Several House Natural Resources subcommittees will hold hearings this week on legislation dealing with energy, forest management, water and other issues.
The committee is ramping up its activity after passing its portion of the Republicans’ budget reconciliation package, which would encourage more drilling and mining, and accelerated permitting.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee will consider H.R. 513, the “Offshore Lands Authorities Act,” by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.), which would overturn former President Joe Biden’s ban on new offshore drilling in about 625 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf.
The executive order creating the withdrawal, signed in the waning days of the Biden administration, has been panned by Republicans on Capitol Hill but lauded by Democrats and greens.
