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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In 2018, the Department of the Interior estimated that Indian Country's 243,000 land owners held 2.5 million interests in just 100,000 parcels. This high fractionation of tribal lands makes investment and development highly complex, costly, and even impossible.
Who thinks it would be a good idea to give China, Russia or Iran the authority to block energy, food and mineral production on United States land? No one in their right mind, that’s for sure, but naturally the Biden administration tried.
In today's Indian and Insular Affairs hearing, my subcommittee interviewed multiple elected officials from the territories of American Samoa and Guam as we consider two unique bills that address the unique standing of these insular areas within the United States government.
For too long, tribal identification documents have been valid forms of ID for airports, purchasing alcohol, and even to vote. Yet these IDs do not allow their holders to legally purchase firearms. H.R. 1709, the Tribal Firearms Access Act, will reconcile this, allowing members of federally-recognized tribes to use their tribal IDs for purchasing firearms under the Second Amendment.
Washington, DC – Today, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a statement that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was withdrawing a proposed rule change which would have allowed the Exchange’s listing of Natural Asset Companies (NACs).
Washington, DC – Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources advanced two bills sponsored by Congresswoman Harriet Hageman. H.R. 1246, to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes, and H.R.
Washington, DC – Rep. Hageman issued the following statement on the upcoming deadline for comment on the Bureau of Land Management’s disastrous proposed Rock Springs Resource Management Plan (RMP):
A Securities and Exchange Commission proposal to allow investors to buy and sell stocks for the purpose of land conservation is being blasted by a number of Wyoming political leaders.
Quietly, on September 29, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission, at the request of the New York Stock Exchange, proposed a rule to create a new type of company called a Natural Asset Company (NAC).