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The purpose of the hearing is to examine the President’s budget request for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2023.

Witness

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

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I. Nominee

• S. Lane Tucker to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska

II. Bill

• S. 977, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2021 (Grassley, Klobuchar, Lee, Leahy)

Related bill: H.R. 2393

The bill would seek to prohibit foreign states from working collectively to limit the production, set the price, or otherwise restrain the trading of petroleum and natural gas when such actions affect U.S. markets. The bill would authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to enforce the prohibition by filing antitrust actions in federal courts. Under the bill, foreign states that restrain trade in petroleum and natural gas would not be immune from the judgment of U.S. courts under the doctrine of sovereign immunity.

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Nominations:

• Dr. John N. Nkengasong, of Georgia, to be Ambassador at Large, Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS globally
• Mr. Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway
• Ms. MaryKay Loss Carlson, of Arkansas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinatory and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Philippines
• The Honorable Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea
• The Honorable Caroline Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of Australia

Treaties:

• Amendments to the Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America (Treaty Doc. 115-3)
• Agreement between the Governmemnt of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Croatia comprising the instrument as contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union, signed June 25, 3003, as to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition signed on October 25, 1901 (the “U.S.Croatia Extradition Agreement”) and the Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republlic of Croatia comprising the Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(3) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the EUropean Union signed at Washington on June 25, 2003 (the “U.S.Croatia Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement”), both signed at Washington on December 10, 2019 (Treaty Doc. 116-2)
• Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the “Montreal Protocol”), adopted at Kigali on October 15, 2016, by the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Monteral Protocol (the “Kigali Amendment”) (Treaty Doc 117-1)

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Witness:

• Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy

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Witness:

• Randy Moore, Chief, U.S. Forest Service

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a Business Meeting to consider the following items:

• Benny R. Wagner, of Tennessee, to be Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority
• Six (6) GSA Resolutions
• Water Resources Development Act of 2022

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Witness

• Brian McKeon, Deputy Undersecretary for Management and Resources

The FY 2023 budget request has $2.3 billion to support U.S. leadership in addressing the existential climate crisis through diplomacy; scaled-up international climate programs that accelerate the global energy transition to net zero by 2050; support to developing countries to enhance climate resilience; and the prioritization of climate adaptation and sustainability principles in Department and USAID domestic and overseas facilities. This total includes over $1.6 billion for direct programming for climate mitigation and adaptation and over $650 million for the mainstreaming of climate considerations across development programs. Our goal is to deliver climate co-benefits and outcomes in sectors such as agriculture and food security, water and sanitation, and global health.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing titled “Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Priorities” at 10 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

Witness:

• Pete Buttigieg, Secretary of the Department of Transportation

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