[House Report 113-307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 225

113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 113-307

                       REPORT ON LEGISLATIVE AND
                          OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                     COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

                                 of the

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               during the

                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

                            (FIRST SESSION)

                             together with

                    ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS






 December 23, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _____

                  U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

 39-006                   WASHINGTON : 2013















                     COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

                   DOC HASTINGS, Washington, Chairman
          PETER A. DeFAZIO, Oregon, Ranking Democratic Member
DON YOUNG, Alaska                    ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American 
LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas                     Samoa
ROB BISHOP, Utah                     FRANK PALLONE, Jr., New Jersey
DOUG LAMBORN, Colorado               GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California
ROBERT J. WITTMAN, Virginia          RUSH HOLT, New Jersey
PAUL C. BROUN, Georgia               RAUL M. GRIJALVA, Arizona
JOHN FLEMING, Louisiana              MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam
TOM McCLINTOCK, California           JIM COSTA, California
GLENN THOMPSON, Pennsylvania         GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, 
CYNTHIA LUMMIS, Wyoming                  CNMI
DAN BENISHEK, Michigan               NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts
JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina          PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico
SCOTT R. TIPTON, Colorado            COLLEEN W. HANABUSA, Hawaii
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               TONY CARDENAS, California
RAUL R. LABRADOR, Idaho              STEVEN A. HORSFORD, Nevada
STEVE SOUTHERLAND II, Florida        JARED HUFFMAN, California
BILL FLORES, Texas                   RAUL RUIZ, California
JON RUNYAN, New Jersey               CAROL SHEA-PORTER, New Hampshire
MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma           ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, California
STEVE DAINES, Montana                JOE GARCIA, Florida
KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota           MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, 
DOUG LaMALFA, California                 Pennsylvania
JASON SMITH, Missouri                  Vacancy
VANCE McALLISTER, Louisiana
  Vacancy

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On January 3, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 6, Chairman Doc Hastings of 
Washington, was elected to the Committee.
On January 3, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 7, Ranking Member Edward J. 
Markey of Massachusetts, was elected to the Committee.
On January 3, 2013, pursuant to H. Res.7, Minority (Democrat) Members 
(17) were elected to the Committee.
On January 4, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 17, the Majority (Republican) 
Members (26) were elected to the Committee.
On January 14, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 22, Minority (Democrat) 
Members (4) were elected to the Committee.
On February 25, 2013, Mr. Andy Harris of Maryland, resigned from the 
Committee.
On June 12, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 257, Mr. Jason Smith of Missouri, 
was elected to the Committee.
On July 15, 2013, Mr. Edward Markey of Massachusetts, resigned from the 
Committee, the U.S. House of Representatives and was elected to the 
U.S. Senate.
On July 18, 2013, Mr. Peter A. DeFazio of Oregon, was approved as 
Ranking Member by the Democratic Caucus.
On December 11, 2013, Mr. Mark Amodei of Nevada, resigned from the 
Committee.
On December 11, 2013, Mr. Chris Stewart of Utah, resigned from the 
Committee.
On December 11, 2013, pursuant to H. Res. 437, Mr. Vance McAllister of 
Louisiana, was elected to the Committee.
      STANDING SUBCOMMITTEES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

                       DOUG LAMBORN, CO, Chairman
                RUSH HOLT, NJ, Ranking Democratic Member
LOUIE GOHMERT, TX                    STEVEN A. HORSFORD, NV
ROB BISHOP, UT                       MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, PA
ROB WITTMAN, VA                      JIM COSTA, CA
PAUL C. BROUN, GA                    NIKI TSONGAS, MA
JOHN FLEMING, LA                     JARED HUFFMAN, CA
GLENN THOMPSON, PA                   ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, CA
CYNTHIA LUMMIS, WY                   TONY CARDENAS, CA
DAN BENISHEK, MI                     RAUL M. GRIJALVA, AZ
JEFF DUNCAN, SC                      COLLEEN W. HANABUSA, HI
PAUL A. GOSAR, AZ                    JOE GARCIA, FL
BILL FLORES, TX                        Vacancy
STEVE DAINES, MT                       Vacancy
KEVIN CRAMER, ND                       Vacancy
  Vacancy                            PETER A. DeFAZIO, OR, ex officio
  Vacancy
DOC HASTINGS, WA, ex officio

    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs

                       JOHN FLEMING, LA, Chairman
    GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, CNMI, Ranking Democratic Member
DON YOUNG, AK                        ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, AS
ROBERT J. WITTMAN, VA                FRANK PALLONE, Jr., NJ
GLENN THOMPSON, PA                   MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, GU
JEFF DUNCAN, SC                      PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, PR
STEVE SOUTHERLAND II, FL             CAROL SHEA-PORTER, NH
BILL FLORES, TX                      ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, CA
JON RUNYAN, NJ                       JOE GARCIA, FL
JASON SMITH, MO                      PETER A. DeFAZIO, OR, ex officio
  Vacancy
DOC HASTINGS, WA, ex officio
            Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs

                        DON YOUNG, AK, Chairman
            COLLEEN HANABUSA, HI, Ranking Democratic Member
DAN BENISHEK, MI                     TONY CARDENAS, CA
PAUL A. GOSAR, AZ                    RAUL RUIZ, CA
MARKWAYNE MULLIN, OK                 ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, AS
STEVE DAINES, MT                     RAUL M. GRIJALVA, AZ
KEVIN CRAMER, ND                     PETER A. DeFAZIO, OR, ex officio
DOUG LaMALFA, CA
DOC HASTINGS, WA, ex officio

       Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation

                        ROB BISHOP, UT, Chairman
            RAUL M. GRIJALVA, AZ, Ranking Democratic Member
DON YOUNG, AK                        NIKI TSONGAS, MA
LOUIS GOHMERT, TX                    RUSH HOLT, NJ
DOUG LAMBORN, CO                     MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, GU
PAUL C. BROUN, GA                    GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN, 
TOM McCLINTOCK, CA                       CNMI
CYNTHIA LUMMIS, WY                   PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, PR
SCOTT R. TIPTON, CO                  COLLEEN W. HANABUSA, HI
RAUL R. LABRADOR, ID                 STEVEN A. HORSFORD, NV
STEVE DAINES, MT                     CAROL SHEA-PORTER, NH
KEVIN CRAMER, ND                     JOE GARCIA, FL
DOUG LaMALFA, CA                     MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, PA
JASON SMITH, MO                      JARED HUFFMAN, CA
  Vacancy                            PETER A. DeFAZIO, OR, ex officio
DOC HASTINGS, WA, ex officio

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

                      TOM McCLINTOCK, CA, Chairman
           GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, CA, Ranking Democratic Member
CYNTHIA LUMMIS, WY                   JIM COSTA, CA
SCOTT R. TIPTON, CO                  JARED HUFFMAN, CA
PAUL A. GOSAR, AZ                    TONY CARDENAS, CA
RAUL R. LABRADOR, ID                 RAUL RUIZ, CA
MARKWAYNE MULLIN, OK                 ALAN S. LOWENTHAL, CA
DOUG LaMALFA, CA                     PETER A. DeFAZIO, OR, ex officio
  Vacancy
DOC HASTINGS, WA, ex officio







                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                            Committee on Natural Resources,
                                                 December 23, 2013.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
The Capitol, Washington, DC.
    Dear Ms. Haas: Pursuant to clause 1(d)(1) of rule XI and 
rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives, here is 
the annual report, encompassing the period of January 3, 2013 
through December 16, 2013, of legislative and oversight 
activities of the Committee on Natural Resources during the 
first session of the 113th Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                              Doc Hastings,
                                                          Chairman.











                            C O N T E N T S

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Letter of Transmittal............................................     V
Organization/Jurisdiction........................................     1
Statistics.......................................................     2
    Full Committee...............................................     3
        Legislative Activities...................................     3
        Oversight Activities.....................................     9
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.................    10
        Legislative Activities...................................    10
        Oversight Activities.....................................    12
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
      Affairs....................................................    12
        Legislative Activities...................................    12
        Oversight Activities.....................................    14
    Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.............    14
        Legislative Activities...................................    14
        Oversight Activities.....................................    15
    Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations...    15
        Legislative Activities...................................    15
        Oversight Activities.....................................    20
    Subcommittee on Water and Power..............................    20
        Legislative Activities...................................    20
        Oversight Activities.....................................    21
Appendices:
  I. Printed Hearings................................................23
 II. Legislation Passed House........................................31
III. List of Public Laws.............................................37
 IV. Committee Prints................................................39
  V. Committee Legislative Reports...................................41
 VI. Additional Views................................................49
VII. Dissenting Views................................................61











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113th Congress  }                                           {    Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session    }                                           {   113-307

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   LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL 
                 RESOURCES 113TH CONGRESS (1ST SESSION)

                                _______
                                

 December 23, 2013.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

 Mr. Hastings of Washington, from the Committee on Natural Resources, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                    ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS

                              Organization

    The Committee on Natural Resources met on January 23, 2013, 
for an organizational meeting of the 113th Congress under the 
direction of Chairman Doc Hastings. The Committee membership 
was 47 Members with 26 Republicans and 21 Democrats.
    The Committee established five subcommittees: Energy and 
Mineral Resources (Doug Lamborn of Colorado, Chairman); 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs (John Fleming 
of Louisiana, Chairman); Indian and Alaska Native Affairs (Don 
Young of Alaska, Chairman); Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation (Rob Bishop of Utah, Chairman); and Water and Power 
(Tom McClintock of California, Chairman).

                              Jurisdiction

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

                           Activities Report


               Committee on Natural Resources Statistics

Total number of bills and resolutions referred...................   471
Total number of meeting days:
    Full Committee (25)
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (18)
    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
      Affairs (11)
    Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs (6)
    Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation 
      (24)
    Subcommittee on Water and Power (10)
        Total....................................................    94
Total number of bills ordered reported from Committee............   115
Total number of reports filed....................................    89
Total number of bills referred to/discharged by Committee on 
  Natural Resources and passed by the House of Representatives...    54
Total number of public laws......................................    11
Total number of bills enacted into law...........................    15

                             Full Committee


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings, Markups and Administrative Business Meetings

    January 23, 2013--Full Committee met to organize for the 
113th Congress; adopt the Committee Rules, agree to an 
oversight plan, and adopt the Committee Staff Hiring 
Resolution.
    February 14, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 527, To amend the 
Helium Act to complete the privatization of the Federal helium 
reserve in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability 
in the helium markets while protecting the interests of 
American taxpayers, and for other purposes.
    March 20, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 254, 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. 291, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System 
land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota; H.R. 507, To 
provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by 
the United States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 527, To amend the Helium Act to complete 
the privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a 
competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium 
markets while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 588, To provide for donor 
contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes; H.R. 
678, To authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities 
for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 716, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal land to the city of 
Vancouver, Washington, and for other purposes; H.R. 1033, 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; and H.R. 1159, To modify the 
Forest Service Recreation Residence Program by implementing a 
simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for determining 
cabin user fees, and for other purposes.
    April 24, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 3, To approve the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL 
pipeline, and for other purposes; H.R. 85, To create the Office 
of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes; H.R. 126, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide 
for management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around 
the Currituck National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 251, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of 
the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley 
Electric Service District, and for other purposes; H.R. 253, To 
provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest 
System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah 
to Brigham Young University, and for other purposes; H.R. 330, 
To designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at 
the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California; H.R. 356, 
To clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to 
define the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian 
Reservation in the State of Utah, and for other purposes''; 
H.R. 462, To require the conveyance of certain public land 
within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the 
training and readiness of the Utah National Guard; H.R. 520, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of 
alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the 
Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 573, To amend Public Law 93-435 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa; H.R. 674, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating prehistoric, 
historic, and limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National Park 
System; H.R. 723, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and 
Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island 
for study for potential addition to the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R. 739, To 
require the Office of Management and Budget to prepare a 
crosscut budget for restoration activities in the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed, to require the Environmental Protection Agency 
to develop and implement an adaptive management plan, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 767, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit 
Streamlining Pilot Project; H.R. 829, 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. 862, To authorize the conveyance 
of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the 
Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that 
were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an 
erroneous survey conducted in May 1960; H.R. 876, 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; H.R. 885, To expand the 
boundary of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to 
conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 934, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 993, To provide for the conveyance 
of certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city 
of Fruit Heights, Utah; H.R. 1156, To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather 
Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to 
allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 
ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or 
the Wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 1157, To ensure 
public access to the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the 
Hanford Reach National Monument for educational, recreational, 
historical, scientific, cultural, and other purposes; H.R. 
1158, 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. 1206, To grant the Secretary of 
the Interior permanent authority to authorize States to issue 
electronic duck stamps, and for other purposes; H.R. 1208, To 
establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, 
Washington, and for other purposes; H.R. 1241, To facilitate a 
land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in 
the Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1377, To authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe to lease 
adjudicated water rights.
    May 15, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 687, To facilitate the 
efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona 
by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-
Federal land, and for other purposes; H.R. 761, To require the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and 
mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to 
United States economic and national security and manufacturing 
competitiveness; H.R. 819, To authorize pedestrian and 
motorized vehicular access in Cape Hatteras National Seashore 
Recreational Area, and for other purposes; H.R. 910, To 
reauthorize the Sikes Act; H.R. 957, To reduce temporarily the 
royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal 
lands, and for other purposes; H.R. 981, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth 
element assessment, and for other purposes; H.R. 1063, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment 
of the capability of the Nation to meet our current and future 
demands for the minerals critical to United States 
manufacturing and agricultural competitiveness and economic and 
national security in a time of expanding resource nationalism, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1080, To amend the Sikes Act to 
promote the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for 
land management related to Department of Defense readiness 
activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs to 
avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness 
activities; H.R. 1169, To direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy certain Federal land 
in Churchill County, Nevada; H.R. 1299, To provide for the 
transfer of certain public land currently administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in White Sands Missile 
Range, New Mexico, and for other purposes; H.R. 1300, To amend 
the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer 
programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national 
wildlife refuges, and for other purposes; H.R. 1384, To provide 
for the issuance of a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation 
Semipostal Stamp; H.R. 1574, To amend the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of the park; 
H.R. 1613, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
provide for the proper Federal management and oversight of 
transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1672, To withdraw and reserve certain public lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive 
military use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area, 
Montana, and for other purposes; H.R. 1673, To provide for the 
transfer of certain public land currently administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake, California, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1676, To designate the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway 
Vehicle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, California, 
to authorize limited military use of the area, to provide for 
the transfer of the Southern Study Area to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the 
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by 
recreational users, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1691, To 
provide for the transfer of certain public land currently 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for 
inclusion in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, 
California, and for other purposes.
    June 12, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 412, To amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of 
the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R. 
657, To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 to improve the management of grazing leases and permits, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 697, To provide for the conveyance 
of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the 
environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids 
Mine Project Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 740, To provide 
for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 841, To 
amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical 
corrections, and for other purposes; H.R. 931, To provide for 
the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the 
Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon; H.R. 1126, To facilitate 
the completion of an appropriate national memorial to Dwight D. 
Eisenhower; H.R. 1411, To include the Point Arena-Stornetta 
Public Lands in the California Coastal National Monument as a 
part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1497, To amend title 36, United States 
Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the 
United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1548, To facilitate the development of 
energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that 
impede tribal development of Indian lands, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1825, To direct Federal public land management 
officials to exercise their authority under existing law to 
facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for 
fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1964, To amend the Naval Petroleum 
Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive 
leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in 
Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each 
year in the period 2013 through 2023, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 2166, To direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal 
lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary 
for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 2231, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to increase energy exploration and production on the 
Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing 
for all coastal States, implement the reorganization of the 
functions of the former Minerals Management Service into 
distinct and separate agencies, and for other purposes.
    July 24, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 555, To amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-
based live lease sales, and for other purposes; H.R. 586, To 
provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park 
and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 638, To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966 to require that any new national 
wildlife refuge may not be established except as expressly 
authorized by statute; H.R. 1394, To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy 
production plan strategy on a 4-year basis on all onshore 
Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the 
Forest Service; H.R. 1410, To prohibit gaming activities on 
certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain 
gaming compacts; H.R. 1459, To ensure that the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 applies to the declaration of 
national monuments, and for other purposes; H.R. 1513, To 
revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park 
to include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along 
Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which 
property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1965, To streamline and ensure onshore 
energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 
give certainty to oil shale development for American energy 
security, economic development, and job creation, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2197, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the York River and associated tributaries 
for study for potential inclusion in the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 2337, To provide for the conveyance 
of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit 
County, Colorado; H.R. 2640, To amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide 
water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and for 
other purposes; S. 130, A bill to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal land to the Powell 
Recreation District in the State of Wyoming; S. 157, A bill to 
provide for certain improvements to the Denali National Park 
and Preserve in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; S. 
304, A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within 
the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other 
purposes; and S. 459, A bill to modify the boundary of the 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South 
Dakota, and for other purposes.
    July 31, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 255, To amend certain 
definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act 
for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 553, To designate the exclusive 
economic zone of the United States as the ``Ronald Wilson 
Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States''; H.R. 
623, To provide for the conveyance of certain property located 
in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska 
Native Tribal Health Consortium; H.R. 908, To preserve the 
Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of the 
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; H.R. 930, 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; H.R. 1168, To direct the Secretary of the Interior, 
acting through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey to the 
City of Carlin, Nevada, in exchange for consideration, all 
right, title, and interest of the United States, to any Federal 
land within that city that is under the jurisdiction of that 
agency, and for other purposes; H.R. 1170, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land 
Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey, by 
quitclaim deed, to the City of Fernley, Nevada, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States, to any Federal land 
within that city that is under the jurisdiction of either of 
those agencies; H.R. 1526, To restore employment and 
educational opportunities in, and improve the economic 
stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, 
while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by 
ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue 
from National Forest System land, to provide a temporary 
extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes; H.R. 1684, 
To convey certain property to the State of Wyoming to 
consolidate the historic Ranch A, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1818, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to 
allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts 
in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a 
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; 
H.R. 1963, To amend the Water Conservation and Utilization Act 
to authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and 
issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed 
pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 2388, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal 
lands located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for 
the benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2463, To amend the Pittman-Robertson 
Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the establishment of 
additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States; 
H.R. 2650, To allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain 
land; and H.R. 2728, To recognize States' authority to regulate 
oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, 
development, and job creation.
    October 30, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 298, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield 
located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 585, To provide for the unencumbering 
of title to non-Federal land owned by the city of Anchorage, 
Alaska, for purposes of economic development by conveyance of 
the Federal reversion interest to the City; H.R. 1846, To amend 
the Act establishing the Lower East Side Tenement National 
Historic Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 2799, To establish 
the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council Advisory 
Committee to advise the Secretaries of the Interior and 
Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, hunting, 
recreational shooting, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2954, 
To authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National 
Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to 
restrictions on use and reconveyance.
    November 14, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 1308, To amend the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on 
endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 2798, 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 commercial filming activities on Federal land for film 
crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R. 2824, To amend the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to stop the ongoing 
waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer resources 
and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining waste, and 
buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 3008, To provide for the conveyance of a small 
parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National 
Forest in California, and for other purposes; H.R. 3188, To 
expedite the planning and implementation of salvage timber 
sales as part of Forest Service and Department of the Interior 
restoration and rehabilitation activities for lands within the 
Stanislaus National Forest and Yosemite National Park and 
Bureau of Land Management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 
Rim Fire in California; and H.R. 3189, To prohibit the 
conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on 
the transfer, relinquishment, or other impairment of any water 
right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior 
and Agriculture.
    December 4, 2013--Markup held on H.R. 915, To authorize the 
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 1425, To amend the 
Marine Debris Act to better address severe marine debris 
events, and for other purposes; H.R. 1491, To authorize the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities 
for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts 
of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2319, To clarify certain provisions of 
the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 
1994; H.R. 3286, To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to 
reimburse States that use State funds to operate National Parks 
during the Federal Government shutdown, and for other purposes; 
and S. 230, A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of 
Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

  II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE FULL COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 14, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``The Past, Present 
and Future of the Federal Helium Program.''
    March 13, 2013--Oversight hearing on the ``Reauthorization 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act.''
    April 17, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``State Lands vs. 
Federal Lands Oil and Gas Production: What State Regulators Are 
Doing Right.''
    May 8, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``DOI Hydraulic 
Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government Waste, Duplication and 
Delay.''
    June 4, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Defining Species 
Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. 
Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices.''
    June 27, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``The Management of Red 
Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico under the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act.''
    July 17, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``The Department of the 
Interior Operations, Management and Rulemakings.''
    August 1, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Transparency and 
Sound Science Gone Extinct?: The Impacts of the Obama 
Administration's Closed-Door Settlements on Endangered Species 
and People.''
    September 4, 2013--Oversight field hearing in Casper, 
Wyoming, on ``State and Local Efforts to Protect Species, Jobs, 
Property, and Multiple Use Amidst a New War on the West.'' 
(Part 1)
    September 4, 2013--Oversight field hearing in Billings, 
Montana, on ``State and Local Efforts to Protect Species, Jobs, 
Property, and Multiple Use Amidst a New War on the West.'' 
(Part 2)
    September 11, 2013--Oversight hearing on the 
``Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act''.
    October 16, 2013--Joint Oversight hearing with the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on ``As Difficult 
As Possible: The National Park Service's Implementation of the 
Government Shutdown.''
    December 9, 2013--Oversight field hearing in Pasco, 
Washington, on ``The Future of the US-Canada Columbia River 
Treaty--Building on 60 years of Coordinated Power Generation 
and Flood Control.''
    December 12, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``ESA Decisions by 
Closed-Door Settlement: Short-Changing Science, Transparency, 
Private Property, and State & Local Economies.''

              Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings

    March 21, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 687, To facilitate the 
efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona 
by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-
Federal land, and for other purposes; H.R. 697, To provide for 
the conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, 
for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three 
Kids Mine Project Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 761, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the 
minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical 
importance to United States economic and national security and 
manufacturing competitiveness; H.R. 767, To amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the 
Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project; H.R. 957, To reduce 
temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced 
on Federal lands, and for other purposes; H.R. 981, To direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth 
element assessment, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1063, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment 
of the capability of the Nation to meet our current and future 
demands for the minerals critical to United States 
manufacturing and agricultural competitiveness and economic and 
national security in a time of expanding resource nationalism, 
and for other purposes.
    April 16, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 3, To approve the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL 
pipeline, and for other purposes.
    April 25, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1613, To amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper 
Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon 
reservoirs, and for other purposes.
    May 22, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 555, To amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-
based live lease sales, and for other purposes; H.R. 1394, To 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an 
all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a 4-year 
basis on all onshore Federal lands managed by the Department of 
the Interior and the Forest Service; H.R. 1964, To amend the 
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of 
competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the 
Reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1965, To streamline and ensure onshore 
energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 
give certainty to oil shale development for American energy 
security, economic development, and job creation, and for other 
purposes.
    June 6, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 2231, To amend the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and 
production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for 
equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement the 
reorganization of the functions of the former Minerals 
Management Service into distinct and separate agencies, and for 
other purposes. (Part 1)
    June 11, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 2231, To amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy 
exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, 
provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, 
implement the reorganization of the functions of the former 
Minerals Management Service into distinct and separate 
agencies, and for other purposes. (Part 2)
    July 25, 2013--Hearing held on Draft Legislation ``H.R. __, 
(Flores), A bill to recognize States' authority to regulate oil 
and gas operations and promote American energy security, 
development, and job creation (Protecting States' Rights to 
Promote American Energy Security Act).''
    August 2, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 2824, To amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to stop the 
ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer 
resources and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining 
waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and 
for other purposes.
    December 5, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 916, To improve 
Federal land management, resource conservation, environmental 
protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the 
Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of 
Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, 
and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 1604, To establish the National Geospatial 
Technology Administration within the United States Geological 
Survey to enhance the use of geospatial data, products, 
technology, and services, to increase the economy and 
efficiency of Federal geospatial activities, and for other 
purposes.

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

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 5, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``America's Offshore 
Energy Resources: Creating Jobs, Securing America, and Lowering 
Prices.''
    March 14, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``America's Onshore 
Energy Resources: Creating Jobs, Securing America, and Lowering 
Prices.''
    March 21, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``America's Mineral 
Resources: Creating Mining and Manufacturing Jobs and Securing 
America.''
    April 25, 2013--Oversight hearing on U.S.-Mexico 
Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreement and Steps Needed for 
Implementation.''
    June 13, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Mining in America: 
The Administration's Use of Claim Maintenance Fees and Cleanup 
of Abandoned Mine Lands.''
    July 9, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Mining in America: 
Powder River Basin Coal Mining--the Benefits and Challenges''.
    July 11, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``America's Helium 
Supply: Options for Producing More Helium from Federal Lands.''
    July 23, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``War on Jobs: 
Examining the Operations of the Office of Surface Mining and 
the Status of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule.''
    October 10, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``EPA vs. American 
Mining Jobs: The Obama Administration's Regulatory Assault on 
the Economy.''

    Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings

    March 21, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 910, To reauthorize 
the Sikes Act; and H.R. 1080, To amend the Sikes Act to promote 
the use of cooperative agreements under such Act for land 
management related to Department of Defense readiness 
activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs to 
avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness 
activities.
    April 25, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 638, To amend the 
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to 
require that any new national wildlife refuge may not be 
established except as expressly authorized by statute; H.R. 
1300, To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize 
the volunteer programs and community partnerships for the 
benefit of national wildlife refuges, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 1384, To provide for the issuance of a Wildlife Refuge 
System Conservation Semipostal Stamp.
    June 13, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 553, to designate the 
exclusive economic zone of the United States as the ``Ronald 
Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States''; 
H.R. 1308, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to 
reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other 
nonlisted species, and for other purposes; H.R. 1399, To 
reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1425, To amend the Marine Debris 
Act to better address severe marine debris events, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1491, To authorize the Administrator of 
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide 
certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to 
address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku 
earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 2219, To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System Act of 2009.
    July 25, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 358, To direct the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with 
the Army Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the 
United States Geological Survey, to lead a multiagency effort 
to slow the spread of Asian Carp in the Upper Mississippi and 
Ohio River basins and tributaries, and for other purposes; H.R. 
709, To authorize the Secretary of the Army to take actions to 
manage the threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi 
River in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1818, To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to 
allow importation of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts 
in Canada before the date the polar bear was determined to be a 
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973; 
H.R. 2158, To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 the 
expedited removal from the United States of certain snake 
species, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2463, To amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the 
establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in 
certain States.
    August 2, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 2208, To extend the 
authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out 
approved wetlands conservation projects under the North 
American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; 
H.R. 2798, 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 commercial filming 
activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or 
fewer; and H.R. 2799, To establish the Wildlife and Hunting 
Heritage Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and 
habitat conservation, hunting, recreational shooting, and for 
other purposes.

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

A. Oversight Hearings

    April 18, 2013--Oversight hearing on the ``Spending for the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Council on 
Environmental Quality, the Office of Insular Affairs, the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service and the President's Fiscal Year 2014 
Budget Request for These Agencies.''
    May 16, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``The 2008 Lacey Act 
Amendments.''
    May 21, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Data Collection Issues 
in Relation to the Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act.''
    June 20, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Why Does the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service Want to Expand the Boundaries of the 
Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in 
Tennessee and at What Cost?''
    July 17, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Why Should Americans 
Have to Comply with the Laws of Foreign Nations?''
    September 20, 2013--Oversight hearing on the ``Department 
of the Interior's Proposal to Use a Categorical Exclusion Under 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Adding Species 
to the Lacey Act's List of Injurious Wildlife.''

            Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings

    April 26, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1548, To facilitate 
the development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal 
regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, and 
for other purposes.
    May 16, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 623, To provide for the 
conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, 
from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium; H.R. 740, To provide for the settlement of certain 
claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 841, To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation 
Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes; H.R. 
931, To provide for the addition of certain real property to 
the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon; 
H.R. 1306, To provide for the partial settlement of certain 
claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and H.R. 
1410, To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in 
Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts.
    July 23, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1103, To amend the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander 
Creek, Alaska, is and shall be recognized as an eligible Native 
village under that Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 1225, To 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to place certain lands in 
Skagit and San Juan Counties, Washington, into trust for the 
Samish Indian Nation, and for other purposes; H.R. 2319, To 
clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' 
Memorial Establishment Act of 1994; H.R. 2388, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located 
in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of 
the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2455, To provide for the sale or transfer of 
certain Federal lands in Nevada, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 2650, To allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain 
land.

   II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INDIAN AND ALASKA 
                             NATIVE AFFAIRS

A. Oversight Hearings

    March 19, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Authorization, 
standards, and procedures for whether, how, and when Indian 
tribes should be newly recognized by the federal government: 
Perspective of the Department of the Interior.''
    June 18, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Update from Tribal 
Leaders and Tribal Telecommunications Providers on the 
Implementation of the Federal Communications Commission's Rule 
on the Universal Service Fund.''
    September 19, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Executive Branch 
Standards for Land-in-Trust Decisions for Gaming Purposes.''

       Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings

    March 14, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 588, To provide for 
donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 716, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, 
Washington, and for other purposes; and H.R. 819, To authorize 
pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area, and for other purposes.
    March 19, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1126, To facilitate 
the completion of an appropriate national memorial to Dwight D. 
Eisenhower.
    April 11, 2013--Hearing held on Draft Legislation, H.R. __, 
``Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act''; 
Draft Legislation, H.R. __, ``O&C Trust, Conservation, and Jobs 
Act''; H.R. 818, To address the bark beetle epidemic, drought, 
deteriorating forest health conditions, and high risk of 
wildfires on National Forest System land and land under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the United 
States by expanding authorities established in the Healthy 
Forest Restoration Act of 2003 to provide emergency measures 
for high-risk areas identified by such States, to make 
permanent Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
authority to conduct good-neighbor cooperation with States to 
reduce wildfire risks, and for other purposes; H.R. 1294, To 
establish a program that will generate dependable economic 
activity for counties and local governments containing National 
Forest System land through a management-focused approach, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1345, To address the forest health, 
public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the 
risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National 
Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management 
projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, 
and economic development, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1442, To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to 
improve the response to insect infestations and related 
diseases and to change the funding source for the Healthy 
Forests Reserve Program, to codify the stewardship end result 
contracting and good neighbor authorities, and to amend the 
emergency watershed protection program to improve post fire 
rehabilitation, and for other purposes.
    April 12, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1208, To establish the 
Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and 
for other purposes.
    April 16, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 250, To amend the 
Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the 
establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 382, To provide for State approval of 
national monuments, and for other purposes; H.R. 432, To 
prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of 
Congress; H.R 758, To prohibit the further extension or 
establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express 
authorization of Congress; H.R. 885, To expand the boundary of 
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to conduct a 
study of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1434, To prohibit the further extension or establishment 
of national monuments in Montana, except by express 
authorization of Congress, and for other purposes; H.R. 1439, 
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Idaho, except by express authorization of 
Congress; H.R. 1459, To ensure that the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 applies to the declaration of national 
monuments, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1512, To prohibit 
the further extension or establishment of national monuments in 
New Mexico except by express authorization of Congress.
    April 18, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 657, To amend the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the 
management of grazing leases and permits, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 696, To designate the Wovoka Wilderness and 
provide for certain land conveyances in Lyon County, Nevada, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 934, To amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in 
California, and for other purposes and H.R. 993, To provide for 
the conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System 
land to the city of Fruit Heights, Utah.
    April 26, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 1169, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the 
Navy certain Federal land in Churchill County, Nevada; H.R. 
1299, To provide for the transfer of certain public land 
currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for 
inclusion in White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1574, To amend the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of the park; 
H.R. 1672, To withdraw and reserve certain public lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management for exclusive 
military use as part of the Limestone Hills Training Area, 
Montana, and for other purposes; H.R. 1673, To provide for the 
transfer of certain public land currently administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management to the administrative jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons 
Station China Lake, California, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1676, To designate the Johnson Valley National Off-Highway 
Vehicle Recreation Area in San Bernardino County, California, 
to authorize limited military use of the area, to provide for 
the transfer of the Southern Study Area to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the 
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by 
recreational users, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1691, To 
provide for the transfer of certain public land currently 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for 
inclusion in the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, 
California, and for other purposes.
    May 9, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 586, To provide for 
certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve 
in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; H.R. 995, To 
establish a monument in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1411, To include the Point Arena-Stornetta 
Public Lands in the California Coastal National Monument as a 
part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1825, To direct Federal public land 
management officials to exercise their authority under existing 
law to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for 
fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for 
other purposes.
    June 6, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 412, To amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of 
the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes; H.R. 
585, To provide for the unencumbering of title to non-Federal 
land owned by the city of Anchorage, Alaska, for purposes of 
economic development by conveyance of the Federal reversion 
interest to the City; H.R. 664, To establish the Harriet Tubman 
National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet 
Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in 
Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1495, To prohibit the further extension or 
establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by 
express authorization of Congress; H.R. 1497, To amend title 
36, United States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating 
the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain 
religious symbols, and for other purposes; H.R. 1513, To revise 
the boundaries of the Gettysburg National Military Park to 
include the Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along 
Plum Run in Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which 
property within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2166, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to 
certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of 
each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 2192, To amend the Act 
popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require 
certain procedures for designating national monuments, and for 
other purposes.
    July 19, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 587, To authorize the 
establishment of the Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area 
road corridors in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1168, To direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Land Management, to convey to the City of 
Carlin, Nevada, in exchange for consideration, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States, to any Federal land 
within that city that is under the jurisdiction of that agency, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1170, To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management and 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey, by quitclaim deed, to the 
City of Fernley, Nevada, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States, to any Federal land within that city that is 
under the jurisdiction of either of those agencies; H.R. 1684, 
To convey certain property to the State of Wyoming to 
consolidate the historic Ranch A, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2068, To reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation 
Act, and for other purposes; H.R. 2095, To prohibit an increase 
in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
until a centralized database of all lands identified as 
suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands 
under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily 
accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau; H.R. 2337, 
To provide for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill 
Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado; H.R. 2395, To 
provide for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed 
at projects authorized under the Commemorative Works Act, and 
for other purposes; S. 130, A bill to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the Powell 
Recreation District in the State of Wyoming; S. 304, A bill to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of 
the Natchez Trace Parkway, and for other purposes; and S. 459, 
A bill to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National 
Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other 
purposes.
    July 23, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 163, 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; H.R. 361, To expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness 
in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 433, To designate the Pine Forest 
Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, Nevada; H.R. 706, To 
establish the Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, 
to dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 908, To preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier 
Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest; 
H.R. 930, 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; H.R. 1025, To designate 
the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area in the 
State of California, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1808, To 
designate certain Federal lands within the Cross Island 
National Wildlife Refuge and the Petit Manan National Wildlife 
Refuge, part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife 
Refuge Complex, in Lincoln County, Hancock County, and 
Washington County, Maine, as wilderness.
    October 3, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 298, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield 
located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1167, To quitclaim surface rights to 
certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management in Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey County, 
Nevada, to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1259, To establish Coltsville National 
Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1633, To provide for the conveyance of small 
parcels of National Forest System land and small parcels of 
public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management to 
private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or 
Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with the National 
Forest System land or public lands, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1846, To amend the Act establishing the Lower East Side 
Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2015, To provide for certain land conveyances in the State of 
Nevada, and for other purposes; H.R. 2259, 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 and to preserve existing 
uses; H.R. 2657, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and 
Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2954, To authorize Escambia County, 
Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of 
Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to 
Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and 
reconveyance; and H.R. 3188, To expedite the planning and 
implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus 
National Forest and Yosemite National park and Bureau of Land 
management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in 
California.
    November 21, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 915, To authorize 
the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 3286, To direct the 
Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse States that use State 
funds to operate National Parks during the Federal Government 
shutdown, and for other purposes; H.R. 3294, To establish a 
streamlined process through which a State may claim authority 
over and responsibility for management of Federal lands located 
in the State without claiming ownership of the land, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3311, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into agreements with States to allow 
continued operation of facilities and programs that have been 
determined to have a direct economic impact on tourism, mining, 
timber, or general transportation in the State and which would 
otherwise cease operating, in whole or in part, during a 
Federal Government shutdown that is the result of a lapse in 
appropriations, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3492, To 
provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone 
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk 
Refuge, and for other purposes.

   II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS AND 
                        ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION

A. Oversight Hearings

    February 26, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``State Forest 
Management: A Model for Promoting Healthy Forests, Rural 
Schools and Jobs.''
    May 7, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Impediments to Public 
Recreation on Public Lands.''
    May 16, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Invasive Species 
Management on Federal Lands.''
    May 21, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Perspectives on the 
Management of Federal and State Land: Testimony by Governor 
Gary Herbert (R-UT), Chairman of the Western Governors' 
Association.''
    June 18, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Citizen and Agency 
Perspectives on the Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act.''
    June 27, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Outdoor Recreation 
Opportunities on State, Local and Federal Lands.''
    July 9, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Public Impact of 
Closing Amenities at Yosemite National Park.''
    July 11, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Wildfire and Forest 
Management.''
    August 2, 2013--Joint oversight hearing with the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National 
Security on ``Missing Weapons at the National Park Service: 
Mismanagement and Lack of Accountability.''
    September 10, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``School Trust 
Lands Ownership within Federal Conservation Areas.''
    October 29, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Threats, 
Intimidation and Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies.''

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power


                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

A. Legislative Hearings

    March 5, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 254, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of 
hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central 
Utah Project; and H.R. 678, To authorize all Bureau of 
Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under 
Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.
    May 23, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 255, To amend certain 
definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act 
for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 745, To reauthorize the Water 
Desalination Act of 1996; and H.R. 1963, To amend the Water 
Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development 
of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power 
privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of 
the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, and for other 
purposes.
    October 10, 2013--Hearing held on H.R. 3176, To reauthorize 
the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 3189, To prohibit the 
conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on 
the transfer, relinquishment, or other impairment of any water 
right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior 
and Agriculture.

    II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER

A. Oversight Hearings

    April 16, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Examining the 
Proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Spending, Priorities and the Missions 
of the Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Geological Survey's 
Water Resources Program and the Four Power Marketing 
Administrations.''
    April 25, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Federal Impediments 
to Water Rights, Job Creation and Recreation: A Local 
Perspective.''
    June 26, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``The Power Marketing 
Administrations: A Ratepayer Perspective.''
    July 17, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``A Washington, DC-
Based Bureaucratic Invention with Potential Water Conservation 
and Property Rights Impacts: The National Blueways Order.''
    July 29, 2013--Oversight field hearing in West Plains, 
Missouri, on ``Stopping Federal Land and Water Grabs: 
Protecting Property Rights from Washington, DC Edicts.''
    September 19, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``Keeping 
Hydropower Affordable and Reliable: The Protection of Existing 
Hydropower Investments and the Promotion of New Development.''
    October 29, 2013--Oversight hearing on ``A Roadmap for 
Increasing our Water and Hydropower Supplies: The Need for New 
and Expanded Multi-Purpose Surface Storage Facilities.''
                               APPENDIX I

                            Printed Hearings

    113-1--Oversight Hearing on ``The Past, Present and Future 
of the Federal Helium Program''; and Legislative Hearing on 
H.R. 527, To complete the privatization of the Federal helium 
reserve in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability 
in the helium markets while protecting the interests of the 
American taxpayer, and for other purposes. February 14, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-2--Oversight Hearing on ``State Forest Management: A 
Model for Promoting Healthy Forests, Rural Schools and Jobs.'' 
February 26, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-3--Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. March 
13, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-4--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 588, To provide for 
donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the 
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 716, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the City of Vancouver, 
Washington, and for other purposes; and H.R. 819, To authorize 
pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area, and for other purposes. 
March 14, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Environmental Regulation)
    113-5--Oversight Hearing on ``Authorization, Standards, and 
Procedures for Whether, How, and When Indian Tribes Should Be 
Newly Recognized by the Federal Government: Perspective of the 
Department of the Interior.'' March 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs)
    113-6--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1126, To facilitate the 
completion of an appropriate national memorial to Dwight D. 
Eisenhower. March 19, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-7--Oversight Hearing on ``America's Mineral Resources: 
Creating Mining and Manufacturing Jobs and Securing America''; 
and Legislative Hearing on H.R. 687, To facilitate the 
efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona 
by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-
Federal land, and for other purposes; H.R. 697, To provide for 
the conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, 
for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three 
Kids Mine Project Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 761, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the 
minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical 
importance to United States economic and national security and 
manufacturing competitiveness; H.R. 767, To amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the 
Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project; H.R. 957, To reduce 
temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced 
on Federal lands, and for other purposes; H.R. 981, To direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a global rare earth 
element assessment, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1063, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an assessment 
of the capability of the Nation to meet our current and future 
demands for the minerals critical to United States 
manufacturing and agricultural competitiveness and economic and 
national security in a time of expanding resource nationalism, 
and for other purposes. March 21, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-8--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 910, To reauthorize the 
Sikes Act; and H.R. 1080, To amend the Sikes Act to promote the 
use of cooperative agreements under such an Act for land 
management related to Department of Defense readiness 
activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, to 
facilitate inter-agency cooperation in conservation programs to 
avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness 
activities. March 21, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs)
    113-9--Legislative Hearing on Draft Proposal H.R. __, 
``Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act''; 
Draft Legislation, H.R. __, ``O&C Trust, Conservation, and Jobs 
Act''; H.R. 818, To address the bark beetle epidemic, drought, 
deteriorating forest health conditions, and high risk of 
wildfires on National Forest System land and land under the 
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the United 
States by expanding authorities established in the Healthy 
Forest Restoration Act of 2003 to provide emergency measures 
for high-risk areas identified by such States, to make 
permanent Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management 
authority to conduct good-neighbor cooperation with States to 
reduce wildfire risks, and for other purposes; H.R. 1294, To 
establish a program that will generate dependable economic 
activity for counties and local governments containing National 
Forest System land through a management-focused approach, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1345, To address the forest health, 
public safety, and wildlife habitat threat presented by the 
risk of wildfire, including catastrophic wildfire, on National 
Forest System lands and public lands managed by the Bureau of 
Land Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest management 
projects relating to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, 
and economic development, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1442, To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to 
improve the response to insect infestations and related 
diseases and to change the funding source for the Healthy 
Forests Reserve Program, to codify the stewardship end result 
contracting and good neighbor authorities, and to amend the 
emergency watershed protection program to improve post fire 
rehabilitation, and for other purposes. April 11, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-10--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1208, To establish the 
Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and 
for other purposes. April 12, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-11--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 250, To amend the 
Antiquities Act of 1906 to place additional requirements on the 
establishment of national monuments under that Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 382, To provide for State approval of 
national monuments, and for other purposes; H.R. 432, To 
prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of 
Congress; H.R. 758, To prohibit the further extension or 
establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express 
authorization of Congress; H.R. 885, To expand the boundary of 
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, to conduct a 
study of potential land acquisitions, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1434, To prohibit the further extension or establishment 
of national monuments in Montana, except by express 
authorization of Congress, and for other purposes; H.R. 1439, 
To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national 
monuments in Idaho, except by express authorization of 
Congress; H.R. 1459, To ensure that the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 applies to the declaration of national 
monuments, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1512, To prohibit 
the further extension or establishment of national monuments in 
New Mexico except by express authorization of Congress. April 
16, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-12--Oversight Hearing on ``Federal Impediments to Water 
Rights, Job Creation and Recreation: A Local Perspective.'' 
April 25, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and 
Power)
    113-13--Oversight Hearing on ``U.S.-Mexico Transboundary 
Hydrocarbon Agreement and Steps Needed for Implementation''; 
and Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1613, To amend the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper Federal 
management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon 
reservoirs, and for other purposes. April 25, 2013, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-14--Oversight Hearing on ``Impediments to Public 
Recreation on Public Lands.'' May 7, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-15--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 586, To provide for 
certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve 
in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes; H.R. 995, To 
establish a monument in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1411, To include the Point Arena-Stornetta 
Public Lands in the California Coastal National Monument as a 
part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1825, To direct Federal public land 
management officials to exercise their authority under existing 
law to facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for 
fishing, sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for 
other purposes. May 9, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-16--Oversight Hearings on ``The 2008 Lacey Act 
Amendments.'' May 16, 2013 (Part 1); and ``Why Should Americans 
Have to Comply with the Laws of Foreign Nations''. July 17, 
2013 (Part 2), Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs)
    113-17--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 623, To provide for the 
conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, 
from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium; H.R. 740, To provide for the settlement of certain 
claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 841, To amend the Grand Ronde Reservation 
Act to make technical corrections, and for other purposes; H.R. 
931, To provide for the addition of certain real property to 
the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon; 
H.R. 1306, To provide for the partial settlement of certain 
claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; and H.R. 
1410, To prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in 
Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts. May 
16, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs)
    113-18--Oversight Hearing on ``Invasive Species Management 
on Federal Lands.'' May 16, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-19--Oversight Hearing on ``Perspectives on the 
Management of Federal and State Land: Testimony by Governor 
Gary Herbert (R-UT), Chairman of the Western Governors' 
Association.'' May 21, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-20--Oversight Hearing on ``Data Collection Issues in 
Relation to the Reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act.'' May 21, 2013, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs)
    113-21--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 555, To amend the 
Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-
based live lease sales, and for other purposes; H.R. 1394, To 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish goals for an 
all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on a 4-year 
basis on all onshore Federal lands managed by the Department of 
the Interior and the Forest Service; H.R. 1964, To amend the 
Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of 
competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the 
Reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 1965, To streamline and ensure onshore 
energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 
give certainty to oil shale development for American energy 
security, economic development, and job creation, and for other 
purposes. May 22, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-22--Oversight Hearing on ``Defining Species 
Conservation Success: Tribal, State and Local Stewardship vs. 
Federal Courtroom Battles and Sue-and-Settle Practices.'' June 
4, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-23--Legislative Hearings on H.R. 2231, To amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy 
exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, 
provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, 
implement the reorganization of the functions of the former 
Minerals Management Service into distinct and separate 
agencies, and for other purposes. June 6, 2013 (Part 1) and 
June 11, 2013 (Part 2), Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources).
    113-24--Oversight Hearing on ``Citizen and Agency 
Perspectives on the Federal Land Recreation Enhancement Act.'' 
June 18, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Environmental Regulation)
    113-25--Oversight Hearing on ``Why Does the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service Want to Expand the Boundaries of the Chickasaw 
and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in Tennessee and at 
What Cost?'' June 20, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs)
    113-26--Oversight Hearing on ``The Power Marketing 
Administrations: A Ratepayer Perspective.'' June 26, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    113-27--Oversight Hearing on ``The Management of Red 
Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico Under the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act.'' June 27, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-28--Oversight Hearing on ``Outdoor Recreation 
Opportunities on State, Local and Federal Lands.'' June 27, 
2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-29--Oversight Hearing on ``Mining in America: Powder 
River Basin Coal Mining--The Benefits and Challenges.'' July 9, 
2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    113-30--Oversight Hearing on the ``Public Impact of Closing 
Amenities at Yosemite National Park.'' July 9, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-31--Oversight Hearing on ``America's Helium Supply: 
Options for Producing more Helium from Federal Lands.'' July 
11, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources)
    113-32--Oversight Hearing on ``Wildfire and Forest 
Management.'' July 11, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-33--Oversight Hearing on ``The Department of the 
Interior Operations, Management, and Rulemakings.'' July 17, 
2013, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-34--Oversight Hearing on ``A Washington, DC-Based 
Bureaucratic Invention with Potential Water Conservation and 
Property Rights Impacts: The National Blueways Order.'' July 
17, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    113-35--Oversight Hearing on ``War on Jobs: Examining the 
Operations of the Office of Surface Mining and the Status of 
the Stream Buffer Zone Rule.'' July 23, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-36--Legislative Hearing on H.R. __ (Flores), A bill to 
recognize States' authority to regulate oil and gas operations 
and promote American energy security, development, and job 
creation (``Protecting States' Rights to Promote American 
Energy Security Act''). July 25, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-37--Oversight Hearing on ``Transparency and Sound 
Science Gone Extinct?: The Impacts of the Obama 
Administration's Closed-Door Settlements on Endangered Species 
and People.'' August 1, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-38--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2824, To amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to stop the 
ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer 
resources and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining 
waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and 
for other purposes. August 2, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-39--Joint Oversight Hearing with the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform on ``Missing Weapons at the 
National Park Service: Mismanagement and Lack of 
Accountability.'' August 2, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Joint with 
the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation and Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security)
    113-40--Oversight Hearing on ``School Trust Lands Ownership 
Within Federal Conservation Areas.'' September 10, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-41--Oversight Hearing on the Reauthorization of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. 
September 11, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Full Committee)
    113-42--Oversight Hearing on ``Executive Branch Standards 
for Land-in-trust Decisions for Gaming Purposes.'' September 
19, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs)
    113-43--Oversight Hearing on ``Keeping Hydropower 
Affordable and Reliable: The Protection of Existing Hydropower 
Investments and the Promotion of New Development.'' September 
19, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    113-44--Oversight Hearing on the Department of the 
Interior's Proposal to Use a Categorical Exclusion under the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for Adding Species to 
the Lacey Act's List of Injurious Wildlife. September 20, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans 
and Insular Affairs)
    113-45--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 298, To direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study 
to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield 
located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the 
feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1167, To quitclaim surface rights to 
certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of 
Land Management in Virginia City, Nevada, to Storey County, 
Nevada, to resolve conflicting ownership and title claims, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1259, To establish Coltsville National 
Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1633, To provide for the conveyance of small 
parcels of National Forest System land and small parcels of 
public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management to 
private landowners, State, county, and local governments, or 
Indian tribes whose lands share a boundary with the National 
Forest System land or public lands, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1846, To amend the Act establishing the Lower East Side 
Tenement National Historic Site, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2015, To provide for certain land conveyances in the State of 
Nevada, and for other purposes; H.R. 2259, 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 and to preserve existing 
uses; H.R. 2657, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, 
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and 
Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 2954, To authorize Escambia County, 
Florida, to convey certain property that was formerly part of 
Santa Rosa Island National Monument and that was conveyed to 
Escambia County subject to restrictions on use and 
reconveyance; and H.R. 3188, To expedite the planning and 
implementation of salvage timber sales as part of Forest 
Service and Department of the Interior restoration and 
rehabilitation activities for lands within the Stanislaus 
National Forest and Yosemite National Park and Bureau of Land 
management lands adversely impacted by the 2013 Rim Fire in 
California. October 3, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation)
    113-46--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3176, To reauthorize 
the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 3189, To prohibit the 
conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on 
the transfer, relinquishment, or other impairment of any water 
right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior 
and Agriculture. October 10, 2013, Washington, D.C. 
(Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    113-47--Oversight Hearing on ``EPA vs. American Mining 
Jobs: The Obama Administration's Regulatory Assault on the 
Economy.'' October 10, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources)
    113-48--Joint Oversight Hearing with the Committee on 
Oversight and Government Reform on ``As Difficult As Possible: 
The National Park Service's Implementation of the Government 
Shutdown.'' October 16, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Joint with the 
Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform)
    113-49--Oversight Field Hearings in Casper, Wyoming (Part 
1) and Billings, Montana (Part 2), on ``State and Local Efforts 
to Protect Species, Jobs, Property, and Multiple Use Amidst a 
New War on the West.'' September 4, 2013, Casper, Wyoming and 
Billings, Montana. (Full Committee)
    113-50--Oversight Hearing on ``Threats, Intimidation and 
Bullying by Federal Land Managing Agencies.'' October 29, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation)
    113-51--Oversight Hearing on ``A Roadmap for Increasing Our 
Water and Hydropower Supplies: The Need for New and Expanded 
Multi-Purpose Surface Storage Facilities.'' October 29, 2013, 
Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on Water and Power)
    113-52--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 915, To authorize the 
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
environs, and for other purposes; H.R. 3286, To direct the 
Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse States that use State 
funds to operate National Parks during the Federal Government 
shutdown, and for other purposes; H.R. 3294, To establish a 
streamlined process through which a State may claim authority 
over and responsibility for management of Federal lands located 
in the State without claiming ownership of the land, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 3311, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into agreements with States to allow 
continued operation of facilities and programs that have been 
determined to have a direct economic impact on tourism, mining, 
timber, or general transportation in the State and which would 
otherwise cease operating, in whole or in part, during a 
Federal Government shutdown that is the result of a lapse in 
appropriations, and for other purposes; and H.R. 3492, To 
provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone 
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk 
Refuge, and for other purposes. November 21, 2013, Washington, 
D.C. (Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation)
    113-53--Legislative Hearing on H.R. 916, To improve Federal 
land management, resource conservation, environmental 
protection, and use of Federal real property, by requiring the 
Secretary of the Interior to develop a multipurpose cadastre of 
Federal real property and identifying inaccurate, duplicate, 
and out-of-date Federal land inventories, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 1604, To establish the National Geospatial 
Technology Administration within the United States Geological 
Survey to enhance the use of geospatial data, products, 
technology, and services, to increase the economy and 
efficiency of Federal geospatial activities, and for other 
purposes. December 5, 2013, Washington, D.C. (Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources)
                              APPENDIX II

                        Legislation Passed House

              BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED HOUSE (BY DATE)

    [Asterisk (*) denotes bills that the Committee on Natural 
Resources was not the lead Committee]
    04/09/2013--H.R. 254, To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric power 
on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project. Passed 
House by vote of 400-4. (Public Law 113-20)
    04/09/2013--H.R. 1033, 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. Passed House 
by vote of 283-122.
    04/10/2013--H.R. 678, To authorize all Bureau of 
Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under 
Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
as amended, by vote of 416-7. (Public Law 113-24)
    04/26/2013--H.R. 527, To amend the Helium Act to complete 
the privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a 
competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium 
markets while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
394-1. (Public Law 113-40)
    05/06/2013--H.R. 291, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain cemeteries that are located on National Forest System 
land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota. Passed House 
by vote of 390-2.
    05/06/2013--H.R. 507, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the 
Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by vote of 401-2.
    05/06/2013--H.R. 588, To provide for donor contribution 
acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes. Passed House 
by vote of 398-2. (Public Law 113-21)
    05/15/2013--H.R. 356, To clarify authority granted under 
the Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior boundary of 
the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, 
and for other purposes''. Passed House by voice vote.
    05/15/2013--H.R. 573, To amend Public Law 93-435 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    05/15/2013--H.R. 767, To amend the Energy Policy Act of 
2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit 
Streamlining Pilot Project. Passed House, as amended, by vote 
of 415-1.
    05/16/2013--H.R. 45*, To repeal the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the 
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 229-195.
    05/22/2013--H.R. 3*, To approve the construction, 
operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL pipeline, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 241-175.
    06/03/2013--H.R. 126, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for management 
of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the Currituck 
National Wildlife Refuge. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/03/2013--H.R. 885, To expand the boundary of the San 
Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    06/03/2013--H.R. 1206, To grant the Secretary of the 
Interior permanent authority to authorize States to issue 
electronic duck stamps, and for other purposes. Passed House, 
vote of 401-0.
    06/11/2013--H.R. 251, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric 
distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service 
District, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 404-
0. (Public Law 113-19)
    06/11/2013--H.R. 723, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, 
Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and 
Rhode Island for study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    06/11/2013--H.R. 993, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain parcels of National Forest System land to the city of 
Fruit Heights, Utah. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/11/2013--H.R. 1157, To ensure public access to the 
summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach National 
Monument for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, 
cultural, and other purposes. Passed House vote of 409-0.
    06/11/2013--H.R. 1158, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the 
North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Passed House by 
voice vote.
    06/17/2013--H. Res. 264, Providing for the concurrence by 
the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 588 (Vietnam Veterans 
Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013), with an amendment. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    06/17/2013--H.R. 253, To provide for the conveyance of a 
small parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-
Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young 
University, and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, 
by vote of 397-1.
    06/17/2013--H.R. 520, To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating 
and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early 
years of the National Parks, and for other purposes. Passed 
House by voice vote.
    06/17/2013--H.R. 674, To authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites 
on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a 
unit of the National Park System. Passed House by voice vote.
    06/17/2013--H.R. 862, To authorize the conveyance of two 
small parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino 
National Forest containing private improvements that were 
developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an 
erroneous survey conducted in May 1960. Passed House by vote of 
395-1.
    06/17/2013--H.R. 876, To authorize the continued use of 
certain water diversions located on National Forest System land 
in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and for 
other purposes. Passed House by vote of 398-0.
    06/27/2013--H.R. 1613, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to provide for the proper Federal management and 
oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 256-171.
    06/28/2013--H.R. 2231, To amend the Outer Continental Shelf 
Lands Act to increase energy exploration and production on the 
Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing 
for all coastal States, implement the reorganization of the 
functions of the former Minerals Management Service into 
distinct and separate agencies, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 235-186.
    07/22/2013--H.R. 697, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the 
environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids 
Mine Project Site, and for other purposes. Passed House, as 
amended, by voice vote.
    07/22/2013--H.R. 1411, To include the Point Arena-Stornetta 
Public Lands in the California Coastal National Monument as a 
part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    07/30/2013--H.R. 1300, To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act 
of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community 
partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges, and 
for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    09/10/2013--S. 130*, A bill to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal land to the Powell 
Recreation District in the State of Wyoming. Passed House by 
vote of 408-1. (Public Law 113-32)
    09/10/2013--S. 157*, A bill to provide for certain 
improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the 
State of Alaska, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote. (Public Law 113-33)
    09/10/2013--S. 256*, A bill to amend Public Law 93-435 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with 
Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Passed House by 
vote of 415-0. (Public Law 113-34)
    09/10/2013--S. 304*, A bill to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels of 
surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, 
and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 419-1. (Public 
Law 113-35)
    09/10/2013--S. 459*, A bill to modify the boundary of the 
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South 
Dakota, and for other purposes. Passed House by vote of 414-5. 
(Public Law 113-36)
    09/17/2013--H.R. 1410, To prohibit gaming activities on 
certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain 
gaming compacts. Passed House by voice vote.
    09/18/2013--H.R. 761, To require the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently 
develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials 
of strategic and critical importance to United States economic 
and national security and manufacturing competitiveness. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 246-178.
    09/20/2013--H.R. 1526, To restore employment and 
educational opportunities in, and improve the economic 
stability of, counties containing National Forest System land, 
while also reducing Forest Service management costs, by 
ensuring that such counties have a dependable source of revenue 
from National Forest System land, to provide a temporary 
extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-
Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Passed 
House, as amended, by vote of 244-173.
    09/25/2013--H. Res. 354, Providing for the concurrence by 
the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 527 (Responsible 
Helium Administration and Stewardship Act), with an amendment. 
Passed House by voice vote.
    10/23/2013--H.R. 3080*, To provide for improvements to the 
rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, 
and for other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 
417-3.
    10/29/2013--H.R. 330, To designate a Distinguished Flying 
Cross National Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in 
Riverside, California. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/29/2013--H.R. 623, To provide for the conveyance of 
certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from the United 
States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Passed 
House, as amended, by voice vote.
    10/29/2013--H.R. 2337, To provide for the conveyance of the 
Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site in Summit County, 
Colorado. Passed House by voice vote.
    10/29/2013--H.R. 2640, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water 
certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by voice vote.
    11/20/2013--H.R. 1965, To streamline and ensure onshore 
energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 
give certainty to oil shale development for American energy 
security, economic development, and job creation, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by vote of 228-192.
    11/20/2013--H.R. 2728, To recognize States' authority to 
regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy 
security, development, and job creation. Passed House, as 
amended, by vote of 235-187.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 255, To amend certain definitions 
contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes 
of clarifying certain property descriptions, and for other 
purposes. Passed House by vote of 406-0.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 1241, To facilitate a land exchange 
involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo 
National Forest, and for other purposes. Passed House by voice 
vote.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 1846, To amend the Act establishing the 
Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site, and for other 
purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 1963, To amend the Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-Federal 
hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at 
projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water 
Conservation and Utilization Act, and for other purposes. 
Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 2388, To take certain Federal lands 
located in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the 
benefit of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for 
other purposes. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/03/2013--H.R. 2650, To allow the Fond du Lac Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to lease or 
transfer certain land. Passed House, as amended, by voice vote.
    12/11/2013--H.R. 2319, To clarify certain provisions of the 
Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994. 
Passed House, as amended, by vote of 398-0.
                              APPENDIX III

                          List of Public Laws

    [Asterisk (*) denotes bills that were not referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources but contain provisions under the 
jurisdiction of the Committee on Natural Resources]
    Public Law 113-4: *S.47 (H.R. 11), A bill to reauthorize 
the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.
    Public Law 113-19: H.R. 251, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric 
distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service 
District, and for other purposes (South Utah Valley Electric 
Conveyance Act).
    Public Law 113-20: H.R. 254, To authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to facilitate the development of hydroelectric 
power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project 
(Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act).
    Public Law 113-21: H.R. 588, To provide for donor 
contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes 
(Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act of 2013).
    Public Law 113-24: H.R. 678, To authorize all Bureau of 
Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under 
Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes (Bureau of 
Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs 
Act)
    Public Law 113-32: S. 130, A bill to require the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the Powell 
Recreation District in the State of Wyoming. (Powell Shooting 
Range Land Conveyance Act)
    Public Law 113-33: S. 157 (H.R. 586), A bill to provide for 
certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve 
in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. (Denali 
National Park Improvement Act)
    Public Law 113-34: S. 256 (H.R. 573; H.R. 2200), A bill to 
amend Public Law 93-435 with respect to the Northern Mariana 
Islands, providing parity with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa.
    Public Law 113-35: S. 304, A bill to direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 parcels 
of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace 
Parkway, and for other purposes. (Natchez Trace Parkway Land 
Conveyance Act of 2013)
    Public Law 113-36: S. 459, A bill to modify the boundary of 
the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of 
South Dakota, and for other purposes. (Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act)
    Public Law 113-40: H.R. 527, To amend the Helium Act to 
complete the privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a 
competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium 
markets while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 
and for other purposes. (Helium Stewardship Act of 2013)
                              APPENDIX IV

                            Committee Prints

House Committee Print:
    113-A Rules for the Committee on Natural Resources, 113th 
Congress.
                               APPENDIX V

                     Committee Legislative Reports

    House Report 113-24 (H.R. 678), To authorize all Bureau of 
Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under 
Federal Reclamation law, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-25, Part 1, (H.R. 254), To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the development of 
hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central 
Utah Project.
    House Report 113-26 (H.R. 291), To provide for the 
conveyance of certain cemeteries that are located on National 
Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South 
Dakota.
    House Report 113-27 (H.R. 507), To provide for the 
conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United 
States to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-28 (H.R. 588), To provide for donor 
contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at the Vietnam 
Veterans Memorial Visitor Center, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-29 (H.R. 1033), 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.
    House Report 113-42 (H.R. 527), To amend the Helium Act to 
complete the privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a 
competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium 
markets while protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 
and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-55 (H.R. 767), To amend the Energy Policy 
Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal 
Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.
    House Report 113-56 (H.R. 573), To amend Public Law 93-435 
with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity 
with Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
    House Report 113-57 (H.R. 356), To clarify authority 
granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior 
boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the 
State of Utah, and for other purposes''.
    House Report 113-61, Part 2, (H.R. 3), To improve the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL 
pipeline, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-65 (H.R. 993), To provide for the 
conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest System land to 
the city of Fruit Heights, Utah.
    House Report 113-66 (H.R. 1208), To establish the Manhattan 
Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Los 
Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-67 (H.R. 1206), To grant the Secretary of 
the Interior permanent authority to authorize States to issue 
electronic duck stamps, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-68 (H.R. 1158), To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the 
North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
    House Report 113-69 (H.R. 1156), To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather 
Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to 
allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 
ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or 
the Wilderness, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-70 (H.R. 885), To expand the boundary of 
the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 113-71 (H.R. 934), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced 
River in California, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-72 (H.R. 674), To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of 
designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites 
on Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a 
unit of the National Park System.
    House Report 113-73 (H.R. 723), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, 
Chipuxet, Queen, Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of 
Connecticut and Rhode Island for study for potential addition 
to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-74 (H.R. 829), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in 
Skagit County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System.
    House Report 113-75 (H.R. 862), To authorize the conveyance 
of two small parcels of land within the boundaries of the 
Coconino National Forest containing private improvements that 
were developed based upon the reliance of the landowners in an 
erroneous survey conducted in May 1960.
    House Report 113-76 (H.R. 876), To authorize the continued 
use of certain water diversions located on National Forest 
System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness 
and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 113-77 (H.R. 126), To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to enter into an agreement to provide for 
management of the free-roaming wild horses in and around the 
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge.
    House Report 113-78 (H.R. 251), To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric 
distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service 
District, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-79 (H.R. 330), To designate a 
Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the March Field 
Air Museum in Riverside, California.
    House Report 113-80 (H.R. 462), To require the conveyance 
of certain public land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, 
Utah, to support the training and readiness of the Utah 
National Guard.
    House Report 113-81 (H.R. 520), To authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a study of alternatives for 
commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers 
in the early years of the National Parks, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-98 (H.R. 253), To provide for the 
conveyance of approximately 80 acres of National Forest System 
land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah to 
Brigham Young University, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-99 (H.R. 1157), To ensure public access to 
the summit of Rattlesnake Mountain in the Hanford Reach 
National Monument for educational, recreational, historical, 
scientific, cultural, and other purposes.
    House Report 113-100, Part 1, (H.R. 1384), To provide for 
the issuance of a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation 
Semipostal Stamp.
    House Report 113-101, Part 1, (H.R. 1613), To amend the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper 
Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon 
reservoirs, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-110 (H.R. 85), To create the Office of 
Chief Financial Officer of the Government of the Virgin 
Islands, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-111 (H.R. 1169), To direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to transfer to the Secretary of the Navy 
certain Federal land in Churchill County, Nevada.
    House Report 113-112 (H.R. 1300), To amend the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and 
community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife 
refuges, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-115, Part 1, (H.R. 1080), To amend the 
Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative agreements under 
such Act for land management related to Department of Defense 
readiness activities and to amend title 10, United States Code, 
to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs 
to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness 
activities.
    House Report 113-119, Part 1, (H.R. 910), To reauthorize 
the Sikes Act.
    House Report 113-120, Part 1, (H.R. 1299), To provide for 
the transfer of certain public land currently administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army for inclusion in 
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-121, Part 1, (H.R. 1672), To withdraw and 
reserve certain public lands administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management for exclusive military use as part of the Limestone 
Hills Training Area, Montana, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-122, Part 1, (H.R. 1673), To provide for 
the transfer of certain public land currently administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in 
Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-123, Part 1, (H.R. 1676), To designate the 
Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area in 
San Bernardino County, California, to authorize limited 
military use of the area, to provide for the transfer of the 
Southern Study Area to the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the Marine Corps Air 
Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and by recreational 
users, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-124, Part 1, (H.R. 1691), To provide for 
the transfer of certain public land currently administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management to the administrative 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for inclusion in the 
Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 113-125 (H.R. 2231), To amend the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and 
production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for 
equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement the 
reorganization of the functions of the former Minerals 
Management Service into distinct and separate agencies, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 113-137 (H.R. 697), To provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for 
the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids 
Mine Project Site, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-138, Part 1, (H.R. 761), To require the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and 
mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to 
United States economic and national security and manufacturing 
competitiveness.
    House Report 113-139 (H.R. 1411), To include the Point 
Arena-Stornetta Public Lands in the California Coastal National 
Monument as a part of the National Landscape Conservation 
System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-140 (H.R. 1497), To amend title 36, United 
States Code, to ensure that memorials commemorating the service 
of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious 
symbols, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-141 (H.R. 1574), To amend the Dayton 
Aviation Heritage Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of 
the park.
    House Report 113-145, Part 1, (H.R. 657), To amend the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the 
management of grazing leases and permits, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-146, Part 1, (H.R. 819), To authorize 
pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape Hatteras 
National Seashore Recreational Area, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-166, (H.R. 412), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of the 
Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National 
Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-167 (H.R. 687), To facilitate the 
efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona 
by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-
Federal land, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-168 (H.R. 841), To amend the Grand Ronde 
Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-169 (H.R. 957), To amend section 251A of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
to eliminate the Department of Defense sequestration for fiscal 
years 2013 and 2014 and sequester such eliminated sums over a 
period of fiscal years 2015 through 2021.
    House Report 113-190 (S. 130), A bill to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the 
Powell Recreation District in the State of Wyoming.
    House Report 113-191 (S. 304), A bill to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 
2 parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez 
Trace Parkway, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-192 (S. 157), A bill to provide for 
certain improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve 
in the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-193 (S. 459), A bill to modify the 
boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the 
State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-194 (H.R. 2650), To allow the Fond du Lac 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the State of Minnesota to 
lease or transfer certain land.
    House Report 113-195 (H.R. 2388), To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located 
in El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of 
the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-196 (H.R. 2337), To provide for the 
conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill Administrative Site 
in Summit County, Colorado.
    House Report 113-197 (H.R. 1964), To amend the Naval 
Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of 
competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the 
Reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023, and for 
other purposes.
    House Report 113-198 (H.R. 1684), To convey certain 
property to the State of Wyoming to consolidate the historic 
Ranch A, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-199 (H.R. 1394), To direct the Secretary 
of the Interior to establish goals for an all-of-the-above 
energy production plan strategy on a 4-year basis on all 
onshore Federal lands managed by the Department of the Interior 
and the Forest Service.
    House Report 113-200 (H.R. 255), To amend certain 
definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer Act 
for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 113-201 (H.R. 555), To amend the Mineral 
Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based 
live lease sales, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-202 (H.R. 1818), To amend the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar 
bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date 
the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
    House Report 113-203 (H.R. 740), To provide for the 
settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-204 (H.R. 553), To designate the exclusive 
economic zone of the United States as the ``Ronald Wilson 
Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States''.
    House Report 113-210 (H.R. 1410), To prohibit gaming 
activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the 
expiration of certain gaming compacts.
    House Report 113-213, Part 1, (H.R. 1526), To restore 
employment and educational opportunities in, and improve the 
economic stability of, counties containing National Forest 
System land, while also reducing Forest Service management 
costs, by ensuring that such counties have a dependable source 
of revenue from National Forest System land, to provide a 
temporary extension of the Secure Rural Schools and Community 
Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-217 (H.R. 586), To provide for certain 
improvements to the Denali National Park and Preserve in the 
State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-218 (H.R. 638), To amend the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to require 
that any new national wildlife refuge may not be established 
except as expressly authorized by statute.
    House Report 113-219 (H.R. 930), 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.
    House Report 113-220 (H.R. 1168), To direct the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, 
to convey to the City of Carlin, Nevada, in exchange for 
consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States, to any Federal land within that city that is under the 
jurisdiction of that agency, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-221 (H.R. 1459), To ensure that the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 applies to the 
declaration of national monuments, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-222 (H.R. 1513), To revise the boundaries 
of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the 
Gettysburg Train Station and certain land along Plum Run in 
Cumberland Township, to limit the means by which property 
within such revised boundaries may be acquired, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-223 (H.R. 2197), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the York River and 
associated tributaries for study for potential inclusion in the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
    House Report 113-224 (H.R. 2640), To amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to 
provide water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 113-248, Part 1, (H.R. 623), To provide for 
the conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, 
Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal 
Health Consortium.
    House Report 113-249 (H.R. 1963), To amend the Water 
Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development 
of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power 
privileges at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of 
the Water Conservation and Utilization Act, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-250, Part 1, (H.R. 2463), To amend the 
Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to facilitate the 
establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in 
certain States.
    House Report 113-261 (H.R. 2728), To recognize States' 
authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote 
American energy security, development, and job creation.
    House Report 113-262, Part 1, (H.R. 1965), To streamline 
and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore 
leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development 
for American energy security, economic development, and job 
creation, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-263 (H.R. 1548), To facilitate the 
development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal 
regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, and 
for other purposes.
    House Report 113-280 (H.R. 298), To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate 
the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in 
Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of 
its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other 
purposes.
    House Report 113-281 (H.R. 1241), To facilitate a land 
exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the 
Inyo National Forest, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-282 (H.R. 1846), To amend the Act 
establishing the Lower East Side Tenement National Historic 
Site, and for other purposes.
    House Report 113-287 (H.R. 2319), To clarify certain 
provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial 
Establishment Act of 1994.
                              APPENDIX VI

                  Activities Report--Additional Views

Full Committee
    The House Natural Resources Committee had a busy and 
productive year focusing on legislative and oversight 
activities to create and protect jobs and grow the economy 
through the responsible use and production of our natural 
resources. The Committee held 93 hearings and meetings in 
total, including 25 by the Full Committee.
    The House passed 50 bills from the Committee this year, 
each with bipartisan support. This includes 41 bills passed 
under the suspension process--which means each of these bills 
had broad, overwhelming, and bipartisan support in the House. 
10 bills have been signed into law by the President.
    In addition to advancing legislation, the Committee also 
took serious its responsibility to conduct oversight of the 
Executive Branch. The Committee took a close and thoughtful 
look at numerous Obama Administration policies, regulations and 
actions, including the Endangered Species Act, the Magnuson 
Stevens Act, the National Ocean Policy, the barricading of 
national parks and monuments during the government shutdown, 
and many more. Through investigations and oversight hearings, 
the Committee sought answers from the Administration on behalf 
of the American people and promoted accountability and 
transparency.
Endangered Species Act
    The Committee held five oversight hearings this year on the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA), examining ways in which the law 
can be improved and modernized. The ESA was created four 
decades ago in 1973. Since that time, over 1,500 U.S. domestic 
species and sub-species have been listed. Most species remain 
on the list and hundreds more could potentially be added within 
just the next two years. Congress last renewed the ESA in 1988, 
which means it has been 25 years since any substantial updates 
have been made.
    The Committee specifically examined the impacts of ESA-
related litigation and closed-door settlement agreements. 
Excessive litigation has become one of the greatest obstacles 
to the success of the ESA. Instead of focusing on recovering 
endangered species, groups are using the ESA to file hundreds 
of lawsuits, threats of lawsuits, and petitions against the 
government. In response, agencies have focused significant time 
and financial resources addressing those lawsuits instead of on 
conservation efforts to avoid species listings, ensuring the 
collection of transparent and best data, and species recovery. 
In 2011 the Interior Department announced it had negotiated, 
behind closed-doors, mega-settlements with the Center for 
Biological Diversity and WildEarth Guardians. Together, these 
settlements (and others involving other groups with the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service) could increase the number of federal species listed by 
50 percent--up to 700 additional species by 2016. In just the 
past two years alone, the number of species listings has 
increased by 210.
    The Committee also held an oversight hearing highlighting 
successful tribal, state and local stewardship versus the 
regulatory mandates and sue-and-settle practices of the federal 
government. The hearing examined how Indian tribes, state and 
local communities have been able to implement successful 
conservation efforts to keep species off of the ESA list and do 
it in a manner that responsibly respects local economic 
activities, private property, and other uses.
    Finally, the Committee focused on the need to increase 
transparency of ESA-listing decisions, rules, and executive 
orders. Much of the science and data used to justify endangered 
species regulatory actions are not publicly available for 
analysis. This lack of transparency, availability of data, and 
peer review leads to questions about the scientific inadequacy 
and lack of prioritization of listing decisions. Modernization 
of scientific and transparency, including use of DNA and the 
Internet, are not sufficiently utilized.
National Ocean Policy
    The Committee conducted oversight over President Obama's 
plan to unilaterally implement a new National Ocean Policy and 
mandatory ocean zoning. Established through Executive Order, 
the President's National Ocean Policy is the latest regulatory 
weapon to impose new bureaucratic restrictions on nearly every 
sector of our economy. While marketed as a common sense plan 
for the development and protection of our oceans, it is instead 
being used to create a massive new bureaucracy that would harm 
our economy.
    The reach of the President's ocean zoning initiative is not 
limited to just our oceans but also would grant new federal 
authority to regulate far inland. That means all activities 
occurring on lands adjacent to rivers, tributaries, or 
watersheds that drain into the ocean could be impacted. This 
has the potential to affect a multitude of economic activities 
including agriculture, fishing, construction, manufacturing, 
mining, oil and natural gas, and renewable energy. These 
industries currently support tens of millions of jobs and 
contribute trillions of dollars to the U.S. economy.
    The Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing 
and sent a series of document request letters to the 
Administration regarding how this initiative has been funded, 
the breadth of its reach, and the impacts it will have on jobs, 
our economy, and energy security.
Magnuson-Stevens Act
    The Committee this year held multiple hearings on fisheries 
management and the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Magnuson-Stevens 
Act governs the recreational and commercial harvest of 
fisheries in Federal waters. It was last authorized by Congress 
in 2006 and a draft proposal to renew and modernize the law was 
unveiled in mid-December for public input. The draft proposal 
would implement common sense reforms that will promote 
increased flexibility and transparency, improve data 
collection, create jobs, and give predictability and certainty 
to the coastal communities that depend on fishing activities.
Obama administration's efforts to rewrite regulations on coal 
        production
    Almost immediately after taking office, the Obama 
Administration began rewriting a recently completed coal 
regulation, the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule. This unnecessary 
action, carried out through the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement at the Department of the Interior, 
proposed to dramatically alter a regulation that took over five 
years of environmental analysis and careful scientific 
consideration to complete. The Department's process in 
rewriting this regulation has been rushed and unorthodox. After 
tossing aside the 2008 plan, the Department spent millions of 
taxpayer dollars and hired new contractors to complete a new 
environmental impact statement, even though one was already 
completed for the 2008 rule. Those contractors were dismissed 
after it was publically revealed that the Administration's new 
proposed regulation would cost 7,000 jobs and cause economic 
harm in 22 states. The Administration has spent $9 million 
taxpayer dollars working on this rewrite, but has failed to 
even publish a draft rule.
    For over two years the Committee has been conducting an 
investigation into this rewrite. The Committee has passed 
legislation, H.R. 2824, the Preventing Government Waste and 
Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America Act by Reps. Bill 
Johnson (OH-06) and Doug Lamborn (CO-05), that would save 
American jobs and taxpayer dollars by preventing the Obama 
Administration from imposing job-destroying coal regulations.
The National Park Service's implementation of the Government shutdown
    During President Obama's government shutdown in October, 
the Committee conducted extensive oversight and held a joint 
hearing with the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on 
the Administration's arbitrary and unnecessary actions 
including the erection of metal barricades around certain 
national parks, monuments, and memorials in order to make the 
government shutdown as painful as possible. Americans were 
deliberately being denied access to open-air memorials and 
national parks--places that are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a 
year and were not closed by the Clinton Administration during 
the last government shutdown. Private businesses on federal 
lands were also initially forced to close. Document request 
letters have been sent to multiple agencies to document these 
arbitrary decisions.
Retroactive sequester cuts to Secure Rural Schools payments
    The Committee continues to conduct oversight into the Obama 
Administration's decision to retroactively subject Secure Rural 
Schools (SRS) payments to sequestration cuts. On March 19th, 
the Obama Administration demanded repayment of $17.9 million in 
SRS payments that had already been disbursed to states. SRS 
funds help to replace the timber receipts counties used to get 
to pay for vital services in rural communities including 
education, infrastructure, and emergency services. The Obama 
Administration's demand sparked bipartisan opposition from 
Governors and Members of Congress, who sent a letter 
questioning why the Administration was subjecting SRS payments 
that were made to counties in January based on fiscal year 2012 
funding, to the fiscal year 2013 sequester. After months of 
stonewalling by the Administration and multiple attempts by 
this Committee to get answers about these retroactive cuts, 
subpoenas were issued to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and 
the Office of Management and Budget for documents and 
information. The Obama Administration has yet to fully comply 
with the subpoenas.
Department of the Interior's ethics office
    For over a year the Committee has conducted oversight of 
how political appointees and senior career officials within the 
Department of the Interior are complying with federal ethics 
and conflict of interest laws. Committee staff were told by 
Department officials at the beginning of this investigation 
that only eight ethics cases have been referred to the Office 
of the Inspector General (IG) since January 2009--only one of 
those cases involved a senior career official and none involved 
a political appointee. Serious questions have been raised about 
whether the Department and the IG are, in fact, aggressively 
pursuing allegations of wrongdoing and whether current and 
former senior Obama Administration officials are being held 
accountable for complying with federal ethics and conflict of 
interest laws.
Department of the Interior's Office of Inspector General
    The Committee this year conducted oversight and released a 
staff report on the need for a permanent Inspector General for 
the Department of the Interior. Since the Department's previous 
Inspector General Earl Devaney was appointed to a new position 
nearly four years ago, the Department's Office of Inspector 
General (IG) has been run by Deputy Inspector General Mary 
Kendall, serving in an acting capacity. The Department has been 
without a permanent IG since 2009. The report, entitled 
``Holding Interior Watchdog Accountable,'' details 
mismanagement by Ms. Kendall while overseeing the IG. These 
include: not pursuing investigations involving political 
appointees or Administration priorities; informing senior 
Department officials of problems without conducting formal 
investigations and not issuing reports to Congress and the 
public; not adequately documenting the management of IG 
investigations and operations; serving in an appointed policy 
role in conflict with the IG's investigative duties; preventing 
an investigator from seeking information from a White House 
official; and providing inaccurate and misleading information 
to Congress.
    The report also details how Ms. Kendall has openly 
expressed the desire to receive the nomination to become the 
permanent Inspector General while administering the IG's 
oversight role in a manner that was privately accommodating to 
senior Department officials and the Obama Administration 
compared to the IG's more assertive style in past 
Administrations.

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee

    Chaired by Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-05), the Energy and 
Minerals Subcommittee has held 17 legislative and oversight 
hearings this year focused on protecting and expanding access 
to American energy and mineral resources in order to create 
jobs, grow our economy, and strengthen our national security.
    The Subcommittee worked extensively this year to pass 
legislation to increase federal production of oil, natural gas, 
and renewable energy resources--both onshore and offshore.
    In June, the House passed H.R. 2231, the Offshore Energy 
and Jobs Act. This bill removes federal government barriers 
that block production of our own U.S. energy resources and 
opens new offshore areas that have that most oil and natural 
gas resources. The bill would create 1.2 million American jobs, 
generate $1.5 billion in revenue, lower energy prices, and 
strengthen our national security. In June, the House also 
passed H.R. 1613, the Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary 
Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act. This legislation 
would enact the terms of an agreement signed by the Obama 
Administration and Mexico to govern how to explore, develop, 
and share revenue from oil and natural gas resources along the 
maritime border in the Gulf of Mexico.
    The House this year also passed a package of bills to 
protect and expand onshore American energy production. H.R. 
1965, the Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act of 2013, 
includes the following five Natural Resources bills:
     Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act 
(Lamborn CO-05)--This bill would reform the leasing process for 
onshore oil and natural gas projects on federal lands to 
eliminate unnecessary delays; reform the process for energy 
permitting, once a lease is in hand, to encourage the timely 
development of our federal resources; ensure funds are 
available for efficient wind and solar permitting; and set 
clear rules for the development of U.S. oil shale resources.
     Planning for American Energy Act (Tipton, CO-03)--
This bill would establish common sense steps to create an all-
of-the-above American energy plan for using federal lands to 
meet our Nation's energy needs.
     National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act 
(Hastings, WA-04)--This bill would cut through bureaucratic red 
tape to unlock the full potential of energy resources in the 
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) by ensuring that oil 
and natural gas are developed and transported in a timely and 
efficient manner.
     BLM Live Internet Auctions Act (Johnson, OH-06)--
This bill would give the Secretary of the Interior the 
authority to conduct internet-based auctions for onshore leases 
to ensure the best return to the Federal taxpayer, reduce 
fraud, and secure the leasing process.
     Native American Energy Act (Young, AK-At Large)--
This bill would streamline burdensome and duplicative 
government regulations and remove the barriers erected by the 
Obama Administration that are blocking Indian tribes from 
developing energy resources on their own land and creating new 
jobs.
    The Subcommittee held numerous oversight and legislation 
hearings this year on the Interior Department's proposed 
regulations of hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal 
lands. The Obama Administration's proposed federal regulations 
on hydraulic fracturing would cost American jobs, decrease 
American energy production, increase energy prices, and harm 
economic growth. They would add duplicative, costly, and 
unnecessary layers of red-tape. According to a study by John 
Dunham & Associates, the proposed regulation would cost at 
least $345 million annually. In November, the House passed H.R. 
2728, the Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy 
Security Act, introduced by Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) and Rep. 
Henry Cuellar (D-TX). This bipartisan bill would protect 
American jobs and American energy production by limiting the 
Obama Administration's ability to impose duplicative federal 
regulations on hydraulic fracturing. It prohibits the Interior 
Department from enforcing federal hydraulic fracturing 
regulations in any state that already has regulations and 
recognizes states' authority to regulate this type of activity.
    For over a year, the Subcommittee has conducted oversight 
on our Nation's helium program and successfully developed 
legislation, which was signed into law (Public Law No: 113-40) 
by the President in October, to prevent an impending helium 
shortage. H.R. 527, the Responsible Helium Administration and 
Stewardship Act, sponsored by Chairman Hastings and then-
Ranking Member Markey, is a common sense plan to sell helium 
from the Federal Helium Reserve in a responsible manner to 
prevent a global shortage, close the Federal Helium Reserve 
once and for all, protect jobs and the economy, and ensure a 
fairer return for taxpayers.
    Finally, the Subcommittee held numerous oversight and 
legislative hearings this year on coal and mineral production. 
Currently, the U.S. is nearly 100% reliant on foreign 
countries, such as China, for rare earth elements and other 
critical and strategic minerals that are vital components to 
America's manufacturing sector. The House passed H.R. 761, the 
National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act, by 
Rep. Mark Amodei (NV-02), which would allow the U.S. to more 
efficiently develop our Nation's strategic and critical 
minerals and streamline the permitting process for mineral 
development.

Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Subcommittee

    The Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, chaired by Rep. John Fleming (LA-04), held 11 hearings 
this year focused on promoting responsible management and 
conservation of our fisheries, wildlife, and ocean resources as 
well as economic development and fiscal responsibility in 
insular areas. The fundamental goal of the hearings was to 
balance responsible stewardship of our natural resources with 
the need to protect and create American jobs.
    The Subcommittee carefully examined budget requests of the 
agencies under its jurisdiction including the Fish and Wildlife 
Service, the Office of Insular Affairs, and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Council on 
Environmental Quality. The Obama Administration requested that 
$1.55 billion be allocated to the Fish and Wildlife Service for 
Fiscal Year 2014, $94 million more than what was appropriated 
in Fiscal Year 2013. The Fish and Wildlife Service indicated 
that its Fiscal Year 2014 budget submission includes a number 
of ``tough choices.'' Yet, a close examination of their 
requests found that only the construction account would receive 
less money in the upcoming fiscal year.
    Members of the Subcommittee held several oversight hearings 
on the Lacey Act and its unintended consequences. The Act was 
enacted in 1900 to protect native flora and fauna by banning 
the interstate transportation and sale of illegally obtained 
animal and certain plants. However, since then it has been 
amended several times, including expansions to include foreign 
laws, fish, and the importation and sale of illegally obtained 
timber and other plant products. The broad expansion of the law 
has increased job-destroying red-tape and resulted in 
unanticipated consequences that have negatively impacted 
individuals and American businesses. In September, the 
Subcommittee furthered its oversight of the Lacey Act by 
examining the potential effects of the Fish and Wildlife 
Service's proposal to short-circuit, by executive fiat, 
existing rules for adding species to the Lacey Act's injurious 
wildlife list.
    The Subcommittee also conducted oversight into the National 
Wildlife Refuge System. The National Wildlife Refuge System is 
comprised of federal lands that have been acquired or 
designated for the conservation and enhancement of fish and 
wildlife, and on which compatible recreation is allowed. 
However, the current maintenance backlog recorded for the Fish 
and Wildlife Service now stands at $2.3 billion. The 
Subcommittee specifically examined the Fish and Wildlife's 
decision and the amount it would cost taxpayers to expand the 
boundaries of the Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife 
Refuges in Tennessee by 120,078 acres. The expansion of the 
Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges is a 
classic case of the federal government's desire to buy an 
unlimited amount of private land, while ignoring its 
responsibilities to maintain the land it already owns. Along 
those lines, the Committee adopted legislation sponsored by 
Subcommittee Chairman Fleming to require a Congressional 
authorization of all new national wildlife refuges and extend 
the conservation of wildlife on 30 million acres of military 
lands.
    The Subcommittee reviewed legislation to update authorized 
appropriations for laws that support programs to assist 
commercial and recreational vessels transiting through U.S. 
waterways--H.R. 1399, the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
and H.R. 2219, the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation 
System Act. The programs authorized by these laws support: the 
collection of hydrographic survey data to produce nautical 
charts and the collection of data on currents, waves, and wind 
speed used by vessels transiting into U.S. ports; the 
collection of physical, geological, biological and chemical 
data to support ocean research, monitoring and forecasting, as 
well as fisheries management; the collection of ocean 
circulation patterns data to assist coastal managers in 
understanding the movement of marine debris to protect human 
safety and health; and the collection of ocean currents and 
storm surges to assist in the safe design of ocean structures 
(i.e. oil and gas platforms) to reduce damage and loss of life.
    The Subcommittee also reviewed legislation dealing with 
severe marine debris events--H.R. 1425, to allow grant funding 
to be used to address these severe events and H.R. 1491, which 
would allow the Administrator of the National Oceanographic and 
Atmospheric Administration to reimburse states for past, 
current and any future marine debris clean-up costs related to 
the 2011 Japan tsunami event.
    Finally, the Subcommittee moved legislation (H.R. 573) to 
provide the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands management 
authority over 3 nautical miles of its territorial sea giving 
the Commonwealth parity with the other U.S. territories. It 
became P.L. 113-34.

Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subcommittee

    Chaired by Rep. Don Young (AK, at large), the Subcommittee 
this year focused on promoting job creation and economic growth 
on Tribal and Alaska Native lands.
    The Subcommittee held multiple hearings on Tribal 
development of energy resources and the creation of energy jobs 
on Indian lands. While Indian lands contain vast energy 
resources, actions by the Obama Administration have prevented 
many tribes from developing resources, creating jobs, and 
improving their local tribal economies. Since taking office, 
the Obama Administration has implemented numerous roadblocks to 
Indian Energy development. The Subcommittee has conducted 
vigorous oversight of the Administration in order to shine 
light on these policies and ensure accountability.
    In November, the House passed H.R. 1965, the Federal Lands 
Jobs and Energy Security Act. This included legislation, the 
Native American Energy Act, introduced by Subcommittee Chairman 
Young, to streamline burdensome and duplicative government 
regulations and increase the opportunity for Indian tribes to 
develop energy resources on their own land.
    The House also passed H.R. 2728, the Protecting States' 
Right to Promote American Energy Security Act, which included 
an amendment that would protect the rights of tribal nations by 
keeping the federal government from imposing additional 
hydraulic fracturing regulations on tribal lands. Many tribes 
have expressed concerns that they were left out of the Interior 
Department's rulemaking process on hydraulic fracturing and 
that the proposed rule could greatly impede Tribes' ability to 
develop their own energy resources.
    The Subcommittee conducted oversight this year on the 
implementation of the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) 
rule on the Universal Service Fund and the importance of 
expanded broadband access to Indian and Alaska Native 
communities. Nearly one in three Native Americans lacks basic 
telephone service and only one in ten have broadband service.
    Finally, the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the 
Executive Branch standards for land-in-trust decisions for 
gaming purposes. This hearing examined concerns that have been 
expressed by tribes, state and municipal governments, and 
private organizations that the Bureau of Indian Affairs' policy 
guidelines do not adequately take into consideration the 
adverse impacts of off-reservation gaming. Indian gaming 
revenues have grown from a very small amount in 1988, to $16.8 
billion in 2003, to $27.9 billion in 2012, the highest revenue 
amount on record. There are more than 420 casinos run by about 
240 tribes across 28 states.

Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee 

    Chaired by Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-01), the new Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Environmental Regulation has held 24 hearings 
this Congress that have focused on protecting and maintaining 
federal lands and ensuring public access and multiple-use of 
public lands in order to create jobs and grow our economy.
    The Subcommittee has jurisdiction over matters related to 
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and all public 
lands including the National Park System, U.S. Forests, Bureau 
of Land Management lands and National Monuments. NEPA was 
previously handled at the Full Committee and the creation of 
this new Subcommittee allows it to be reviewed in a more 
focused manner. NEPA impacts nearly every sector of our economy 
and the Subcommittee focused on how it relates to federal lands 
and activities, as well as private, state, and local economic 
development. At the lead of Subcommittee Chairman Bishop, a 
letter was sent to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
requesting a comprehensive economic and administrative 
evaluation of federal agencies' required compliance with NEPA 
over the last five fiscal years. The letter also asks the GAO 
to examine costs associated with NEPA related litigation and 
delays in regulatory approvals.
    This year, the House passed legislation to renew the 
federal government's commitment to manage federal forests for 
the benefit of rural schools and counties. Over a hundred years 
ago, the federal government made a promise to rural schools and 
counties that they would share in the benefits of wisely 
managed forests. Our federal forests were designed to be 
multiple-use land but over the years, due to faulty federal 
regulations and litigation, forest management and forest health 
have dramatically declined. As a result, thousands of people 
have lost their jobs, counties lack the resources to pay for 
basic services, and our forest became increasingly susceptible 
to disease and wildfire. H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forest 
for Healthy Communities Act, will create over 200,000 direct 
and indirect jobs; provide stable funding for counties to use 
for education and other basic services; provide nearly $400 
million in savings over 10 years; improve local management of 
our federal forests; and help reduce the risk of wildfires.
    The Subcommittee also held numerous oversight hearings 
examining the differences between state and federal forest 
management. Subcommittee Members heard from state leaders, 
local land managers, and timber experts on the inadequacies and 
burdens of current federal forest management practices that 
have contributed to poor forest health, underfunded schools, 
lost jobs, and suppressed economic activities and recreational 
opportunities in communities near National Forests. In 
comparison, state managed forests can often produce hundreds of 
times more revenue, from just a fraction of the land base while 
maintaining vibrant, healthy forests to support local 
communities. The Subcommittee also held hearings on the need 
for increased forest management to address forest health and 
reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
    In June, the Full Committee approved H.R. 1126, the Dwight 
D. Eisenhower Memorial Completion Act. This bipartisan 
legislation, sponsored by Subcommittee Chairman Bishop, seeks 
to build consensus around a new Eisenhower Memorial by 
implementing a new design competition and providing a three-
year extension of the memorial site designation, which is set 
to expire at the end of 2013. The current design and 
competition process has been the subject of repeated scrutiny, 
including by members of the Eisenhower family who are opposed 
to the current extravagant and inappropriate design. Since 
1999, Congress has appropriated $63 million in taxpayer funds 
for the design of the Memorial and operations of the 
Commission, and the Commission has requested an additional $51 
million in Fiscal Year 2014 to begin construction.
    The Committee also approved H.R. 687, the Southeast Arizona 
Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013, introduced by Rep. 
Paul Gosar (AZ-04). This legislation would authorize a fair 
value land exchange in Southeast Arizona that would open up the 
third largest undeveloped copper resources in the world. The 
mining project would support nearly 3,700 jobs and create an 
economic impact of nearly $62 billion while bringing in nearly 
$20 billion in tax revenue to federal, state, and local 
governments. Additionally, this project would produce enough 
copper to meet 25 percent of the current U.S. demand and would 
fully protect environmental and tribal rights.
    H.R. 657, the Grazing Improvement Act, introduced by Raul 
Labrador (ID-01), was passed by the Full Committee in June. 
This bipartisan legislation would amend the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976 to extend the period of a term for 
permits and leases from 10 to 20 years for domestic livestock 
grazing on public lands or lands within national forests. 
Livestock grazing represents one of the earliest uses of 
federally managed lands and is essential to the livestock 
industry, wildlife habitat, open space, and the rural economies 
of many western communities.
    In May, the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing 
featuring testimony by Utah Governor Gary Herbert, Chairman of 
the Western Governors' Association. The hearing highlighted the 
challenges of Western states regarding federal and state land 
management. At the hearing, Members and Governor Herbert 
discussed how states are able to find their own solutions to 
land management, tailored to their unique circumstances. In 
contrast, the federal government is bound by a statutory, 
attitudinal and regulatory framework that hinders effective 
land management. Utah and other states are successfully 
managing their lands in ways that better protect natural 
resources, promote a healthy economy, and protect public 
access.
    Finally, the Subcommittee conducted oversight into 
impediments to public recreation on public lands. If managed 
wisely, our vast system of public lands could provide greater 
opportunities for the full range of wholesome, outdoor family 
recreation than are currently allowed. Hearings examined the 
obstacles by the federal government that put more costs and 
burdens on small businesses and limit public recreational 
access to public lands.

Water and Power Subcommittee

    Led by Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04), the Water and Power 
Subcommittee held 10 hearings this year and advanced multiple 
bills that focused on creating new American jobs and protecting 
and promoting water and electric supply infrastructure.
    Numerous oversight hearings were held on protecting 
existing hydropower facilities from litigious special interest 
groups, protecting non-federal hydroelectric dams from costly, 
burdensome and often unrelated requirements imposed by federal 
agencies, and expanding large and small-scale hydropower 
production.
    This August, H.R. 678, The Bureau of Reclamation Small 
Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act, was signed 
into law (P.L. 113-24) by President Obama. This law, authored 
by Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) authorizes hydropower production 
on Bureau of Reclamation water canals and pipes and reduces 
administrative and regulatory costs for developing these clean 
and renewable energy projects. This will create jobs and 
generate thousands of megawatts of hydropower at no cost to 
taxpayers and will create revenue for local power providers and 
the federal government.
    In a separate action, the House also passed H.R. 1963, The 
Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and 
Jobs Act in December. The bill, authored by Rep. Steve Daines 
(MT-At Large) removes outdated federal statutory barriers to 
conduit hydropower development at eleven Bureau of Reclamation 
projects in the intermountain west. The House also passed H.R. 
2640 (Rep. Greg Walden, OR-02) and H.R. 254 (Rep. Jason 
Chaffetz, UT-03) to facilitate hydropower production at 
specific federal facilities. H.R. 254 became P.L. 113-20 with 
the President's signature.
    The Subcommittee led the way in questioning the validity 
and the potential effects of the Obama Administration's 
National ``Blueways'' Secretarial Order. Signed by former 
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in 2012, the Blueways program 
allowed unilateral Secretarial discretion to designate entire 
watersheds as so-called Blueways with very little local 
community involvement and questionable legal authority. Since 
February, the House Natural Resources Committee, the Water and 
Power Subcommittee, the Congressional Western Caucus and the 
Arkansas and Missouri delegations have conducted oversight into 
the National Blueways Program. In a letter sent on June 28th, 
Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) asked for explanations about the 
designation process, the makeup of the National Blueways 
Committee, the potential for federal land acquisition and 
regulations, and the involvement of the Interior Department's 
Senior Advisor Rebecca Wodder. In July, the Subcommittee held 
an oversight hearing on the Blueways program with a host of 
affected citizens. Later that month, the Subcommittee held a 
field hearing in West Plains, Missouri examining the harmful 
effects of the National Blueways Order following the 
designation (and eventual rescission) of the White River 
Blueway. Over 500 local citizens attended this hearing while 
the Administration (Ms. Wodder) refused to testify once again. 
Meanwhile, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced that she 
had ``paused'' the Blueways program and in August, Wodder left 
the Interior Department. While it remains unclear whether this 
``pause'' permanent or temporary, the Subcommittee will 
continue to monitor the currently defunct Blueways program and 
any future efforts to re-implement it.
    In October, the Subcommittee held a hearing to showcase the 
need for new water storage. Entitled ``A Roadmap for Increasing 
our Water and Hydropower Supplies: The Need for New or Expanded 
Multi-Purpose Surface Storage Facilities,'' the hearing 
examined the growing need for and the multiple-use benefits of 
increased water storage and ways to expedite the construction 
of such facilities.
    The Subcommittee also took action this year to protect 
western water rights. Following an oversight hearing held in 
April on federal impediments to protecting water rights, the 
Subcommittee held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3189 (Tipton), 
the Water Rights Protection Act to protect state recognized 
water rights, prohibit federal water grabs, and uphold state 
water laws. This bipartisan legislation will end further 
attempts by the Obama Administration to take privately held 
water rights and jeopardize jobs in communities throughout the 
Western States. The Natural Resources Committee then passed the 
bill in November with bipartisan support and a Senate companion 
bill has been introduced by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (WY) and 
six colleagues.
    Multiple hearings were also held to discuss the challenges 
and priorities of the Power Marketing Administrations. In 
April, the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing examining the 
spending priorities outlined in the President's FY2014 budget 
requests for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the four 
Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs), and the U.S. Geological 
Survey's Water Program. At the hearing, Members discussed the 
importance of restoring abundance as the mission of federal 
water and power policies in order to prevent man-made water 
shortages, job losses, higher electricity prices, and 
questionable spending.
    In June, the Subcommittee held an oversight hearing 
entitled ``The Power Marketing Administrations: A Ratepayer 
Perspective.'' This hearing featured testimony from some of the 
electricity ratepayers who receive and pay for hydropower 
generated at federal dams and transmitted by the four federal 
PMAs. For generations, millions of electricity consumers have 
received low-cost hydropower generated at federal dams and 
reservoirs. The core mission of the four PMAs is to transmit 
this emissions-free resource to their customers. Through their 
rates, these customers pay for the electricity supply, the 
transmission needed to deliver this power, and the capital 
components of both generation and transmission infrastructure 
plus interest to the federal government.
                                              Doc Hastings,
                                                          Chairman.

                              APPENDIX VII

                            Dissenting Views

    The Views we provided on the final Report on Legislative 
and Oversight Activities filed by the Natural Resources 
Committee in the 112th Congress concluded with the following 
statement: ``Hopefully, the failures of this Congress will 
inspire improved cooperation and consensus next Congress, as 
the natural resource challenges we face are only 
intensifying.'' This Report for the First Session of the 113th 
Congress documents an aggressive pace of hearings and mark-ups, 
for which the Majority is to be commended, but the cooperation 
and consensus we had hoped for has not materialized.
    The Republican energy agenda is still marked by a slavish, 
partisan devotion to flawed and futile policies. Instead of 
stubbornly sticking to their 2008 talking points, the Majority 
should have acknowledged the on-going oil and gas boom--one 
that is soon to make the United States the top oil producer in 
the world--and spent the Committee's time this year working in 
a bipartisan manner to ensure that enhanced oil and gas 
development is environmentally responsible and compatible with 
local communities and all other uses of our federal lands.
    While the rate of activity continues to skyrocket in the 
deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Congress has not enacted a single 
reform to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in response to 
the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, which happened over three and a 
half years ago. Numerous outside groups, including the 
President's Oil Spill Commission, have called on Congress to 
make badly-needed and long-overdue changes to enhance the 
safety of offshore operations, yet Natural Resources 
Republicans refused to consider those, preferring instead to 
focus on giving the oil and gas industry unfettered access to 
even more of America's oceans.
    In the midst of a fracking boom which is altering the 
landscape of our energy markets and the landscape of many local 
communities, the Majority brought forth a poorly written bill 
that, in an attempt to prohibit even minimal regulation, 
includes loopholes allowing industry to circumvent all federal 
environmental and safety protections.
    The Majority has pursued aggressive attacks on Federal 
lands, ignoring broadly-supported proposals to establish 
National Monuments and declare new wilderness areas, while 
advancing bills to dispose of federal land and short-circuit 
public input in the land use planning process. Instead of 
finding bipartisan ways to enhance recreation and conservation 
opportunities, the Majority's agenda has emphasized undermining 
landmark laws like the National Environmental Policy Act. These 
partisan attacks put politics above policy and prevented the 
Committee from engaging in more productive work.
    The Majority has invested enormous time and energy 
investigating implementation of budget sequestration and the 
federal government shutdown by the Forest Service and National 
Park Service, both of which were the result of House Republican 
intransigence on the budget. Instead of working with the 
Minority to address the problems caused by sequestration, the 
Majority issued subpoenas to the U.S. Department of Agriculture 
and the Office of Management and Budget over the Obama 
Administration's determination that Secure Rural Schools funds 
are subject to sequestration. The Majority's open-ended 
investigation into this matter has been a distraction when we 
could have been working on bipartisan legislation to accomplish 
our shared goal of restoring these critical funds to rural 
counties.
    Perhaps the low point of the year was a joint hearing with 
the Oversight and Government Reform Committee during which the 
Majority attempted to shift blame for the Republican shutdown 
by launching mean-spirited, personal attacks against the 
Director of the National Park Service, a dedicated and 
accomplished forty-year public servant. Hopefully, the budget 
deal approved this week is an indication that what the 
Republicans learned through their investigation of the shutdown 
is that shutdowns should be avoided.
    It appears that the Committee may turn its attention away 
from the ``Oil Above All'' agenda to reauthorizing the 
Magnuson-Stevens and Endangered Species Acts. This recognition 
of the importance of these issues is welcome. The oversight 
hearings on these laws have been partisan, lopsided affairs, 
however, raising grave concerns regarding the Majority's 
openness to constructive, bipartisan, bicameral efforts to 
update these critical statutes. We have repeatedly expressed 
our interest in working cooperatively on these issues and 
remain hopeful our invitation will be accepted.
    We also hope the Majority will begin to take seriously the 
global crisis in wildlife poaching, illegal logging, and pirate 
fishing that is decimating species, funding terrorists, and 
undercutting legitimate American businesses. We requested 
hearings on these matters during the first session, but instead 
of granting those requests, the majority continued its 
misguided crusade to chisel away at the Lacey Act, one of our 
bedrock conservation laws. The pace at which organized criminal 
syndicates are clearing forests, depleting fisheries, and 
killing elephants, rhinos, and tigers warrants immediate action 
from Congress.
    The Committee has abdicated its responsibilities regarding 
our vital insular areas, holding only a single budget hearing 
this year. Not only does this approach leave serious economic 
and conservation issues unaddressed, it also ignores 
significant national security issues.
    Finally, the most egregious failure of the Natural 
Resources Committee Majority in 2013 is the refusal to consider 
budgetary savings in programs within the Committee's 
jurisdiction during a time of severe budget shortfalls. In 
2011, Democrats on this Committee submitted a proposal to the 
Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction that would have 
saved $20 billion over ten years from programs within the 
Natural Resources Committee's purview. These proposals included 
reform of the General Mining Law of 1872, repeal of massive 
revenue payments to the U.S. Gulf States, increased royalty 
rates for oil and gas development on federal lands and reform 
of outdated grazing laws; the Majority opposed all of these 
proposals. In a time when federal support for the long-term 
unemployed and nutrition assistance to the working poor are 
being cut, the refusal of the Majority to even consider 
reducing the enormous windfalls enjoyed by those who use our 
public lands for private profit is indefensible.
    We now have three full years of evidence that the 
Republican agenda for the Natural Resources Committee is at 
odds with the priorities and values of the American people. We 
remain eager to engage in the kind of negotiation and 
cooperation that have yielded real legislative accomplishment 
in the past and could do so in the future.
                                   Peter DeFazio, Ranking Member, 
                                       Committee on Natural Resources.
                                   Grace F. Napolitano.
                                   Rush Holt.
                                   Raul M. Grijalva.
                                   Madeleine Z. Bordallo.
                                   Niki Tsongas.
                                   Jared Huffman.
                                   Alan Lowenthal.
                                   Matthew Cartwright.

                                  
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