The Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States (SCIP) will
hold a hybrid legislative
hearing
on the following bill:
H.R.
5549
(Rep. Don Young, R-AK), To amend the Indian Health Care Improvement
Act to authorize advance appropriations for the Indian Health Service
by providing fiscal-year budget authority, and for other purposes.
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act.
House Natural Resources Committee
Indigenous Peoples of the United States Subcommittee
The purpose of this
hearing
is to receive testimony on the following bills:
S.
3145,
to amend the Natural Gas Act to expedite approval of exports of small
volumes of natural gas, and for other purposes (Cassidy, Kennedy,
Inhofe, Rubio, Scott);
S.
3543,
to support research, development, and other activities to develop
innovative vehicle technologies, and for other purposes (Peters,
Hagerty, Stabenow);
S.
3719,
to establish the Southwestern Power Administration Fund, and for other
purposes (Moran, Marshall);
S.
3740,
to provide for a comprehensive and integrative program to accelerate
microelectronics research and development at the Department of Energy,
and for other purposes (Kelly, Blackburn);
S.
3769,
to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to improve the
weatherization assistance program, and for other purposes (Reed,
Collins, Coons, Shaheen);
S.
3856,
to prohibit the importation of uranium from the Russian Federation
(Barrasso, Lummis, Marshall, Cramer, Hoeven, Capito, Rubio);
S.
4038,
to increase the production and use of renewable diesel and sustainable
aviation fuel, and for other purposes (Barrasso, Feinstein, Cassidy,
Lujan, Daines);
S.
4061,
to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the
definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, and
for other purposes (Stabenow, Blackburn, Hirono);
S.
4066,
to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to require the Secretary of Energy to
establish a program to accelerate the availability of commercially
produced high-assay, low-enriched uranium in the United States and to
make high-assay, low-enriched uranium produced from Department of
Energy inventories available for use in advanced nuclear reactors, and
for other purposes (Barrasso);
S.
4280,
to require the Secretary of Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly
from ambient air or seawater, and for other purposes (Coons,
Whitehouse)
S.
___,
to establish a new organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a
consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, ensure
adequate funding for managing nuclear waste, and for other purposes
(Manchin)
Milancy Harris to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Intelligence and Security
Dr. Radha Plumb to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Acquisition and Sustainment
Brendan Owens to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy,
Installations, and Environment
Dr. Laura Taylor-Kale to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Industrial Base Policy
At the U.S. Green Building Council, Owens oversaw technical development
of LEED, the green building rating.
If confirmed, Owens would
oversee
environmental planning and compliance, renewable energy, energy
management, and energy resilience for DoD’s global portfolio of military
bases and installations, housing, construction, and other property. The
portfolio totals approximately 2.2 billion square feet of space across
nearly 600,000 structures. It is valued at more than $1 trillion.
Some context for those numbers: Two billion square feet is larger than
the built environment of most cities in the world. It is almost 100
times the amount of office space WeWork leased last year in the United
States and Europe. One trillion dollars is more than the GDPs of
Switzerland, South Africa, and Turkey.
Mary Catherine Phee, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
U.S. Department of State
Dr. Diana Putnam, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of
Africa, U.S. Agency for International Development
The FY 2023 budget
request
includes $1.6 billion for development assistance in Africa; $229 million
for African Affairs in U.S. State, an increase of $20 million, which
would support 26 new positions to “help embassies engage on global
health, strengthen economic linkages, and counter the
PRC’s malign influence in Africa”; $32.6
million for the Economic Support Fund for Africa including the
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP), the Partnership for
Regional East Africa Counterterrorism (PREACT), the Africa Regional
Democracy Fund, and the Ambassador’s Special SelfHelp program; $33
million for the U.S. African Development Foundation; $55 million for the
African Development Bank; $171 million for the African Development Fund;
$20 million for the Young African Leader’s Initiative; $2.3 billion for
international peacekeeping activities around the world, including the
Democratic Republic of the Congo ($312.9 million), Central African
Republic ($311 million), Sudan ($74.9 million) and South Sudan ($335
million), Western Sahara ($15.8 million), and Mali ($354 million); $5.6
billion in global health programs for Africa; $848 million in migration
assistance for Africa; $50.8 million in international narcotics and law
enforcement for Africa; $19.2 million in military training for Africa;
$6 million in foreign military financing for Djibouti; among other
spending. The budget request also includes $4.7 billion for
international disaster assistance globally
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive
session on
Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT to
consider bipartisan children’s online privacy legislation and
presidential nominations.
Agenda:
S. 1628, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act
Nomination of David P. Pekoske to be Administrator of the
Transportation Security Administration (PN2063)
Nomination of Donald R. Cravins to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
Minority Business Development (PN2062)
Nomination of Susie Feliz to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (PN1862)
The TSA oversees oil and gas pipeline
security.
The majority of the Department of Commerce’s budget is for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee