House Natural Resources Committee to hold first meeting of year
Monday, January 24, 2011
Filed Under:
Politics
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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control of House with new leaders on key panel (1/6)
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