Nominations are still being accepted for the Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee. Regional Forester Frank Beum, from the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, has encouraged those who have an interest in serving on the committee to apply before the April 30 deadline.
This new committee will be comprised of 15 citizens with diverse interests. It will function under a formal charter in accordance with the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act and the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Resource Advisory Committee members must reside within Colorado or Wyoming, the states in which the committee has jurisdiction. Members serve four-year terms without pay but may be reimbursed for travel expenses.
As the 117th Congress is now in full swing, legislation is being reintroduced and work is under way on needed policy changes. Following is a brief overview of important legislation I am working with fellow senators to reintroduce this Congress.
Energy ⢠Work continues with a bipartisan group of senators to update and reintroduce the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (ANIA). This legislation further facilitates our nuclear competitiveness. ANIA ensures the research conducted at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) continues to contribute to and empower the long-term viability of diverse domestic energy resources and keeps us at the nuclear innovation forefront.
⢠Advancement of the bipartisan Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS (Apprenticeships for Complete and Committed Employment for Specialized Skills) Act to address looming personnel shortages due to a rapid retirement-eligible work force within the energy sector, like at INL, is important. This legislation
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Yamhill County to receive $347K in Secure Rural School funding April 08 2021
Federal program seeks to lessen the impact of cutbacks in logging over the past 30 years.
Yamhill County will receive more than $300,000 from the federal government this year as part of a program designed to replace some funding lost by the curtailment of logging on public lands in Oregon, Idaho and Washington decades ago.
The Secure Rural Schools (SRS) program funnels money for schools, roads, law enforcement and other essential services. It is paid to 31 of Oregon s 36 counties, which lost billions of dollars when the federal government significantly reduced logging in the state in the 1990s. All told this year, $39.3 million will reach Oregon counties, according to a release from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who co-authored the SRS legislation in 2000, as well as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Reps. Peter Defazio, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader. Yamhill County will receive approximately $346,
Oregon counties to receive $39 million in Secure Rural Schools payments
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., along with Reps. Peter DeFazio, Earl Blumenauer, Suzanne Bonamici and Kurt Schrader said Monday that 31 Oregon counties will receive about $39.3 million in Secure Rural Schools payments for schools, roads, law enforcement and other essential services.
These payments to Oregon counties are the last ones under the SRS program’s current authorization. Wyden, Merkley and Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) are making a bipartisan push to reauthorize the SRS program through September 2022 while also working to pass the