The purpose of the business
meeting
of the full committee is to consider the legislation on the agenda.
Agenda Item 1: A Committee resolution appointing the members of
the subcommittees for the 118th Congress.
Agenda Item 2: S.
461, a
bill to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan
Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Cramer).
Agenda Item 3: S.
594,
a bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
the Interior to prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide
National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes. (Mr. Heinrich).
Agenda Item 4: S.
636, a
bill to establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the
Dolores River Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to
protect private water rights in the State, and for other purposes.
(Mr. Bennet).
Agenda Item 5: S.
1118,
a bill to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data
Program. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
Agenda Item 6: S.
1254,
a bill to designate and expand the wilderness areas in Olympic
National Forest in the State of Washington, and to designate certain
rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as wild
and scenic rivers, and for other purposes. (Mrs. Murray).
Agenda Item 7: S.
1348,
a bill to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in
the State of Wyoming, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
Agenda Item 8: S.
1521,
a bill to amend the Federal Power Act to modernize and improve the
licensing of non-Federal hydropower projects, and for other purposes.
(Mr. Daines).
Agenda Item 9: S.
1634,
a bill to provide for the designation of certain wilderness areas,
recreation management areas, and conservation areas in the State of
Colorado, and for other purposes. (Mr. Bennet).
Agenda Item 10: S.
1662,
a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the
Midvale Irrigation District the Pilot Butte Power Plant in the State
of Wyoming, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
Agenda Item 11: S.
1776,
a bill to provide for the protection of and investment in certain
Federal land in the State of California, and for other purposes. (Mr.
Padilla).
Agenda Item 12: S.
1889,
a bill to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native
communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).
Agenda Item 13: S.
1890,
a bill to provide for the establishment of a grazing management
program on Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other
purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
Agenda Item 14: S.
1955,
a bill to amend the Central Utah Completion Act to authorize
expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in
the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lee).
Agenda Item 15: S.
2160,
a bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to
authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for
urban canals of concern. (Mr. Risch).
Agenda Item 16: S.
2169,
a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out
watershed pilots, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
Agenda Item 17: S.
2247,
a bill to reauthorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide cost-shared
funding to implement the endangered and threatened fish recovery
programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins. (Mr.
Hickenlooper).
Agenda Item 18: S.
2581,
a bill to extend the Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000. (Mr. Crapo).
Agenda Item 19: S.
2615,
a bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide
that Village Corporations shall not be required to convey land in
trust to the State of Alaska for the establishment of Municipal
Corporations, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).
Agenda Item 20: S.
3033,
a bill to withdraw certain Federal land in the Pecos Watershed area of
the State of New Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.
Mr. Heinrich).
Agenda Item 21: S.
3036,
a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State
of Utah certain Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of
the Bureau of Land Management within the boundaries of Camp Williams,
Utah, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lee).
Agenda Item 22: S.
3044,
a bill to redesignate the Mount Evans Wilderness as the “Mount Blue
Sky Wilderness”, and for other purposes. (Mr. Hickenlooper).
Agenda Item 23: S.
3045,
a bill to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over
certain Federal land in the State of California, and for other
purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
Agenda Item 24: S.
3046,
a bill to make permanent the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity
marina fees. (Mr. Padilla).
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. in Room 2128 of the
Rayburn House Office Building, the Committee on Financial Services will
hold a
hearing
titled “Oversight of Prudential Regulators.”
For 2024, H.R. 5893 provides $58.7 billion, a <a
href=’https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/republicans-advance-bill-to-defund-law-enforcement-hurt-communities-advantage
‘>decrease of $25 billion – 29 percent – below 2023. The operating
budget of the National Weather Service is cut by 15 percent below the
current level. Nearly $1 billion is cut from
NOAA, while more than $400 million is cut from
the NASA Science account, and nearly a quarter
of a billion dollars is cut from the National Science Foundation
STEM Education account.
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R. 4235 (Rep. Kim of CA), “Wildfire Technology Demonstration,
Evaluation, Modernization, and Optimization Act” or the “Wildfire
Technology DEMO Act”;
H.R. 4353 (Rep. Salinas), “Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement
Act of 2023”;
H.R. 4717 (Rep. Lamborn), “Locally Led Restoration Act of 2023”;
H.R. 5582 (Rep. Barr), “White Oak Resilience Act”;
H.R. 5665 (Rep. Stansbury), “Promoting Accessibility on Federal Lands
Act of 2023”;
H.R. 6070 (Rep. Amodei), To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of
1999 to clarify the authority of Department of Defense to conduct
certain military activities at the Nevada test and training range, and
for other purposes; and
Discussion draft of H.R.
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(Rep. Westerman),“Biochar Innovations and Opportunities for
Conservation, Health, and Advancements in Research Act” or the
“BIOCHAR Act”.
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10:30 a.m.
EST in room 1334 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.
4219
(Rep. Graves of Missouri), “Southwestern Power Administration Fund
Establishment Act”, to establish the Southwestern Power Administration
Fund;
H.R.
5770
(Rep. Neguse), “Water Data Improvement Act”, to reauthorize certain
United States Geological Survey water data enhancement programs;
H.R.
6107
(Rep. Simpson), “Urban Canal Modernization Act”, to authorize certain
extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of
concern; and
H.R.
6127
(Rep. Moore of Utah), “Modernizing Access to Our Public Waters Act” or
“MAPWaters Act”, to standardize mapping of recreation al boating and
fishing access to federal waterways
On Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in 2322 Rayburn House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and
Critical Materials will hold a
hearing
entitled “Clean Power Plan 2.0: EPA’s Effort
to Jeopardize Reliable and Affordable Energy for States.” The hearing
will examine State perspectives concerning the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed greenhouse gas emissions standards for the
power sector and the reliable delivery of electricity.