Press Releases

• House Passes Bipartisan Poliquin Bill to Strengthen U.S. Seafood Industry
  September 6, 2016 – Today, H.R. 4245 sponsored by Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) passed on suspension by voice vote. H.R. 4245 exempts sea urchins, sea cucumbers and other seafood exports from duplicative federal requirements imposed on buyers and sellers of related products by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic... More
• House Passes Bill to Modernize the Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Process
  September 6, 2016 – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5577, the “Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act,” by voice vote. Introduced by Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), it provides the Interior Secretary with the authority to conduct internet-based oil and natural gas lease sales for the U.S. Outer Conti... More
• BLM’s Sage Grouse Land Use Plan Is Bad News For Western States
  September 1, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released seven memos on its land use plans for the sage grouse, covering 10 Western states. Chairman Rob Bishop (R-UT) issued the following statement: “The Administration’s decision not to list the sage grouse last year was a cynical ploy all along. These pl... More

Headlines

• Washington Examiner: Opinion: The Harsh Reality of Russia's Influence on Alaska's Offshore Exploration
  August 15, 2016 – Guy F. Caruso, U.S. Energy Information Administration's administrator from 2002-2008. Thanks to technological advancements, like Russia's creation of the world's largest icebreaker Arktika, oil and natural gas reserves beneath the Arctic waters are easier to access than ever before. As a result, the Arctic now has cou... More
• CNBC: It is Critical for the US to Invest in the Arctic
  August 9, 2016 – General James Jones and General Joseph Ralston As ice gives way to navigable ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard has estimated that there has been a 300-percent increase in human activity in the Arctic, requiring a new era of public-private partnership. These changing conditions raise the strategic stakes and offer unprecedent... More
• Las Vegas Review-Journal: Editorial: Getting Burned
  July 14, 2016 – Only “you can prevent forest fires.” That’s what Smokey Bear would have you believe, anyway. But America’s anti-wildfire mascot identifies only part of the equation. While visitors to the great outdoors can tamp out campfires or refrain from tossing cigarettes into dry leaves, the federal government, as manager of mill... More

Op-Eds

• Antiquities Act Abuse Heads East
  June 25, 2016 – OP-ED: Antiquities Act Abuse Heads East By Rep. Rob Bishop Some say cultural trends start on the West Coast and make their way East, but one trend moving eastward is bad news for New Englanders. In my home state of Utah, the federal government owns 65 percent of the land. That is a problem. In the waning days of his a... More
• PROMESA Promises Hope for Puerto Rico and Its Investors
  May 22, 2016 – OP-ED: PROMESA Promises Hope for Puerto Rico and Its Investors By Rep. Rob Bishop & Rep. Sean Duffy Chapter 9 bankruptcy isn’t the only option for Puerto Rico With great power comes great responsibility. Under the U.S. Constitution, Congress is vested with the power to “make all needful rules and regulations respectin... More
• Bold Thinking Needed on Title Transfers
  March 29, 2016 – OP-ED: Bold Thinking Needed on Title Transfers By Congressman Rob Bishop Chairman, House Committee on Natural Resources Throughout much of the last century, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects have played a significant role in western settlement and development. These projects have provided those in Utah—and elsewhere... More

Correspondence

• Bishop Letter to Chairman Pete Sessions
  July 8, 2016 – TO: The Honorable Pete Sessions FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman House Committee on Natural Resources Dear Mr. Chairman: I respectfully request that the Committee on Rules not protect from points of order under clause 2 of House of Representatives Rule XXI the text of Section 128, found on page 71, lines 19-25, of H.R. 5538,... More
• Chairman Letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
  July 1, 2016 – TO: Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman House Committee on Natural Resources Dear Ms. Attorney General and Madame Secretary: In a February 26, 2015 correspondence (Letter) to Secretary Sally Jewell and former Attorney General Eric Holder, I outlined a number of ... More
• Chairman Letter to The Honorable Neil Kornze
  June 30, 2016 – TO: The Honorable Neil Kornze FROM: Rob Bishop, Chairman House Committee on Natural Resources Dear Director Konze: I write to strongly encourage the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to revise, and re-open comments on, the "Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Previously Issued Oil and Gas Leases in White River Natio... More