Hearing: Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee legislative hearing on three bills: • H.R. 2685 (Rep. Owens), “Mining Schools Act of 2023”; • H.R. 3883 (Rep. Amodei), To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry; and • H.R. ___ (Rep. LaHood), “Community Reclamation Partnerships Act”

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (Committee on Natural Resources)

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 (1:30 PM - 2:45 PM)

Meeting was rescheduled to the time and date listed above.
1334 LHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

The Honorable Mark E. Amodei
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Testimony Amodei [PDF] Added 06/15/2023 at 10:39 AM

The Honorable Burgess Owens
Member of Congress, Washington D.C.

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  • Testimony Owens [PDF] Added 06/15/2023 at 10:39 AM

Panel two

Dr. Walter G. Copan Ph.D.
Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, Colorado School of Mines

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  • Testimony Copan [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM Updated 10/14/2024 at 10:17 AM
  • Disclosure form Copan Additional Info [PDF] Added 10/14/2024 at 11:21 AM
  • Copan Testimony Addendum [PDF] Added 10/14/2024 at 11:21 AM
  • Disclosure Copan [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM Updated 10/14/2024 at 10:06 AM
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  • CV Copan [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM

Mx. Emily Hammond
Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs; Glen Earl Weston Research Professor, George Washington University School of Law

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  • Testimony Hammond [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM
  • Disclosure Hammond [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM Updated 10/14/2024 at 10:02 AM
  • CV Hammond [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM

Mr. Kevin P. Moore
Chairman, 3 Proton Lithium, Inc.

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  • Testimony Moore [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM
  • Disclosure Moore [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM
  • CV Moore [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM

Mr. Chris Wood
CEO, Trout Unlimited

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  • Testimony Wood [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM
  • Disclosure Wood [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM
  • CV Wood [PDF] Added 06/14/2023 at 04:34 PM

Text of Legislation

  • H.R. 2685 [PDF] Added 06/07/2023 at 05:18 PM
  • H.R. 3883 [PDF] Added 06/07/2023 at 05:18 PM
  • Discussion Draft of H.R. ___ Rep. LaHood, Community Reclamation Partnerships Act [PDF] Added 06/07/2023 at 05:18 PM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing Memo [PDF] Added 06/09/2023 at 05:57 PM
  • 1 - Rep. Amodei FTR Office of the Nye County Manager support letter for H.R. 3883 [PDF] Added 06/15/2023 at 11:41 AM
  • 2 - Rep. Stauber FTR NMA letter of support Mining Schools Act of 2023 [PDF] Added 06/15/2023 at 11:41 AM
  • 3 - Rep. Stauber FTR ‘War for Talent’ at Mines Could Drive Up Cost of Energy Transition - WSJ [PDF] Added 06/15/2023 at 11:41 AM
  • 4 - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez FTR NOAA Support letter [PDF] Added 06/21/2023 at 09:37 AM
  • 5 - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez FTR NASA Railroad Valley Comments 07.22.22 [PDF] Added 06/21/2023 at 09:37 AM
  • 6 - Rep. Ocasio-Cortez FTR USGS Railroad Valley Calibration Site NEPA Agency Memo DA signed [PDF] Added 06/21/2023 at 09:37 AM
  • !List of Materials FTR 06.14.23 [PDF] Added 06/23/2023 at 01:05 PM

Hearing Record

  • Official Transcript [PDF] Added 02/08/2024 at 02:23 PM

First Published: June 7, 2023 at 04:54 PM
Last Updated: October 14, 2024 at 11:21 AM