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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene an executive session on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 10 a.m. EDT to consider bipartisan children’s online privacy legislation and presidential nominations.

Agenda:

• S. 1628, Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act
• S. 3663, Kids Online Safety Act
• Nomination of David P. Pekoske to be Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (PN2063)
• Nomination of Donald R. Cravins to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Minority Business Development (PN2062)
• Nomination of Susie Feliz to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs (PN1862)

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The majority of the Department of Commerce’s budget is for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Witnesses:

• Jason Albritton, Director of Climate & Energy policy, The Nature Conservancy
• Brad Townsend, Vice President for Policy and Outreach, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
• Jason Lanclos, P.E., Director, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Technology Assessment Division, Louisiana State Energy Office
• John Harju, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, Energy & Environmental Research Center, University of North Dakota

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Witnesses:

• Sarah Charles, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development

• Maura Barry, Acting Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, U.S. Agency for International Development

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a business meeting to consider the following items:

• Joseph Goffman to be Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation for the Environmental Protection Agency
• Annie Caputo to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• Bradley Crowell to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• 15 GSA resolutions

The meeting had been originally scheduled for July 20.

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Witnesses:

• Jose W. Fernandez, Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, U.S. Department of State
• Enoh T. Ebong, Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency
• Andy Baukol, Acting Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Treasury

On Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at 9:30 a.m. ET in 1324 Longworth Hearing Room and via Webex, and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page, the Committee on Natural Resources will meet to consider the following bill:

• H.R. 2021 (Chair Raúl M. Grijalva), To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, and for other purposes. Environmental Justice For All Act.

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Speakers:

• Jade Begay (@_jadebegay), Climate Justice Campaign Director at NDN Collective and White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Member
• Heather McTeer Toney (@HeatherMcTeer), Vice President of Community Engagement at Environmental Defense Fund
• Dr. Leah Stokes (@leahstokes), Professor at Univ. of California Santa Barbara / Senior Policy Advisor at Evergreen Action
• Sam Ricketts (@SamTRicketts), Co-Founder and Senior Policy Advisor at Evergreen Action

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The purpose of the business meeting is to consider a pending nomination and legislation on agenda below.

• Agenda Item 1: Nomination of Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management).
• Agenda Item 2: S. 192, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the State of Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes. (Mr. Wyden).
• Agenda Item 3: S. 387, a bill to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, and for other purposes. (Ms. Sinema).
• Agenda Item 4: S. 557, a bill establish a pilot program for native plant species, and for other purposes. (Ms. Collins).
• Agenda Item 5: S. 567, a bill to provide for the conservation and economic development in the State of Nevada, and for other purposes. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
• Agenda Item 6: S. 1344, a bill to redesignate the Pullman National Monument in the State of Illinois as the Pullman National Historical Park, and for other purposes. (Mr. Durbin).
• Agenda Item 7: S. 1493, a bill to sustain economic development and recreational use of National Forest System land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to designate new areas for recreation, and for other purposes. (Mr. Tester).
• Agenda Item 8: S. 1538, a bill to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Ara, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes. (Mr. Merkley).
• Agenda Item 9: S. 1718, to amend the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for additional areas to be added to the park, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
• Agenda Item 10: S. 1769, a bill to adjust the boundary of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other purposes. (Mrs. Feinstein)
• Agenda Item 11: S. 2130, a bill to modify the disposition of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for renewable energy, and for other purposes. (Mr. Whitehouse).
• Agenda Item 12: S. 2367, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Frederick County, Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center of the National Park Service, and for other purposes. (Mr. Cardin).
• Agenda Item 13: S. 2561, a bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that a land resource management plan or land use plan approved, amended, or revised under those Acts shall not be considered to be a continuing Federal agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, and for other purposes. (Mr. Daines).
• Agenda Item 14: S. 2568, a bill to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program. (Ms. Cortez Masto).
• Agenda Item 15: S. 2693, a bill to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize additional projects related to the Salton Sea, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
• Agenda Item 16: S. 2708, a bill to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lujan).
• Agenda Item 17: S. 2806, a bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale forest restoration projects, to assist communities in increasing their resilence to wildfire, and for other purposes. (Mr. Schumer).
• Agenda Item 18: S. 2980, a bill to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. (Mr. Heinrich).
• Agenda Item 19: S. 2996, a bill to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).
• Agenda Item 20: S. 3046, a bill to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, and for other purposes. (Mr. Daines).
• Agenda Item 21: S. 3129, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes. (Mr. Heinrich).
• Agenda Item 22: S. 3141, a bill to establish the New Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes. (Mr. Durbin).
• Agenda Item 23: S. 3185, a bill to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other purposes. (Mr. Toomey).
• Agenda Item 24: S. 3240, a bill to waive the application fee for applications for special use permits for veterans’ special events at war memorials on land administered by the National Park Service in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. (Mr. Rubio).
• Agenda Item 25: S. 3269, a bill to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes. (Ms. Murkowski).
• Agenda Item 26: S. 3307, a bill to modify the boundary of the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (Mr. Blunt).
• Agenda Item 27: S. 3338, a bill to revise the boundary of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in the State of Missouri, and for other purposes. (Mr. Blunt).
• Agenda Item 28: S. 3370, a bill to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for other purposes. (Mr. Lee).
• Agenda Item 29: S. 3404, a bill to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico. (Mr. Heinrich).
• Agenda Item 30: S. 3450, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain facilities in the Sun River project, Montana, for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation. (Mr. Daines).
• Agenda Item 31: S. 3667, a bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish within the National Park Service the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes. (Mr. Brown).
• Agenda Item 32: S. 3685, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio as a unit of the National Park Service. (Mr. Brown).
• Agenda Item 33: S. 3997, a bill to amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, and for other purposes. (Mr. McConnell).
• Agenda Item 34: S. 4080, a bill to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and for other purposes. (Mr. Padilla).
• Agenda Item 35: S. 4114, a bill to amend Public Law 99-420 to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State of Maine for use for affordable workforce housing, and for other purposes. (Mr. King).
• Agenda Item 36: S. 4121, a bill to designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial. (Mr. Brown).
• Agenda Item 37: S. 4176, a bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility requirements for certain small water storage and groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. (Mr. Risch).
• Agenda Item 38: S. 4233, a bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to provide for critical maintenance and repair of certain Bureau of Reclamation reserved or transferred works, and for other purposes. (Mr. Barrasso).
• Agenda Item 39: H.R. 1931, an act to provide competitive grants for the promotion of Japanese American confinement education as a means to understand the importance of democratic principles, se and abuse of power, and to raise awareness about the importance of cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for other purposes.
• Agenda Item 40: H.R. 3531, an act to authorize the Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
• Agenda Item 41: H.R. 5001, an act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to continue to implement endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins, and for other purposes.
• Agenda Item 42: H.R. 6201, an act to extend the authority for the establishment of a commemorative work to honor enslaved and free Black persons who served in the American Revolution, and for other purposes.
• Agenda Item 43: H.R. 6434, an act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish, within the National Park Service, the Japanese American World War II History Network and for other purposes.
• Agenda Item 44: S. 3519, a bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail, and for other purposes. (Mr. Boozman).
• Agenda Item 45: S. 4227, a bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purpose. (Mr. Hoeven).