Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Legislative Hearing

February 7, 2018
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 7, at 10:00 a.m. EST 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. 414 (Heller) / H.R. 1107 (Amodei), the Pershing County Economic Development and Conservation Act.
  • S. 441 (Udall), the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act.
  • S. 507 (Tester), the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act of 2017.
  • S. 612 (Flake) / H.R. 1547 (McSally), the Udall Park Land Exchange Completion Act.
  • S. 1046 (Heller), the Eastern Nevada Economic Development and Land Management Improvement Act.
  • S. 1219 (Cassidy) / H.R. 3392 (Johnson), the Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act. 
  • S. 1222 (Flake), the La Paz County Land Conveyance Act.
  • S. 1481 (Murkowski), the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act.
  • S. 1665 (Hatch) / H.R. 2582 (Love), the Confirming State Land Grants for Education Act.
  • S. 2062 (Flake), the Oracle Cabins Conveyance Act of 2017.
  • S. 2206 (Daines), the Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act.
  • S. 2218 (Bennet), the West Fork Fire Station Act of 2017.
  • S. 2249 (Udall), the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program.
  • H.R. 995 (Jefferies), the 21st Century Respect Act.
  • H.R. 1404 (Grijalva), the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Land Conveyance Act.

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Mike Lee

    Subcommittee Chairman
    Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Minig
  • Sen. John Barrasso

    Subcommittee Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Minig

Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Dean Heller

    U.S. Senator (Nevada)
  • The Honorable Jon Tester

    U.S. Senator (Montana)
  • The Honorable Tom Udall

    U.S. Senator (New Mexico)

Witness Panel 2