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Full committee hearing entitled “Bottlenecks and Backlogs: How Climate Change Threatens Supply Chains”.

Witnesses:

• Scott Kelly, Head Of Environmental Analytics, Risilience
• Dr. Adam Rose, Research Professor Sol Price School Of Public Policy, And Senior Research Fellow Center For Risk And Economic Analysis Of Threats And Emergencies, University Of Southern California
• Kathy Fulton, Executive Director, American Logistics Aid Network
• Dr. David Barker, Partner, Barker Companies
• Robert McNally, President, Rapidan Energy Group

Continuation of yesterday’s markup.

Subcommittee markup of nuclear, hydropower, and anti-energy-efficiency legislation.

Legislation:

• H.R.___ , Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
• H.R.___ , GRID Act
• H.R.___ , Affordable HOMES Act
• H.R. 4045 , Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (Rep. Rodgers)

On Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 10 a.m. in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a mark-up. The hearing was originally scheduled for 10:15 am on Tuesday, October 24.

Expected to move by unanimous consent:

• H.R. 1792 (Rep. Radewagen), “South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 2560 (Rep. Keating), “Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 3415 (Rep. Hageman), “Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act”;
• H.R. 4770 (Rep. Sarbanes), “Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 5009 (Rep. Joyce of Ohio), “Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver reauthorization Act” or the “WILD Act”.

Expected to move by regular order:

• H.R. 5283 (Rep. Malliotakis), “Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023”, which would prohibit the use of federal funds to provide housing for illegal immigrants on federal lands, and would revoke the lease signed by the Department of the Interior and the City of New York to house illegal immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field
• H.R. 5616 (Rep. Graves of Louisiana), “Bringing Reliable Investment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act of 2023” or the “BRIDGE Production Act of 2023”, which would require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to hold two offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico in 2024 and 2025.
• H.R. 4587 (Rep. Rutherford), “Red Snapper Act”, which would prevent NOAA from implementing area closures in the South Atlantic until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the findings are integrated into the fishery’s stock assessment.

Markup memo

Tthe Committee will recess at 11:45 a.m. and reconvene at 1:15 p.m. to conclude the mark-up.

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On Tuesday, October 24 at 2:00 p.m., in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing entitled, “Factors Influencing the High Cost of Insurance for Consumers.”

Postponed until November 2.

Hearing memo

Legislation

• H.R. 5535, the “Insurance Data Protection Act”, to prohibit the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury and other financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company
• H.R. 2933, the “Federal Insurance Office Elimination Act”
• H. Res. ___, Expressing the continued support of Congress for the McCarran-Ferguson Act and its State-based regulatory system for the business of insurance

Witnesses:

• Robert Gordon, Senior Vice President, American Property and Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA)
• Frank Nutter, President, Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)
• Grace Arnold, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Commerce, on behalf of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• Joseph Petrelli, President and Co-Founder, Demotech, Inc.
• Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
• Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President, Economics and Policy Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund

Subcommittee markup of nuclear, hydropower, and anti-energy-efficiency legislation.

Legislation:

• H.R.___ , Advanced Reactor Fee Reduction Act
• H.R.___ , Advanced Nuclear Reactor Prize Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___ , Nuclear for Brownfields Site Preparation Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___ , Strengthening American Nuclear Competitiveness Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___ , NRC Mission Alignment Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___, Nuclear Licensing Efficiency Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___, Advanced Nuclear Deployment Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___, Modernize Nuclear Reactor Environmental Reviews Act, agreed to.
• H.R.___, Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act, agreed to.
• H.R. 995 , Global Nuclear Energy Assessment and Cooperation Act (Rep. Carter and Rep. Peters), agreed to as amended.
• H.R. 5718, Nuclear Fuel Security Act of 2023 (Rep. Latta, Rep. Clyburn, Rep. Balderson, and Rep. Kuster), agreed to.
• H.R. 4528, Strengthening the NRC Workforce Act of 2023 (Rep. DeGette), agreed to as amended.
• H.R.4167, Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act (Rep. Hudson), Rep. Schrier amendment defeated 13-17. Bill agreed to 17-13.

Recess called.

To be considered on October 25th:

• H.R.___, Hands Off Our Home Appliances Act
• H.R.___, GRID Act
• H.R.___, Affordable HOMES Act
• H.R. 4045, Hydropower Clean Energy Future Act (Rep. Rodgers)

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, at 11:30 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a mark-up. The hearing was originally scheduled for 10:15 am.

Rescheduled to Wednesday, October 25, 2023, at 10 a.m.

Expected to move by unanimous consent:

• H.R. 1792 (Rep. Radewagen), “South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 2560 (Rep. Keating), “Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 3415 (Rep. Hageman), “Pilot Butte Power Plant Conveyance Act”;
• H.R. 4770 (Rep. Sarbanes), “Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 5009 (Rep. Joyce of Ohio), “Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver reauthorization Act” or the “WILD Act”.

Expected to move by regular order:

• H.R. 5283 (Rep. Malliotakis), “Protecting our Communities from Failure to Secure the Border Act of 2023”, which would prohibit the use of federal funds to provide housing for illegal immigrants on federal lands, and would revoke the lease signed by the Department of the Interior and the City of New York to house illegal immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field
• H.R. 5616 (Rep. Graves of Louisiana), “Bringing Reliable Investment into Domestic Gulf Energy Production Act of 2023” or the “BRIDGE Production Act of 2023”, which would require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to hold two offshore lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico in 2024 and 2025.
• H.R. 4587 (Rep. Rutherford), “Red Snapper Act”, which would prevent NOAA from implementing area closures in the South Atlantic until the South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete and the findings are integrated into the fishery’s stock assessment.

Markup memo

Tthe Committee will recess at 11:45 a.m. and reconvene at 1:15 p.m. to conclude the mark-up.

Subcommittee hearing. Convened and adjourned without taking up the subject matter or receiving any testimony. The topic will be revisited at a later date.

Witnesses:

• Michael L. Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, United States Department of the Army
• Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, Commanding General and Chief of Engineers, United States Army Corps of Engineers

Subcommittee hearing titled “The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Powering America’s Energy Future.”

Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC)