3283, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence;
    S. 3291, to establish Coltsville National Historical Park 
in the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes;
    S. 3524 and H.R. 1858, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement 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;
    S. 3565, to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of 
Land Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona 
Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range;
    S. 3612, to amend the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National 
Historical Park Establishment Act to expand the boundary of the 
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in the 
State of Vermont, and for other purposes;
    S. 3616, to withdraw certain land in the State of New 
Mexico, and for other purposes;
    S. 3744, to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State 
of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 3778 and H.R. 4773, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands within Fort Pulaski National 
Monument, and for other purposes;
    S. 3820, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas 
within the boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve, to 
acquire land for Denali National Park and Preserve from Doyon 
Tourism, Inc., and for other purposes;
    S. 3822, to adjust the boundary of the Carson National 
Forest, New Mexico; and
    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.
                     Subcommittee on National Parks

                     MARK UDALL, Colorado, Chairman

BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota        RICHARD BURR, North Carolina
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana          JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas         JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             JIM BUNNING, Kentucky
EVAN BAYH, Indiana                   BOB CORKER, Tennessee
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan

                              jurisdiction

    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: the National Park System; 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national 
recreation areas; national monuments, historic sites, military 
parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; 
historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and 
preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on 
the public domain.

                                hearings

    The Subcommittee on National Parks held seven legislative 
hearings and four oversight hearings.

June 16, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-61.

    Oversight hearing on the President's proposed Fiscal Year 
2010 budget for the National Park Service and proposed 
expenditures under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

July 15, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-92.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 227, to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical 
Park and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National 
Historical Park;
    S. 625, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish the Waco Mammoth National Monunment;
    S. 853, to designate additional segments and tributaries of 
White Clay Creek as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System;
    S. 1053, to amend the National Law Enforcement Museum Act 
to extend the termination date;
    S. 1117, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, 
conservation, and recreational activities in the Connecticut 
River Watershed;
    S. 1168 and H.R. 1694, to authorize the acquisition and 
protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; 
and
    H.R. 714, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior lease 
certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park.

July 22, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-129.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 635, 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;
    S. 715, to establish a pilot program to provide for the 
preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses;
    S. 742, 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;
    S. 1270, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves 
National Monument, and for other purposes;
    S. 1418 and 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; and
    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.

August 24, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-94.

    Field hearing to consider climate change impacts on 
national parks in Colorado and related management activities.

October 28, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-239.

    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the current and 
expected impacts of climate change on units of the National 
Park System.

November 4, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-282.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 1369, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the Molalla River in the State of Oregon, 
as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
and for other purposes;
    S. 1405, to redesignate the Longfellow National Historic 
Site, Massachusetts, as the ``Longfellow House-Washington's 
Headquarters National Historic Site'';
    S. 1413, to amend the Adams National Historical Park Act of 
1998 to include the Quincy Homestead within the boundary of the 
Adams National Historical Park, and for other purposes;
    S. 1767 and H.R. 1121, to authorize a land exchange to 
acquire land for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of 
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, and for other purposes;
    S. Res. 275, honoring the Minute Man National Historical 
Park on the occasion of its 50th Anniversary;
    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;
    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; 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 a study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.

December 3, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-318.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 760, to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National 
World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``National 
World War I Memorial'';
    S. 1838, to establish a commission to commemorate the 
sesquicentennial of the American Civil War;
    S. 2097, to authorize the rededication of the District of 
Columbia War Memorial as a National and District of Columbia 
World War I Memorial to honor the sacrifices made by American 
veterans of World War I;
    S. 2722, 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;
    S. 2726, to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site in the State of North Dakota, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 2738, to authorize the 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. 1849, to designate the Liberty Memorial at the 
National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the 
National World 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; and
    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 visitors center, and for 
other purposes.

March 17, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-476.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 553, 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;
    S. 1017, to reauthorize the Cane River National Heritage 
Area Commission and expand the boundaries of the Cane River 
National Heritage Area in the State of Louisiana;
    S. 1018, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
enter into an agreement with Northwestern State University in 
Natchitoches, Louisiana, to construct a curatorial center for 
the use of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, the 
National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, and 
the University, and for other purposes;
    S. 1537, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the National Park Service, to designate 
the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Birthplace and Childhood Home in 
Cresco, Iowa, as a National Historic Site and as a unit of the 
National Park System, and for other purposes;
    S. 1629, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and 
surrounding land of the New Philadelphia town site in the state 
of Illinois, and for other purposes;
    S. 2892, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
    S. 2933, 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;
    S. 2951, to authorize funding to protect and conserve lands 
contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway to serve the public, 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.

May 5, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-569.

    Oversight hearing to review the National Park Service's 
implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

May 19, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-645.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 349, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National 
Heritage Area in the State of Pennsylvania, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 1596, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California;
    S. 1651, to modify a land grant patent issued by the 
Secretary of the Interior;
    S. 1750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army 
George Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor 
in Leesburg, Virginia, and for other purposes;
    S. 1801, to establish the First State National Historical 
Park in the State of Delaware, and for other purposes;
    S. 1802 and H.R. 685; to require a study of the feasibility 
of establishing the United States Civil Rights Trail System, 
and for other purposes;
    S. 2953 and H.R. 3388, to modify the boundary of Petersburg 
National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 2976, to designate as wilderness certain land and inland 
water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the 
State of Michigan, and for other purposes;
    S. 3159 and H.R. 4395, to amend Public Law 101-377 to 
revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park 
to include the Gettysburg Train Station, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 3168, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire certain non-Federal land in the State of Pennsylvania 
for inclusion in the Fort Necessity National Battlefield; and
    S. 3303, to establish the Chimney Rock National Monument in 
the State of Colorado.

September 29, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-721.

    Joint legislative hearing (with the Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests) to receive testimony on the following bills:

    S. 3261, to establish the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage 
Area in the State of Texas, and for other purposes;
    S. 3283, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence;
    S. 3291, to establish Coltsville National Historical Park 
in the State of Connecticut, and for other purposes;
    S. 3524 and H.R. 1858, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into a cooperative agreement 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;
    S. 3565, to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of 
Land Management land in Mohave County, Arizona, to the Arizona 
Game and Fish Commission, for use as a public shooting range;
    S. 3612, to amend the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National 
Historical Park Establishment Act to expand the boundary of the 
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in the 
State of Vermont, and for other purposes;
    S. 3616, to withdraw certain land in the State of New 
Mexico, and for other purposes;
    S. 3744, to establish Pinnacles National Park in the State 
of California as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
other purposes;
    S. 3778 and H.R. 4773, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to lease certain lands within Fort Pulaski National 
Monument, and for other purposes;
    S. 3820, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
issue permits for a microhydro project in nonwilderness areas 
within the boundaries of Denali National Park and Preserve, to 
acquire land for Denali National Park and Preserve from Doyon 
Tourism, Inc., and for other purposes;
    S. 3822, to adjust the boundary of the Carson National 
Forest, New Mexico; and
    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 seven acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, 
Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land, and 
for other purposes.
                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

                  DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan, Chairman

BYRON DORGAN, North Dakota           SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota            JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JOHN McCAIN, Arizona
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas         ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
BERNIE SANDERS, Vermont              JIM BUNNING, Kentucky
EVAN BAYH, Indiana                   JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire

                              jurisdiction

    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: irrigation, reclamation 
projects, including related flood control purposes; power 
marketing administrations (i.e., Bonneville Power, Southwestern 
Power, Western Area Power, Southeastern Power); energy 
development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources 
and management; hydroelectric power; low head hydro; and energy 
related aspects of deepwater ports.

                                hearings


    The Subcommittee on Water and Power held four legislative 
hearings and three oversight hearings.

July 23, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-91.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 637, Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System Act of 
2009;
    S. 789, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act;
    S. 1080, a bill to clarify the jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam 
and Reservoir, and for other purposes; and
    S. 1453, to amend Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual 
base funding for the Bureau of Reclamation for the Upper 
Colorado River and San Juan fish recovery programs through the 
fiscal year 2023.

November 5, 2009--S. Hrg. 111-339.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 1757, to provide for the prepayment of a repayment 
contract between the United States and the Uintah Water 
Conservancy District, and for other purposes;
    S. 1758, to provide for the allocation of costs to project 
power with respect to power deployment within the Diamond Fork 
System, and for other purposes; and
    S. 1759, to authorize certain transfers of water in the 
Central Valley Project, and for other purposes.

February 25, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-386.

    Oversight hearing to examine the science and policy behind 
the Federal framework and non-Federal efforts to prevent 
introduction of the aquatic invasive Asian carp into the Great 
Lakes.

March 16, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-592.

    Oversight hearing to receive testimony on the Bureau of 
Reclamation's implementation of the SECURE Water Act (Title 
9501 of P.L. 111-11) and the Bureau of Reclamation's Water 
Conservation Initiative which includes the Challenge Grant 
Program, the Basin Study Program and the Title XVI Program.

April 27, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-619.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 745 and 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;
    S. 1138 and 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;
    S. 1573 and 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;
    S. 3099, to reinstate and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving the American Falls Reservoir;
    S. 3100, to reinstate and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving the Little Wood River Ranch;
    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;
    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;
    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;
    H.R. 1219, to make amendments to the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992;
    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; and
    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.

June 9, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-707.

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on the following 
bills:

    S. 2891, to further allocate and expand the availability of 
hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, and for other 
purposes;
    S. 2779 and 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;
    S. 3387, to provide for the release of water from the 
marketable yield pool of water stored in the Ruedi Reservoir 
for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in the Colorado 
River, and for other purposes;
    S. 3404, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization 
and Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to take 
actions to improve environmental conditions in the vicinity of 
the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, Colorado, 
and for other purposes; and
    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.

July 14, 2010--S. Hrg. 111-704.

    Oversight hearing to examine the Federal response to the 
discovery of the aquatic invasive species Asian carp in Lake 
Calumet, Illinois.
                     MAJOR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES

Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
    S. 22, the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a 
bill 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, was 
introduced by Senator Bingaman on January 7, 2009, and placed 
directly on the Senate Calendar without being referred to the 
Committee. S. 22 consisted of the text of 160 separate 
legislative measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources, which had been previously 
considered and reported by the Committee during the 110th 
Congress. The Senate passed S. 22 by a vote of 73 to 21 on 
January 15, 2009. On March 11, 2009, however, the House of 
Representatives rejected a motion to suspend the rules and pass 
S. 22 (which required the concurrence of two-thirds of the 
members present and voting) by a vote of 282 yeas to 144 nays.
    On March 17, 2009, the Senate proceeded to the 
consideration of H.R. 146, a bill 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. 
Senator Bingaman proposed an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute to H.R. 146, which struck the text of the bill as 
passed by the House and inserted the text of S. 22. The Senate 
agreed to the Bingaman substitute, as amended, by unanimous 
consent, and then passed the bill, as amended, by a vote of 77 
to 20. The House agreed to the Senate amendments on March 25, 
2009, and the President signed it into law on March 30, 2009. 
It became Public Law 111-11.
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009
    S. 1462, the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, 
a bill to promote clean energy technology development, enhanced 
energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy 
innovation and workforce development, and for other purposes, 
was reported by the Committee as an original bill on July 16, 
2009.
    The Committee held 19 hearings on measures or matters 
relating to the American Clean Energy Leadership Act between 
January 8 and May 14, 2009, and marked up legislative text at 
11 open business meetings between March 31 and June 17, 2009. 
During its consideration of the measure, the Committee 
considered 219 filed amendments, adopted 100, rejected 33, and 
86 were not offered or withdrawn. The Committee ordered the 
measure reported as an original bill by a vote of 15 yeas and 8 
nays on June 17, 2009. S. Rept. 111-48. The Senate took no 
further action on the bill.
Outer Continental Shelf Reform Act of 2010
    The Committee reported S. 3516, the Outer Continental Shelf 
Reform Act of 2010, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to reform the management of energy and mineral 
resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other 
purposes, in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which 
released over four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of 
Mexico.
    The Committee conducted four oversight hearings on the 
April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon well blowout, which killed 11 
workers and seriously injured many others, and on the resulting 
oil spill. S. 3516 was introduced by Senator Bingaman and 
cosponsored by Senators Murkowski, Dorgan, and Stabenow on June 
21, 2010. The Committee held a legislative hearing on the bill 
on June 24, 2010. The Committee considered the bill on June 30, 
2010 and ordered it favorably reported, with amendments, by a 
unanimous vote. S. Rept. 111-236.
    The Majority Leader subsequently included S. 3516 as title 
III of division A of S. 3663, the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil 
Company Accountability Act of 2010, an omnibus bill 
incorporating bills reported from, or referred to, this or 
other committees, relating to oil spills, admiralty and 
maritime law, coral reef conservation, natural gas and electric 
vehicles, building retrofits, conservation funding, wildlife 
refuges, Gulf Coast ecosystem restoration, hydraulic 
fracturing, and watershed restoration. Senator Reid introduced 
S. 3663 on July 28, 2010, and it was placed directly on the 
calendar on July 29, 2010. The Senate took no further action on 
S. 3663 or S. 3516.
America's Great Outdoors Act of 2010
    Seventy separate public land bills reported by the 
Committee during the 111th Congress were included in Divisions 
A through I of the America's Great Outdoors Act of 2010, along 
with a number of measures reported by the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works (Division J), the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Division K), and the 
Committee on Indian Affairs (Division L). The America's Great 
Outdoors Act of 2010 was filed as an amendment (S. Amendment 
4845) to S. 303, a bill to reauthorize and improve the Federal 
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999, on 
December 17, 2010. The Senate took no further action on S. 303 
or S. Amendment 4845.
                    OTHER MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

    Public Law 111-53 (H.R. 1275): An Act to direct the 
exchange of certain land in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah 
Counties, Utah, and for other purposes. Passed the House on 
July 8, 2009. Reported on August 4, 2009. S. Rept. 111-67. 
Passed by the Senate on August 5, 2009. Approved by the 
President on August 19, 2009.
    Public Law 111-60 (H.R. 2938): An Act to extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric 
project. Passed the House on July 22, 2009. Reported on August 
4, 2009. S. Rept. 111-68. Passed by the Senate on August 5, 
2009. Approved by the President on August 19, 2009.
    Public Law 111-167 (H.R. 1121): An Act 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 the House on July 27, 2009. Reported March 2, 2010. S. 
Rept. 111-147. Passed by the Senate on May 7, 2010. Approved by 
the President on May 24, 2010.
    Public Law 111-168 (H.R. 1442): An Act 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 the House on July 16, 
2009. Reported on March 2, 2010. S. Rept. 111-150. Passed by 
the Senate on May 7, 2010. Approved by the President on May 24, 
2010.
    Public Law 111-194 (S.J. Res. 33): 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 by the Senate on June 17, 2000. Passed by the House on 
June 29, 2010. Approved by the President on June 30, 2010.
    Public Law 111-169 (H.R. 2802): An Act 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 by the House on September 22, 2009. Reported on March 2, 
2010. S. Rept. 111-155. Passed by the Senate on May 7, 2010. 
Approved by the President May 24, 2010.
    Public Law 111-206 (H.R. 689): An Act to interchange the 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands between 
the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, and for 
other purposes. Passed the House on June 2, 2009. Reported with 
an amendment on March 2, 2010. S. Rept. 111-145. Passed by the 
Senate with an amendment on May 7, 2010. House agreed to the 
Senate amendment on July 13, 2010. Approved by the President on 
July 27, 2010.
    Public Law 111-222 (S. 1053): An Act to amend the National 
Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date. 
Reported on March 2, 2010. S. Rept. 111-137. Passed by the 
Senate on May 7, 2010. Passed by the House on July 21, 2010. 
Approved by the President on August 6, 2010.
    Public Law 111-244 (H.R. 3940): An Act 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. Passed by the House on December 7, 2009. 
Discharged and passed by the Senate with amendments on 
September 28, 2010. House agreed to the Senate amendments on 
September 30, 2010. Approved by the President on September 30, 
2010.
    Public Law 111-261 (H.R. 714): An Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin 
Islands National Park, and for other purposes. Passed the House 
on February 23, 2009. Reported with amendments on March 2, 
2010. S. Rept. 111-146. Passed by the Senate with amendments 
May 13, 2010. House agreed to the Senate amendments on 
September 28, 2010. Approved by the President on October 8, 
2010.
    Public Law 111-270 (H.R. 3689): An Act 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 by the House on 
October 13, 2009. Reported on May 24, 2010. S. Rept. 111-198. 
Passed by the Senate on September 28, 2010. Approved by the 
President on October 12, 2010.
    Public Law 111-284 (S. 3802): An Act to designate a 
mountain and icefield in the State of Alaska as the ``Mount 
Stevens'' and ``Ted Stevens Icefield'', respectively. 
Discharged and passed by the Senate, with an amendment, 
September 27, 2010. Passed by the House on September 30, 2010. 
Approved by the President on October 18, 2010.
    Public Law 111-333 (S. 1405): An Act to redesignate the 
Longfellow National Historic Site, Massachusetts, as the 
``Longfellow House-Washington's Headquaters National Historic 
Site''. Reported on March 2, 2010. S. Rept. 111-141. Passed by 
the Senate on May 7, 2010. Passed by the House on December 14, 
2010. Approved by the President on December 22, 2010.
    Public Law 111-360 (H.R. 5470): An Act to exclude an 
external power supply for certain security or life safety 
alarms and surveillance system components from the application 
of certain energy efficiency standards under the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act. Passed the House on December 8, 2010. 
Passed the Senate on December 21, 2010. Approved by the 
President on January 4, 2011.

                                  
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