Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Legislative Hearing

August 22, 2018
10:00 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The subcommittee hearing will be held on Wednesday, August 22, at 10:00 a.m. EDT 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. 483 (Murray), Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act;
  • S. 1572 (Hatch) / H.R. 3279 (Cook), the Helium Extraction Act;
  • S. 1787 (Murkowski), National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization Act;
  • S. 1959 (Harris), Central Coast Heritage Protection Act;
  • S. 2078 (Heinrich), Advancing Conservation and Education Act;
  • S. 2160 (Daines), Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act;
  • S. 2297 (Thune), Custer County Airport Conveyance Act;
  • S. 2721 (Bennet), San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act;
  • S. 2809 (Hatch), Emery County Public Land Management Act;
  • S. 2907 (Udall), Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act;
  • S. 3245 (Cornyn), Lake Fannin Conveyance Act;
  • S. 3297 (Lee), the Washington County, Utah, Public Land Act;
  • S. 3325 (Thune), Eligibility for National Grasslands for Grazing Leases and Permits; and
  • H.R. 2075 (Walden), Crooked River Ranch Fire Protection Act.

The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing is complete. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.

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Opening Remarks

  • Sen. Mike Lee

    Subcommittee Chairman
    Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining
  • Sen. Ron Wyden

    Subcommittee Ranking Member
    Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining

Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Michael F. Bennet

    United States Senate
  • The Honorable Tom Udall

    United States Senate

Witness Panel 2