On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an
oversight
hearing
titled “Examining the President’s FY 2024
Budget Request for the Department of the Interior”.
Deb Haaland, Secretary, Department of the Interior
The Department’s 2024
budget
totals $18.9 billion in current authority ($18.3 billion in net
discretionary authority)—an increase of $2.0 billion, or 12 percent,
from the 2023 enacted budget.
The budget for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management provides $72.3
million for conventional energy programs to support
OCS planning, leasing, and oversight.
The 2024 budget for the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
includes $217.1 million for conventional energy programs to support
OCS permit application reviews, regulation and
standard development for offshore activities, verification and
enforcement of operator compliance with all applicable environmental
laws and regulations, technical reviews of planned operations and
emerging technologies to properly identify and mitigate risks, a robust
inspection program employing an annual inspection strategy that includes
risk-based inspections, and incident investigations.
BSEE’s budget also includes $30.0 million to
fund the decommissioning of orphaned offshore oil and gas
infrastructure.
The 2024 budget includes $123.5 million for the Bureau of Land
Management’s Oil and Gas Management program, an increase of $10.6
million from the 2023 enacted amount. The BLM
budget also includes $51.0 million for Oil and Gas Inspection Activities
and proposes to offset the cost of this program through the
establishment of onshore inspection fees.
The 2024 BOEM budget includes $6.6 million in
Conventional Energy and $2.3 million in Environmental Programs to
establish a dedicated team, train existing staff, hire additional
specialized experts, and fund environmental studies, scientific
research, data collection, and other activities critical to the
establishment and implementation of the new program. The 2024
BSEE budget includes $1.5 million to prepare
for regulating and overseeing safe and effective offshore carbon
sequestration activities. The budget includes $3.4 million to start an
onshore carbon sequestration program in BLM.
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, U.S. National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation FY2024 budget
request is $11.314 billion,
including $1 billion for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, $550.5
million for clean energy research, $30 million for the National
Discovery Cloud for Climate, and $15 million for climate equity
fellowships.
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Bill Nelson, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation FY2024 budget
request is $11.314 billion,
including $1 billion for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, $550.5
million for clean energy research, $30 million for the National
Discovery Cloud for Climate, and $15 million for climate equity
fellowships.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
FY2024 budget request is $27.2
billion,
including $2.5 billion for earth science.
Senate Appropriations Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
The FY 2024 budget request is $30.2
billion,
including $20.3 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund and $4.8 billion
for the National Flood Insurance Program.
The FY 2024 Budget includes an increase to
create a full-time, dedicated policy and coordination office to lead
FEMA’s focus on climate adaptation, impacts,
and lead coordination with FEMA program
offices, the Federal Interagency, and SLTT
partners in support of FEMA’s programs.
Hearing
with the title “Spending on Empty: How the Biden Administration’s
Unprecedented Spending Increased Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the
Department of Energy.”
Chair Pat Fallon (R-Texas), Ranking Member Cori Bush (D-Mo.)
Fallon:
“In one instance, DOE awarded $200 million
available under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to a lithium
battery company despite the company’s primary operations taking place in
China.”
The company mentioned, Microvast, has been the target of Fox
News
stories.
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in 2123 Rayburn House Office
Building, the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security will
hold a
hearing
entitled “American Nuclear Energy Expansion: Powering a Clean and Secure
Future.” The hearing will examine issues associated with expanding
nuclear energy for power generation and industrial use and for
international competition and security, including issues concerning
advanced reactor deployment and licensing, industrial infrastructure and
fuel supply chains.