Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Department of the Interior

Hearing page

Witnesses:

  • Denise Flanagan, Director of Budget, Department of the Interior
  • Deb Haaland, Secretary, Department of the Interior
  • Joan M. Mooney, Principal Deputy Assistant 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.

House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
2008 Rayburn

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Budget Hearing – Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the United States Air Force and Space Force

Hearing page

Witnesses

  • General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Chief of Staff of the Air Force
  • Frank Kendall, Secretary of the Air Force
  • General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, U.S. Space Force

Of the $215.1 billion Air Force budget request, $942 million (0.4%) is seen as mitigating climate risk.

Of the $30 billion Space Force budget request, $6 million (0.02%) is seen as mitigating climate risk

House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
   Defense Subcommittee
H-140 Capitol

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Reauthorizing the Weather Act: Data and Innovation for Predictions

The purpose of the hearing is to examine improvements in the fields of weather modeling and forecasting. This hearing will have testimony from leading private sector companies in the U.S. weather enterprise on the data and services they can provide to benefit the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This will be the first hearing in a series that looks at legislation to reauthorize the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act of 2017.

Hearing charter

Opening Statements:

  • Subcommittee Chairman Max Miller

Witnesses:

  • Richard Jenkins, Founder & CEO, Saildrone, Inc.
  • Meredith Bell, Atmospheric Program Manager, FLYHT Inc.
  • Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi Jr, President, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
  • Michael Eilts, General Manager, Weather and Earth Intelligence, Spire Global
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
   Environment Subcommittee
2318 Rayburn

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Reviewing the Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) announced that the Subcommittee will hold its first hearing of the 118th Congress focused on overseeing the Biden Administration’s implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs (IIJA) Act.

Witnesses:

  • Marc D. Williams, Executive Director, Texas Department of Transportation, On Behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
  • Dwayne Boyd, Regional President, CRH, On Behalf of the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
  • Aric Dreher, Assistant General Manager, Cianbro, On Behalf of the Associated Builders and Contractors
  • Paula Hammond, Senior Vice President, WSP USA, On Behalf of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
   Highways and Transit Subcommittee
2167 Rayburn

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2024 Budget Request for the Navy and Marine Corps

Hearing page

Witnesses:

  • Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of the Navy, United States Navy
  • Admiral Michael M. Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy
  • General David H. Berger, Commandant of the Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps

The FY2024 Navy budget request is $255.8 billion, of which $1.5 billion (0.7%) is climate-related.

Senate Appropriations Committee
   Defense Subcommittee
192 Dirksen

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Testimony from the Secretary of Agriculture

A hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony from The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Witness:

  • Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
House Agriculture Committee
1300 Longworth

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

Government Response to East Palestine: Ensuring Safety and Transparency for the Community

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials will hold a hearing titled “Government Response to East Palestine: Ensuring Safety and Transparency for the Community.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

  • Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, Region 5, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Anne M. Vogel, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  • Wesley Vins, Health Commissioner, Columbiana County General Health District
House Energy and Commerce Committee
   Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee
2123 Rayburn

03/28/2023 at 10:00AM

H.R. 1 - Lower Energy Costs Act

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 27, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

  • H.R. 1 — Lower Energy Costs Act

H.R. 1 incorporates:

  • H.R. 1068 – Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
  • H.R. 1121 – Protecting American Energy Production Act
  • H.R. 1085 – REFINER Act
  • H.R. 1058 – Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
  • H. Con. Res. 14 – Expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
  • H. Con. Res. 17 – Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not impose any restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products
  • H.R. 1130 – Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023
  • H.R. 1115 – Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
  • H.R. 1070 – To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes
  • H.R. 1131 – To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes
  • H.R. 1140 – To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes
  • H.R. 1158 – Elimination of Future Technology Delays Act of 2023
  • H.R. 1141 – Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act
  • H.R. 1023 – To repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund
  • H.R. 1155 – Keeping America’s Refineries Act
  • H.R. 1335 – TAPP American Resources Act
  • H.R. 1152 – Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023
House Rules Committee
H-313 Capitol

03/27/2023 at 03:00PM