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On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., in room 1334 Longworth House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Federal Lands will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 390 (Rep. Stefanik), “Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Enhancement Act”;
• H.R. 3971 (Rep. Hill), “Flatside Wilderness Additions Act”;
• H.R. 6826 (Rep. Mfume), To designate the visitor and education center at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine as the Paul S. Sarbanes Visitor and Education Center;
• H.R. 6843 (Rep. Scalise), To expand the boundaries of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area to include Lafourche Parish, Louisiana;
• H.R. 8206 (Rep. Franklin), To ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve may not be designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes; and
• H.R. 8219 (Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii), “Lahaina National Heritage Area Act”

Witnesses:

• Joy Beasley, Associate Director – Cultural Resources, Partnerships, and Science, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. [H.R. 390, H.R. 6826, H.R. 6843, H.R. 8206, and H.R. 8219]
• Talbert Cypress, Chairman, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Miami, Florida [H.R. 8206]
• Sean Kelleher, Historian, Town of Saratoga, Saratoga, New York [H.R. 390]
• Katherine Andrews, Director – Office of Outdoor Recreation, Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, Little Rock, Arkansas [H.R. 3971]
• Justin Lemoine, Executive Director, Atchafalaya National Heritage Area, Baton Rouge, Louisiana [H.R. 6843]

Hearing memo

Subcommittee hearing entitled “The Role of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank of the United States Amid Intensifying Economic Competition with China”.

This is a hearing of the full Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Witness:

• Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

The FY 2025 Budget requests $109.3 billion, including over $30 billion in highway maintenance and $14 billion in transit grants.

Open meeting

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

FERC is set to decide on Venture Global LNG’s proposed CP2 LNG project in Louisiana.

Meeting agenda
Item No.	Docket No.	Company
ADMINISTRATIVE
A-1	AD24-1-000	Agency Administrative Matters
A-2	AD24-2-000	Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations
ELECTRIC
E-1	RM24-6-000	Implementation of Dynamic Line Ratings
E-2	ER23-2977-000	Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
	ER23-2977-001
	ER23-2977-002
E-3	ER17-1433-005	PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
E-4	RD24-5-000	North American Electric Reliability Corporation
	RD24-1-000
E-5	RM21-12-000	Revisions to Regulations on Electric Reliability Organization Performance Assessments
E-6	RR24-2-000	North American Electric Reliability Corporation
E-7	EL24-6-000	Gregory and Beverly Swecker
E-8	EL24-71-000	Southern California Edison Company
E-9	EL24-3-000	Missouri River Energy Services v.Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
E-10	ER23-150-000	Southern Power Company
E-11	ER22-1697-002	Southwest Power Pool,Inc.
E-12	ER23-1752-003	Oak Trail Solar, LLC
	EL24-63-004
E-13	EL24-92-000	Cometa Energia, S.A. de C.V., /o/b/o., Energia Azteca X, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. California Independent System Operator Corporation
E-14	ER24-1881-000	Canisteo Wind Energy LLC
E-15	ER23-1067-002	PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
E-16	EL23-13-000	Roy J. Shanker v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
GAS
G-1	RP24-395-001	Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC
HYDRO
H-1	P-77-320	Pacific Gas and Electric Company
H-2	P-553-245	City of Seattle, Washington
H-3	P-1494-468	Grand River Dam Authority
CERTIFICATES
C-1	CP24-49-000	Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
C-2	CP24-21-000	Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC
C-3	CP17-40-018	Spire STL Pipeline LLC
C-4	CP17-40-019	Spire STL Pipeline LLC
C-5	CP22-21-000	Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC
	CP22-22-000	Venture Global CP Express, LLC
C-6	CP22-495-001	Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC

Full committee markup of the following legislation:

Congressional Disapproval Resolutions of Climate Regulations

• H.J.Res. 163, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule” (Rep. Balderson)
• H.J.Res. 136, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles” (Rep. James)
• H.J.Res. 133, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles-Phase 3” (Rep. Fulcher)
• H.J.Res. 117, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter” (Rep. Allen)

Other bills:

• H.R. 7188, Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act (Reps. Moolenaar and Dingell)
• H.R. 3433, Give Kids a Chance Act of 2024 (Reps. McCaul and Eshoo) H.R. 670, Think Differently Database Act (Reps. Molinaro and Sherrill)
• H.R. 7623, Telehealth Modernization Act of 2024 (Reps. Carter and Blunt Rochester)
• H.R. 8818, American Privacy Rights Act of 2024 (Reps. Rodgers, Pallone, Bilirakis, and Schakowsky)
• H.R. 7891, Kids Online Safety Act (Reps. Bilirakis, Bucshon, Castor, Houchin, and Schrier)
• H.R. 8449, AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act (Reps. Bilirakis and Pallone)

On Thursday, June 27, 2024, at 9:30 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. 6841 (Rep. Levin, D-Calif.), To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to allow the Secretary of Commerce to establish a Coastal and Estuarine Resilience Program, and for other purposes;
• H.R. 7925 (Rep. D’Esposito), “Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act”, to provide for the standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways;
• H.R. 8704 (Rep. Carter of GA), To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to foster enhanced coexistence between ocean users and North Atlantic right whales and other large cetacean species; and
• H.R. 8705 (Rep. Graves of LA), “Fisheries Data Modernization and Accuracy Act of 2024.”

Subcommittee hearing.

Full committee markup of The Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 8790). The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.), expedites logging approvals in the name of wildfire prevention.

Original cosponsors include Representatives Tony Cardenas (D-CA-29), John Curtis (R-UT-3), Ami Bera (D-CA-6), Pete Stauber (R-MN-8), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19), Tom McClintock (R-CA-5), Jim Costa (D-CA-21), Tom Tiffany (R-WI-7), John Duarte (R-CA-13), and James Moylan (R-GU).

The Fix Our Forests Act is supported by logging giant Rayonier and logging industry representatives American Forests, the American Forest Resource Council, the American Loggers Council, the Arkansas Forestry Association, Associated California Loggers, the Forest Landowners Association, the Forest Resources Association, and the Hardwood Federation; by Edison Electric Institute; by the corporate-backed Bipartisan Policy Center; by the hard-right Property and Environment Research Center (PERC); by the conservative conservation organizations the Evangelical Environmental Network, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, the American Conservation Coalition Action, the National Wild Turkey Federation, the Boone and Crockett Club, the Dallas Safari Club; by the Silicon Valley forest-advocacy group MegaFire Action; by the National Congress of American Indians and Potlach Deltic; and by the National Association of Counties.

The Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, at 10 a.m. (EDT) in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “The Fiscal Year 2025 Department of Commerce Budget.”

The hearing will focus on technology and manufacturing (including AI and the blockchain), travel and tourism.

Hearing memo

Witness:

• Gina Raimondo, Secretary, Department of Commerce

The purpose of this hearing is to examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) fiscal year 2025 (FY25) budget request to Congress and the impact this proposed funding could have on civilian research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs at the Department.

Hearing charter

Witness

• David M. Turk, Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy

The DOE FY2025 budget request includes $33.5B for defense and $17.9B for non-defense. The Office of Science budget request is $8.6B.