The House Natural Resources Committee, led by Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), will meet in open markup session to mark up the following bills:
H.R. 5541 (Rahall): To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. "Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act"
H.R. 3522 (T. Udall): To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes.
S. 2457 (Lieberman): A bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.
H.R. 1575 (Stupak): To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. "Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act"
H.R. 3490 (Radanovich): To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes. "Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007"
Subject: House Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Markup
When: Thursday, April 17, 2008, at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building
COMMITTEE ACTION
The Committee on Natural Resources met in open markup session on Thursday, April 17, 2008, and considered the following bills:
H.R. 5541 (Rahall), To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. "Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act or FLAME Act"
An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute was offered by Mr. Rahall.
An Amendment offered by Mr. Sali to the amendment in the Nature of a Substitute was ruled non-germane.
An Amendment offered by Mr. Brown to the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute was AGREED TO by voice vote.
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute, as amended, was AGREED TO by voice vote.
Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.
H.R. 1575 (Stupak), To reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationship of the Burt Lake Band as a distinct federally recognized Indian Tribe, and for other purposes. "Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act'
An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Kildee was AGREED TO by voice vote.
Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by voice vote.
H.R. 3522 (T. Udall), To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, and for other purposes.
Favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent.
S. 2457 (Lieberman), A bill to provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Tribe.
Favorably reported to the House of Representatives by unanimous consent.
H.R. 3490 (Radanovich), To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne Rancheria, and for other purposes. "Tuolumne Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007"
An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Rahall WAS AGREED TO by unanimous consent.
Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.
