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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Thursday, July 27, 2023, at 10 a.m. ET to consider the following legislation:

Agenda:

• S. 447, ORBITS Act of 2023, to remediate orbital debris
• S. 484, Combating Human Rights Abuses Act of 2023
• S. 1153, The National Manufacturing Advisory Council for the 21st Century Act
• S. 1303, TICKET Act
• S. 1409, Kids Online Safety Act
• S. 1418, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
• S. 1421, Country of Origin Online Labeling Act
• S. 1648, Launch Communications Act
• S. 1669, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023
• S. 2086, A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program
• S. 2116, Strengthening Support for American Manufacturing Act
• S. 2201, the American Cybersecurity Literacy Act

Subcommittee hearing on Haiti.

Witnesses:

• Brian Nichols, Assistant Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs, United States Department of State
• Marcela Escobari, Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the Caribbean, United States Agency for International Development

Open Meeting

Commission meeting are held in Commission Meeting Room (Room 2C) at FERC Headquarters, 888 First St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426

Meeting agenda
Item No.	Docket No.	Company
ADMINISTRATIVE
A-1	AD23-1-000	Agency Administrative Matters
A-2	AD23-2-000	Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations
ELECTRIC
E-1	RM22-14-000	Improvements to Generator Interconnection Procedures and Agreements
E-2	RM22-19-001	Incentives for AdvancedCybersecurity Investment
E-3	ER22-2355-000	GridLiance Heartland LLC
E-4	ER22-2354-000	GridLiance High Plains LLC
E-5	ER22-2353-000	Florida Power & Light Company
E-6	ER22-2466-000	Cube Yadkin Transmission LLC
E-7	ER22-2358-001	Versant Power
E-8	ER22-2304-000	Nevada Power Company
E-9	ER22-2307-000	Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power Company
E-10	ER21-2592-000	Pacific Gas and Electric Company
	ER21-2592-001
	EL23-24-000 (not consolidated)	CXA La Paloma, LLC v. California Independent System Operator Corporation
E-11	EL23-69-000	Secure-the-Grid Coalition
E-12	EL23-43-000	arGo Partners GP LLC
E-13	EL23-41-000	arGo Partners GP LLC
E-14	ER23-729-001	PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
	EL23-19-001
HYDRO
H-1	P-2290-124	Southern California Edison Company
H-2	P-14634-007	New England Hydropower Company, LLC
CERTIFICATES
C-1	CP22-25-000	Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC
C-2	CP20-55-000	Port Arthur LNG Phase II, LLC and PALNG Common Facilities Company, LLC
C-3	CP22-2-000	Gas Transmission Northwest LLC
C-4	CP22-494-000	Boardwalk Storage Company, LLC
C-5	CP22-15-000	Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
C-6	CP22-466-000	WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.
C-7	CP22-138-000	Northern Natural Gas Company
C-8	CP22-461-000	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC

Subcommittee hearing on single-use waste. Part of a series of hearings on the plastics industry.

Witnesses:

• Dacie Meng, Policy and Institutions Senior Manager (North America), Ellen MacArthur Foundation
• Clemence Schmid, General Manager, Loop Global
• Tim Debus, President & CEO, Reusable Packaging Association

Calling all climate activists! Please join us for a unique virtual town hall event with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Representative Melanie Stansbury (NM-01), moderated by Earthjustice President Abbie Dillen. We’ll talk about record heat and what we can do about it. We’ll celebrate how all the climate investments in the Inflation Reduction Act are speeding our transition to clean energy, creating jobs, and lowering energy costs. We’ll also spell out how we can all come together to Defend Our Climate when the big polluters and their allies in Congress would take us backward.

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Full committee hearing to consider the following nominations.

Nominees:

• Dennis B. Hankins, of Minnesota, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti
• James C. O’Brien, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)
• Nathalie Rayes, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Croatia

Full committee oversight hearing on Native priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill reauthorization.

Subcommittee hearing on air pollution from trains.

Witnesses:

• Ivette Torres, Community Research Lead, People’s Collective for Environmental Justice
• Carl Rosen, General President, United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America
• Ian Jefferies, President & CEO, American Association of Railroads

On Wednesday, July 26, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold a mark-up on multiple bills.

The following bills will move by regular order:

• H.R. 3675 (Rep. Boebert), “Western Water Accelerated Revenue Repayment Act” (Amendments to H.R. 3675 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice);
• H.R. 4141 (Rep. Fulcher), To provide that certain communications projects are not subject to requirements to prepare certain environmental or historical preservation reviews, and for other purposes (Amendments to H.R. 4141 must be drafted to the amendment in the nature of a substitute, attached to this notice)

The following bills are expected to move by unanimous consent:

• H.R. 1318 (Rep. Neguse), “Women’s Suffrage National Monument Location Act”;
• H.R. 1722 (Rep. Salinas), “Grand Ronde Reservation Act Amendment of 2023”;
• H.R. 2717 (Rep. Moore of Utah), “Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act”;
• H.R. 2997 (Rep. Boebert), “Clifton Opportunities Now for Vibrant Economic Yields Act” or “CONVEY Act”;
• H.R. 3049 (Rep. Curtis), “Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration Exchange Act of 2023”;
• H.R. 3499 (Rep. Issa), “Direct Hire to Fight Fires”; and
• H.R. 4377 (Rep. Grijalva), To amend the Military Lands Withdrawal Act of 1999 with respect to extensions, additions, and revisions to the Barry M. Goldwater Range in Arizona.

Markup memo

Any proposed amendments should be emailed to Sophia Varnasidis ([email protected]) no later than 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. N

Full committee hearing on electronic waste recycling and critical minerals, immediately following a markup.

Witnesses:

• Ajay Kochhar, President, CEO, and Co-Founder, Li-Cycle
• Craig Boswell, P.E., President and Co-Founder, HOBI International, Incorporated
• Kitty McIlroy, President, Maryland Recycling Network and Project Manager, Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
• Charles Pellicane, Executive Vice President, Business Development and Operations, Human-I-T