On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
390
(Rep. Stefanik), “Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National
Heritage Area Enhancement Act”;
H.R.
6826
(Rep. Mfume), To designate the visitor and education center at Fort
McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes
Visitor and Education Center;
H.R.
6843
(Rep. Scalise), To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National
Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana;
H.R.
8206
(Rep. Franklin), To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not
be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National
Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; and
H.R.
8219
(Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii), “Lahaina National Heritage Area Act”
Witnesses:
Joy Beasley, Associate Director – Cultural Resources, Partnerships,
and Science, National Park Service, Department of the Interior,
Washington, D.C. [H.R. 390, H.R. 6826, H.R. 6843, H.R. 8206, and H.R.
8219]
Talbert Cypress, Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida,
Miami, Florida [H.R. 8206]
Sean Kelleher, Historian, Town of Saratoga, Saratoga, New York [H.R.
390]
Katherine Andrews, Director – Office of Outdoor Recreation, Department
of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Little Rock, Arkansas [H.R. 3971]
Full committee markup of the following legislation:
Congressional Disapproval Resolutions of Climate Regulations
H.J.Res.
163,
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to “New Source Performance Standards for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil
Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric
Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule”
(Rep. Balderson)
H.J.Res.
136,
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for
Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (Rep.
James)
H.J.Res.
133,
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for
Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3” (Rep. Fulcher)
H.J.Res.
117,
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5,
United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental
Protection Agency relating to “Reconsideration of the National Ambient
Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” (Rep. Allen)
Other bills:
H.R. 7188, Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act
(Reps. Moolenaar and Dingell)
H.R. 3433, Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 (Reps. McCaul and Eshoo)
H.R. 670, Think Differently Database Act (Reps. Molinaro and Sherrill)
H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (Reps. Carter and
Blunt Rochester)
H.R. 8818, American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (Reps. Rodgers,
Pallone, Bilirakis, and Schakowsky)
On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 9:30 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.
6841
(Rep. Levin, D-Calif.), To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972 to allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and
Estuarine Resilience Program, and for other purposes;
H.R.
7925
(Rep. D’Esposito), “Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act”, to
provide for the standardization, publication, and accessibility of
data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways;
H.R.
8704
(Rep. Carter of GA), To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish
a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and
North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species; and
H.R.
8705
(Rep. Graves of LA), “Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of
2024.”
Full committee
markup
of The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790). The
legislation,
co-sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Scott Peters
(D-Calif.), expedites logging approvals in the name of wildfire
prevention.
Original cosponsors include Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29),
John Curtis (R-UT-3), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Pete Stauber (R-MN-8), Jimmy
Panetta (D-CA-19), Tom McClintock (R-CA-5), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Tom
Tiffany (R-WI-7), John Duarte (R-CA-13), and James Moylan (R-GU).
The Fix Our Forests Act is supported by logging giant Rayonier and
logging industry representatives American Forests, the American Forest
Resource Council, the American Loggers Council, the Arkansas Forestry
Association, Associated California Loggers, the Forest Landowners
Association, the Forest Resources Association, and the Hardwood
Federation; by Edison Electric Institute; by the corporate-backed
Bipartisan Policy Center; by the hard-right Property and Environment
Research Center (PERC); by the conservative conservation organizations
the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation Partnership, the American Conservation Coalition Action,
the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Boone and Crockett Club, the
Dallas Safari Club; by the Silicon Valley forest-advocacy group MegaFire
Action; by the National Congress of American Indians and Potlach Deltic;
and by the National Association of Counties.
The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce will hold a
hearing
on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell
Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The
Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Commerce Budget.”
The hearing will focus on technology and manufacturing (including AI and
the blockchain), travel and tourism.
The purpose of this
hearing
is to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2025 (FY25)
budget request to Congress and the impact this proposed funding could
have on civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial
application programs at the Department.