S. 3679, Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection
Reauthorization Act
S. 3765, Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act
of 2024
S. 4351, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize
certain poison control programs
S. 3757, Congenital Heart Futures Reauthorization Act of 2024
S.
4045,
East Palestine Health Impact Monitoring Act of 2024
The bill establishes a study on the public health impacts resulting from
the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The
Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry (ATSDR), or the NIEHS, is to award a
grant, contract, or cooperative agreement to an eligible entity—a group
of higher education institutions with expertise in the relevant fields
and a physical presence in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The study will assess
the human health impacts of the derailment and subsequent chemical
venting and burning. Annual progress reports are required until the
final report is submitted within five years. The findings, along with
any recommendations, will be reported to the appropriate congressional
committees.
Nominee:
Stephen H. Ravas, to be Inspector General, Corporation for National
and Community Service
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
As creatives, we have the unique power to change hearts and minds, and
ultimately inspire action. As our planet continues to heat up, it’s even
more important to use that power in the right way – which includes
moving the advertising and PR industry away from fossil fuels.
​​Join Clean Creatives for our first DC meetup in
2024 to meet other creatives, strategists, and
communicators from agencies, NGOs, and government. Let’s explore how
purpose-driven storytelling can turn into greenwashing and harm green
brands and real solutions and discuss what we can do together in our
industries to turn it around.
​​First drinks are on us!
​​Clean Creatives is a global campaign for PR and ad professionals
who want a safe climate future. We are a community of over 2000
strategists, creatives and industry leaders and over 1000 agencies who
believe that fossil fuel clients represent a threat to our shared
future. Learn more about us at www.cleancreatives.org.
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On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Energy and Mineral Resources will hold an oversight
hearing
titled “Examining the President’s FY 2025
Budget Request for the United States Geological Survey and the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.”
Pete Stauber, Chairman
The President’s budget request for USGS
appropriations in FY2025 is $1.578
billion (full
justification).
The Ecosystems mission area conducts biological and ecological science
to inform natural resource management decisions through five programs
and cooperative research units. The FY2025
budget requests a 9% increase above the FY2024
enacted level for this mission area. The largest program increase for
the mission area is for the Land Management Research Program, requested
at $60.6 million for FY2025 compared with
$52.0 million enacted for FY2024. The increase
includes supporting science for mapping corridors of big game hunting
populations and for drought response. The budget request proposes
decreases for some activities in the mission area, including a decrease
of $1.0 million for the Biological Threats and Invasive Species Research
Program. It proposes to separate the land change science component of
the Climate Adaptation Science Centers and Land Change Science Program
into a stand-alone program named the Ecosystems Change Research Program
to ensure “program and budget clarity.”
The Energy and Mineral Resources mission area includes scientific
research and assessments related to energy and minerals. The
FY2025 budget requests a 19% increase above
the FY2024 enacted level for the mission area.
For the Energy Resources Program, the budget requests an increase of
$7.1 million above the FY2024 enacted level of
$32.6 million, which includes supporting activities related to geologic
carbon sequestration and geothermal energy. For the Mineral Resources
Program, the budget requests an increase of $12.1 million above the
FY2023 enacted level of $68.7 million, which
includes supporting critical minerals supply chain analysis and
forecasting. The request also proposes to restructure the Mineral
Resources Program into two components: the National Minerals Information
Center and Mineral Resources Research, Surveys, and Assessments. The
USGS asserts that the restructuring would
increase budget transparency for the National Minerals Information
Center. The agency anticipates requesting that the U.S. Chief
Statistician within the Office of Management and Budget designate the
center as a Recognized Statistical Unit (see 44 U.S.C. §3563).
The Natural Hazards mission area provides scientific information to
reduce losses from natural hazards. The FY2025
budget requests a 6% increase above the FY2024
enacted level for the mission area. This increase includes a $7.3
million increase for the Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources
Program to support research to inform climate-related risk assessments,
among other activities. It also includes a $2.2 million increase for
both the Earthquake Hazards Program and the Volcano Hazards Program. The
budget requests decreased funding for some activities in the mission
area, including a decrease of $0.4 million for the Landslide Hazards
Program.
The Water Resources mission area monitors water resources and researches
water processes. The FY2025 budget requests a
7% increase above the FY2024 enacted level for
the mission area. This includes increased funding for Integrated Water
Availability Assessments, federal priority streamgages, and the National
Groundwater Quality Network. Similar to past budget requests, the
Administration requests eliminating the Water Resources Research Act
Program, a federal-state partnership that conducts regional water
research. The budget also requests decreases for some activities in the
mission area.
The Core Science Systems mission area generally focuses on the
USGS’s mapping activities and supports science
across the agency. The mission area includes the National Land Imaging
Program, which operates Landsat satellites, among other activities. The
FY2025 budget requests a 15% increase above
the FY2024 enacted level for the mission area.
This includes an increase of $28.7 million for the National Land Imaging
Program, which would support Landsat activities, including Landsat Next
development, and a commercial data pilot program. The
FY2025 budget also requests increases for a
high performance computing initiative to advance
USGS science data delivery, particularly for
drought and fire science, and for an American conservation and
stewardship atlas. The budget request also proposes decreases for some
activities in the mission area, including a decrease of $3.4 million for
the National Geospatial Program.
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
FY2025 budget request is $304.7
million
in current appropriations.
We’re thrilled to assemble a panel of leading climate regulation experts
for a discussion on how companies should prepare for disclosure
compliance amidst the legal challenges the regulations are facing.
Register
to hear from our invited guests California Senator, Henry Stern and June
M. Hu from Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as they
discuss:
The legal challenges to the SEC Climate
Disclosure rule and California SB 261.
The “no regrets” moves companies can take today to prepare for
compliance.
Examples of how companies are using First Street data to make sure to
accurately report on climate risk.
On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 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.
7776
(Rep. Lee of NV), “Help Hoover Dam Act”, authorizes the Bureau of
Reclamation to access $45 million in ratepayer funds to make upgrades
to the Hoover Dam;
H.R.
7872
(Rep. Curtis), “Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act”, modifies the
cost share of salinity control units along the Colorado River;
H.R.
7938
(Rep. Bentz), “Klamath Basin Water Agreement Support Act of 2024”,
gives the Secretary of the Interior the authority to enter into
additional agreements to improve access to water resources in the
Klamath River Basin; and
H.R.
8263
(Rep. Boebert), “Rural Jobs and Hydropower Expansion Act”, clarifies
that Reclamation has the sole jurisdiction over non-federal hydropower
development within Reclamation projects.
Subcommittee
hearing.
The request is for $51.42
billion,
including $25 billion for maintenance of the nuclear arsenal, $8.23
billion for cleanup of DOE environmental
pollution, and $8.58 billion for the Office of Science.
Witnesses:
Jennifer Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
Jill Hruby, Under Secretary, National Nuclear Security Administration
The Budget includes $8.5 billion across DOE to
support researchers and entrepreneurs transforming innovations into
commercial clean energy products, including in areas such as: offshore
wind; industrial heat; sustainable aviation fuel; and grid
infrastructure.
The Budget invests $1.6 billion to support clean energy workforce and
infrastructure projects across the Nation, including: $385 million to
weatherize and retrofit homes of low-income Americans; $95 million to
electrify Tribal homes, provide technical assistance to advance Tribal
energy projects, and transition Tribal colleges and universities to
renewable energy; $113 million for the Office of Manufacturing and
Energy Supply Chains to strengthen domestic clean energy supply chains,
and $102 million to support utilities and State and local governments in
building a grid that is more secure, reliable, resilient, and able to
integrate electricity from clean energy sources.
The Office of State and Community Energy Programs includes $385 million
for the Weatherization Assistance Program to weatherize low-income
homes.
The Budget supports $76 million to advance technologies that can enable
earlier detection of methane leaks and integrate across a network of
methane monitoring sensors for more reliable measurement and mitigation
and $150 million to make small quantities of high-assay, low-enriched
uranium (HALEU) available for ongoing advanced nuclear reactor
demonstrations.
