On Wednesday, May 11, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), in room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building and via Cisco WebEx the Subcommittee on National
Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a hybrid legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R. 279 (Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-AZ) To provide lasting protection
for inventoried roadless areas within the National Forest System.
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2021.
H.R.
7329
(Rep. JaredHuffman, D-CA) To amend the Smith River National
Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River
National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to
designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for other
purposes. Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act.
H.R.
7399(Rep.
James Comer, R-KY) To amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection
Act of 1998 to clarify the administration of the Land Between the
Lakes National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. LBL
Recreation and Heritage Act.
H.R. XXXX (Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-OR) To provide for conservation
and recreation enhancement for Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area, and for other purposes. Mt. Hood and Columbia
River Gorge Recreation Enhancement and Conservation (REC) Act of
2022.
House Natural Resources Committee
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee
Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce
The budget requests $11.7
billion
in discretionary funding to support key Commerce Department priorities,
including $372 million for the National Institutes of Standards and
Technology’s (NIST) manufacturing programs, more than $150 million in
new funding to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to create
jobs and drive growth in economically distressed communities, $110
million to increase services for minority-owned enterprises at the
Minority Business Development Agency, and nearly $7 billion in funding
for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA to catalyze
wind energy, restore habitats, protect the oceans and coasts, and
improve NOAA’s ability to predict extreme
weather associated with climate change).
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief
Financial Officer
General Mark A. Milley, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
$773 billion budget
request
includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than
$40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships,
and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting
vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and
more than $3 billion to address the effects of climate change,
bolstering our installation resiliency and adaptation to climate
challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0
billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the
FY 2022 enacted amount.
Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development
The 2023 President’s
Budget
requests $71.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), approximately $11.6 billion more than the 2022
annualized continuing resolution (CR) level, to support underserved
communities and equitable community development, increase access to and
production of affordable housing, promote homeownership and
wealth-building, advance sustainable communities, climate resilience,
and environmental justice, and strengthen
HUD’s internal capacity.
The budget includes:
$1.1 billion in targeted climate resilience and energy efficiency
improvements in public housing, tribal housing, and other assisted
housing;
$400 million to remove dangerous health hazards from homes, including
mitigating threats from fire, lead, carbon monoxide, and radon
The President’s 2023 Budget supports authorizing the Community
Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. For more
than twenty years, the Congress has appropriated emergency
supplemental funds to HUD in response to
major disasters to address the unmet long term disaster recovery needs
of States, territories, local governments, and Tribes. Authorization
would improve the transparency and predictability of
CDBG-DR funds for impacted communities.
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Samantha Power, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International
Development
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Budget
Request
for the State Department and the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) is $60.4 billion, which includes $29.4 billion for
USAID fully and partially managed accounts,
$1.7 billion (6 percent) above the FY 2022
Request.
Increases USAID and State Programming to
address the Climate Crisis to $2.3 billion. This includes over $1.6
billion in direct USAID and Department of
State programming for climate mitigation and adaptation and over $650
million in programming across development sectors—including water,
health and health security, and agriculture—that provides significant
climate co-benefits. This level will more than double
USAID implemented programs and dramatically
expand the scale and geographic reach of
USAID’s programs to increase climate action
through investments in renewable energy and the conservation,
restoration and management of land that captures and stores carbon.
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an Executive
Session at 10
a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, to
consider several pieces of legislation.
S.
2427,
FAIR Contributions Act (Wicker, Capito,
Luján)
S.
3053,
Providing Research and Estimates of Changes in Precipitation Act
(PRECIP Act) (Wicker)
S.
3232,
Stop Tip-overs of Unstable, Risky Dressers on Youth Act (STURDY Act)
(Klobuchar, Blumenthal, Markey, Baldwin, Luján)
S.
3278,
Reese’s Law (Blumenthal, Blackburn, Markey, Luján)
S.
3290,
National MEP Supply Chain Database Act of
2021 (Blackburn)
S.
3429,
Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act (Sullivan)
S.
3533,
Volcanic Ash and Fumes Act of 2022 (Schatz)
On Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney,
the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a
business
meeting
to consider legislation to ensure the Postal Service has an accurate
environmental impact statement to inform its acquisition of Next
Generation Delivery Vehicles, address data gaps in national sexual
orientation and gender identification information, and make other good
government reforms.
The Committee will consider the following legislation:
H.R. 7683, the Artificial Intelligence Training for Acquisition
Personnel Act;
H.R. 4176, the LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act;
H.R. 7331, the Improving Government for America’s Taxpayers Act;
H.R. 7535, the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act;
H.R. 521, the First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their
Initial Retirement Earned Act;
H.R. 7686, the District of Columbia Code Returning Citizens
Coordination Act;
H.R. 7674, the Ensuring Oversight Access at the Postal Service Act;
H.R. 6104, the Building the Next Generation of Federal Employees Act;
and
H.R.
7682,
the Ensuring an Accurate Postal Fleet Electrification Act. This bill
would invalidate the environmental impact statement (EIS) that the
Postal Service filed as part of its contract with Oshkosh Defense to
produce the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle and require the Postal
Service to produce a new EIS.
In Fiscal Year 2023, we are now poised to build on early progress with a
President’s budget for the Department of Transportation that totals $142
billion, including $36.8 billion in advance appropriations provided by
BIL in that year.
Safety remains our top priority, and the budget includes funding to
help address the crisis of deaths on America’s roadways, as outlined
in our National Roadway Safety Strategy. That includes $3 billion for
the Highway Safety Improvement Program.
With $4 billion for RAISE and the new Mega
program, we will rebuild century old infrastructure and lay the
groundwork for America to compete and win in decades ahead.
With $23.6 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration, we will
further enhance aviation safety, combat the effects of aviation on the
climate, and improve airport infrastructure.
With $4.45 billion in Capital Investment Grants, we will advance 15
major transit projects that shorten commutes, increase access to jobs,
and reduce congestion on the road for millions of Americans.
We will invest $17.9 billion to reverse decades of underinvestment in
intercity passenger rail and make fast, reliable train service
available to more people.
We will provide $1 billion to build out a nationwide network of
electric vehicle chargers, so that Americans in every part of the
country have access to the lower monthly costs of electric vehicles.
We will also begin implementing our ambitious new fuel efficiency
standards, which are projected to save the typical household hundreds
of dollars in gas costs and prevent 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon
dioxide from reaching our atmosphere.
And to keep making progress on supply chains to help move goods faster
and fight inflation, we will invest a total of $680 million to
modernize ports, $3 billion to improve the roadways that carry the
majority of America’s freight, and a total of $1.5 billion for
CRISI grants to improve freight rail.
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee