Full committee markup of H.R. 7037, the Developing Overseas Mineral Investments and New Allied Networks for Critical Energies (DOMINANCE) Act, and other legislation.
Legislation:
H.R. 8649, To amend the Arms Export Control Act to authorize the use of foreign military financing for direct commercial contracts, and for other purposes;
H.R. 8665, To require the implementation of a strategy to encourage foreign partners to participate in the foreign military sales and direct commercial sales processes on a multinational basis, and for other purposes;
H.R. 8661, To authorize the Secretary of State to provide certain direct loans and loan guarantees for the procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services, and for other purposes;
H.R. 7037, To promote United States and allied energy and mineral security, and for other purpose;
H.Res. 64, Affirming the Alliance Between the United States and the Republic of Korea;
H.R. 3563, To improve defense cooperation between the United States and Taiwan, and for other purpose;
H.R. 8019, To authorize International Military Education and Training Assistance for Greece;
H.R. 8562, To designate a building of the Chancery of the United States in Pristina, Kosovo, as the “Eliot L. Engel Building”;
H.R.__, To reduce recurring reporting requirements imposed by law on the Department of State;
H.Res. 1179, Condemning attacks on civilians in Sudan and calling for an end to external support to the warring parties and for efforts to promote a negotiated settlement of the war;
H.R. 4332, To establish a comprehensive United States Government initiative to build the capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa, and for other purposes.
On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing titled “Examining the President’s FY 2027 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior.”
Witness:
Doug Burgum, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
The budget calls for $15.9 billion for the department, a $2.3 billion decrease from the fiscal 2026 enacted level.
The budget agains calls for the unification of the Interior and Agriculture departments’ wildland firefighting activities under a single agency within the Interior Department.
The budget also calls for consolidating the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act permitting within one agency in the Interior Department.
The fiscal year 2027 budget in detail:
Renewable Energy: cuts $45 million from the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and eliminates renewable energy funding which includes onshore and offshore wind energy.
Bureau of Land Management: cuts $480 million and slashes funding for Wildlife and Aquatic Habitat Management by $139 million, which includes funding for sage grouse and threatened and endangered species.
US Fish and Wildlife (FWS): cuts $526 million, decreasing the National Wildlife Refuge System by 20 percent, eliminates grant programs managed by States, Tribes, and other nations, and moves NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service into FWS ($125 million transfer).
National Park Service: cuts $1.06 billion
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): cuts $526 million, a 37 percent reduction that eliminates ecosystems, and dramatically cuts funding for core science and natural hazards.
Bureau of Indian Affairs: cuts $378 million, including the elimination of the Indian Guaranteed Loan program and the Indian Land Consolidation program, and a 34 percent reduction in funds that support self-governance and directly fund tribal operations.
Bureau of Indian Education: cuts $436 million, a 32 percent reduction; some eliminations include funding for Tribal Colleges and Universities, Replacement School Construction, and Early Child and Family Development.
Wildland Fire: Transfers all U.S. Forest Service Wildland Fire Management functions to DOI.
Details of National Park Service: cuts $1.06 billion
Operation of the National Park System: cuts $760 million or 26 percent. The skinny budget suggests they may change the funding formula to defund or drastically cut support for smaller or less visited park units.
National Recreation and Preservation: cuts $86 million or 93 percent
Historic Preservation Fund: cuts $170 million, or a 94 percent cut, and eliminates everything except funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Construction: cuts $40 million, or a 45 percent cut.
The budget also calls for a $10 billion mandatory fund to establish the Presidential Capital Stewardship Program within the National Park Service. The fund’s purpose would be “to coordinate, plan, and execute targeted, priority construction and beautification [sic] projects in and around Washington, D.C.”
On Wednesday, May 13, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing examining the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) proposed budget for fiscal year 2027.
Witnesses:
Ho K. Nieh, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
David A. Wright, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bradley R. Crowell, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Matthew J. Marzano, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Douglas W. Weaver, Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The NRC’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request is $892,349K, including 2,606 full-time equivalents (FTE). In comparison to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget, the FY 2027 budget request decreases by 8.1 percent or $79,146K. FTE decrease by 7.0 percent or 196 FTE from the FY 2026 Enacted Budget to the FY 2027 budget request. As shown in Figure 1, the FY 2027 budget request reflects a decrease of 4.8 percent in total obligation authority and 18.2 percent in total FTE when compared to the FY 2018 Enacted Budget.
The Office of the Inspector General’s (OIG’s) component of the FY 2027 budget request is $14,245K, including 63 FTE, of which $12,900K is for auditing and investigation activities for NRC programs and $1,345K is for the auditing and investigation activities of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB). This is a decrease of $4,550K or 24.2 percent when compared to the FY 2026 Enacted Budget.
State, Private, & Tribal Forestry, which provides technical and financial assistance to nonfederal landowners, would be cut entirely.
National Forest System, which oversees the management of federal grasslands and forests, would be cut by 24% compared to last year’s funding. Budget seeks to eliminate the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, while quadrupling the Forest Products line item—which funds the federal timber sale program, among other activities—from $39 million to $175 million.
Capital Improvement & Maintenance, which supports USFS infrastructure, would be cut by 28% compared to last year’s funding.
Land Acquisition, which funds the acquisition and improvement of National Forest System lands, would be increased from $2.5 million to $7 million.
Wildland Fire Management Account and Reserve Fund, which funds the personnel, equipment, and immediate post-fire risk mitigation necessary for wildfire suppression on federal lands, would be moved entirely to DOI.
Join Beyond Plastics on Thursday, May 7 at 4 PM PT/ 7 PM ET for a free educational webinar to explore plastics’ impact on reproductive health. We’ll hear from Louie Psihoyos, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and director of the new documentary film, The Plastic Detox, with Eric and Julie Isaac, one of the couples that is featured in the film that had tried to conceive for five years, Shanna Swan, Ph.D., one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of Environmental Medicine and Public Health at the Icahn School of Medicine, and Judith Enck, former US EPA regional administrator and founder and president of the nonprofit advocacy group, Beyond Plastics.
State, Private, & Tribal Forestry, which provides technical and financial assistance to nonfederal landowners, would be cut entirely.
National Forest System, which oversees the management of federal grasslands and forests, would be cut by 24% compared to last year’s funding. Budget seeks to eliminate the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, while quadrupling the Forest Products line item—which funds the federal timber sale program, among other activities—from $39 million to $175 million.
Capital Improvement & Maintenance, which supports USFS infrastructure, would be cut by 28% compared to last year’s funding.
Land Acquisition, which funds the acquisition and improvement of National Forest System lands, would be increased from $2.5 million to $7 million.
Wildland Fire Management Account and Reserve Fund, which funds the personnel, equipment, and immediate post-fire risk mitigation necessary for wildfire suppression on federal lands, would be moved entirely to DOI.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
On Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 2:00 p.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. 7287 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “Lewis and Clark Regional Water System Expansion Feasibility Study Act” to increase water usage by the L&C RWS covering Minnesota-South Dakota-Iowa tri-state region
H.R. 7331 (Rep. Johnson of SD), “Dakota Mainstem Water Supply Project Feasibility Study Act” to tap the Missouri River to feed the same region
H.R. 8259 (Rep. Bentz), “Reclamation Project Consultation Improvement Act of 2026” to weaken endangered-species protections in furtherance of water supply projects