Hearing: The Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills: •H.R. 2365 (Rep. Paul Cook), To convey certain Federal land in California to Apple Valley, California, Twentynine Palms, California, Barstow, California, and Victorville, California. “Desert Community Lands Act.”; •H.R. 3777 (Rep. Mia Love), To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System land containing the Nephi Work Center in Juab County, Utah, to Juab County. “Juab County Conveyance Act of 2017.”; •H.R. 4824 (Rep. John Curtis), To allow certain State permitting authority to encourage expansion of broadband service to rural communities, and for other purposes. “Rural Broadband Permitting Efficiency Act of 2018.”; and •H.R. 5023 (Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton), To designate the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park comprised of certain National Park System lands, and by affiliation and cooperative agreements other historically significant resources, located in the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland, that were part of the Civil War defenses of Washington and related to the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, to study ways in which the Civil War history of both the North and South can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed for the benefit of the public, and for other purposes. “Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act.”

Subcommittee on Federal Lands (Committee on Natural Resources)

The Honorable Mia B. Love
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Byron Woodland
County Commissioner, Juab County, UT, on behalf of Juab Special Service Fire District

• Testimony_Woodland [PDF] Added 05/17/2018 at 05:34 PM
• Disclosure_Woodland [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM

The Honorable John Curtis (UT03)
Member of Congress

Mr. Timothy Spisak
Acting Associate Director of Energy, Minerals, and Realty Management, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, on behalf of Department of the Interior

Ms. Sharon Buccino
Senior Counsel, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC

• Testimony_Buccino [PDF] Added 05/17/2018 at 05:34 PM
• Disclosure_Buccino [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM
• Resume_Buccino [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM

Ms. Shirley Bloomfield
Chief Executive Officer, NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, Arlington, VA

• Testimony_Bloomfield [PDF] Added 05/17/2018 at 05:34 PM
• Disclosure_Bloomfield [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM
• Resume_Bloomfield [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM

The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

The Honorable Paul Cook
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

Ms. Lori Lamson
Assistant Town Manager, Town of Apple Valley, Apple Valley, California

• Testimony_Lamson [PDF] Added 05/17/2018 at 05:34 PM
• Disclosure_Lamson [PDF] Added 05/16/2018 at 01:35 PM