$800 million in ESF for the State Department
to provide to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
$425 million for Climate Investment Funds
$168.7 million for Global Environmental Facility
$27 million for Multilateral Development Bank Climate Trust Funds and
Facilities
$18.5 million for Diplomatic Policy and Support, Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, including costs
for the U.S. Center at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
$16 million for World Meteorological Organization
$6 million for Diplomatic Policy and Support, Energy Resources
$4.8 million for International Renewable Energy Agency
$537 thousand for International Union for Conservation of Nature
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
This
hearing
will serve as a legislative hearing for three bills that would authorize
research, development, and demonstration activities carried out or
supported by the U.S. Department of Energy in the areas of grid
security, hydrogen, and pipelines. Attached are discussion drafts of
bills under consideration.
Opening Statements:
Subcommittee Chairman Brandon Williams
Chairman Frank Lucas
Witnesses:
Spencer Nelson, Managing Director – Research and New Initiatives,
ClearPath
Dr. Richard Boardman, Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory,
Energy and Environmental Science & Technology
Cliff Johnson, President, Pipeline Research Council International
Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data
Lab Research Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum and
Geosystems Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin
Jason Fuller, Chief Energy Resilience Engineer, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Jane Bocklage, Deputy And Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential
Envoy for Compact Negotiations, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Taylor Ruggles, Office Director, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Craig Hart, Deputy Assistant Administrator for East Asia and the
Pacific, U.S. Agency for International Development
Holly Haverstick, Director of International Affairs and Foreign Policy
Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard
Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular and International
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R. 764
(Rep. Boebert), “Trust the Science Act”, to delist the gray wolf as an
endangered species
H.R. 886
(Rep. Bonamici), “Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act”, to improve
programs on removing marine debris
H.R. 1245
(Rep. Hageman), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a
final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and
threatened wildlife, and for other purposes; and
H.R. 1419
(Rep. Rosendale), “Comprehensive Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2023”,
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a new rule removing
the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears
from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife