House Natural Resources Committee to hold first meeting of year

Monday, January 24, 2011  

The House Natural Resources Committee will hold its first meeting of the 112th Congress.

The committee will adopt the rules, an oversight plan and adopt a staff hiring resolution.

The oversight plan states that the new Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs will have 10 major items on its agenda. They are: Budget and Spending Review; Federal Barriers to Economic and Energy Development on Indian Land; Cobell v. Salazar Settlement Implementation; Trust Reform; Fee-to-Trust Issues, including Carcieri v. Salazar; Alaska Natives; Natural Resources Management on Indian Reservations; Tribal Law and Order Act Implementation; Indian Health Care Improvement Act Implementation/Indian Health Service and Gaming.

The chair of the new subcommittee is Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska). The staff director is Christopher Fluhr.

The meeting takes place at 10am in Room 1324 of the Longworth House Office Building. It will be webcast.

Committee Notice:
Full Committee Organizational Meeting for the 112th Congress (January 26, 2011)

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