FY 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Energy Science and Energy Programs
Chair Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)
Witnesses- Dr. Kathleen Hogan, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Infrastructure, U.S. Department of Energy
- Dr. Geraldine Richmond, Under Secretary for Science and Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy
The DOE budget request includes $7.8 billion for the Office of Science, $4 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy, $893 million for fossil energy and carbon management, $1.7 billion for nuclear energy, and $297 million for electricity.
Desalination Research, Tribal Access to Clean Water, and Other Legislation
On Thursday, May 12, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. ET, in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building and via Cisco WebEx, the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife will hold a hybrid legislative hearing on the following bills:
- H.R. 263 (Rep. Mike Quigley, D-IL) To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain wildlife species, and for other purposes. Big Cat Public Safety Act.
- H.R. 3081 (Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-ND) To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 5880 (Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-AZ) To amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 6238 (Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-NM) To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes. WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act.
- H.R. 7612 (Rep. Mike Levin, D-CA) To advance desalination research and technological innovation, and for other purposes. Desalination Research Advancement Act.
- H.R. 7632 (Rep. Joe Neguse, D-CO) To provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Tribal lands, and for other purposes. Tribal Access to Clean Water Act.
- H.R. 7633 (Rep. Tom O’Halleran, D-AZ) To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Hualapai Tribe and certain allottees in the State of Arizona, to authorize construction of a water project relating to those water rights claims, and for other purposes. Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022.
Climate Action Reboot
Make no mistake, now is NOT the time to give up on climate action in Congress. In fact, there has never been a more critical time to be fighting for climate action in our nation’s capital. Join us on this webinar to hear what is happening and why – and what we can accomplish together.
Join the Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund, West Virginia Rivers and Evergreen Action for a webinar delivering insight on the state of play of climate legislation in Congress, Sen. Manchin, and what justice demands legislators do.
Modernizing Hydropower: Licensing and Reforms for a Clean Energy Future
If you have any questions, please contact Lino Peña-Martinez with the Committee staff at lino.pena-martinez@mail.house.gov.
Reforming the Mining Law of 1872
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. EDT, in room 1324 Longworth Hearing Room and online via Cisco Webex, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will hold a hybrid legislative hearing titled, “Reforming the Mining Law of 1872” and will consider the following legislation:
- H.R. 7580 (Grijalva): The Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act
Board Member Views on Surface Transportation Board Reauthorization
The purpose of this hearing is to hear from members of the Surface Transportation Board on their ideas to improve the efficiency and authority of the Board to better resolve freight rail conflicts.
Changing Market Roles: The FTX Proposal and Trends in New Clearinghouse Models
FTX US is requesting the ability to use a new kind of ‘non-intermediated’ model of crypto derivatives trading, meaning there is no intermediary used to hold customer’s funds. FTX intends to offer its products to retail participants, and its financial and operational requirements for participants only require that the participant be able to post the margin required for a given position.
The proposal was a topic of discussion at the March 31st CFTC hearing.
Witnesses- Terrence A. Duffy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Chicago, IL
- Sam Bankman-Fried, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, FTX US Derivatives, Chicago, IL
- Walt Lukken, President and Chief Executive Officer, Futures Industry Association, Washington, D.C.
- Christopher Edmonds, Chief Development Officer, Intercontinental Exchange, Atlanta, GA
- Christopher Perkins, President, CoinFund, New York, NY
Forest Conservation in the Fight Against Climate Change
Chair Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Hoyer will discuss the AMAZON21 Act (H.R 5830), which would authorize a trust fund of $9 billion for the State Department to enter long-term bilateral agreements with developing countries to assist them in ending deforestation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Witnesses:
Panel I:- Steny Hoyer, Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives
- Rep. Bruce Westerman, Ranking Member, House Committee on Natural Resources
- M. Sanjayan, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, Conservation International
- Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President, Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT)
- Romina Bandura, Senior Fellow, Project on Prosperity and Development, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the Department of Commerce
Chair Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.)
Witness- Gina M. Raimondo, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce
The budget requests $11.7 billion in discretionary funding to support key Commerce Department priorities, including $372 million for the National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) manufacturing programs, more than $150 million in new funding to the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to create jobs and drive growth in economically distressed communities, $110 million to increase services for minority-owned enterprises at the Minority Business Development Agency, and nearly $7 billion in funding for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA to catalyze wind energy, restore habitats, protect the oceans and coasts, and improve NOAA’s ability to predict extreme weather associated with climate change).
President’s FY 2023 Funding Request and Budget Justification for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Chair Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Witness- 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.