Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee Hearing to Receive Testimony on Pending Legislation

The hearing will be held on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 175, to codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska;
• S. 1348, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes;
• S. 1719, to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to establish emergency fireshed management areas, and for other purposes;
• S. 1764, to improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes;
• S. 1889, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes;
• S. 2132, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand density index, and for other purposes;
• S. 2151, to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act;
• S. 2581, to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000;
• S. 2615, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal Corporations, and for other purposes;
• S. 2855, to modernize and streamline the permitting process for broadband infrastructure on Federal land, and for other purposes;
• S. 2867, to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes;
• S. 2991, to improve revegetation and carbon sequestration activities in the United States, and for other purposes;
• S. 3033, to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes;
• S. 3036, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Utah certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, and for other purposes;
• S. 3044, to redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the “Mount Blue Sky Wilderness”, and for other purposes;
• S. 3045, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes;
• S. 3046 / H.R. 3324, to extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2029;
• S. 3062, to provide for the removal of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, and for other purposes; and
• S. 3079, to establish a policy regarding appraisal and valuation services for real property for a transaction over which the Secretary of the Interior has jurisdiction, and for other purposes

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes.