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THE Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in open session, hybrid format to conduct a hearing entitled, “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program: Administration Perspectives.”

Witness:

• David I. Maurstad, Associate Administrator for Resilience (Acting), Federal Emergency Management Agency

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Text of Legislation

• FY 2023 Military Construction – Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Appropriations Bill
• FY 2023 Agriculture Appropriations Bill

Documents

• Notice of Appropriations Full Committee Markup of FY 2023 Agriculture and FY 2023 Military Construction/VA Appropriations Bills
• FY 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA Appropriations Report
• FY 2023 Military Construction – Veterans Affairs Appropriations Report

The 2023 Department of Agriculture request for discretionary budget authority to fund programs and operating expenses is $31.1 billion, slightly more than 12 percent increase, or $3.8 billion, above the 2021 enacted level. The 2023 request for mandatory programs is $164.8 billion, a decrease of around $10.2 billion from the 2021 level.

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Witnesses:

• Dr. Eric K. Lin, Director, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Dr. Ariel Stein, Acting Director, Global Monitoring Laboratory and Director, Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Earth Science Division Director, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Dr. Bryan Hubbell, National Program Director for Air, Climate, and Energy, Office of Research and Development, United States Environmental Protection Agency

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Nominees:

• Elizabeth Shortino of the District of Columbia, to be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years
• David Pressman of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary
• Geoffrey R. Pyatt of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources)
• Robert A. Wood of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations

Pyatt was ambassador to Ukraine for most of President Obama’s second term, then served as ambassador to Greece until May 2022.

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The Commerce Department budget requests $11.7 billion in discretionary funding to support key Commerce Department priorities, including $372 million for the National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) manufacturing programs, more than $150 million in new funding to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to create jobs and drive growth in economically distressed communities, $110 million to increase services for minority-owned enterprises at the Minority Business Development Agency, and nearly $7 billion in funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA to catalyze wind energy, restore habitats, protect the oceans and coasts, and improve NOAA’s ability to predict extreme weather associated with climate change).

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Witness:

• Deanne B. Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security

The Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hybrid legislative hearing that includes both in-person and remote attendance on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. This hearing will take place in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, as well as remotely using Cisco Webex online video conferencing. The hearing is entitled, “Legislative Hearing to Strengthen Energy Infrastructure, Efficiency, and Financing.”

Legislation:

• H.R. 1599, the “Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act”
• H.R. 5292, the “Energy Accountability Act”
• H.R. 7947, the “Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2022”
• H.R. 7962, “To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards and for other purposes”
• H.R. 8053, the “Guaranteeing Resilient Installations for Defense Act” or the “GRID Act”
• H.R. 8068, the “Tribal Energy Investment Act of 2022”

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Placeholder text with proposed budget:

• H.R. 7900

The Department of Defense $773 billion budget request includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than $40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships, and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and more than $3 billion to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.

The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount.

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Text of legislation:

• FY 2023 Defense Subcommittee Appropriations Bill
• FY 2023 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Appropriations Bill

Documents

• FY 2023 Defense Appropriations Report
• FY 2023 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Appropriations Report
• FY2023 Report on the Suballocation of Budget Allocations