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
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.
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
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.”
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. 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 Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) announced
that the Committee will hold a
hearing
on the Biden Administration’s 2023 trade policy agenda with United
States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai.