Lummis Helps Secure Passage of First House-Passed Interior Bill in Seven Years

Statement

Today, after working late into the night, the U.S. House passed H.R.5538: the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017. U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis secured many Wyoming provisions in the bill including returning the gray wolf in Wyoming to state management, protecting Wyoming uranium miners, and fighting back against EPA's attempts to seize state controlled waters.

"Wyoming, the West, and all of America have scored a major victory with the passage of this Interior appropriations bill, the first of its kind to pass in seven years," said Rep. Lummis. "The management of western public lands has suffered under the Obama Administration's neglect and anti-West agenda, but this legislation marks a renewed effort to reinstate and reinforce state and local stewardship of our land, our water, our energy, and other natural resources crucial to our way of life in the West. Wyoming provisions in the bill to return the gray wolf to state management, protect our state's uranium producers, and secure state and local water management are crucial victories. This will make a stronger Wyoming and a stronger America, as will the bill's intervention into the Department of the Interior and EPA's regulatory onslaught that threatens our nation's prosperity, energy security, and global competitiveness. America and the West have good reason to be proud of the House's work through the late hours of several nights to pass this bill and send it to the Senate."

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