The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled a markup of 15 bills this week, mostly on public land, wildfire and conservation issues.
It will be the committee’s first legislative markup since September, and it comes after two hearings this month on a roster of Republican and Democratic bills.
On the agenda is S. 1860, the “Brian Head Town Land Conveyance Act,” from Chair Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah), which would give 24 acres of the Dixie National Forest to the ski resort town of Brian Head, Utah. Backers say the town has a shortage of space for public works needs.
“Brian Head is poised to become the next great Western ski town,” Curtis said in a May news release. “This bill gives local officials the tools they need — free from federal red tape — to meet their community’s growing needs,” Curtis said.
