The Budget also includes nearly $1.8
billion
to support a free and open, connected, secure, and resilient Indo-
Pacific Region and the Indo-Pacific Strategy, and $400 million for the
Countering the People’s Republic of China Malign Influence Fund.
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Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation Subcommittee
$190.6 million for energy saving performance contracts or utility
energy services contracts for the Navy
$3.1 million for energy saving performance contracts or utility energy
services contracts for the Marine Corps
$33.9 million to deploy renewable energy, energy storage, and energy
or water efficiency improvements for the Navy
$16.9 million to deploy renewable energy, energy storage, and energy
or water efficiency improvements for the Marine Corps
$108.5 million for Navy erosion control projects and seawall repair,
and future environmental resilience projects
$13.2 million for Marine Corps’ natural resources projects that
support installation and training resiliency to climate change
$17.9 million for the Navy to enable revised installation master plans
to incorporate impacts from climate change, and the development,
planning, design, and execution of future projects to address climate
impacts
$16.5 million enhance the energy security posture of Marine Corps
installations, and accelerate advanced micro-grid deployment
$12.9 million for manpower to increase energy efficiency expertise
within the Navy’s energy offices
$6.3 million Navy investment for projects to develop higher efficiency
Gallium Nitride (GaN) High Power Amplifiers, used in maritime advanced
technology radar and surface electronic warfare systems
$8.6 million for the Navy to fund $1.3 million in operational energy
upgrades provides modernizations for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)
propulsion systems and $7.3 million in research and development
efforts for the Navy’s Integrated Power System (IPS)
$7.9 million for the Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement
(MTVR) Family of Vehicles, to set next generation vehicle standards
for fuel efficiency and vehicle hybrid electrification
$13.5 million for Marine Corps programs to set new standards for the
Family of Mobile Power Systems, Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle
Replacement, and Family of Expeditionary Fuel Systems
$94.8 million more for the Navy’s Integrated Power System (IPS)
$10.5 million in carbon-sequestration fundes for the Navy to fund
priority projects, such as wetland and forest restoration, that
increase base resiliency
$5.4 million for Navy to fund the battery development safety program
that focuses on the safe implementation and fielding of high energy
batteries through a rigorous certification process
$0.9 million for Navy to fund research into microbial fuel cells
(MFCs), an energy resource that can operate in marine sediments and
provide underwater power
$7.3 million for Navy for low-carbon fuel research, such as hydrogen,
to help replace the 1 billion gallons of fuel the Navy uses annually
$43.2 million in Navy funding for efficiency technologies such as
micro-vanes, refueling drogue stabilization, engine wash, blade
coatings, and mission planning to increase the efficiency of Naval
aircraft
$4.8 million for Marine Corps’ Family of Mobile Power Systems,
consisting of a wide range of current and emerging technologies for
mobile power generation, storage, and distribution systems
$10.5 million for Navy to fund the assessment, development,
maturation, and transition of power (batteries and fuel cells),
thermal management (models and fluid transfer), and engine and
airframe efficiency technologies to increase the mission capability of
Naval aircraft
$10.8 million for the Marine Corps supports development of a variety
of technologies including Cold Weather and Mountaineering equipment,
Family of Shelters, and the offices that conduct this research
$49.0 million for Navy to fund the Naval Platform Operational
Endurance & Climate Resiliency Science project to advance design tools
focused on climate resilience and predicting emissions from platforms.
Pursuing technology development efforts to impact climate remediation,
including evaluation of Low Global Warming Potential refrigerants,
Subsea & Seabed Warfare Energy Harvesting, and Direct Air Capture &
Blue Carbon fuel synthesis. Funding also supports electrical and
auxiliary system and component technology to dramatically improve
naval capabilities by providing energy and power resiliency
$3.7 million for the Navy funds an effort to improve integration of
weather and ocean forecasts into ship routing, ship response and
propulsion efficiency planning
$7.7 million for war-games for the Navy looking at critical
infrastructure protection
$0.4 million for the Marine Corps Prepositioning Program – Norway that
supports the withdrawal of equipment and supplies for ashore
prepositioning sites in support of contingency preparedness for cold
weather related exercises
In regards to climate change, the ‘23 budget increases climate
investments by a total of $137
million
across the shore providing funding for electric vehicle leasing,
charging stations, installation resiliency, and natural resource carbon
sequestration projects.
The Homeland Security Act, as amended by the Post-Katrina Emergency
Management Reform Act, directs FEMA to reduce
the loss of life and property and protect the nation from all hazards,
including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other disasters
through a risk-based, comprehensive emergency management system of
preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation. As of
January 2022, FEMA employed more than 22,000
personnel – including term and intermittent employees – to carry out the
Agency’s mission.
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(Stafford Act) authorizes the Federal government to provide assistance
to State, territorial, and local governments, tribal nations, eligible
private nonprofit organizations, and individuals affected by an incident
that receives a Presidential major disaster or emergency declaration.
The Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (DRRA, Division D of P.L.
115-254) includes reforms to improve FEMA’s
ability to carry out its mission and better prepare the nation for
disasters. FEMA continues to make progress
implementing its provisions.
FEMA also delivers the National Flood
Insurance Program (NFIP), pre-disaster and post-disaster mitigation
grant programs, flood mapping, disaster planning, exercise management
and coordination, urban search and rescue coordination, the Homeland
Security Grant Program, the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,
and other grants, training, and exercise programs.
The FY 2023 President’s Budget includes
increased funding for programs and activities that support the goals
outlined in the 2022-2026 FEMA Strategic Plan:
Civil Rights and Reasonable Accommodation Services and Support ($3.9M, 3
FTE)
Funds enable the Office of Equal Rights to enforce and ensure compliance
with FEMA’s civil rights responsibilities and
proactively and comprehensively respond to civil rights complaints filed
by disaster survivors and members of the public regarding
FEMA programs.
Privacy Organization Program ($2.0M, 4 FTE)
FEMA will significantly advance its Privacy
Program by expanding participation and customer support for
FEMA operations and State, local, tribal, and
territorial (SLTT) stakeholders to enhance privacy compliance and
bolster privacy safeguards during rapid-paced response and recovery
efforts. FEMA will use an additional $2.2M
from DRF carryover balances to support this
program in FY 2023 for a total increase of
$4.2M.
Funds will assist FEMA in providing more
equitable investment in disadvantaged communities and aid underserved
and marginalized communities to develop the structures, relationships,
and planning processes that promote equitable access to recovery
resources post-disaster. FEMA will also focus
SLTT capacity building to mitigate existing
gaps in steady-State services and resources to communities.
Flood Hazard Mapping and Risk Analysis ($74.5M)
The Budget includes an additional $74.5M to further
FEMA’s inventory of maps showing future
conditions for a program total of $507.7M. These funds may also be used
to support the Federal Flood Risk Mitigation Standard (FFRMS) and its
climate-informed science activities with the purpose of preparing for
future flood conditions.
Equitable Investment in Risk Reduction ($5.0M, 12
FTE)
Funding will support sustained and equitable investment in risk
reduction through catalyzing community partnerships. Funds will also
support creation of efficiencies and increase capabilities within
FEMA’s Regional and program offices that
assist our SLTT partners, while maximizing all
available resources across three key assistance programs – Hazard
Mitigation Grant Program, National Dam Safety Program, and
BRIC grant programs.
Flood Hazard Mapping and Floodplain Management Expansion ($4.3M, 30
FTE)
Funding for the NFIP will allow the program to
be staffed to complete the mapping projects initiated to deliver
credible, up-to-date flood hazard information to communities and to
manage development in a way that reduces flood losses, equitably reduces
disaster suffering, encourages nature-based solutions and builds
community resilience.
FY 2023 Major Disaster Estimate ($19.7B, 9,010
FTE) The Budget reflects a major disaster
allocation totaling $19.7B to address ongoing Stafford Act disasters.
The FY 2023 requirement includes more than
$941.0M over the FY 2022 Budget for the
response to COVID-19 and other recovery
projects. Cost estimates are derived from spend plans prepared by
FEMA Regions working with affected states and
localities for ongoing catastrophic disasters, historical average of
obligations for non-catastrophic disasters, allocation for
BRIC, and a reserve to ensure
FEMA maintains the ability to fund initial
response operations for new significant events.
Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center (MWEOC) ($53.0M)
MWEOC has 565 acres and is a national asset
providing resilient infrastructure, facilities, logistics support,
communications, operations centers, and support personnel for a wide
variety of vital government functions. It supports 30 plus different
departments and agencies’ continuity missions. FY
2023 funds support facilities construction and modernization
projects at the site.
Emergency Food and Shelter Program – Humanitarian Relief ($24.0M)
The Budget includes an increase of $24.0M to provide critical resources
to migrants crossing the southern border and communities providing
humanitarian relief to the thousands of families and individuals that do
so, as well as any other humanitarian crisis that may arise. Funds will
support providing food, shelter, transportation,
COVID-19 testing, and care associated with
recommended quarantining and isolation of this population.
Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Revitalization ($8.0M, 4
FTE) To advance the Administration priorities
of climate resilience and equity, EMI
Revitalization will modernize e-Campus systems, expand satellite
partnerships, streamline course catalog, develop executive crisis
leadership program, and facilitate emergency management thought
leadership. This work will transform EMI to a
National Emergency Management college, continuing
EMI’s 70-year history of educating and
training the national security workforce to meet the current risks of
climate change and other emergent, persistent, and frequent hazards.
Support for Incident Management (IM) Workforce ($6.4M, 37
FTE)
This increase funds information technology and human capital specialists
needed to recruit, hire, equip, and support a significant expansion of
FEMA’s IM Workforce. Funding will also support
non-pay costs associated with hiring, training, and equipping of
incident management workforce enabling FEMA to
successfully execute its disaster response and recovery functions.
FEMA will use an additional $10.0M from
DRF carryover balances to support the IM
Workforce for a total increase of $16.4M.
Non-Stafford Act Incident Management Assistance Team (IMAT) ($4.3M, 21
FTE)
Funds will provide FEMA with a ready-made
capability to support the growing number of contingencies related to
complex incidents that are not related to a specific disaster
declaration under the Stafford Act.
Hearing
has been postponed to a date to be determined.
Chair: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Witness:
Deb Haaland, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department’s 2023
budget totals $18.1 billion
in current authority ($17.5 billion in net discretionary authority)—an
increase of $2.9 billion, or 19 percent, from the 2022 continuing
resolution. An additional $340.0 million is accessible through a budget
cap adjustment for wildfire suppression to ensure that funds are
available in the event the regular annual appropriation is inadequate to
meet suppression needs. The budget also provides an estimated $10.9
billion in permanent funding in 2023.
The Bureau of Land Management
budget
proposes $249.9 million for Energy and Minerals Management. Effectively
combating and mitigating climate change for the long term depends on
moving our Nation away from its heavy reliance on fossil fuels.
BLM plays a vital role in promoting and
facilitating the development of renewable energy by providing sites for
the environmentally sound development of renewable energy on public
lands. The 2023 budget includes $49.7 million for
BLM’s Renewable Energy program, which—along
with funding in the Resource Management Planning, Assessment, and
Monitoring program—will enable BLM to increase
and accelerate renewable energy development on public lands. The funds
will support the siting, leasing, and processing of renewable energy
rights-of-way applications and the oversight of projects and
transmission lines connecting to renewable energy projects.
BLM’s Renewable Energy Coordination Offices
(RECOs) will guide and execute this important work, including
coordinating with other Federal agencies to streamline the review
process for clean energy projects. The 2023 request for the Renewable
Energy program includes staffing support for a national
RECO at the BLM
headquarters level as well as State and regional RECOs.
BLM expects renewable energy demand and
workload to increase significantly as more utilities and States seek to
diversify or require increased renewable energy in their electric power
portfolios. The 2023 request will better ensure that
BLM has the manpower and resources to support
this workload.
The budget proposes $115.8 million for Oil and Gas Management. The
request will support continued progress in addressing legacy wells on
the Alaska North Slope. The request for Energy and Minerals also
includes $16.6 million for Coal Management and $16.7 million for Other
Mineral Resources Management.
The 2023 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
budget
requests $51.7 million for renewable energy activities, including
permitting for the siting and construction of offshore wind farms and
other renewable energy sources, such as wave and current energy, on the
Outer Continental Shelf. The 2023 budget proposes $63.6 million for
conventional energy development. The 2023 budget proposes $15.4 million
to support BOEM’s marine minerals activities,
which foster climate change resilience and restoration while supporting
conservation partnerships. Foundational to
BOEM’s offshore energy and mineral resource
activities are the Environmental Programs, for which the 2023 budget
requests $86.4 million.
The 2023 USGS
budget is
$1.7 billion; USGS estimates that staffing is
8,344 full-time equivalents (FTEs) . The budget prioritizes science
addressing climate change and invests in research and development to
support economic growth, inform balanced decisions regarding resources,
and ensure the well-being of the Nation.
The 2023 President’s Budget for the Fish and Wildlife
Service
totals $3.7 billion, including current appropriations of $2.0 billion
and $1.8 billion available under permanent appropriations, most of which
is provided directly to States for fish and wildlife restoration and
conservation. The budget for the principal FWS
operating account, Resource Management, is $1.7 billion. The National
Wildlife Refuge System is an FWS focal point
for the Civilian Climate Corps, a program to put people to work
improving America’s lands, waters, and infrastructure . The 2023 budget
for FWS includes $10.0 million—including $8.0
million in the request for Refuges and $2.0 million in the request for
the National Conservation Training Center in General Operations—to
develop the next generation of conservation workers and create a new
pathway to good-paying jobs. The 2023 request for Science Support is
$38.5 million. The program supports adaptive science work with
collaborative groups to design and implement conservation and habitat
management strategies that improve climate adaptation and resilience on
the ground.
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The FY 2023 request for the Department of
Labor
(DOL or Department) is $14.6 billion in discretionary budget authority
and 16,922 full-time equivalent employees (FTE), with additional
mandatory funding and FTE.
The Budget requests a $100 million investment for
DOL’s role in the new multi-agency
POWER+ Initiative, which aims to assist
displaced workers and transform communities transitioning away from
fossil fuel production to new, sustainable industries. Furthering the
Administration’s emphasis on addressing climate change by creating
opportunities for workers in America, the Budget requests $20 million to
pilot the Civilian Climate Corps, in partnership other Federal agencies,
which will fund paid work experiences, preapprenticeship programs, and
RA programs for youth in industries and jobs related to climate
resilience and mitigation.
The request also provides the Employment and Training Administration
(ETA) $10 million for a new program, developed in collaboration with
VETS and the Department of Veterans Affairs,
focused on helping veterans shift to careers in clean energy, which
would help combat climate change while preparing veterans for
good-paying jobs.
The request also includes an increase of nearly $44 million for the Mine
Safety and Health Administration focused on restoring its capabilities
in enforcement and mine plan and equipment reviews. This increased
funding will help ensure miners’ health and safety amid a projected
increase in workload stemming from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
(BIL).
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Dr. Marvin Adams, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National
Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
Admiral James “Frank” Caldwell, Deputy Administrator for Naval
Reactors, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of
Energy
Corey Hinderstein, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S.
Department of Energy
Jill Hruby, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator,
National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy
William “Ike” White, Senior Advisor, Office of Environmental
Management, U.S. Department of Energy
The FY2023 DOE budget
request
includes $21.4
billion
for the Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National
Nuclear Security Administration to pursue five major national security
endeavors: maintain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear weapons
stockpile; reduce global nuclear threats and keep materials out of the
hands of terrorists; strengthen key science, technology and engineering
capabilities in support of certification, assessment, and current and
weapon modernization programs; provide safe and effective integrated
nuclear propulsion systems for the U.S. Navy; and modernize the Nuclear
Security infrastructure. The request also includes $7.6 billion for the
Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management
to continue cleanup of sites resulting from six decades of nuclear
weapons development and production and Government-sponsored nuclear
energy research. This sustains our investment in the EM mission to clean
up World War II and Cold War nuclear sites.
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Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
Marcia L. Fudge, Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban
Development
The 2023 President’s
Budget
requests $71.9 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), approximately $11.6 billion more than the 2022
annualized continuing resolution (CR) level, to support underserved
communities and equitable community development, increase access to and
production of affordable housing, promote homeownership and
wealth-building, advance sustainable communities, climate resilience,
and environmental justice, and strengthen
HUD’s internal capacity.
The budget includes:
$1.1 billion in targeted climate resilience and energy efficiency
improvements in public housing, tribal housing, and other assisted
housing;
$400 million to remove dangerous health hazards from homes, including
mitigating threats from fire, lead, carbon monoxide, and radon
The President’s 2023 Budget supports authorizing the Community
Development Block Grant—Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. For more
than twenty years, the Congress has appropriated emergency
supplemental funds to HUD in response to
major disasters to address the unmet long term disaster recovery needs
of States, territories, local governments, and Tribes. Authorization
would improve the transparency and predictability of
CDBG-DR funds for impacted communities.
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In Fiscal Year 2023, we are now poised to build on early progress with a
President’s budget for the Department of Transportation that totals $142
billion, including $36.8 billion in advance appropriations provided by
BIL in that year.
Safety remains our top priority, and the budget includes funding to
help address the crisis of deaths on America’s roadways, as outlined
in our National Roadway Safety Strategy. That includes $3 billion for
the Highway Safety Improvement Program.
With $4 billion for RAISE and the new Mega
program, we will rebuild century old infrastructure and lay the
groundwork for America to compete and win in decades ahead.
With $23.6 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration, we will
further enhance aviation safety, combat the effects of aviation on the
climate, and improve airport infrastructure.
With $4.45 billion in Capital Investment Grants, we will advance 15
major transit projects that shorten commutes, increase access to jobs,
and reduce congestion on the road for millions of Americans.
We will invest $17.9 billion to reverse decades of underinvestment in
intercity passenger rail and make fast, reliable train service
available to more people.
We will provide $1 billion to build out a nationwide network of
electric vehicle chargers, so that Americans in every part of the
country have access to the lower monthly costs of electric vehicles.
We will also begin implementing our ambitious new fuel efficiency
standards, which are projected to save the typical household hundreds
of dollars in gas costs and prevent 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon
dioxide from reaching our atmosphere.
And to keep making progress on supply chains to help move goods faster
and fight inflation, we will invest a total of $680 million to
modernize ports, $3 billion to improve the roadways that carry the
majority of America’s freight, and a total of $1.5 billion for
CRISI grants to improve freight rail.
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