WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Don Young (AK) and Debbie Dingell (MI) Thursday introduced the bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2016 to help promote and enhance our nation’s conservation efforts and ensure the long-term health of fish and wildlife throughout the country. The legislation, based on a recommendation from a panel of conservation and business leaders, […]
Washington, D.C. – Alaska Congressman Don Young, former Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, offered the following statement after House passage of H.R. 22, the Surface Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015: “I have consistently worked to provide Alaskans with robust investments to develop our much needed infrastructure and transportation systems. The success of […]
On Thursday, the full House will consider H.R. 538, the “Native American Energy Act”, introduced by Alaska Congressman Don Young. The bill, which passed committee on September 10, 2015, works to promote energy development on Indian and Alaska Native Corporation lands by expediting, streamlining, and standardizing the process for obtaining appraisals and permits. For too […]
Washington, D.C. – Two bills cosponsored by Alaska Congressman Don Young were considered in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Coast Guard Subcommittee today – one to update the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 as it relates to foreign spills, another to establish a funding process for the alteration, renovation, lease or charter of a […]