Hill Heat

Subcommittee hearing.

Witnesses;

• Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary, Department of Defense
• General John D. Caine, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Budget request

Department of Defense (DOD)
Program Name	$ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions)	Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
DOD Topline	+113,300	In combination with $113 billion in mandatory funding, the Budget increases Defense spending by 13 percent.

06/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Subcommittee hearing.

Budget request

Corps of Engineers—Civil Works (Corps)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) Surplus	-1,071	The HMTF, whose funding is subject to annual appropriations, finances operation and maintenance projects for the Nation’s water channels. The Budget reduces funding for HMTF.
Corps WIFIA program	-7	The Corps WIFIA program provides direct loans and loan guarantees for non-Federal dam safety projects. The Budget eliminates this program.
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project	-609	The Budget provides $1.2 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project, eliminating funds for habitat restoration.
Small Agency Eliminations
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
400 Years of African American History Commission Corporation for National and Community Service (operating as AmeriCorps) Corporation for Public Broadcasting Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Inter-American Foundation Marine Mammal Commission National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation U.S. African Development Foundation U.S. Agency for Global Media U.S. Institute of Peace U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness Woodrow Wilson Center Presidio Trust	-3,586	The Budget includes the elimination of, or the elimination of Federal funding for, the following small agencies. Agencies in bold are in this appropriations bill.
Delta Regional Authority Denali Commission Northern Border Regional Commission Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Southwest Border Regional Commission Great Lakes Authority		The Budget eliminates six small regional commissions. The Budget continues funding for Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) operations at $14 million.
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR)	-2	The budget closes this office.

06/11/2025 at 10:00AM

The purpose of the hearing is to examine the President’s budget request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2026.

Witness:

• Doug Burgum, Secretary, Department of the Interior

Budget request

Department of the Interior (DOI)
Program Name	$ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions)	Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project	-609	The Budget provides $1.2 billion for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project.
Operation of the National Park System	-900	The Budget would transfer most properties to State-level management. Achieving a $900 million cut to operations would require eliminating funding for roughly 350 park sites, 75 percent of the total.
NPS Historic Preservation Fund	-158	The Budget eliminates almost all funding except for projects in partnership with HBCUs.
NPS Construction	-73	This reduction complements the Administration’s goals transferring most parks to State and tribal governments.
NPS National Recreation and Preservation	-77
Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs that Support Tribal Self-Governance and Tribal Communities	-617	The Budget eliminates the Indian Guaranteed Loan program for tribal business development. The Budget also terminates the Indian Land Consolidation Program. In addition, the Budget also reduces funding for programs that directly fund tribal operations such as roads, housing, and social services.
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Public Safety and Justice	-107	The Budget cuts the tribal law enforcement program by 20 percent.
Bureau of Indian Education Construction	-187	The Budget eliminates funding for construction of tribal schools.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Surveys, Investigations, and Research programs	-564	USGS provides science information on natural hazards, ecosystems, water, energy and mineral resources, and mapping of Earth’s features. The Budget eliminates programs that provide grants to universities and crucial climate science initiatives and instead focuses on support for minerals and fossil fuel extraction.
Bureau of Land Management Conservation Programs	-198	The Budget proposes deep reductions. The Budget also reduces the Wildlife and Aquatic Habitat Management program.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) State, Tribal, and NGO Conservation Grant Programs	-170	The Budget eliminates USFWS grant programs that fund conservation of species managed by States, Tribes, and other nations.
Renewable Energy Programs	-80	The Budget proposes to eliminate support for renewable energy deployment.
USFWS Ecological Services	-37	USFWS’ Ecological Services program and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources are jointly responsible for administering the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Budget consolidates these two programs into a single program housed within DOI with significantly reduced funding.
Federal Wildland Fire Service (consolidation of USDA and DOI Wildland Fire Management programs under a unified agency within DOI)	--	Federal wildfire risk mitigation and suppression responsibilities currently are split across five agencies in two departments: the U.S. Forest Service in USDA and BIA, Bureau of Land Management, USFWS, and NPS in DOI. The Budget consolidates the Federal wildland fire responsibilities into a single new Federal Wildland Fire Service at DOI, including transferring USDA’s current wildland fire management responsibilities.

06/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Brooke L. Rollins, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

06/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Scott Bessent, United States Secretary of the Treasury

06/11/2025 at 10:00AM

Full committee hearing.

Nominee:

• Brian Quintenz, of Ohio, to be Chairman and a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Quintenz, a former Trump CFTC commissioner, is the Global Head of Crypto Policy for Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with at least $3.4 million in assets.

06/10/2025 at 03:00PM

The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

• H.R. 4 – Rescissions Act of 2025

H.R. 4 would ratify DOGE eliminations of USAID, support for the United Nations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, done by the Trump administration without Congressional authorization.

H.R. 4 would rescind $33 million of the $1.5 billion appropriated in FY 2024 and $169 million of the $1.5 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions to International Organizations (CIO) account. The CIO account provides funding for the assessed contributions to the United Nations (UN), UN-affiliated organizations, and various other international organizations. This proposal is consistent with Executive Order (E.O.) 14155, “Withdrawing the United States From the World Health Organization,” and Executive Order 14199, “Withdrawing the United States From and Ending Funding to Certain United Nations Organizations and Reviewing United States Support to All International· Organizations,” and rescinds carryover balances from the prior year. The EO purports to remove the US from the World Health Organization; UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC); the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

H.R. 4 would rescind $203 million of the $1.4 billion appropriated in FY 2024 and $158 million of the $1.2 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities (CIPA) account. The CIPA account provides payment for the U.S. share of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping assessments.

H.R. 4 would rescind $500 million of the $4 billion appropriated in FY 2025 through FY 2026 and $400 million of the $6 billion appropriated in FY 2025 through FY 2029 for Global Health Programs for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which funds activities related to child and maternal health, HIV/ AIDS, and infectious diseases. This proposal would eliminate programs like family planning and reproductive health, LGBTQI+ activities, and equity programs.

H.R. 4 would rescind $800 million of the $3.2 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA). MRA funds the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and provides overseas humanitarian assistance through the Department of State.

This proposal would rescind $43 million of the $55 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Complex Crises Fund (CCF). CCF is intended to provide assistance that prevents and responds to crises in fragile countries.

H.R. 4 would rescind $83 million of the $345 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Democracy Fund (DF). The DF account is intended to fund democracy promotion activities of the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

H.R. 4 would rescind $1.7 billion of the $3.6 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the Economic Support Fund (ESF). The ESF account is intended to fund assistance programs in countries of strategic importance to the United States to meet economic development needs, including climate programs.

H.R. 4 would rescind $125 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025 for the Contribution to the Clean Technology Fund (CTF), in alignment with Executive Order 14162, “Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements.”

H.R. 4 would rescind $437 million, the entire amount appropriated in FY 2025 for International Organizations and Programs (IOP). The IOP account funds voluntary contributions to international organizations and programs, largely to the United Nations (UN). This rescission would eliminate funding for the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN Development Program (UNDP), the Montreal Protocol, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), among various other organizations.

H.R. 4 would rescind $2.5 billion of the $3.9 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for Development Assistance (DA), administered by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The DA account is intended to fund programs that work to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies.

H.R. 4 would rescind $460 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025 for the Assistance for Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia (AEECA) account. The AEECA account is intended to support primarily former communist countries in the Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia region with programs focused on economic and political stability, including climate.

H.R. 4 would rescind $496 million of $4 billion appropriated in FY 2025 to the International Disaster Assistance (IDA) account, administered by USAID. IDA was intended to provide humanitarian assistance in response to natural disasters and conflicts, and other emergencies around the world.

H.R. 4 would rescind $125 million of the $1.7 billion appropriated in FY 2025 for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Operating Expenses account, which funds salaries and benefits and other direct costs for USAID direct hires and staff overseas.

H.R. 4 would rescind $57 million of the $75 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Transition Initiatives (TI) account, administered by USAID. TI funding targets select priority countries where the U.S. must engage quickly as a contingency response component ofU.S. foreign assistance during conflict and political transitions.

H.R. 4 would rescind $27 million of the $47 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the Inter-American Foundation (IAF). The IAF provides grants to organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the IAF.

H.R. 4 would rescind $22 million ofthe $45 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the African Development Foundation (ADF). The ADF delivers grants directly to African businesses to support economic growth. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the ADF.

H.R. 4 would rescind $15 million ofthe $55 million appropriated in FY 2025 for the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). This agency funds a variety of conflict mitigation and intervention programs. This rescission is aligned with Executive Order 14217, “Commencing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy,” which calls for the elimination of the USIP.

H.R. 4 would rescind $535 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2024, and $535 million, the full amount appropriated in FY 2025, for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) in advance for FY 2026. CPB’s base appropriation is disbursed to public radio and public television systems in accordance with a statutory formula outlined in the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, as amended. Enacting the rescission would eliminate Federal funding for CPB.

06/10/2025 at 02:00PM

On Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 1045 (Rep. Kennedy of UT), “Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025”, To amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute for Utah
• H.R. 1655 (Rep. Bentz), “Wildfire Communications Resiliency Act”, To provide that construction, rebuilding, or hardening of communications facilities following a major disaster or an emergency related to a wildfire is not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews
• H.R. 3187 (Rep. Hill), To require the Secretary of Agriculture to convey a parcel of property of the Forest Service to Perry County, Arkansas, the former headquarters of the Ouachita National Forest
• H.R. 3444 (Rep. Huffman), “Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act of 2025”, To direct Federal land management agencies of the Department of the Interior to establish Tribal Co-Management Plans and to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations for the performance of certain activities of the Forest Service

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

Panel II

• John Crockett, Deputy Chief of State, Private and Tribal Forestry, U.S. Forest Service, Washington, D.C. [All bills]

Panel III (Outside Experts):

• Larry Blackmon, Judge, Perry County, Perryville, AR [H.R. 3187] • Larissa Yocom, Director, Utah Forest Restoration Institute, Logan, UT [H.R. 1045] • Greg Andreas, General Manager, Ponderosa, O’Neals, CA [H.R. 1655] • Bill Tripp, Director of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources, Orleans, CA [H.R. 3444] [Minority Witness]

06/10/2025 at 10:15AM

Subcommittee hearing.

Witness:

• Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Hearing memo

The Trump administration proposed a budget of $46.32 billion for DOE for fiscal year (FY) 2026. The budget requests a $3.49 billion reduction, or 7.01 percent, below the FY 2025 enacted level.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Grid Deployment are cut 75 percent; Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve cut 50 percent.

Eliminated programs include:

• Office of Technology Commercialization
• Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program
• Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program

Budget request

Department of Energy
Program Name	$ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions)	Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
IIJA Cancellation	-15,247	The Budget cancels over $15 billion in funds committed to build renewable energy, removing carbon dioxide from the air, and other technologies. The Budget also ends programs for electric vehicle and battery makers and cancels the Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act.
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)	-2,572	The Budget reorients EERE programs to early-stage research and development programming, eliminating funding for Justice40. This proposal would support technologies that promote fossil-fuel and nuclear power and bioenergy.
Office of Science	-1,148	The Budget reduces funding for climate change and renewable energy research. The Budget maintains priority areas such as high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, quantum information science, fusion, and critical minerals.
Environmental Management (EM)	-389	The EM program performs activities at 14 active cleanup sites and operates a geologic disposal facility (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico). The EM topline is being reduced by $389 million, which reflects a reduction of about $178 million for the transfer of responsibility from the EM program to the National Nuclear Security Administration for the Savannah River site in South Carolina, where plutonium pit production capabilities would be developed. The Budget maintains the Hanford site in Washington at the 2025 enacted level but reduces funding for various cleanup activities at other sites.
Advanced Research Project Agency‒ Energy (ARPA-E)	-260	The Budget reduces funding for ARPA-E, limiting support to research advancing fossil-fuel technologies and other technologies. Pollution-reducing technologies are not supported.
Office of Nuclear Energy	-408	The Budget reduces funding for research on nuclear energy. Funding priorities include innovative concepts for nuclear reactors, researching advanced nuclear fuels, and maintaining the capabilities of the Idaho National Laboratory.
Office of Fossil Energy	-270	The Budget restores the name and function of the Office of Fossil Energy to its original purpose, which is funding for the research of technologies that could produce an abundance of domestic fossil energy and critical minerals.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
FY 2026 Appropriation Summary ($K)
	FY 2024 Enacted	FY 2025 Enacted	FY 2026 Request	FY 2026 Request vs FY 2025 Enacted
				$	%
Department of Energy Budget by Appropriation
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy1	3,460,000	3,460,000	888,000	-2,572,000	-74%
Electricity	280,000	280,000	193,000	-87,000	-31%
Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency
Response	200,000	200,000	150,000	-50,000	-25%
Strategic Petroleum Reserve	213,390	213,390	206,325	-7,065	-3%
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves	13,010	13,010	13,000	-10	0%
SPR Petroleum Account	100	100	100	0	0%
Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve	7,150	7,150	3,575	-3,575	-50%
Total, Petroleum Reserve Accounts	233,650	233,650	223,000	-10,650	-5%
Nuclear Energy (270)2	1,525,000	1,525,000	1,210,000	-315,000	-21%
Fossil Energy	865,000	865,000	595,000	-270,000	-31%
Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning (UED&D)	855,000	855,000	814,380	-40,620	-5%
Energy Information Administration	135,000	135,000	135,000	0	0%
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup	342,000	342,000	322,371	-19,629	-6%
Science	8,240,000	8,240,000	7,092,000	-1,148,000	-14%
Office of Technology Commercialization3	20,000	20,000	—	-20,000	-100%
Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations	50,000	50,000	—	-50,000	-100%
Grid Deployment4	60,000	60,000	15,000	-45,000	-75%
Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains5	—	—	15,000	+15,000	N/A
Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy	460,000	460,000	200,000	-260,000	-57%
Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund	12,040	12,040	12,040	0	0%
Departmental Administration	286,500	286,500	174,926	-111,574	-39%
Indian Energy Policy and Programs	70,000	70,000	50,000	-20,000	-29%
Inspector General	86,000	86,000	90,000	+4,000	+5%
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program	58,719	(121,000)	682,588	+803,588	-664%
Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program	13,000	13,000	9,500	-3,500	-27%
Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program	6,300	6,300	(12,000)	-18,300	-290%
Total, Credit Programs	78,019	-101,700	680,088	+781,788	-769%
Energy Projects	83,724	—	—	0	N/A
Critical and Emerging Technologies	—	—	2,000	+2,000	N/A
Total, Energy Programs	17,341,933	17,078,490	12,861,805	-4,216,685	-25%
Weapons Activities6	19,108,000	19,293,000	24,856,400	+5,563,400	+29%
Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation	2,581,000	2,396,000	2,284,600	-111,400	-5%
Naval Reactors	1,946,000	1,946,000	2,346,000	+400,000	+21%
Federal Salaries and Expenses	500,000	500,000	555,000	+55,000	+11%
Total, National Nuclear Security Administration	24,135,000	24,135,000	30,042,000	+5,907,000	+24%
Defense Environmental Cleanup	7,285,000	7,285,000	6,956,000	-329,000	-5%
Other Defense Activities	1,080,000	1,107,000	1,182,000	+75,000	+7%
Defense Uranium Enrichment D&D	285,000	285,000	278,000	-7,000	-2%
Total, Environmental and Other Defense Activities	8,650,000	8,677,000	8,416,000	-261,000	-3%
Nuclear Energy (050)	160,000	160,000	160,000	0	0%
Total, Atomic Energy Defense Activities	32,945,000	32,972,000	38,618,000	+5,646,000	+17%
Southeastern Power Administration	—	—	—	0	N/A
Southwestern Power Administration	11,440	11,440	10,400	-1,040	-9%
Western Area Power Administration	99,872	99,872	63,372	-36,500	-37%
Falcon and Amistad Operating & Maintenance Fund	228	228	228	0	0%
Total, Power Marketing Administrations	111,540	111,540	74,000	-37,540	-34%
Total, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies	50,398,473	50,162,030	51,553,805	+1,391,775	+3%
Excess Fees and Recoveries, FERC	-9,000	-9,000	-9,000	0	0%
Title XVII Loan Guar. Prog Section 1703 Negative
Credit Subsidy Receipt	-6,493	-61,106	-65,805	-4,699	+8%
UED&D Fund Offset	-285,000	-285,000	-278,000	+7,000	-2%
Sale of Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve	-98,000	—	—	0	N/A
Sale of Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve	—	—	-100,000	-100,000	N/A
Total Funding by Appropriation	49,999,980	49,806,924	51,101,000	+1,294,076	+3%
Total Discretionary Funding	49,999,980	49,806,924	46,319,000	-3,487,924	-7%
DOE Budget Function	49,999,980	49,806,924	51,101,000	+1,294,076	+3%
NNSA Defense (050) Total	24,135,000	24,135,000	30,042,000	+5,907,000	+24%
Non-NNSA Defense (050) Total	8,810,000	8,837,000	8,576,000	-261,000	-3%
Defense (050)	32,945,000	32,972,000	38,628,000	+5,646,000	+17%
Science (250)	8,240,000	8,240,000	7,092,000	-1,148,000	-14%
Energy (270)	8,814,980	8,594,924	5,391,000	-3,203,924	-37%
Non-Defense (Non-050)	17,054,980	16,834,924	12,483,000	-4,351,924	-26%

¹ The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding levels for FY 2024 Enacted and FY 2025 Enacted included the Offices of State and Community Energy Programs, Federal Energy Management Program, and Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains.

² Naval Reactors and Nuclear Energy (050) amounts do not reflect the mandated transfer of $92.8 million in FY 2024 and FY 2025 from Naval Reactors to the Office of Nuclear Energy for operation of the Advanced Test Reactor

³ The Office of Technology Commercialization, formerly known as the Office of Technology Transitions, is funded in the Departmental Administration appropriation in FY 2026 at $10 million.

⁴ Funding for the Grid Deployment account in FY 2026 will support OE programs and projects, with close coordination with CESER, that increase generation and transmission capacity and strengthen grid security.

⁵ Funding for the MESC account in FY 2026 will support EERE and FE activities to address supply chain vulnerability areas, to include critical minerals and materials. The Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains was funded at $19 million in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy appropriation in both FY 2024 Enacted and FY 2025 Enacted.

⁶ FY 2026 Requested Funding includes $4.782 billion in mandatory Reconciliation resources for NNSA Weapons Activities.

06/10/2025 at 10:00AM

Nomination hearing.

Nominees:

• Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment)
• Andrew Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
• Paul Kapur, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of State (South Asian Affairs)
• Benjamin Black, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation
• Howard Brodie, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland

Jacob Helberg is senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies.

Ben Black is the son of billionaire Leon Black.

Andrew Puzder is the former chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants, the parent company of Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr., a spousal abuser and Trump mega-donor.

Howard Brodie is a financier and Trump donor.

S. Paul Kapur is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.

06/10/2025 at 10:00AM