Threats to Grazing from Federal Regulatory Overreach

PURPOSE:

• To examine the various regulatory burdens placed on the grazing industry by the federal government.

 BACKGROUND:

• The Committee will hear from a panel of witnesses representing a variety of concerns with the federal government’s regulatory approach such as management of federal lands on which grazing occurs and impediments to staffing the workforce of grazing operations.

EXPECTED MEMBERS:

Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Chairman
Oversight Subcommittee on the Interior

Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Chairman
Natural Resources Committee

Rep.  Mark Amodei (R-NV)
Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior

Note: The Field Briefing will take place at 12pm MDT on Thursday, August 6th.