Hearing: Leg Hrg on the following bills: • H.R. 513 (Rep. Higgins), “Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025” • H.R. 931 (Rep. Downing), To allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes. • H.R. 2250 (Rep. DelBene), “National Landslide Preparedness Act Reauthorization Act of 2025” • H.R. 2556 (Rep. Hunt), “Comprehensive Offshore Resource Evaluation Act of 2025” or the “CORE Act of 2025” • H.R. 3168 (Rep. Valadao), “National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2025” • H.R. 3176 (Rep. Begich), To amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to reauthorize the National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System.

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

Panel two

Dr. Walter Cruickshank
Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Washington, DC

• Testimony Cruickshank [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM

Panel three

Mr. Doug Helton
Former Regional Operations Supervisor, Emergency Response Division (Retired), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, WA

• Testimony Helton [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• Truth In Testimony Helton [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• CV Helton [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM

Mr. Corey Kief
Director of Business Development, Crosby Tugs, LLC, Galliano, LA

• Testimony Kief [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• CV Kief [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• Disclosure Kief [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM

Mr. Parker Phipps
President & CEO, Roundup, MT, Signal Peak Energy

• Testimony Phipps [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• Disclosure Phipps [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• CV Phipps [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM

Mr. Mike West
Director and State Seismologist, Alaska Earthquake Center, Fairbanks, AK

• Testimony West [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM
• CV West [PDF] Added 05/21/2025 at 11:43 AM