The subcommittee will
meet
to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2024 President’s Budget Request
for Department of Defense Science and Technology (S&T) programs and
related policy.
On Thursday, March 23, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a
legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R. 200 (Rep.
Rosendale), “Forest Information Reform (FIR) Act”, To amend the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary
of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are not required to
reinitiate consultation on a land management plan or land use plan
under certain
circumstances,
and for other purposes;
H.R. 1473 (Rep.
Peters), “Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act”,
To provide for a program within the Forest Service to detect,
document, monitor, and remediate the environmental damages caused by
trespass cultivation on National Forest Lands, and amend the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to include criminal
penalties for illegal pesticide application on Government property,
and for other purposes;
H.R. 1567 (Rep.
Tiffany), “Accurately Counting Risk Elimination Solutions (ACRES)
Act”, To require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
of the Interior submit accurate reports regarding hazardous fuels
reduction activities, and for other purposes; and
H.R. 1586 (Rep.
LaMalfa), “Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of
2023”, To allow the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to use a fire retardant, chemical, or water for fire
suppression, control, or prevention activities
$800 million in ESF for the State Department
to provide to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
$425 million for Climate Investment Funds
$168.7 million for Global Environmental Facility
$27 million for Multilateral Development Bank Climate Trust Funds and
Facilities
$18.5 million for Diplomatic Policy and Support, Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, including costs
for the U.S. Center at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
$16 million for World Meteorological Organization
$6 million for Diplomatic Policy and Support, Energy Resources
$4.8 million for International Renewable Energy Agency
$537 thousand for International Union for Conservation of Nature
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee
This
hearing
will serve as a legislative hearing for three bills that would authorize
research, development, and demonstration activities carried out or
supported by the U.S. Department of Energy in the areas of grid
security, hydrogen, and pipelines. Attached are discussion drafts of
bills under consideration.
Opening Statements:
Subcommittee Chairman Brandon Williams
Chairman Frank Lucas
Witnesses:
Spencer Nelson, Managing Director – Research and New Initiatives,
ClearPath
Dr. Richard Boardman, Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory,
Energy and Environmental Science & Technology
Cliff Johnson, President, Pipeline Research Council International
Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data
Lab Research Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum and
Geosystems Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin
Jason Fuller, Chief Energy Resilience Engineer, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Jane Bocklage, Deputy And Senior Advisor to the Special Presidential
Envoy for Compact Negotiations, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of
East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Taylor Ruggles, Office Director, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific
Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Craig Hart, Deputy Assistant Administrator for East Asia and the
Pacific, U.S. Agency for International Development
Holly Haverstick, Director of International Affairs and Foreign Policy
Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard
Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular and International
Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior