June 23, 2017
Bills moving through
Congress: House Natural Resource Meeting
6/27 for Mark Up of Bills - Important!
KBC friends
Below is a letter regarding some bills
of concern. See links to the bills
below, and also see the attachment.
Letters to the reps need to be sent
before Tuesday.
Jacqui
Sent: Friday, June
23, 2017 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Bills
moving through Congress:
House Natural Resource
Meeting 6/27 for Mark Up of
Bills - Important!
Hi Jacqui,
I haven't had a chance to really
review the bills for mark-up - just
found them today, but the
yellow-highlighted ones seem
significant - will be looking them
over.
I've attached a list of members of
the Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs, and the House Natural
Resource Subcommittee on Insular and
Indian Affairs. These are the two
congressional committees that review
all things specific to federal
Indian policy, - and/or the House
Natural Resource Committee folks
also look at water and natural
resource issues.
There is a mailing address at the
bottom of each of the lists.
The best advice I can give to folks
wanting to comment would be to go
to: 1) www.senate.gov; or 2)
www.house.gov and locate the Bill
Sponsor - then email the comments
directly to that bill's sponsor, and
or any other federal elected
officials that should be copied in.
Elaine-
Sent:
Friday,
June
23,
2017
10:14
AM
Hello
Colleagues,
I received an
email notice
from the House
Natural Resource
Committee of an
upcoming meeting
(June 27th) to
"Mark Up"
Certain bills
moving through
Congress. The
list of bills is
below, and
attached for
your perusal,
and need for
comments. A few
of them are very
disturbing and I
think we need to
weigh in with
comments. In
just a cursory
review of this
list, I've
highlighted
what, in my
view, seems
troubling. H.R.
597 is most
troubling
because allowing
Congress to take
land for
individual
tribes, enables
tribes to get
land into trust
that they might
not otherwise be
able to, under
the IRA. This is
an ugly trend.
Passing this
along to get our
voices in where
it counts.
Elaine
HOUSE
NATURAL
RESOURCES
COMMITTEE
MEETING –
MARK UP OF
CURRENT
BILLS:
Full Committee Markup
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 10:00 AM
Full Committee
1324 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515 r
Full Committee Markup on:
- H.R. 218 (Rep. Don Young of AK), To provide for the exchange of Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Alaska for the construction of a road between King Cove and Cold Bay. “King Cove Road Land Exchange Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 289 (Rep. Doug LaMalfa), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies, and for other purposes. “Guides and Outfitters Act” or the “GO Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 597 (Rep. Jeff Denham), To take lands in Sonoma County, California, into trust as part of the reservation of the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes. “Lytton Rancheria Homelands Act of 2017”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 954 (Rep. Bob Goodlatte), To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes.
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1107 (Rep. Mark Amodei), To promote conservation, improve public land management, and provide for sensible development in Pershing County, Nevada, and for other purposes. “Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act”
- Markup memo
- H.R. 1306 (Rep. Peter DeFazio), To provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. “Western Oregon Tribal Fairness Act”
- Markup memo
- H.R. 1397 (Rep. Barbara Comstock), To authorize, direct, facilitate, and expedite the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal land, and for other purposes.
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1399 (Rep. Paul Cook), To reduce temporarily the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands, and for other purposes. “American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1404 (Rep. Raul Grijalva), To provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. “Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1541 (Rep. Lynn Jenkins of KS), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain property related to the Fort Scott National Historic Site in Fort Scott, Kansas, and for other purposes.
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1719 (Rep. Mark DeSaulnier), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire approximately 44 acres of land in Martinez, California, and for other purposes. “John Muir National Historic Site Expansion Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1731 (Rep. Harold Rogers of KY), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to provide funds to States and Indian tribes for the purpose of promoting economic revitalization, diversification, and development in economically distressed communities through the reclamation and restoration of land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining carried out before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes. “Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017” or the “RECLAIM Act of 2017”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1913 (Rep. Jimmy Panetta), To establish the Clear Creek National Recreation Area in San Benito and Fresno Counties, California, to designate the Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in such counties, and for other purposes. “Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 1927 (Rep. W. Lacy Clay), To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the African American Civil Rights Network, and for other purposes. “African American Civil Rights Network Act of 2017”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 2053 (Rep. Martha McSally), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to enhance and support mining and mineral engineering programs in the United States by funding activities at mining schools, and for other purposes. “Mining School Enhancement Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 2156 (Rep. Stephen Knight), To provide for the establishment of a national memorial and national monument to commemorate those killed by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam on March 12, 1928, and for other purposes. “Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 2370 (Rep. Matt Gaetz), 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. “Escambia County Land Conveyance Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 2425 (Rep. Jared Huffman), To support the establishment and improvement of communications sites on or adjacent to Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture through the retention and use of rental fees associated with such sites, and for other purposes. “Public Lands Telecommunications Act”
- Markup Memo
- to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. “Resilient Fe
- H.R. 2937 (Rep. Darin LaHood), To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to authorize partnerships between States and nongovernmental entities for the purpose of reclaiming and restoring land and water resources adversely affected by coal mining activities before August 3, 1977, and for other purposes. “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act”
- Markup Memo
- H.R. 2939 (Rep. Scott Tipton), To prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, and for other purposes. “Water Rights Protection Act of 2017.”
- Markup Memo
- S. 249 (Sen. Tom Udall), To provide that the pueblo of Santa Clara may lease for 99 years certain restricted land, and for other pu
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SENATE
COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS - MEMBERS:
REPUBLICANS
John Hoeven, Member Chairman (ND)
John Barrasso, Member (WY)
John McCain, Member (AZ)
Lisa Murkowski, Member (AK)
James Lankford, Member (OK)
Steve Daines, Member (MT)
Michael Crapo, Member (ID)
Jerry Moran, Member (KS)
DEMOCRATS
Tom Udall, Member Vice Chairman (NM)
Jon Tester, Member (MT)
Maria Cantwell, Member (WA)
Al Franken, Member (MN)
Brian Schatz, Member (HI)
Heidi Heitkamp, Member (ND)
Catherine Cortez Masto, Member (NV)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
838 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-2251
HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCE SUBCOMMITTEE - ON INSULAR AND INDIAN
AFFAIRS
Membership: The Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native
Affairs consists of 14 Members, 8 Republicans and 6 Democrats.
United
States House of Representatives
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1324 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
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 Phone:
(202) 225-2761
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 Fax:
(202) 225-5929
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