The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding
bill.
In total, the bill includes $44.8 billion in regular appropriations, an
increase of $6.8 billion – 18 percent – above the FY
2022 enacted level. There is also an additional $2.55 billion of
funding provided under the fire suppression cap adjustment.
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis will hold a
hearing
titled “Cutting Methane Pollution: Safeguarding Health, Creating Jobs,
and Protecting Our Climate” on Friday, June 24, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
The hearing will take place in Room 210 of the Cannon House Office
Building and via Zoom video conferencing.
This hearing will review community perspectives on the public health,
climate, jobs, and economic benefits of cutting methane pollution from
oil and gas infrastructure.
Witnesses:
Patrice Tomcik, Senior National Field Manager, Moms Clean Air Force.
Tomcik’s advocacy and policy work focus on equitable solutions to
protect children’s health from air pollution and climate change. A
resident of Pennsylvania, she first became involved with Moms Clean
Air Force as a volunteer, joining other local parents to push for
clean air safeguards after fracking was permitted at gas wells near
her children’s schools.
Sarah Ann Smith, Chief of Programs, Clean Air Task Force. A member of
Clean Air Task Force’s senior leadership team, Smith led the growth of
the organization’s methane emissions reduction program, building up a
small team into a substantial global operation on four continents.
THE Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs will meet in open session, hybrid format to conduct a
hearing
entitled, “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program:
Administration Perspectives.”
Witness:
David I.
Maurstad,
Associate Administrator for Resilience (Acting), Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
The 2023 Department of Agriculture
request
for discretionary budget authority to fund programs and operating
expenses is $31.1 billion, slightly more than 12 percent increase, or
$3.8 billion, above the 2021 enacted level. The 2023 request for
mandatory programs is $164.8 billion, a decrease of around $10.2 billion
from the 2021 level.
Dr. Eric K.
Lin,
Director, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of
Standards and Technology
Dr. Ariel
Stein,
Acting Director, Global Monitoring Laboratory and Director, Air
Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Dr. Karen M. St.
Germain,
Earth Science Division Director, Science Mission Directorate, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dr. Bryan
Hubbell,
National Program Director for Air, Climate, and Energy, Office of
Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection
Agency