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Subcommittee hearing on the SEC budget request and the CFTC budget request. Chaired by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

Witnesses:

• Gary Gensler, Chair, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• Rostin Behnam, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing on securing our critical materials supply chains and reducing our dependence on foreign adversaries, like China.

Nomination hearing for:

• Jennifer D. Gavito, of Colorado, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Libya
• Joshua M. Harris, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
• Peter W. Lord, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
• Juan Carlos Iturregui, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic
• Tracey Ann Jacobson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iraq

The purpose of this hearing is to conduct oversight of the Bureau of Land Management.

Witness:

• Tracy Stone-Manning, Director, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior

Full committee markup.

Defense:

• Fact sheet, Democratic
• Bill summary, Democratic
• Subcommittee mark
• Prohibits the use of funds to implement several Executive Orders put in place to combat or mitigate the risks of the climate crisis.

Financial Services and General Government:

• Fact sheet, Democratic
• Bill summary, Democratic
• Subcommittee mark
• Prohibits the SBA from funding climate change initiatives to help small businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon emissions
• Prohibits the use of funds to implement several Executive Orders put in place to combat or mitigate the risks of the climate crisis.

Legislative Branch:

• Fact sheet, Democratic
• Bill summary, Democratic
• Bill summary, Republican
• Subcommittee mark
• Removes a longstanding provision to eliminate or reduce plastic waste across the Legislative Branch and the requirement for Members to lease low-emission vehicles.

A hearing before the U. S. Congress Joint Economic Committee will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Chairman Martin Heinrich presiding.

Witnesses:

• Kevin Hostetler, Chief Executive Officer, Array Technologies, utility-scale solar trackers
• Skanda Amarnath, Executive Director, Employ America
• Dr. Adam Michel, Director of Tax Policy, Cato Institute
• Scott Lincicome, Vice President of General Economics and Stiefel Trade Policy Center, Cato Institute

The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 2156, to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado;
• S. 3123, to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways among federal land and water management agencies, and for other purposes;
• S. 3148, to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of Utah;
• S. 3322, to allow holders of certain grazing permits to make minor range improvements and to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior respond to requests for range improvements within 30 days, and for other purposes;
• S. 3346, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes;
• S. 3593, to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County, Nevada, and for other purposes;
• S. 3596, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to asphaltite;
• S. 3617, to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and for other purposes;
• S. 3790, to make additional Federal public land available for selection under the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for other purposes;
• S. 3870, to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand eligibility for certain financial assistance for the acquisition of slip-on tanker units for wildland firefighting;
• S. 3985, to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for other purposes;
• S. 4310, to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other purposes;
• S. 4424, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other purposes;
• S. 4431, to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes;
• S. 4432, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification;
• S. 4449, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the State of Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes;
• S. 4451, to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on reservation systems for Federal land;
• S. 4454, to provide for the establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and for other purposes;
• S. 4456, to amend the Granger-Thye Act to modify the maximum term for certain special use permits for housing;
• S. 4457, to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair

Witnesses:

• Karen Kelleher Deputy Director, State Operations, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Troy Heithecker, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Tess Davis, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah

Full committee hearing to receive testimony on the following bills:

• S. 2908, Indian Buffalo Management Act
• S. 3263, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Parity Act
• S. 4000, A bill to reaffirm the applicability of the Indian Reorganization Act to the Lytton Rancheria of California, and for other purposes
• S. 4442, A bill to amend the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010 to make improvements to that Act, and for other purposes

Witnesses:

• Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Interior
• Stephanie Bryan, Chair and CEO, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
• Andy Mejia, Chairperson, Lytton Rancheria of California
• Frank Whiteclay, Chairman, Crow Nation of Montana
• Ervin Carlson Sr., President, InterTribal Buffalo Council

Subcommittee hearing chaired by Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.).

Witnesses:

• Barbara J. Arnold Ph.D., P.E., The Pennsylvania State University
• Gracelin Baskaran Ph.D, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Jon Evans, Lithium Americas
• Bill Zisch, Colorado School of Mines

This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Witnesses:

• Stephen Gardner, Chief Executive Officer, Amtrak
• Anthony Coscia, Chair of the Board, Amtrak
• Julie White, Deputy Secretary for Multimodal Transportation, North Carolina Department of Transportation