Natural Resources
As an attorney, I fought to return control of natural resources to local entities, not far-away federal bureaucrats. I am honored to serve on the Natural Resources committee to continue this work from the halls of Congress. I also have the privilege of chairing the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs, working with tribal and territorial leaders on issues important to their communities.
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) voted in favor of the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, which modernizes the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) bipartisan legislation promoting tribal economic development advanced out of the Natural Resources Committee, sending it to the full House for consideration. The bill amends the Long-Term Leasing Act, allowing all federally recognized tribes to enter into leases for up to 99 years, giving tribes flexibility and certainty for long-term planning and investment.
WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a major victory for Wyoming energy and America’s economic future, Senators Cynthia Lummis and John Barrasso, and Representative Harriet Hageman (all R-WY) joined President Donald Trump at the White House for the signing of their Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution nullifying the Biden administration’s Buffalo Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA).
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act to the full House for a vote. The bipartisan legislation, led by Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-AR) and Rep.
The Wyoming Water Association (WWA) held their annual meeting and conference at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center in Casper from Oct. 29-31.
The three-day conference was themed “Every Drop Counts: Policy, People and the Path Forward” and featured presentations from a variety of speakers, including U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) who delivered comments on water policy, infrastructure management and federal partnership during the final day of the conference.
Policy updates
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM) reintroduced legislation to provide flexibility and certainty in the tribal land leasing process.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) joined members of the House Natural Resources Committee for a field hearing on the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA), held at the Jenny Lake Visitor Center in Grand Teton National Park, to discuss the need for reauthorization and meaningful reform in GAOA 2.0.
Renaming the federal Endangered Species Act to the “Endangered Species Recovery Act” is purely symbolic, but it points things in the right direction, a former Trump administration official said.
Wyoming Republican congressional delegates Sen. Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Harriet Hageman on Thursday introduced a measure to formally add the word “recovery” to the ESA’s title.
The relabeling would aptly reflect the ESA’s original intent, Wyoming attorney William Perry Pendley told Cowboy State Daily.
Tomorrow, the House Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider 12 pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the 119th Congress. One of the bills is Rep. Harriet Hageman’s (R-WY) H.R. 281, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025.
There has been an awful lot of misinformation in recent days about a proposal by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) to instruct the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and United States Forest Service (USFS), in conjunction with states, local governments, and Indian tribes, to identify certain federal lands for potential sale to address local housing and other community needs.