Nominations of Michael Barr to be a Member, and to be Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors, and Jaime Lizarraga and Mark Toshiro Uyeda, both to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
The Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in Executive Session to vote on the following nominations:
- Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be a Member and Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- Jaime E. Lizárraga, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
- Mark Toshiro Uyeda, of California, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The FY23 Budget Request: United Nations and International Organizations
- Michele J. Sison, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State
The President’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request includes $60.4 billion for the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $1.9 billion or 3 percent above the Fiscal Year 2022 Request, and $7.4 billion or 14 percent above FY 2021 enacted levels.
The Request has $2.3 billion to support U.S. leadership in addressing the existential climate crisis through diplomacy; scaled-up international climate programs that accelerate the global energy transition to net zero by 2050; support to developing countries to enhance climate resilience; and the prioritization of climate adaptation and sustainability principles in Department and USAID domestic and overseas facilities. This total includes over $1.6 billion for direct programming for climate mitigation and adaptation and over $650 million for the mainstreaming of climate considerations across development programs.
Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget request includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than $40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships, and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and more than $3 billion to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget request includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than $40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships, and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and more than $3 billion to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount.
Resourcing U.S. Priorities in the Indo-Pacific FY23 Budget
- Donald Lu, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Camille Dawson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Asia, U.S. Department of State
- Craig Hart, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia, U.S. Agency for International Development
The FY 2023 Pacific Deterrence Initiative is a $6.1 billion subset of the Department of Defense’s FY 2023 budget.
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.
Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Markup: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
The Department of Defense $773 billion budget request includes $56.5 billion for air power platforms and systems; more than $40.8 billion for sea power, to include nine more battle force ships, and nearly $12.6 billion to modernize Army and Marine Corps fighting vehicles; more than $130.1 billion for research and development; and more than $3 billion to address the effects of climate change, bolstering our installation resiliency and adaptation to climate challenges.
The FY 2023 DoD Budget request of $773.0 billion is a $30.7 billion, or 4.1% increase, from the FY 2022 enacted amount.
Nominations of Robin Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Michael Morgan to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction at NOAA, and Sean Burton to be a Member of the Board of Directors
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee hearing on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 10 a.m. ET to consider the following Presidential nominations:
Nominees:- Robin Hutcheson to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (PN1944)
- Dr. Michael C. Morgan to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental Observation and Prediction, Department of Commerce (PN1674)
- Sean Burton to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (PN1535)
Dr. Michael Morgan is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and associate chair of its undergraduate program. He served on the American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) Board on Women and Minorities and on the AMS Scientific and Technological Activities Commission. Dr. Morgan has served on the World Meteorological Organization World Weather Research Program’s Science Steering Committee and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of Physics. Dr. Morgan was an AMS/UCAR Congressional Science Fellow in Senator Ben Cardin’s office working as a senior legislative aid on energy and environment issues. Previously, Dr. Morgan was Division Director for the Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences at the National Science Foundation.
Nominations of Annie Caputo and Bradley R. Crowell to be Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)
- Annie Caputo, Nominee to be Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Bradley R. Crowell, Nominee to be Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Detecting and Quantifying Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sector
The purpose of this hearing is to assess the challenge of oil and gas sector methane leaks from a scientific, technological, and policymaking perspective. The hearing will discuss the current scientific consensus regarding the role of methane leaks as a driver of oil and gas sector methane emissions. The hearing will highlight recent advances in innovative leak detection and repair technologies, as well as the importance of deploying such technologies broadly throughout oil and gas sector operations to achieve large-scale reductions in methane emissions. Finally, the hearing will examine research gaps related to oil and gas sector methane emissions and opportunities for the Federal government to support scientific research activities pertaining to oil and gas sector methane leaks.
Committee staff conclude that oil and gas companies are failing to design, equip, and inform their Methane Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) activities as necessary to achieve rapid and large-scale reductions in methane emissions from their operations. The sector’s approach does not reflect the latest scientific evidence on methane leaks. Oil and gas companies must change course quickly if the United States is to reach its methane reduction targets by the end of this decade. The Committee staff also learned that oil and gas companies have internal data showing that methane emission rates from the sector are likely significantly higher than official data reported to EPA would indicate. A very significant proportion of methane emissions appear to be caused by a small number of super-emitting leaks. One company experienced a single leak that may be equivalent to more than 80% of all the methane emissions it reported to EPA – according to EPA’s prescribed methodology – for all of its Permian oil and gas production activities in 2020.Witnesses:
- Dr. David Lyon, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund
- Riley Duren, Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Mapper
- Dr. Brian Anderson, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory
- Dr. Greg Rieker, Co-Founder and CTO, LongPath Technologies, Inc.