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Full committee hearing entitled “Protecting American Taxpayers: Highlighting Efforts to Protect Against Federal Waste, Fraud, and Mismanagement.”

Witnesses:

• Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• Allison C. Lerner, Inspector General, National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Teri L. Donaldson, Inspector General, Department of Energy (DOE)
• Eric J. Soskin, Inspector General, Department of Transportation (DOT)
• Sean W. O’Donnell, Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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Witness:

• 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.

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Chair Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)

Witnesses:

• 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.

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Witness:

• 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.

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.

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Witnesses:

• Jess C. Gehin, Ph.D., Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear Science and Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
• Regis Repko, Senior Vice President, Generation and Transmission Strategy, Duke Energy
• Jeremy Harrell, Board of Directors Chair, U.S. Nuclear Industry Council, and Chief Strategy Officer, ClearPath
• Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force

The House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing entitled, “FY24 Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction and Family Housing Budget Request” on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. (ET), in Room 2362B of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is on the FY24 budget request for Navy and Marine Corps military construction and family housing.

Witnesses:

• Lieutenant General Edward D. Banta, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics, United States Marine Corps
• Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy, Installations, and Environment
• Vice Admiral Ricky Williamson, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Readiness and Logistics, N4, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

The budget request for military construction for the the Navy and Marine Corps is $6.1 billion, including a $1 billion dry dock at Pearl Harbor raised above expected sea level rise.

This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Witnesses:

• Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant, United States Coast Guard
• Master Chief Heath B. Jones, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard FY2024 budget request is $13.5 billion, including $150 million for a commercial polar icebreaker because “the Arctic is becoming more accessible due to climate change.” This is in addition to the $450 million Polar Operations Research and Development budget.

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Witness:

• Gina Raimonda, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce

The Department of Commerce’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget proposes $12.3 billion in discretionary funding and $4 billion in mandatory funding. $6.8 billion is for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The budget also includes $97 million for NIST’s activities on Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability