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Committee clears seven noncontroversial bills by unanimous consent, including ePermit Act and tribal leasing bills
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After the SPEED Act markup, the committee ordered a package of seven bills to be reported by unanimous consent, including HR 573 (NEPA reporting), HR 681 (long-term tribal leasing), the ePermit Act and other public lands bills. Chair Westerman said the measures reflect bipartisan agreement reached with ranking members.
Following action on HR 4776, the House Committee on Natural Resources cleared a package of seven additional bills by unanimous consent. The measures reported include HR 573 (a study requiring NEPA-related reporting by the Council on Environmental Quality with an amendment in the nature of a substitute), HR 681 (long-term leasing authority for certain tribal trust lands), HR 3903 (a Chugach Alaska land-exchange bill), HR 4386 (clarifying America's public-land interagency pass for vehicle entrance privileges), HR 4467 (Vicksburg National Military Park boundary modification), HR 4503 (the ePermit Act to modernize permitting systems), and HR 5131 (Public Lands Military Readiness Act with a substitute).
Chair Westerman said these unanimous-consent items reflect bipartisan, technical improvements and will be reported to the House with amendments agreed in committee. No member sought extended debate on the unanimous-consent motion; the chair asked staff to make technical and conforming changes to committee documents subject to minority approval.
The ePermit Act is intended to direct agencies to adopt electronic permitting systems to modernize submissions and reduce administrative delays; other bills address leasing and land-adjustment authorities for tribal and local entities. Committee members entered letters of support from a broad set of stakeholders into the record for some of these measures.
