Join the Green New Deal Network and our allies this Tuesday, July 25th
for a rally and happy
hour
event with Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.)! We’ll be convening at Metrobar
DC from 6pm–9pm to discuss the importance of union, environmental, and
racial justice organizers uniting to overpower corporate greed.
If you’re interested in joining us, be sure to
RSVP
here!
The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 3:00
PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following
measures:
H.R. 4366 – Military
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2024
S.J. Res 9 – A joint
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Lesser Prairie-Chicken; Threatened
Status with Section 4(d) Rule for the Northern Distinct Population
Segment and Endangered Status for the Southern Distinct Population
Segment”.
S.J. Res. 24 – A joint
resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of
title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service relating to “Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Northern
Long-Eared Bat”.
On Friday, July 21, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (MST), the Committee on Natural
Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an
oversight field
hearing
titled “Securing Supply Chains: Access to Critical Minerals in the
American Southwest.” The hearing will examine the mineral reserves of
the American Southwest, including the local and national costs benefits
of mining in the region, ranging from national security to economics.
This hearing will be held in the Goodyear Recreation Center, at the City
of Goodyear Recreation Campus, 420 S. Estrella Parkway, Goodyear, AZ.
Full committee
meeting
to mark up the Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development, State and
Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development
Appropriations Acts.
Markup of the “Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2024”
Markup of the “State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2024”
Markup of the “Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024.”
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Chair of the Subcommittee on
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing, will convene a
subcommittee
hearing
titled “Budget Oversight of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration” on Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. ET.
Witnesses:
Dr. Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere and the NOAA Administrator
Rear Admiral Nancy Hann, Director of the
NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation
Operations and Director of the NOAA
Commissioned Officer Corps
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Oceans, Fisheries, Climate Change and Manufacturing Subcommittee
On Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative hearing on the following bills:
Discussion draft of H.R.
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(Rep. Kiggans), “Military and Veterans in Parks (MVP) Act”;
H.R.
1786
(Rep. Levin), “GROW Act”, to establish a pilot program to employ
veterans in federal jobs that relate to conservation, resource
management, and environmental protection;
H.R.
1829
(Rep. Crane), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the
Pleasant Valley Ranger District Administrative Site to Gila County,
Arizona; and
H.R.
2468
(Rep. Owens), “Mountain View Corridor Completion Act”, 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 for a highway project.
Jacqueline Emanuel, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System,
U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act, H.R. 1829]
Frank Lands, Deputy Director for Operations, National Park Service,
Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act, H.R. 1786, H.R. 2468]
Panel III (Outside Experts):
Woody Cline, Supervisor, Gila County, Arizona [H.R. 1829]
Lisa Wilson, Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations, Utah
Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City, Utah [H.R. 2468]
Marc Berejka, Divisional Vice President, Community Advocacy & Impact,
REI, Kent, Washington [Discussion Draft of
the MVP Act]
Jeremy Villanueva, Government Affairs Associate Director, Wounded
Warrior Project, Washington, D.C. [Discussion Draft of the
MVP Act and H.R. 1786] [Minority Witness]
The purpose of this hearing is to provide oversight of the Bureau of
Reclamation and to receive testimony on the following bills:
S.
461,
to make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri
Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes (Cramer);
S.
482,
to amend the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to
provide the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities with
respect to projects affecting the Klamath Basin watershed, and for
other purposes (Wyden);
S.
739,
to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation
pumped storage development, and for other purposes (Kelly);
S.
1118,
to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program
(Cortez Masto);
S.
1215,
to require assessments of opportunities to install and maintain
floating photovoltaic solar panels at Bureau of Reclamation and Corps
of Engineers projects, and for other purposes (King);
S.
1521,
to amend the Federal Power Act to modernize and improve the licensing
of non-Federal hydropower projects, and for other purposes
(Daines/Cantwell);
S.
1662,
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 (Barrasso);
S.
1955,
to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to authorize
expenditures for the conduct of certain water conservation measures in
the Great Salt Lake basin, and for other purposes (Lee);
S.
2102,
to provide for drought preparedness and improved water supply
reliability (Wyden);
S.
2160,
to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize
certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals
of concern (Risch);
S.
2161,
to provide financial assistance for projects to address certain
subsidence impacts in the State of California, and for other purposes
(Feinstein);
S.
2162,
to support water infrastructure in Reclamation States, and for other
purposes (Feinstein);
S.
2166,
to amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991
and the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to provide grants
to States and Indian Tribes for programs to voluntarily repurpose
agricultural land to reduce consumptive water use, and for other
purposes (Padilla);
S.
2169,
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out watershed
pilots, and for other purposes (Wyden);
S.
2202,
to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize
the modification of transferred works to increase public benefits and
other project benefits as part of extraordinary operation and
maintenance work, and for other purposes (Feinstein);
S.
2247,
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to continue to implement
endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan
River Basins, and for other purposes (Hickenlooper/Romney).