Removes a longstanding provision to eliminate or reduce plastic waste
across the Legislative Branch and the requirement for Members to lease
low-emission vehicles.
A
hearing
before the U. S. Congress Joint Economic Committee will be held on
Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. EDT, in
room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Chairman Martin
Heinrich presiding.
Witnesses:
Kevin Hostetler, Chief Executive Officer, Array Technologies,
utility-scale solar trackers
Skanda Amarnath, Executive Director, Employ America
Dr. Adam Michel, Director of Tax Policy, Cato Institute
Scott Lincicome, Vice President of General Economics and Stiefel Trade
Policy Center, Cato Institute
The purpose of this
hearing
is to receive testimony on the following bills:
S.
2156,
to amend the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and
Recreation Act to authorize additional entities to be eligible to
complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch
Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado;
S.
3123,
to provide for the standardization, consolidation, and publication of
data relating to public outdoor recreational use of federal waterways
among federal land and water management agencies, and for other
purposes;
S.
3148,
to prohibit the use of funds by the Secretary of the Interior to
finalize and implement certain travel management plans in the State of
Utah;
S.
3322,
to allow holders of certain grazing permits to make minor range
improvements and to require that the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of the Interior respond to requests for range improvements
within 30 days, and for other purposes;
S.
3346,
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams
in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the
State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System,
and for other purposes;
S.
3593,
to provide for economic development and conservation in Washoe County,
Nevada, and for other purposes;
S.
3596,
to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to amend references of gilsonite to
asphaltite;
S.
3617,
to provide equitable treatment for the people of the Village
Corporation established for the Native Village of Saxman, Alaska, and
for other purposes;
S.
3790,
to make additional Federal public land available for selection under
the Alaska Native Vietnam era veterans land allotment program, and for
other purposes;
S.
3870,
to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expand
eligibility for certain financial assistance for the acquisition of
slip-on tanker units for wildland firefighting;
S.
3985,
to amend the Colorado Wilderness Act of 1993 to add certain land to
the Sarvis Creek Wilderness, and for other purposes;
S.
4310,
to exchange non-Federal land held by the Chugach Alaska Corporation
for certain Federal Land in the Chugach Region, and for other
purposes;
S.
4424,
a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to encourage and expand the use of prescribed fire on land
managed by the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service, with
an emphasis on units of the National Forest System in the western
United States, to acknowledge and support the longstanding use of
cultural burning by Tribes and Indigenous practitioners, and for other
purposes;
S.
4431,
to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for
other purposes;
S.
4432,
to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull
Mountains Mining Plan Modification;
S.
4449,
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river
segments in the State of Oregon as components of the National Wild and
Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes;
S.
4451,
to require the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement
with the National Academy of Sciences to carry out a study on
reservation systems for Federal land;
S.
4454,
to provide for the establishment of an Operational Flexibility Grazing
Management Program on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management,
and for other purposes;
S.
4456,
to amend the Granger-Thye Act to modify the maximum term for certain
special use permits for housing;
S.
4457,
to provide for conservation and economic development in the State of
Nevada, and for other purposes.
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Chair
Witnesses:
Karen Kelleher Deputy Director, State Operations, Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
Troy Heithecker, Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S.
Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tess Davis, J.D., Assistant Attorney General, State of Utah
Subcommittee
hearing
on trade programs that are set to expire in 2025, including the African
Growth and Opportunity Act and certain trade preferences for imports
from Haiti.
Witnesses:
Skip Richmond, Founder and Co-CEO, DTRT
Apparel Group
Daniel Runde, Senior Vice President and Schreyer Chair in Global
Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Af Nasser, Vice President of Sourcing & COE,
Cintas Corporation
Marggie Peters Muhika, Deputy Regional Director of Africa, Solidarity
Center
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory
Reform, and Antitrust will hold a
hearing
on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. ET. The hearing, “Climate
Control: Decarbonization Collusion in Environmental, Social, and
Governance (ESG) Investing,” will examine whether existing civil and
criminal penalties and current antitrust law enforcement efforts are
sufficient to deter anticompetitive collusion to promote
ESG-related goals in the investment industry.
Witnesses:
Mindy Lubber, Chief Executive Officer and President, Ceres
Dan Bienvenue, Interim Chief Investment Officer, CalPERS
Natasha Lamb, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Arjuna
Capital
House Judiciary Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House
Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a
mark-up
on the following bills.
Bills expected to move by regular order (requiring votes):
H.R.
1437
(Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn.), “Black Vulture Relief Act of 2023”, to
allow the killing of black vultures by ranchers (Amendments to H.R.
1437 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute,
attached to this notice);
H.R.
8446
(Rep. Ciscomani), To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical
materials in the definition of critical mineral, and for other
purposes (Amendments to H.R. 8446 must be drafted to the amendment in
the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice); and
H.R.
8450
(Rep. Cammack), “Phosphate and Potash Protection Act of 2024”, to
encourage phosphate, potash, and other fertilizer precursors be added
to the Critical Minerals List (Amendments to H.R. 8450 must be drafted
to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this
notice).
Bills expected to move by unanimous consent:
H.R. 1395 (Rep. Fitzpatrick), “Delaware River Basin Conservation
Reauthorization Act of 2023”;
H.R. 1647 (Rep. Moulton), “Salem Maritime National Historical Park
Redesignation and Boundary Study Act”;
H.R. 3119 (Rep. Soto), To provide for the issuance of a Manatee
Semipostal Stamp;
H.R. 5441 (Rep. LaLota), “Long Island Sound Restoration and
Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023”;
H.R. 6395 (Rep. Curtis), “Recognizing the Importance of Critical
Minerals in Healthcare Act of 2023”;
H.R. 7776 (Rep. Lee of NV), “Help Hoover Dam Act”; and
H.R. 7872 (Rep. Curtis), “Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act”