Legislation Summary

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1	Legislation Number	Subject	Title	Link to Legislation	Status of Legislation	Location Impacted	Summary	Sponsors	Co-Sponsors	Committee	Committee Contact Info	Elected Officials Contact Info	Position	Link to Script

2	Senate Hearing	Endangered Species Act	This was a discussion in the Senate Committee on Envrionment and Public Works on 15 Feb 2017	No legislation yet, but read more here.	N/A	National	The Senate held a hearing on 15 Feb 2017 to "modernize the Endangered Species Act". There is much concern about this being the beginning of the end for the Act.	Sen. Barrasso (R) WY		Senate - Environment and Public Works	https://www.epw.senate.gov/public/	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call script to protect the ESA
3	Senate Joint Resolution 18	Endangered species deregulation	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska.	SJR 18	Related Bill HJ Res 69 passed Housed already. This legislation has been referred to Committee	Alaska	This bill would reverse the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska”. The final rule this bill would reverse can be found here: https://www.fws.gov/alaska/nwr/ak_nwr_pr.htm	Sen Sullivan (R) AK	Sen. Murkowski (R) AK	Senate - Energy and Natural Resources	304 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington DC 20510, Phone: 202-224-4971, Fax 202-224-6163 https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSEG.htm	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: SJR18
4	House Joint Resolution 36 Senate Joint Resolution 11	Environmental deregulation	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation"	SJR 11	Passed House	National	Removes the BLM rule relating to reduction of waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/11/18/2016-27637/waste-prevention-production-subject-to-royalties-and-resource-conservation	Rep Rob Bishop (R), UT	House 40 Republican Sponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/36/cosponsors, Senate 14 Republican Sponsors https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/11/cosponsors	Passed House, Senate Energy and Natural Resources	304 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington DC 20510, Phone: 202-224-4971, Fax 202-224-6163 https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSEG.htm	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: SJR11
5	House Joint Res 69	Endangered species deregulation	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska".	HJR 69		Alaska	This bill would reverse the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to “Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska”. The final rule this bill would reverse can be found here: https://www.fws.gov/alaska/nwr/ak_nwr_pr.htm	Rep Don Young (R), AK at large	Rep Pete Sessions (R), TX; Rep Alexander Mooney (R), WV	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose
6	S33	National Monument Designation	Improved National Monument Designation Process Act	S 33	Introduced	National	Would require congressional approval of new National Monuments. Remove Presidential Designation	Sen. Murkowski (R) AK	Senate: 27 Republican Cosponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/33/cosponsors?r=87	Senate - Energy and Natural Resources	304 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington DC 20510, Phone: 202-224-4971, Fax 202-224-6163 https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSEG.htm	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: S33
7	House Joint Res 38	Environmental deregulation	Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.	HJR 38	Signed into law 2/16/17	National	Would Undo the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's Stream protection rule. The final rule better protects streams, fish, wildlife, and related environmental values from the adverse impacts of surface coal mining operations and provides mine operators with a regulatory framework to avoid water pollution and the long-term costs associated with water treatment.	Rep Bill Johnson (R), Ohio	71 cosponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/38/cosponsors	House - Natural Resources	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Senate Conacts	Oppose
8	House Joint Res 46	Drilling in National Parks	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the National Park Service relating to "General Provisions and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights".	HJR 46	Introduced	All National Parks	Legislation would undo the National Park Service rules on drilling in national parks. Including bonding for reclaimation, enforcement of rules, and payment to federal government for access to new lands for oil/gas drilling.	Rep. Gosar (R) AZ	Rep Biggs (R) AZ, Rep Black (R) TN, Rep Radewagen (R) American Samoa, Rep Newhouse (R) WA, Rep Gohmert (R) TX, Rep Cramer (R) ND	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HJR46
9	S132	National Monument Designation	National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act of 2017	S 132	Introduced	National	Would require congressional approval of new National Monuments. Remove Presidential Designation	Sen. Crapo (R) ID	Sen Lee (R) UT, Sen. Risch (R) ID, Sen. Rubio (R) FL, Sen Hatch (R) UT	Senate - Energy and Natural Resources	304 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington DC 20510, Phone: 202-224-4971, Fax 202-224-6163 https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSEG.htm	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: S132
10	HR 243	National Monument Designation	Nevada Land Sovereignty Act	HR 243	Introduced	Nevada	This bill prohibits any extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress.	Rep Amodei (R) NV	None	House - Natural Resources	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR243
11	HR 424	Endangered species deregulation	Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017	HR 424	House votes on 2/16/17	MI, MN, WY (Yellowstone NPS)	This bill would undo protections that currently cover various gray wolf populations. This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue: (1) the final rule published on December 28, 2011, that removed the gray wolf in the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and that removed the designation of critical habitat for that wolf in Minnesota and Michigan; and (2) the final rule published on September 10, 2012, that removed the gray wolf in Wyoming from the list and removed the Yellowstone Experimental Protection Area that was established to facilitate reintroduction of the wolf.	Rep Collin Peterson (D), MN	15 cosponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/424/cosponsors	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR424
12	HR520	Mining on public land	National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act	HR 520	Introduced	National	Would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to the economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes.	Rep. Amodei (R) NV	House: 17 Republican cosponsors: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/520/cosponsors	House - Natural Resources	House https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR520
13	S145	Mining on public land	National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act	S 145	Introduced	National	Would require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to the economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the United States, and for other purposes.	Sen Heller (R) NV	Senate: 1 Republican cosponsor: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/145/cosponsors	Senate - Energy and Natural Resources	Senate 304 Dirksen Senate Building, Washington DC 20510, Phone: 202-224-4971, Fax 202-224-6163 https://www.senate.gov/general/committee_membership/committee_memberships_SSEG.htm	Senate Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: S145
14	HR622	Privatization of Public Lands	To terminate the law enforcement functions of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management and to provide block grants to States for the enforcement of Federal law on Federal land under the jurisdiction of these agencies, and for other purposes.	HR 622	Introduced	National	Removal of Federal Law Enforcement on Federal lands and provide states block grants for law enforcement. This is important because it undermines the ability of the federal lands to be maintianed in a cohesive and national manner. It woul d likely increase illegal activies as local LEO are already strapped in many rural regions.	Rep Chaffetz (R) -UT	Rep Stewart (R) - UT, Rep Love (R) - UT, Rep La Malfa (R) - UT, Rep Amodei (R) - NV, Rep McClintock (R) - CA, Rep Gosar (R) - AZ	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR622
15	HR621	Privatization of Public Lands	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes.	HR 621	Withdrawn	AZ, CO, ID, MT, ME, NE, NM, OR, UT, and WY	Would sell off public lands in these states. Including National Parks, National Forests, National Monuments, BLM, Forest Service	Rep Chaffetz (R) -UT		House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR621
16	HR673	Climate Change	To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Green Climate Fund.	HR 673	Introduced	National	Would remove US from participation in Climate Change research, both nationally and internationally	Rep Luetkemey (R) - MO		House - Foreign Affairs	Phone: (202) 225-5021 2170 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR673
17	HR 717	Endangered species deregulation	Listing Reform Act	HR 717	Introduced	National	To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require review of the economic cost of adding a species to the list of endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes. This bill would allow economic considerations to affect the level of protection a species would receive. It completely undermines the spirit and intent of the endangered species act.	Rep Pete Olsen (R), TX	Rep Michael Burgess (R), TX; Rep Louie Gomert (R), TX; Rep Brian Babin (R), TX	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR717
18	HR739	Border Wall	This Land is Our Land Act	HR 739	Introduced	National Border Areas	Prohibit construction of new border barriers including walls or fences on certain Federal land	Rep Espaillat (D) NY	House: 16 Democratic Cosponsors https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/739/cosponsors?r=10	House - Homeland Security	HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE U.S. House of Representatives \| Washington D.C. Phone: (202) 226-8417 \| Fax: (202) 226-3399 https://homeland.house.gov/contact/	Congress Contacts	Support
19	HR 825	Renewable Energy	Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2017	HR 825	Introduced	National	Promote Development of Renewables on Public Lands	Rep. Gosar (R) AZ	House: 23 Bipartisan Cosponsors https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/825/cosponsors?r=5	House- Natural Resources Committee	https://naturalresources.house.gov/contact/ United States House of Representatives 1324 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2761 Fax: (202) 225-5929	Congress Contacts	Support	Call Script: HR825
20	HR861	Environmental deregulation	To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.	HR 861	Introduced	National	This Bill would terminate the EPA. EPA protects our air and water, provides funding for communities to maintain safe drinking water and ensure waste water is treated appropriately. The EPA also ensures that business who do pollute are held accountable. Nixon created the Clean Water and Clean Air acts, which the EPA is tasked with enforcing. Rolling back 40+ years of regulations will only damage our communities and our citizens.	Rep Matt Gaetz (R), FL	3 cosponsors: KY, MS, GA: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/861/cosponsors	House - Energy and Commerce; Agriculture; Transportation and Infrastructure; Science, Space, and Technology	Transportation Committee Membership: http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/index.aspx?comcode=PW00 Science http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/index.aspx?comcode=SY00 Energy and Commerce http://clerk.house.gov/committee_info/index.aspx?comcode=IF00	Congress Contacts	Oppose	Call Script: HR861
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