On Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET in 1324 Longworth Hearing
Room, via Webex, and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page, the
Committee on Natural Resources will
meet
to consider the following bills:
H.R.
2794
(Rep. Betty McCollum), To provide for the protection of the Boundary
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and interconnected Federal lands and
waters, including Voyageurs National Park, within the Rainy River
Watershed in the State of Minnesota, and for other purposes. Boundary
Waters Wilderness Protection and Pollution Prevention Act.
H.R.
3686
(Rep. Ann M. Kuster), To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands
Management Act of 1996 to provide for the establishment of a Ski Area
Fee Retention Account, and for other purposes.
SHRED Act or Ski Hill Resources for Economic
Development Act.
H.R.
5715
(Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva), To reauthorize the Morris K. Udall and
Stewart L. Udall Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
H.R.
6364
(Rep. Matt Cartwright), To amend the Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure
of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and
for other purposes.
H.R.
6442
(Rep. Russ Fulcher), To amend section 101703 of title 54, United
States Code, to include Tribal Governments and quasi-governmental
entities, and for other purposes. PACTS Act
or Partnership Agreements Creating Tangible Savings Act.
H.R.
6654
(Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to
establish a National Climate Adaptation Science Center and Regional
Climate Adaptation Science Centers to respond to the effects of
extreme weather events and climate trends, and for other purposes.
CASC Act or Climate Adaptation Science
Centers Act.
H.R.
6936
(Rep. Elise Stefanik), To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to
benefit programs that combat invasive species. Stamp Out Invasive
Species Act.
H.R.
7283
(Rep. Matt Cartwright), To amend the Infrastructure Investment and
Jobs Act to make certain activities eligible for grants from the
Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund, and for other purposes.
STREAM Act or Safeguarding Treatment for the
Restoration of Ecosystems from Abandoned Mines Act.
H.R.
7496
(Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to
install a plaque at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands
National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, to
commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733.
H.R.
7693
(Rep. Bruce Westerman), To amend title 54, United States Code, to
reauthorize the National Park Foundation. National Park Foundation
Reauthorization Act of 2022.
The Committee on Rules will meet on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 12:00
PM EDT in H-313, The Capitol on the following
measures:
H.R. 7900—National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Amendment
29
(McKinley (WV), Hudson (NC), Burgess (TX), Tenney, Claudia (NY),
Newhouse (WA), Malliotakis (NY), Van Duyne (TX)) Amends section
1083(a) (“Combatting Military Reliance on Russian Energy”) to add to
the Sense of Congress stating that U.S. energy independence is
critical to national security and should include the production,
use, and export of all available energy sources, including coal,
natural gas, oil, nuclear, and renewables, as well as strategic
minerals critical to electric vehicles and other clean energy
sources.
Amendment
30
(McKinley (WV), Tenney, Claudia (NY), Newhouse (WA)) Amends section
1083(d) (“Combating Military Reliance on Russian Energy”) to require
the contents of a military installation energy plan for main
operating bases to include an assessment of the capability of a base
to replace Russian energy with energy produced in the United States.
Amendment
41
(John Garamendi, D-Calif.) Clarifies the Department of Defense
definition of biomass and biogas so that it aligns with the Clean
Air Act, and requires that it be considered a renewable energy
source.
Amendment
64
(Garamendi (CA), Amodei (NV), Waltz (FL), Horsford (NV), Cheney
(WY), Swalwell (CA), Costa (CA)) Adds critical minerals projects
under the Defense Production Act to Federal Permitting Improvement
Steering Council’s permitting dashboard and expedited review
process, supporting Presidential Determination No. 2022-11 invoking
the Defense Production Act for strategic and critical materials
production necessary for the clean energy transition and
large-capacity batteries.
Amendment
65
(Garamendi (CA), Wittman (VA), Pappas (NH), Brownley (CA))
Recapitalizes America’s strategic domestic shipbuilding and maritime
industries by requiring that increasing percentages of liquefied
natural gas (LNG) and crude oil exports be transported on
U.S.-built, flagged, and crewed vessels.
Amendment
84
(Bill Keating, D-Mass.) Requires the State Department to establish
and staff Climate Change Officer positions to be posted at U.S.
embassies, consulates, or diplomatic missions to provide climate
change mitigation expertise, engage with international entities on
climate change, and facilitate bilateral and multilateral
cooperation on climate change, taking specific actions to develop a
strategy to improve and increase the study of, mitigation of, and
adaptation to climate change and certify that considerations related
to the climate are incorporated at U.S. embassies or other
diplomatic posts, while also establishing a curriculum at the
Foreign Service Institute to provide employees with specialized
climate change training.
Amendment
89
(Steven Horsford, D-Nev.) Requires the Secretary of Defense to
implement a program to track and reduce Scope 3 emissions and energy
costs.
Amendment
123
(Marilyn Strickland, D-Wash.) Adds a sense of Congress on supporting
FEMA stockpiling of rapid response,
cost-effective temporary shelter solutions with materials
manufactured domestically for disaster preparedness.
Amendment
148
(Joe Neguse, D-Colo.) Establishes a Community Resilience and
Restoration Fund and competitive grant program administered by the
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to conserve restoration and
resilience lands and help communities respond to natural disasters
and threats, and authorizes $100 million per year for Fiscal Years
23-28.
Amendment
149
(Sarbanes (MD), Fitzpatrick (PA), Dingell (MI), Posey (FL)) Requires
PFAS manufacturers to submit analytical
reference standards of each PFAS chemical
they produce to EPA for the Agency’s use
in identifying PFAS.
Amendment
177
(Michael Burgess, R-Texas) Strikes Section 313 which allows the
Secretary of Defense to select two military installations to make
“Energy Resilience Testbeds” to test and demonstrate technologies
that support climate resilient infrastructure.
Amendment
210
(Slotkin (MI), Kim, Young (CA), Turner (OH), Fletcher (TX)) Requires
DoE to evaluate the energy security of the United States and
establish a program to reduce the reliance of allied European
countries on natural gas, petroleum, and nuclear fuel produced in
Russia. Under the program, DoE must provide resources, materials,
equipment, financial assistance, and technical assistance to allies
to reduce their reliance on Russian energy.
Amendment
216
(Garamendi (CA), Jacobs, Sara (CA), Lofgren (CA)) Waives current
law’s requirement that FEMA or federal
land management agencies reimburse DOD
(with civilian funds) for cost of military support for disaster
response to major wildfires or federally declared
disasters/emergencies.
Amendment
264
(Tim Walberg, R-Mich.) Adds a section to prohibit the President from
revoking Presidential permits relating to cross-border energy
facilities.
Amendment
265
(Torres, Ritchie (NY), Stevens (MI), Meijer (MI), Gonzalez, Anthony
(OH)) Inserts the text of H.R. 7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire
Administration Act.
Amendment
267
(Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.) Adds a resolution demanding the construction
of a border wall, increasing energy independence and production, and
“stands steadfastly, staunchly, proudly, and fervently behind the
American people in their fight for the preservation of the
Republic.”
Amendment
274
(Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.) Adds a new title to ensure greater equity
in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing
an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure
disparate outcomes and participation barriers, and requiring equity
criteria to be applied to policies and programs.
Amendment
291
(Dina Titus, D-Nev.) Prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from
using the Nuclear Waste Fund for expenditures involving repositories
for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste.
Prohibits DOE from using the fund to pay
for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation
of a repository unless DOE has entered
into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located
and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.
Amendment
306
(Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.) Establishes an Office of Climate
Resilience.
Amendment
322
(Strickland (WA), Kilmer (WA), Graves, Garret (LA), Speier (CA))
Codifies the federal task force for Puget Sound and establishes a
Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office within the
Environmental Protection Agency, establishes a San Francisco Bay
Program Office within the Environmental Protection Agency that
awards grants to advance conservation, climate change adaptation,
and water quality improvement projects for the San Francisco Bay
estuary, and reauthorizes the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Restoration
Program.
Amendment
328
(Chip Roy, R-Texas) and Amendment
679
(Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., Bill Posey, R-Fla.) Strikes section 315 ,
the pilot program on the use of sustainable aviation fuel.
Amendment
330
(Carbajal (CA), Bacon (NE), Takano (CA), Fitzpatrick (PA)) Adds the
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act (H.R. 2499) to the bill, which
would create the presumption that federal firefighters who become
disabled by certain serious diseases contracted the illness on the
job.
Amendment
331
(Trahan (MA), Obernolte, Jay (CA), Beyer (VA)) Directs the Secretary
of Defense to submit a report on potential national security
applications for fusion energy technology. The report shall include
an evaluation of commercial fusion energy technologies under
development by private sector companies in the United States to
determine if any such technologies have potential national security
applications.
Amendment
337
(Feenstra (IA), Bost (IL), Miller-Meeks (IA)) Adds a cost analysis
to the nontactical electric vehicle replacement pilot program.
Includes both the cost of replacing the nontactical vehicle fleet
with electric vehicles and alternatively the cost of replacing the
fleet with flex-fuel vehicles.
Amendment
349
(Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas) Requires report to be submitted by the
Secretary of Defense within 220 days following enactment on Capacity
to Provide Disaster Survivors with Emergency Short Term Housing.
Amendment
360
(Phillips (MN), Luria (VA), Aguilar (CA), O’Halleran (AZ)) Directs
the Department of Defense to submit a report to Congress identifying
military installations for which climate change is expected to
negatively impact the installation’s mission or core activities over
the next 20 years. The report will include an overview of
mitigations necessary to continue operations and increase
resiliency.
Amendment
378
(Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.) Provides mental health support for
survivors and first responders after emergencies and disasters.
Amendment
380
(Mark Takano, D-Calif.) Requires the comptroller general of the US
to study the feasibility of establishing a strategic stockpile of
materials required to to manufacture batteries, battery cells, and
other energy storage components to meet national security
requirements in the event of a national emergency.
Amendment
477
(Glenn Thompson, R-Penn.) Requires the Secretary of Defense to
submit a report to Congress detailing Department of Defense spending
on fuel from non-domestic sources.
Amendment
522
(Katko (NY), Pappas (NH), González-Colón, Jenniffer (PR),
Garbarino (NY)) Adds the text of the Preliminary Damage Assessment
(PDA) Improvement Act, which directs the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) to report to Congress on their efforts to
assess damages in the aftermath of a disaster and convenes an
advisory panel to assist FEMA in improving
critical components of the damage assessment process.
Amendment
523
(Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, Beth Van Duyne, Texas) Adds a sense of
Congress that reliance on Russian energy poses a national security
risk.
Amendment
534
(Torres, Ritchie (NY), González-Colón, Jenniffer (PR)) Requires a
report on Puerto Rico’s progress toward rebuilding the electric grid
and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is undertaking to
expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes.
Amendment
548
(Al Green, D-Texas) Provides statutory authority for certain
procedures related to the Community Development Block Grant –
Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program and adds new program
requirements.
Amendment
554
(Katko (NY), Titus (NV), González-Colón, Jenniffer (PR)) Adds the
text of the Small State and Rural Rescue Act, which would codify the
responsibilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Small State and Rural Advocate when assisting communities during the
disaster declaration process and require the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) to study
FEMA’s process for authorizing individual
assistance.
Amendment
559
(Scott Franklin, R-Fla.) Prohibits the U.S. buying Venezuelan oil.
Amendment
594
(Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.) Establishes a moratorium on new oil and gas
leasing east of the military mission line in the Gulf of Mexico
through 30 June 2032.
Amendment
631
(John Rose, R-Tenn.) Prohibits the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) from implementing its rulemaking on “the
Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-related Disclosures for
Investors” if it would directly or indirectly require agriculture
producers to submit climate-related information to public companies
or the SEC.
Amendment
634
(Peters (CA), Crow (CO), Porter (CA)) Amends the Combatant Commander
Initiative Fund to (1) include climate resilience of military
facilities and essential civilian infrastructure and (2) military
support to relevant authorities to combat illegal wildlife
trafficking and illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing.
Amendment
638
(John Lawrence, D-Mich.) Adds wireless charging as an electric
vehicle charging technology and defines wireless charging.
Amendment
683
(Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas) Requires the Chief of the National
Guard Bureau, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, to
submit to the congressional defense committees and other entities in
2023, 2024, and 2025 a report identifying the personnel, training,
and equipment required by the non-federalized National Guard to
prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural and man-made
disasters.
Amendment
781
(Dunn (FL), Soto (FL), Graves, Garret (LA)) Requires the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse state and local
governments and electric cooperatives for interest incurred on
Stafford Act disaster-related loans.
Amendment
832
(Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore.) Helps protect communities around the
country by improving the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s
preparation for, and response to, climate disasters.
Amendment
862
(Linda Sánchez, D-Calif.) Directs the Permanent Representative to
NATO to advocate for adequate resources
towards understanding and communicating the threat posed by climate
change to allied civil security, support the establishment of a
NATO Centre of Excellence for Climate and
Security, advocate for an in-depth critical assessment of
NATO’s vulnerability to the impacts of
climate change, and communicate the core security challenge posed by
climate change as articulated in NATO’s
strategic concept.
Amendment
920
(Perry (R-PA), Mary Miller (R-IL)) Strikes section 2879,
Contributions for climate resilience for North Atlantic Treaty
Organizations Security Investment.
Amendment
941
(Jerry Carl, R-Ala., Terri Sewell, D-Ala.) Provides that
GSA Areawide Contracts further be used to
meet energy resilience and climate-related needs.
Amendment
963
(Rouzer (NC), Crow (CO)) Requires DOD to
provide a report to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees
on its flood mapping efforts, how frequently they update their flood
maps, what resources they utilize to undertake flood mapping
projects, and how those maps are incorporated into broader
FEMA flood maps.
Amendment
971
(Peters (CA), Crow (CO), Porter (CA)) Authorizes the Secretary of
Defense to preserve or improve the climate resilience of (1) ally or
partner military facilities and (2) a civilian airfield or seaport
of an ally or partner deemed suitable for military use by the
Secretary of Defense.
Amendment
974
(Mace (SC), Troy Carter (LA)) Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to make certain contributions to local authorities to
mitigate the risk of flooding on local property adjacent to medical
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Directs the VA to
submit a report to Congress on the threat flooding poses to its
facilities, and what resources are needed to address these threats.
Amendment
1062
(Ted Lieu, D-Calif., Randy Weber, R-Texas) Adds the text of H.R.
7940, the Correctional Facility Disaster Preparedness Act, requiring
the Bureau of Prisons to submit to Congress an annual summary report
of disaster damage in order to improve oversight of disaster
readiness.
Amendment
1092
(Byron Donalds, R-Fla.) Requires the President to establish a
national strategy to utilize microreactors for natural disaster
response efforts.
Amendment
1127
(Maxine Waters, D-Calif.) Mandates public reporting by Treasury for
any project for which the U.S. votes in support of, or abstains from
voting on, under Treasury’s “Fossil Fuel Energy Guidance for
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs),” issued on August 16, 2021;
Authorizes a $200 million contribution to the
IMF’s Catastrophe Containment and Relief
Trust (CCRT) to provide immediate debt service relief to vulnerable
countries in the wake of catastrophic natural disasters or major,
fast-spreading public health emergencies; and requires the U.S.
executive director at each multilateral development bank to vote
against the provision of any assistance from the respective
institution to any corporation or limited liability company, other
than a publicly listed company, unless such institution collects,
verifies, and publishes beneficial ownership information for such
entities.
The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in open
session, hybrid format, to conduct a
hearing
on “Advancing Public Transportation under the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law: Update from the Federal Transit Administration.”
Witness
Nuria
Fernandez,
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration
“Congress provided about $70 billion in
COVID relief funding for public
transportation.”
“We have seen ridership return to about 60 percent of pre-pandemic
levels.”
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
The Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on
Energy and Commerce will hold a legislative
hearing
on Thursday, June 30, 2022, at 11:30 a.m via Cisco Webex.
Legislation
H.R.
8059,
the “Recycling and Composting Accountability Act”
H.R.
8183,
the “Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2022”
H.R.
1512,
the “Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nations’s
Future Act” or the “CLEAN Future Act”
H.R.
2238,
the “Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2021”
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved by voice vote its
fiscal year 2023 bill.
For 2023, the bill provides $242.1 billion, an increase of $28.5 billion
– 13 percent – above 2022.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and
Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved by voice vote its
fiscal year 2023 funding bill.
For 2023, the bill provides funding of $90.9 billion, an increase of
$9.9 billion – more than 12 percent – above 2022. This includes an
increase of $8.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development and $837 million for the Department of Transportation. In
total, the bill provides $168.5 billion in total budgetary resources, an
increase of $11.5 billion above 2022.
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding
bill.
In total, the bill includes $44.8 billion in regular appropriations, an
increase of $6.8 billion – 18 percent – above the FY
2022 enacted level. There is also an additional $2.55 billion of
funding provided under the fire suppression cap adjustment.