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Subcommittee hearing.

Rescheduled from February 15.

Witnesses:

• David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security
• Anthony Ruggiero, Senior Director and Senior Fellow, Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
• Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Concentration Chair for Science, Technology, and International Affairs, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service

Full committee hearing.

Witness:

• Shalanda D. Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget

A full committee business meeting to consider the following items:

• S. 3891, A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to update and expand Federal economic development investment in the economic recovery, resiliency, and competitiveness of communities, regions, and States across the United States, and for other purposes (Carper-Capito)
• S. 3791, A bill to reauthorize the America’s Conservation Enhancement Act, and for other purposes (Carper-Capito)
• S. 3858, A bill to establish within the Office of Land and Emergency Management of the Environmental Protection Agency the Office of Mountains, Deserts, and Plains, and for other purposes (Kelly-Lummis)

More information on the Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024 (S. 3891):

• Summary
• Section by section

More information on America’s Conservation Enhancement (ACE) Reauthorization Act (S. 3791).

More information on the Legacy Mine Clean Up Act 2024 (S. 3858).

Full committee hearing.

Member Statements

• Ron Wyden (D – Ore.)
• Mike Crapo (R – Idaho)

Witnesses

• Mark R. Widmar, Chief Executive Officer, First Solar, Inc., solar panel manufacturer
• Anna Fendley, Director Of Regulatory & State Policy, United Steelworkers
• Shannon Janis, Vice President Of Global Tax, Onsemi, semi-conductor manufacturer
• Courtney Silver, President And Owner, Ketchie, Inc., precision parts manufacturer
• Peter R. Huntsman, Chairman, President, And Chief Executive Officer, Huntsman Corporation, petrochemical manufacturer

Full committee hearing to examine the findings and recommendations of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, issued in September 2023.

Witnesses:

• Meryl Harrell, Deputy Under Secretary — Natural Resources and the Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Joan Mooney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary — Policy, Management, and Budget, U.S. Department of the Interior
• Cody Desautel, Executive Director, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, forestry industry commissioner
• Madelene McDonald, Senior Watershed Scientist, Denver Water, public utilities industry commissioner
• Kelly Norris, State Forester, Wyoming State Forestry Division

Subcommittee hearing.

• Chair Pat Fallon (R-Texas)
• Ranking Member Cori Bush (D-Mo.)

Witnesses:

• James P. Danly, Partner, Energy Regulation, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
• Travis Fisher, Director of Energy and Environmental Studies, Cato Institute
• Jonathon Monken, Principal, Coverage Strategies (Minority Witness)

This is a hearing of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. The hearing will examine if the expanded use of resources is impacting the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) ability to carry out its disaster readiness mission. While disaster costs in the United States continue to increase, FEMA is being tasked more frequently with responding to non-disaster emergencies, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the southern border crisis, and Operation Allies Welcome.

Rescheduled from February 14.

Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA)

Witnesses:

• Deanne Criswell, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Kristen D. Bernard, Deputy Inspector General for Audits, United States Department of Homeland Security
• Chris Currie, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, United States Government Accountability Office

The President will address a Joint Session of Congress at the United States Capitol on Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 9 PM ET.

On Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an oversight hearing titled “Monetizing Nature and Locking up Public Land: The Implications of Biden’s Strategy for Natural Capital Accounting.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

• Marlo Oaks, State Treasurer, State of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Ross Butcher, Commissioner, Member District 1, Fergus County, MT
• Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance, Denver, CO
• [Minority Witness TBC]

Full committee markup.

• H.R. 7526, the D.C. Consumer Vehicle Choice Protection Act, to block D.C.’s December adoption of the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Cars II rule, which phases out gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and, in the meantime, ramps up the sale of low- and zero-emission cars, reported favorably out of committee by a party-line vote of 21-19

and other legislation