The Subcommittee on Environment will hold a hearing on April 22, 2026, at 2:00 pm in
2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Help or Hindrance? The Impact
of U.S. Environmental Laws on Critical Material Supply Chains, National Security, and
Economic Growth.”
Josh Gubkin, Associate General Counsel, Redwood Materials
Jane Neal, Senior Vice President, AMG Vanadium
Chris Lehman, Chief Development Officer, Principal Mineral
Beia Spiller, Fellow, Transportation Program Director, Resources for the Future
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provides a national framework
for the management of solid waste and hazardous waste, including policies to promote the
reduction of waste at the source, recycling, and energy recovery first before treatment and
disposal.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA, also known as the Superfund law) provides authority for responding to releases or
threatened releases of hazardous substances to the environment, and for the assignment of
liability and responsibility for remediating the contamination.
The Clean Air Act (CAA) provides EPA authority to regulate the emissions of certain air
pollutants from stationary and mobile sources, including authority to regulate emissions of
hazardous air pollutants and other emissions from industrial sources.
The Safe Drinking Water Act is the main federal law regulating drinking water and
protecting drinking water sources.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs will hold an oversight hearing titled “Tribal Natural Resource Development: Barriers and Successes.”
Frank White Clay, Chairman, Crow Tribe of Indians, Billings, Montana
Andrew Gallegos, Councilman, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado
Ken Ahmann, Chief Operating Officer, Colusa Indian Energy, Colusa, California
Talia Martin, Co-Executive Director, Tribal Energy Alternatives, Oakland, California (Minority Witness)
Of the roughly 56 million acres of tribal reservation lands, an estimated 15 million acres contain energy and mineral resources, with 2.1 million acres currently in production. The Crow Tribe alone has an estimated 17 billion tons of undeveloped coal.
The fiscal year 2027 Financial Services and General Government funding bill
includes $25.3 billion, a decrease of $635 million, or 2.4 percent, below the
comparable level for fiscal year 2026, and $1.5 billion, or 6.2 percent, above the
request.
Riders included:
Prohibit DC from implementing more stringent auto emissions standards.
Prohibit the SBA from funding climate change initiatives to help small businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon pollution.
Prohibit investment options under the Thrift Savings Plan that make investment decisions based on environmental, social, or governance criteria.
Prohibit the procurement of electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infrastructure.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold an oversight hearing titled “EXPLORE America250: Enhancing Accessibility at our National Parks and Public Lands.”
Join We Power DC, the Energy Democracy Coalition (EDCO), and author Sandeep Vaheesan (Democracy in Power) for a deep dive into the history and future of public power. Learn how movements across the country and in the nation’s capital are reshaping America’s electric grid!
We Power DC is a grassroots coalition of residents and organizations dedicated to replacing DC’s corporate utility monopoly with a publicly owned, democratically controlled electric grid that prioritizes affordability and decarbonization. To learn more, visit: WePowerDC.org
The Energy Democracy Coalition (EDCO) is a nonprofit building a movement for an affordable, accountable, and sustainable electric grid through public education, media, and strategic advocacy campaigns. Their primary focus is developing Shock the Grid, a groundbreaking documentary about the century-long struggle for control of the American electric grid, using history as a lens to explore the most profound question facing humanity: how will we wield our tremendous power? To learn more, visit: EnergyDemocracyCoalition.org
The American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006, USA
Floor 2: The Commons Room
The fiscal year 2027 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related
Agencies Appropriations bill, together with advance funding provided in the
fiscal year 2026 bill, provides $481 billion for fiscal year 2027, an increase of $31.9
billion, or 7.1 percent, above current funding levels. Of this amount, discretionary
funding for programs such as veterans’ health care and military construction
totals $157 billion, an increase of $20.2 billion above fiscal year 2026. The bill also
provides advance funding of $445.7 billion for fiscal year 2028 but does not
include $53.7 billion in advance funding for the Toxic Exposures Fund.
The MilCon-VA bill was reported favorably as amended 58 to 0 at 2:30 pm.
The fiscal year 2027 Financial Services and General Government funding bill
includes $25.3 billion, a decrease of $635 million, or 2.4 percent, below the
comparable level for fiscal year 2026, and $1.5 billion, or 6.2 percent, above the
request.
Riders included:
Prohibit DC from implementing more stringent auto emissions standards.
Prohibit the SBA from funding climate change initiatives to help small businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon pollution.
Prohibit investment options under the Thrift Savings Plan that make investment decisions based on environmental, social, or governance criteria.
Prohibit the procurement of electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, electric vehicle charging stations or infrastructure.