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• Faisal Amin, Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency
• Michael Regan, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

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• Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 4878(Rep. Mark DeSaulnier), To amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails and designate the American Discovery Trail, and for other purposes. National Discovery Trails Act.
• H.R. 6589(Rep. Leger Fernández), To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase amounts deposited in the Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes. Historic Preservation Enhancement Act.
• H.R. 6805(Rep. Alma Adams), To amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes. African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act.
• H.R. 7002(Rep. Ann Wagner), To authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, to be illuminated by blue and yellow lights in support of Ukraine. Gateway Solidarity Act.
• H.R. 7075(Rep. Victoria Spartz), To designate Ukrainian Independence Park in Washington, District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Ukrainian Independence Park Act.
• H.R. 7218(Rep. Joe Neguse), To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area, Cache La Poudre National Heritage Area, and South Park National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for other purposes. Colorado National Heritage Areas Reauthorization Act.

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• Ko Barrett, Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); NOAA Senior Advisor for Climate
• Jeremy Harrell, Chief Strategy Officer, ClearPath
• Dominique M. David-Chavez, PhD, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Natural Resource Stewardship, Colorado State University
• Daniella Levine Cava, Mayor, Miami-Dade County, Florida

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• John Rapp, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, US Department of Agriculture
• Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture

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• Antony Blinken, Secretary, Department of State

On Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. ET, in 1334 Longworth House Office Building and Cisco WebEx online video conferencing, the Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled, “Preventing Pandemics through US Wildlife-borne Disease Surveillance.”

The first business meeting will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., immediately preceding the previously scheduled hearing in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.

The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the nomination of Dr. Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy).

Following that, the next hearing will be held.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of:

• Dr. David Applegate to be Director of the United States Geological Survey;
• Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Insular and International Affairs); and
• Dr. Evelyn Wang to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy.

On Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 9:30 am EDT in 1324 Longworth HOB and online via Cisco WebEx, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a hybrid oversight hearing titled, “The Opportunities and Risks of Offshore Carbon Storage in the Gulf of Mexico.”

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• Denise Flanagan, Director of Budget, Department of the Interior
• Deb Haaland, Secretary, Department of the Interior