• H.R. 2176 (Stupak): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.
  
  
• H.R. 4115 (Dingell): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
  
  
• H.R. 1143 (Christensen): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.
  
  
• H.R. 1311 (Berkley): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility. (Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act)
  
  
• H.R. 1922 (Mahoney): To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes. (Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007)
  
  
• H.R. 816 (Porter): To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project. (Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act)
  
  
• H.R. 3473 (Bishop): To provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for other purposes. (Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act)

Subject:
House Natural Resources Committee
Full Committee Markup

When:
Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at 1:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

COMMITTEE ACTION

The Committee on Natural Resources met in open markup session on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, and considered the following bills (in numerical order):

H.R. 816 (Porter): To provide for the release of certain land from the Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada and to grant a right-of-way across the released land for the construction and maintenance of a flood control project. "Orchard Detention Basin Flood Control Act"

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 816.

An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Grijalva.084 was AGREED TO by unanimous consent.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.

H.R. 1143 (Christensen): To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, and for other purposes.

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1143.

An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Grijalva.086 was AGREED TO by unanimous consent.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.

H.R. 1311 (Berkley): To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility. "Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act"

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1311.

An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Grijalva.083 was AGREED TO by unanimous consent.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.

H.R. 1922 (Mahoney): To designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, and for other purposes. "Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007"

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 1922.

An amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Grijalva.085 was AGREED TO by unanimous consent.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.

H.R. 2176 (Stupak): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community.

An en bloc amendment offered by Mr. Rahall.660 was AGREED TO by voice vote.

An amendment offered by Mr. Heller.027 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 3 yeas and 16 nays.

An amendment offered by Mr. Heller.031 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 5 yeas and 19 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 21 yeas and 5 nays.

H.R. 3473 (Bishop): To provide for a land exchange with the City of Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land ownership consolidation in that national forest, and for other purposes. "Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act"

The Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3473.

An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Mr. Bishop.ans was AGREED TO by unanimous consent.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by unanimous consent.

H.R. 4115 (Dingell): To provide for and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.

An en bloc amendment offered by Mr. Rahall.661 was AGREED TO by voice vote.

An amendment offered by Mr. Heller.032 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 5 yeas and 21 nays.

An amendment offered by Mr. Heller.036 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 6 yeas and 20 nays.

Favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 22 yeas and 5 nays.