Senate Committee on Natural Resources
June 1, 2023
9:00 a.m.
Room A-B
Adjourned
* Agenda Revised June 1, 2023, 4:00 pm *
Revision Notes:
Added SR 142, SCR 61, HCR 105, and HCR 109
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approve minutes dated May 25, 2023 from the 2023 Regular Session
LEGISLATION TO BE CONSIDERED
SR116
FRED MILLS
ENERGY PRODUCTION
- Requests President Joe R. Biden Jr. and United States Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to immediately adopt a new five-year offshore leasing plan for the Gulf of Mexico to help reduce the cost of energy.
SR123
CORTEZ
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
- Requests the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take actions necessary to timely review and grant the state of Louisiana's application for primacy in the administration of Class VI injection well permitting.
SR142
HEWITT
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
- Re-establishes the Lower Pearl River Basin Task Force.
SCR61
HEWITT
LEGIS POWERS/FUNCTIONS
- . Re-establishes the Lower Pearl River Basin Task Force.
HCR85
TRAVIS JOHNSON
WILDLIFE & FISHERIES
- Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to study the feasibility of allowing a black bear hunting season
HCR88
KERNER
SEAFOOD
- Memorializes Congress to compel the United States Food and Drug Administration to fulfill its duties regarding inspection and testing of imported seafood
HCR105
GAROFALO
SEAFOOD
- Urges and requests the Louisiana Department of Health and the United States Food and Drug Administration to expand testing of imported shrimp
HCR109
KERNER
SEAFOOD
- Memorializes Congress to impose a quota or tariff on imported shrimp, crab meat, and crawfish and enact a buy plan for domestic shrimp, crab meat, and crawfish
HCR113
SCHEXNAYDER
SEAFOOD
- Memorializes Congress to ban the import of shrimp and crawfish from outside the U.S.
HB505
NEWELL
PUBLIC PROPERTY
- Authorizes the transfer of certain state property in Orleans Parish
CONSIDERATION OF ANY OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
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