On Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET) in 2123 Rayburn House
Office Building, the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security
will hold a hearing entitled “Exposing President Biden’s Plan to
Dismantle the Snake River Dams and the Negative Impacts to the United
States.” The
hearing
will examine the management and operations of federal dams on the
Columbia River and its tributaries, and actions taken by the Biden
administration to plan for the removal of the Lower Snake River dams.
Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir, of Connecticut, 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 Indonesia
Courtney Diesel O’Donnell, of California, former Director of Global
Partnerships at Airbnb, to be United States Permanent Representative
to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, with the rank of Ambassador
Andrew William Plitt, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development (Middle Eastern
Affairs)
The Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will meet in open
session, hybrid format to conduct a
hearing
entitled, “Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program:
Local Perspectives on Challenges and Solutions.”
Witnesses:
Dr. Daniel Kaniewski, Managing Director, Public Sector, Marsh McLennan
Michael Hecht, President & CEO, Greater New
Orleans, Inc.
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, the current Deputy
Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on
the National Security Council, to be Deputy Secretary of State
Cardell Kenneth Richardson, Sr., of Virginia, the current inspector
general of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, to be
Inspector General, Department of State
Robert David Gioia, of New York, former President of Buffalo’s John R.
Oishei Foundation, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United
States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada
Nicole Shampaine, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador
during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Sean Patrick Maloney, of New York, to be Representative of the United
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, with the rank of Ambassador
Jeffrey Prescott, of the District of Columbia, current Deputy to the
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to be U.S. Representative to
the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of
Ambassador
Charlie Crist, of Florida, to be Representative of the United States
of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation
Organization, with the rank of Ambassador
Joann M. Lockard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Burkina Faso
There will be a
hearing
of the Committee on the Budget on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 10:00 AM
in Room SD-608 to consider: “Warming Seas, Cooling Economy: How the
Climate Crisis Threatens Ocean Industries”.
Witnesses:
Kyle Schaefer, Fishing Guide And Lodge Owner
Dr. Andrea Dutton, Helen Jupnik Endowed Research Professor, Department
Of Geoscience, University Of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, University Killam Professor, Institute For The
Oceans And Fisheries, University Of British Columbia
Dr. Thomas Frazer, Professor And Dean Of The College Of Marine
Science, University of South Florida
Subcommittee
hearing
to examine U.S. nuclear power generation and identify the benefits and
challenges associated with further nuclear reactor buildout.
Chairman Pat Fallon (R-Texas.)
Witnesses:
Dr. Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy,
Department of Energy
Daniel Dorman, Executive Director for Operations, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
Dr. David Ortiz, Director, Office of Electric Reliability, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee
S.
1863,
PROVE IT Act of 2023, to instruct the
Department of Energy (DOE) to undertake a thorough examination,
comparing the greenhouse pollution of specific goods (metals, cement,
plastics, oil, natural gas, batteries, paper, solar cells, uranium,
wind turbines) manufactured in the United States to the pollution
generated by the same goods manufactured in other countries.
Co-sponsored by Coons and Cramer
S.
2781,
Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2023, to
allow the EPA to issue permits to allow
third parties to remediate historic mine residue at abandoned hardrock
mine sites they are not responsible for without being subject to
enforcement or liability under specified environmental laws for past,
present, or future releases, threats of releases, or discharges of
hazardous substances or other contaminants at or from the abandoned
mine site.
S. 3412, Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building Act of 2023, a bill to
redesignate the Richard H. Poff Federal Building located at 210
Franklin Road Southwest in Roanoke, Virginia, as the “Reuben E. Lawson
Federal Building,” and for other purposes
S. 3570, A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at
500 West Pike Street in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the “Irene M.
Keeley United States Courthouse,” and for other purposes
S. 3577, A bill to designate the Federal building located at 300 E.
3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as the “Virginia Smith Federal
Building,” and for other purposes
On Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2128 of the Rayburn
House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
will hold a
hearing
entitled “Oversight of the SEC’s Proposed
Climate Disclosure Rule: A Future of Legal Hurdles.”
On Thursday, January 18, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. in room 1324 Longworth
House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee
on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries will hold a legislative
hearing
on the following bills:
H.R.
897
(Rep. Carl), “Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and
Protection Act”;
H.R.
3925
(Rep. Salazar), “Youth Coastal Fishing Program Act of 2023”;
H.R. 5441 (Rep. LaLota), “Long Island Sound Restoration and
Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2023”; and
H.R. 6235 (Rep. Bonamici), “Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research
and Control Amendments Act of 2023”.
Witnesses:
Panel I
Members of Congress
Panel II
Paul M. Scholz, Deputy Assistant Administrator of the National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [H.R. 897,
H.R. 3925, and H.R. 6235]
Mike Lum, Fundraising and Event Coordinator, Captain Rollo’s Kids at
Sea [H.R. 3925]
Chris Pickerell, Marine Program Director, Cornell Cooperative
Extension of Suffolk County [H.R. 5441]
Ben Raines, Environmental Fellow, Writer and Filmmaker in Residence,
University of South Alabama [H.R. 897]
Dr. Donald Anderson, Senior Scientist and Director, U.S. National
Office for Harmful Algal Blooms, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
[H.R. 6235]
Bill descriptions:
H.R.
897
would establish a sanctuary under the Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (P.L. 92-532) at the underwater forest off the
coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama, while balancing the other industries
that operate in the Gulf of Mexico.
H.R.
3925
would establish a grant program at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that would provide applicants with
financial resources to connect America’s youth with fishing
activities.
H.R. 5441 reauthorizes the Long Island Sound Office and additional
funding programs, providing both financial resources and critical
expertise to preserve and restore the watershed
H.R. 6235 reauthorizes and revamps the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia
Research and Control Amendments Act, a program that encourages federal
agencies, along with state and local governments, to develop best
practices to respond to hypoxia events and harmful algal blooms
(HABs).