Hill Heat

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

Business meeting agenda:

• S. 2195, Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2023
• S. 2395, Wildlife Innovation and Longevity Driver Reauthorization Act
• S. 1381, Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023
• S. 1278, A bill to designate the federal building located at 985 Michigan Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the “Rosa Parks Federal Building,” and for other purposes
• 16 General Services Administration resolutions

Full committee hearing on the fiscal consequences of climate change on infrastructure.

Witnesses:

• John Bel Edwards, Governor, Louisiana
• Susan F. Tierney, Ph.D., Senior Advisor, Analysis Group
• Dr. Jesse M. Keenan, Favrot II Associate Professor Of Sustainable Real Estate And Urban Planning, Tulane University
• Linda Apsey, President And CEO, ITC Holdings Corp., Ford Foundation Board of Trustees
• Alexander Herrgott, President And CEO, The Permitting Institute

ITC Holdings Corp. is the largest independent electricity transmission company in the United States. Through its regulated operating subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan Electric Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains, ITC owns and operates high-voltage transmission infrastructure in Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in development in Wisconsin.

The purpose of this hearing is to examine opportunities for Congress to reform the process for permitting electric transmission lines, pipelines, and energy production on federal lands.

Witnesses:

Panel I

• Antonio P. Smyth, Executive Vice President – Grid Solutions & Government Affairs, American Electric Power
• Jason M. Stanek, Former Chairman, Maryland Public Service Commission
• Chad A. Teply, Senior Vice President – Transmission & Gulf of Mexico, Williams

Panel II

• Erik G. Milito, President, National Ocean Industries Association
• Pete Obermueller, President, Petroleum Association of Wyoming
• Kelly Speakes-Backman, Executive Vice President – Public Affairs, Invenergy