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“REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the House of Representatives section on pages H2097 on Feb. 28, 2014.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS
Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2824. A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to stop the ongoing waste by the Department of the Interior of taxpayer resources and implement the final rule on excess spoil, mining waste, and buffers for perennial and intermittent streams, and for other purposes (Rept. 113-364). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. UPTON: Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 3826. A bill to provide direction to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the establishment of standards for emissions of any greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, and for other purposes (Rept. 113-365). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 163. A bill to designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 113-366). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 931. A bill to provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Silertz Tribe in the State of Oregon; with an amendment (Rept. 113-367). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2095. A bill to prohibit an increase in the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management until a centralized database of all lands identified as suitable for disposal by Resource Management Plans for lands under the administrative jurisdiction of the Bureau is easily accessible to the public on a website of the Bureau; with an amendment (Rept. 113-368). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 3492. A bill to provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 113-369). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee on Natural Resources. H.R. 2259. A bill to withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws and to preserve existing uses; with an amendment (Rept. 113-370). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. UPTON: Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2126. A bill to facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants regarding energy efficiency in buildings, and for other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. 113-371). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
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