On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on
Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
Discussion Draft of H.R.
&95;&95;&95;
(Rep. Hunt), “Comprehensive Offshore Resource Evaluation Act” or the
“CORE Act”;
H.R.
7053
(Rep. Thompson of PA), “Orphan Well Grant Flexibility Act of 2024”;
H.R.
8665
(Rep. Lucas), “Supercritical Geothermal Research and Development Act”;
and
H.R.
8954
(Rep. Gosar), “Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2024”.
On Tuesday, July 23, 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 Indian
water rights legislation proposing settlements totalling over $12
billion.
1304
(Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Rio San José and Rio Jemez Water Settlements
Act of 2023”;
3977
(Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Amendments
Act of 2023”;
6599
(Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New
Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights
Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act”;
7240
(Rep. Rosendale), “Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights
Settlement Act of 2024”;
8685
(Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Ohkay Owingeh Rio Chama Water Rights
Settlement Act of 2024”;
8791
(Rep. Zinke), “Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Rights Settlement
Act of 2024”;
8920
(Rep. Fong), “Tule River Tribe Reserved Water Rights Settlement Act of
2024”;
8940
(Rep. Ciscomani), “Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement
Act of 2024”;
8945
(Rep. Leger Fernandez), “Navajo Nation Rio San José Stream System
Water Rights Settlement Act of 2024”;
8949
(Rep. Schweikert), “Yavapai-Apache Nation Water Rights Settlement Act
of 2024”;
8951
(Rep. Vasquez), “Zuni Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of
2024” and
8953
(Rep. Zinke), “Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Amendments Act of
2024”.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Members of Congress TBD
Panel II – (H.R. 7240, H.R. 8685, H.R. 8791, H.R. 8920, H.R. 8951, and
H.R. 8953)
Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of
the Interior, Washington, DC (all bills)
Jeffery Stiffram, President, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Harlem, MT
(H.R. 8791)
Frank White Clay, Chairman, Crow Tribe of Indians, Crow Agency, MT
(H.R. 8953)
Lester Shine Nieto, Vice Chairman, Tule River Indian Tribe of
California, Porterville, CA (H.R. 8920)
The Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security has scheduled a
hearing on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in 2123 Rayburn
House Office Building to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s
(NRC) Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and its licensing and regulation of
commercial power plants, advanced nuclear technologies, and other uses
of nuclear materials.
This
briefing
will highlight the immense scope and scale of the environmental
devastation Russia has wrought in Ukraine during its war of aggression,
estimate the still-unfolding impacts on the people of Ukraine and its
natural environment, and consider the multifaceted challenges to
ensuring Russian accountability.
Panelists:
Eugene Z. Stakhiv – Retired Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University
Maryna Baydyuk – President and Executive Director, United Help Ukraine
Kristina Hook – Assistant Professor of Conflict Management, School of
Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development, Kennesaw State
University
In the ten years since Russia launched its war of aggression against
Ukraine, Ukraine estimates that Russia has inflicted some $60 billion in
damages to Ukraine’s natural and man-made environments and pushed
Ukraine to the brink of ecological collapse. Vast swaths of Ukraine are
contaminated with landmines, toxic chemicals, and heavy metals. Hundreds
of thousands of square miles of agricultural lands are decimated,
groundwater contaminated, and nature reserves consumed by fire.
In June 2023, the catastrophic destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam
alone killed or displaced hundreds of Ukrainians, limited the
availability of water for irrigation and sanitation purposes, and
increased the risk of a nuclear disaster at the nearby Zaporizhzhia
power plant. While the full scale of Russia’s destruction of Ukraine’s
environment is both ongoing and difficult to assess, it is sufficiently
vast that Ukraine’s Prosecutor General has initiated investigations not
only into possible war crimes but also willful acts of environmental
destruction, or “ecocide,” punishable under Ukrainian law.
It is clear that the havoc wrought by Russia’s actions will endure for
decades and that Ukraine will require both international and
intergenerational support to adequately address it.
Joint Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe