America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 6939-Restoring Local Input & Access to Public Lands Act of 2018 H.R. 5727-Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 S. 47 - Public lands package, including S. 785, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment program S. 2078-Advancing Conservation and Education Act H.R. 2-Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders BLM draft Environmental Assessment for a 30 day public comment period for renewing hardrock mineral leases near the Boundary Waters. (December 20, 2018) Department of Interior proposed rule to change Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Regulations, limiting FOIA. 83 FR 67175 (December 28, 2018) Executive Order On promoting active management of Americas Forests, Rangelands, and aother Feeral lands to Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk (December 21, 2018) Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

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Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act H.R. 2 - Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 H.R. 6410 -Antiquities Act of 2018 H.R.6687 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Point Reyes National Seashore in the State of California consistently with Congress' long-standing intent to continue to authorize working dairies and ranches on agricultural property as part of the seashore's unique historic, cultural, scenic and natural values, and for other purposes. H.R. 302 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) S. 3333 -- Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018 S. 2354 - Antiquities Act of 2018 Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for Roadless Area Conservation; National Forest System Lands in Alaska, 83 Federal Register 44252-53 (August 30, 2018) Draft Bears Ears National Monument Indian Creek and Shash Jaa Units Monument Management Plans and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41111 (August 17, 2018) Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument-Grand Staircase, Kaiparowits, and Escalante Canyon Units and Federal Lands Previously Included in the Monument that are excluded from the boundaries draft resource management plans and associated Environmental Impact Statement, 83 Federal Register 41108 (August 17, 2018) Proposed rulemaking RIN 1024-AE45 revising the National Park Services protest permitting process regarding demonstrations at the National Mall, Memorial Parks, and Presidents Park. (August 7, 2018) Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. HR 2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. -Recreational Opportunities for motorized recreation was discussed with the Department of Interior HR 2365-U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) The Desert Community Lands Act directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the town of Apple Valley in California the surface estate of specified land, to be known and designated as the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.The conveyed land may be used by the town to provide: (1) a suitable location for the establishment of a centralized, off-road vehicle recreation park; (2) the public with opportunities for off-road vehicle recreation; and (3) a designated area and facilities that would discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in areas that have been identified by the federal government, the state of California, or San Bernardino County, California, to contain environmentally sensitive land. It is supported by the AMA. HR 857 - Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) Title: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act: This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; release specified wilderness study areas; adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and specify land withdrawals and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California, may be acquired for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The bill makes amendments to the California Desert ... HR 6147 an appropriation measure which was targeted for an increase in the Recreational Trails Program. The attempt failed with substitute language asking for a study on how the RTP money is allocatted. HR 5727 Emery County Public Land Management Act of 2018 sponsored by U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-UT3) to establish the San Rafael Swell Western Heritage and Historic Mining National Conservation Area in the state of Utah.

S. XXXX/H.R. XXXX: must-pass vehical for lands package including, H.R. 502, S. 596: Permanent Reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S. 1460: Murkowski-Cantwell LWCF provision; S. 1514: HELP for Wildlife Act; S. 826: WILD Act provision; H.R. 2863 LAND Act; H.R. 2951/S. 1613 Modernization of PR Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act; H.R. 4645/S. 501 East Rosebud Wild and Scenic River Act; H.R. 4883, S. 2337: Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; H.R. 4644, S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R. 4257, S. 2078: Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act; H.R. 3543, S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act; H.R. 3400, S. 1633: Recreation Not Red-Tape Act; H.R. 1308, S. 513: Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act; H.R. 1285, S. 483: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 1281, S. 1627: Reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act; H.R. 1056: Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 857, S. 32: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act; H.R. 825, S. 282: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 2768, S. 1271: Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act; S. 2721: San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; S. 507: Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act; H.R. 5600, S. 432: Cerros del Norte Conservation Act; S. 441: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; H.R. 1889, S. 820: ANWR Wilderness Act; H.R. 788, S. 593: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act; H.R. 4465, S. 2166: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act; H.R. 3186, S. 1522: Every Kid Outdoors Act; S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act; S. 2354: Antiquities Act; H.R. 2044, S. 948: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act; S. 733: Sportsmen's Act provisions; Good Samaritan; Castle Mountains bill; H.R. 4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act H.R. 5515: National Defense Authorization Act of FY2019 H.R. 502, S. 596: permanent reauthorization and dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 6147, S. 3073: FY19 Interior-EPA appropriations bill Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the state's sage grouse resource management plans Oppose congressional efforts to streamline the National Environmental Policy Act

S. XXXX/H.R. XXXX: must-pass vehical for lands package including, H.R. 502, S. 896: Permanent Reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; H.R. 6759, S. 569: Land and Water Conservation Fund Authorization and Funding Act; S. 1460: Murkowski-Cantwell LWCF provision; S. 1514: HELP for Wildlife Act; S. 826: WILD Act provision; H.R. 2863 LAND Act; H.R. 2951/S. 1613 Modernization of PR Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act; H.R. 4645/S. 501 East Rosebud Wild and Scenic River Act; H.R. 4883, S. 2337: Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; H.R. 4644, S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R. 4257, S. 2078: Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act; H.R. 3543, S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act; H.R. 3400, S. 1633: Recreation Not Red-Tape Act; H.R. 1308, S. 513: Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act; H.R. 1285, S. 483: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 1281, S. 1627: Reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act; H.R. 1056: Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 857, S. 32: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act; H.R. 825, S. 282: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 2768, S. 1271: Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act; S. 2721: San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; S. 507: Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act; H.R. 5600, S. 432: Cerros del Norte Conservation Act; S. 441: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; H.R. 1889, S. 820: ANWR Wilderness Act; H.R. 788, S. 593: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act; H.R. 4465, S. 2166: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act; H.R. 3186, S. 1522: Every Kid Outdoors Act; S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act; S. 2354: Antiquities Act; H.R. 2044, S. 948: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act; S. 733: Sportsmen's Act provisions; Good Samaritan; Castle Mountains bill; H.R. 4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act H.R. 5515: National Defense Authorization Act of FY2019 H.R. 502, S. 596: permanent reauthorization and dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 6147, S. 3073: FY19 Interior-EPA appropriations bill Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the state's sage grouse resource management plans Oppose congressional efforts to streamline the National Environmental Policy Act

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 H.R. 5753 - Hardrock Leasing and Reclamation Act of 2018 H.R. 4644 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H.R. 4423 - North Texas Water Supply Security Act H.R. 5515 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments H.R. 4824 - Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018. H.R.4760 - Securing America's Future Act of 2018 H.R.6136 - Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 H.R. 4 - FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 H.R. 5148 - Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act H.R. 5149 - Unlocking Public Lands Act S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act S. 3017 - Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act S. 2951 - Enhancing the Strength and Capacity of Americas Primary Evacuation Routes Act S. 2987 - John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 and Amendments S.Amdt. 2523 - Amends H.R.5515 (John S. McCain NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019) Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Council on Environmental Quality, Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making, Update to the Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act, 83 Fed. Reg. 28591 (July 11, 2018). Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making, National Environmental Policy Act Regulations Revisions, 83 Fed. Reg. 302, (Jan 3, 2018). Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Discussions on adding hard rock mining to be a category of covered projects under the Permitting Council established in Title 41 of the FAST Act. Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. HR2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. -Recreational Opportunities for motorized recreation was discussed with the Department of Interior HR 2365-U.S. Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) The Desert Community Lands Act directs the Department of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the town of Apple Valley in California the surface estate of specified land, to be known and designated as the Apple Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.The conveyed land may be used by the town to provide: (1) a suitable location for the establishment of a centralized, off-road vehicle recreation park; (2) the public with opportunities for off-road vehicle recreation; and (3) a designated area and facilities that would discourage unauthorized use of off-highway vehicles in areas that have been identified by the federal government, the state of California, or San Bernardino County, California, to contain environmentally sensitive land. It is supported by the AMA. HR 857 - Rep. Paul Cook (REP-CA8) Title: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act: This bill amends the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 to, among other things: establish or designate wilderness areas, off-highway vehicle recreation areas, and a national scenic area; release specified wilderness study areas; adjust national park and preserve boundaries; and specify land withdrawals and conveyances. Specified federal land shall be taken into trust for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe. Lands and interests in land, including improvements, outside the boundary of Joshua Tree National Park in California, may be acquired for the purpose of operating a visitor center. The bill makes amendments to the California Desert ...

S. XXXX/H.R. XXXX: must-pass vehical for lands package including, H.R. 502, S. 596: Permanent Reauthorization of Land and Water Conservation Fund; S. 1460: Murkowski-Cantwell LWCF provision; S. 1514: HELP for Wildlife Act; S. 826: WILD Act provision; H.R. 2863 LAND Act; H.R. 2951/S. 1613 Modernization of PR Fund for Tomorrow's Needs Act; H.R. 4645/S. 501 East Rosebud Wild and Scenic River Act; H.R. 4883, S. 2337: Continental Divide Recreation, Wilderness and Camp Hale Legacy Act; H.R. 4644, S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act; H.R. 4257, S. 2078: Advancing Conservation and Education (ACE) Act; H.R. 3543, S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act; H.R. 3400, S. 1633: Recreation Not Red-Tape Act; H.R. 1308, S. 513: Frank and Jeanne Moore Wild Steelhead Special Management Area Designation Act; H.R. 1285, S. 483: Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 1281, S. 1627: Reauthorize the Highlands Conservation Act; H.R. 1056: Molalla River Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 857, S. 32: California Off-Road Recreation and Conservation Act; H.R. 825, S. 282: Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act; H.R. 2768, S. 1271: Fowler and Boskoff Peaks Designation Act; S. 2721: San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act; S. 507: Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act; H.R. 5600, S. 432: Cerros del Norte Conservation Act; S. 441: Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act; H.R. 1889, S. 820: ANWR Wilderness Act; H.R. 788, S. 593: Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act; H.R. 4465, S. 2166: Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act; H.R. 3186, S. 1522: Every Kid Outdoors Act; S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act; S. 2354: Antiquities Act; H.R. 2044, S. 948: America's Red Rock Wilderness Act; S. 733: Sportsmen's Act provisions; Good Samaritan; Castle Mountains bill; H.R. 4647: Recovering America's Wildlife Act; S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act H.R. 5515: National Defense Authorization Act of FY2019 H.R. 502, S. 596: permanent reauthorization and dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund H.R. 6147, S. 3073: FY19 Interior-EPA appropriations bill Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the state's sage grouse resource management plans Oppose congressional efforts to streamline the National Environmental Policy Act

Legislation H.R. 3668 - Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936 - Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873 - Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27 - Celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust H.R. 232 - State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044 - Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837 - Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739 - This Is Our Land Act H.R. 1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 H.R. 1778 - Moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. H.R. 3177 - Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115 - Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 -Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558 - Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990 - National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905 - Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518 - Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act H.R. 1483/S. 605 - Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S. 820/H.R. 1889 - A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 - Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 - Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1481 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Improvement Act H.R. 520 - National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act H.R. 3808 - the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017 S. 1731 - Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417 - Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468 - Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941 - Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566 - Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748 - Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S. 668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S. 677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833 - Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460 - Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752 - Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879 - A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991 - Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068 - Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160 - Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act S. 1913/H.R. 3939 - American Prairie Conservation Act Farm Bill 2018 - Conservation and Forestry Title Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Letter to Congress re opposing AK forest riders - letter to bicameral leadership urging no forest riders Letter to bicameral Approps chairs urging increases to 302(b) allocations Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Letter to Zinke re near future BLM recommendation to Congress re amending the FOIA (BLM Report in Response to Secretarial Memorandum on Improving Planning and NEPA Processes and Secretarial Order 3355 at 14, available at https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4374829/BLM-Report-on-Improving-Planningandpdf. Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair Department of Interior, Steven Gardner as Director of Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation (OSMRE)

-5. S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) -US S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. -US H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. -H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. -HR2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes. -Recreational Opportunities for motorized recreation was discussed with the Department of Interior

Legislation H.R. 3668 Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our Land Act H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 HR 1778: moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. HR 3177: Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115: Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R.200 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act H.R. 2023 - Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 - Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 H.R. 4558-Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act H.R. 4532 - Shash Jaa National Monument and Indian Creek National Monument Act H.R. 3990-National Monument Creation and Protection Act H.R. 3905--Minnesota's Economic Rights in the Superior National Forest Act H.R. 4518-Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act H.R. 4419 - Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1731: Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468: Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S.677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460: Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752: Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879: A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes S. 1991--Wildland Fires Act of 2017 S. 2068-Wildfire Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2017 S. 2160-Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act Farm Bill 2018: Conservation and Forestry Title Senate Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions FY2018 Proposed Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Rulemakings/Secretarial Orders/Executive Orders Executive Order on "critical mineral" mining in the United States, seeking to to increase production while "streamlining leasing and permitting processes to expedite exploration, production, processing, reprocessing, recycling, and domestic refining of critical minerals (December 20, 2017). Secretarial Order 3359, directing the initial steps to producing the first nationwide geological and topographical survey of the United States in modern history, and also directs Interior bureaus to begin work on identifying immediate domestic sources for critical minerals (Dec. 21, 2017). POTUS Proclamation: Modifying the Bears Ears National Monument, and modifying Pres. Obama Proclamation 9558 (Dec. 4, 2017) Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations: Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Harnett White as Chair

-5. S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) -US S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. -US H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. -H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. H.R.3990-National Monument Creation and Protection Act (1)Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (Introduced 10/06/2017) Cosponsors: (6) (2)Committees: House - Natural Resources [It scales back presidential authority to establish national monuments] (3)Latest Action: House - 10/11/2017 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 -17. (All Actions) (4)Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced Here are the steps for Status of Legislation: Introduced,Passed House,Passed Senate,To President Became Law. -HR2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

-5. S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) -US S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. -US H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. -H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered. H.R.3990-National Monument Creation and Protection Act (1)Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (Introduced 10/06/2017) Cosponsors: (6) (2)Committees: House - Natural Resources [It scales back presidential authority to establish national monuments] (3)Latest Action: House - 10/11/2017 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 -17. (All Actions) (4)Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced Here are the steps for Status of Legislation: Introduced,Passed House,Passed Senate,To President Became Law. -HR2936 by U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman is a bill(H.R. 2936) to expedite under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and improve forest management activities on National Forest System lands, on public lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, and on Tribal lands to return resilience to overgrown, fire-prone forested lands, and for other purposes.

Legislation H.R. 3668 Sportsmens Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act H.R. 1654: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 H.R. 2083 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our Land Act H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 HR 1778: moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted. HR 3177: Keeping Our Commitment to Disabled Veterans Act of 2017 H.R 3115: Superior National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2017 H.R.200 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act H.R. 2023 - Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Management Act of 2017 H.R. 3281 - Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act H.R. 3548 - Border Security for America Act of 2017 S. 101/HR 218: King Cove Land Exchange Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S. 131/H.R. 513 Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act S. 785/H.R. 1867 Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act S. 1731: Forest Management Improvement Act of 2017 S. 1417: Sage-Grouse and Mule Deer Habitat Conservation and Restoration Act of 2017 S. 468: Historic Route Preservation Act S. 941: Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. S.677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 1833: Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2017 S. 1460: Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 S. 1752: Emergency Fuel Reduction Act of 2017 S. 1757 - Building America's Trust Act S. 879: A bill to expedite and prioritize forest management activities to achieve ecosystem restoration objectives, and for other purposes Farm Bill 2018: Conservation and Forestry Title Senate Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions Rulemakings Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017; 82 FR 20429 (May 1, 2017) Review of National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine National Monuments Designated or Expanded Since April 28, 2007; public comment, per Executive Order 13795, Section 4(b), 82 FR 28827 (June 26, 2017) Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017) EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497 (March 3, 2017) EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815 (May 3, 2017) Department of Interior and U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h). (November 21, 2016) Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. Council on Environmental Quality, Revised Draft NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 79 Fed. Reg. 77,801 (Dec. 24, 2014) Council on Environmental Quality, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (August 2, 2016) Department of Transportation, Transportation Infrastructure: Notice of Review of Policy, Guidance, and Regulation, 82 Fed. Reg. 26734 (June 8, 2017) Nominations: Department of Interior, David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture, Sam Clovis as Chief Scientist

-5. S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) -US S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. -US H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. -H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness S 1633-Recreation Not Red Tape Act: This act would reduce and simplify the rules and regulations required for organized activity on public lands. REC Act- the REC Act would ensure that outdoor recreation jobs are counted by the federal government and would be measured as part of the overall GDP, for the first time ever. H.R. 717 by Rules Committee member Pete Sessions (R-TX32) that calls for economic considerations in endangered species actions. H.R. 1274 Natural Resource Committee member Daniel Newhouse (R-WA04) that amends the Endangered Species Act to require: (1)Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, to provide to affected states all data that is used as the basis of a determination on whether a species is an endangered species or a threatened species before making a determination. (2)The appropriate department must use data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government in making such a determination. (3) The federal agencies to use the best scientific and commercial data. H.R. 3131 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI2) that amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to replace the current standard for awarding court costs, including attorney fees, in citizen suits with the federal judicial code standard for awarding costs to a prevailing party. H.R. 2603 by Natural Resource Committee member Louie Gohmert (R-TX01) that amends the Endangered Species Act to prohibit the listing of non-native species in the United States as endangered or threatened. HR 424 by Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson (D-MN07) that directs the Department of Interior to delist the grey wolf in the Western Great Lakes area and Wyoming as endangered.

Legislation H.R. 1654: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 941 Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 538/HR 1380: Timber Innovation Act H.J. Res 44: CRA against BLM Planning 2.0 S. 101/HR 218: King Cove Land Exchange Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our land Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S.677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 131/H.R. 513 Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act H.R.200 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Farm Bill 2018: Conservation and Forestry Title Senate Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions Rulemakings Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017 (82 FR 20429, May 1, 2017). Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017). EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497, March 3, 2017 EO 13792 Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act, 82 FR 20429, May 1, 2017 EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815, May 3, 2017 DOI and USDA announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h).(Nov. 21, 2016). EPA, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. CEQ, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (Aug. 2, 2016)

Legislation H.R. 1654: Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act House Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions H.R. 2936: Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 H.R. 1873: Electricity Reliability and Forest Protection Act H.R. 1731 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 H.R. 1819 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 941 Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 S. 566: Methow Headwaters Protection Act S. 538/HR 1380: Timber Innovation Act H.J. Res 44: CRA against BLM Planning 2.0 S. 101/HR 218: King Cove Land Exchange Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act H.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our land Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. S.677 - Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act S. 800 - Coal Cleanup Taxpayer Protection Act S. 738 - RECLAIM Act of 2017 S. 131/H.R. 513 Alaska Mental Health Trust Land Exchange Act H.R.200 Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act Farm Bill 2018: Conservation and Forestry Title Senate Infrastructure Package preliminary discussions Rulemakings Secretary of the Interior review of certain National Monuments designated or expanded under the Antiquities Act of 1906, pursuant to Executive Order 13792 of April 26, 2017 (82 FR 20429, May 1, 2017). Secretarial Order 3348, which revokes Secretarial Order 3338, lifting the moratorium on federal coal leasing and terminating the PEIS process (March 29, 2017). EO 13778 Restoring the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the "Waters of the United States" Rule, 82 FR 12497, March 3, 2017 EO 13792 Review of Designations Under the Antiquities Act, 82 FR 20429, May 1, 2017 EO 13795 Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, 82 FR 20815, May 3, 2017 DOI and USDA announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h).(Nov. 21, 2016). EPA, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. CEQ, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (Aug. 2, 2016)

-5. S.936 - 115th Congress (2017-2018: A bill to designate certain National Forest System land and certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors, and for other purposes. It creates about 24 million acres of wilderness from public lands. Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (Introduced 04/25/2017) -US S.33 by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski which improves the National Monument Designation Process Act by providing for involvement of local governments in the designation. -US H.R. 289 by U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa Guides and Outfitters Act or the GO Act of 2017 amends the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to specify the circumstances in which the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may: (1) issue special recreation permits for federal recreational lands and waters, and (2) charge a special recreation permit fee for them. -H.R.1913 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta[D-CA-20] establishes the 63,000 acre Clear Creek National Recreation Area with 21,000 acre Joaquin Rocks Wilderness in San Benito and Fresno California counties. -Congresswoman Liz Cheney introduced House Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution 44 pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior relating to Bureau of Land Management regulations that establish the procedures used to prepare, revise, or amend land use plans pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. It reduces the regulations related to public lands (BLM and parks) use being imposed by the Department of Interior. It passed both houses an was signed by the President. HR 2135 introduced by U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney applies vista view land planning approach with the "Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act." S.J.Res.15 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by the Director of the Bureau of Land Management relating to resource management planning. HR 2044-America's Red Rock Wilderness Act sets aside additional wilderness

Legislation H. Con. Res. 27: celebrating public lands as national treasures held in public trust HR 232: State National Forest Management Act of 2017 HR 865: Emergency Forest Restoration Act S. 538/HR 1380: Timber Innovation Act HR 621: Chaffetz 3.3 mil acre land disposal H.J. Res 44: CRA against BLM Planning 2.0 S. 101/HR 218: King Cove Land Exchange Act HR 1483/S. 605: Litigation Relief for Forest Management Projects Act H.R. 2044, Americas Red Rock Wilderness ActH.R. 837- Build Bridges Not Walls Act H.R. 739- This Is Our land Act S. 748- Protecting the Rights Of Families and Immigrants who Legally Entered from Detention (PROFILED) Act S.668 - A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order regarding border security and immigration enforcement. H.R.1784 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 S.820/HR 1889: A bill to designate a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as wilderness. Rulemakings Final rule: USDA, U.S. Forest Service; reinstatement of the North Fork Coal Mining Area exception to the Colorado Roadless Rule at 81 Fed. Reg. 91811 (36 CFR Part 294, Dec. 19, 2016). Record of Decision: final approval of Tongass National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment (Dec. 9, 2016). http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd526894.pdf DOI and USDA announced a two-year time-out on Yellowstone gateway mineral extraction 43 U.S.C. 1702(j); 43 C.F.R. 2300-0-5(h).(Nov. 21, 2016). EPA, Office of Environmental Justice, Discussions about regulation for Port emissions. CEQ, Finalized NEPA Guidance on Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions at 81 Fed. Reg. 51866 (Aug. 2, 2016) Presidential Proclamation: Establishment of the Gold Butte National Monument (Dec. 28, 2016) Presidential Proclamation: Establishment of the Bears Ears National Monument (Dec. 28, 2016) Presidential Proclamation: Establishment of the North East Canyons and Seamounts National Monument (Sept. 15, 2016)