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The House Committee on Agriculture will hold a business meeting to consider the elements of the reconciliation package under their jurisdiction.

Included in this package are multiple bipartisan proposals will provide resources to mitigate climate change, improve quality of life in rural communities, and commit millions of dollars to agricultural education across the country.

Investments include:

• $7.75 billion in investments in agricultural research and infrastructure; other countries like China are outspending the US on research investments and this money will help close the gap.
• $18 billion in rural job-promoting investments to ensure those living in rural America, on tribal lands, and our insular areas have access to clean water and reliable and efficient renewable energy. This funding will also support investment in renewable biofuels infrastructure important to farmers and our fight against climate change, and flexible funding for rural community growth.
• $40 billion in investments in forestry programs to help combat forest fires and contribute to healthy, resilient forests, including $14 billion for “hazardous fuels reduction,” and $4.5 billion for the Civilian Climate Corps for “managing National Forest System land” and “rural and urban conservation and tree planting projects”.
• $300 million divided equally to the Forest Service for the following six climate-related projects:
  • to carry out greenhouse gas life cycle analyses of domestic wood products
  • to assess the quantity of carbon sequestration and storage accomplished by different forest practices when applied in diverse ecological and geographic settings
  • to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to strategies to increase carbon stocks on National Forest System land
  • to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to the impacts of climate change and weather variability on national forest ecosystems
  • to accelerate and expand existing research efforts relating to strategies to ensure that national forest ecosystems, including forests, plants, aquatic ecosystems, and wildlife, are able to adapt to climate change and weather variability
  • for activities and tactics to reduce the spread of invasive species on non-Federal forested land

Committee Print

• Amendment #1, offered by Mrs. Hartzler of Missouri
• Amendment #2, Offered by Mrs. Hartzler of Missouri
• Amendment #3, offered by Mr. Crawford of Arkansas
• Amendment #4, offered by Mr. Johnson of South Dakota
• Amendment #5, offered by Mr. Baird of Indiana
• Amendment #6, offered by Mrs. Cammack of Florida
• Amendment #7, offered by Mr. Baird of Indiana
• Amendment #8, offered by Mr. Mann of Kansas
• Amendment #9, offered by Mr. Jacobs of New York
• Amendment #10, offered by Mr. Hagedorn of Minnesota
• Amendment #11, offered by Mr. Feenstra of Iowa
• Amendment #12, offered by Mr. Feenstra of Iowa
• Amendment #13, offered by Mr. Feenstra of Iowa
• Amendment #14, offered by Mrs. Miller of Illinois
• Amendment #15, offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, was withdrawn.
• Amendment #16, offered by Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia
• Amendment #17, offered by Mrs. Fischbach of Minnesota
• Amendment #18, offered by Mrs. Fischbach of Minnesota
• Amendment #19, offered by Mr. Balderson of Ohio
• Amendment #20, offered by Mr. Baird of Indiana
• Amendment #21, offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California
• Amendment #22, offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California
• Amendment #23, offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California
• Amendment #24, offered by Mr. LaMalfa of California
• Amendment #25, offered by Mr. Hagedorn of Minnesota
• Amendment #26, offered by Mr. Baird of Indiana
• Amendment #27, offered by Mr. DesJarlais of Tennessee
• Amendment #28, offered by Mr. Johnson of South Dakota
• Amendment #29, offered by Mrs. Cammack of Florida
• Amendment #30, offered by Mrs. Cammack of Florida
• Amendment #31, offered by Mr. Baird of Indiana
• Amendment #32, offered by Mr. Allen of Georgia
• Amendment #33, offered by Ms. Letlow of Louisiana
• Amendment #34, offered by Mr. Feenstra of Iowa
• Amendment #35, offered by Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania
• Amendment #36- offered by Mrs Fischbach of Minnesota, not germane
• Amendment #37, offered by Mr. Mann of Kansas, not germane
• Amendment #38, offered by Mr. Feenstra of Iowa, not germane

Expected to take two days.

Markup of:

• Subtitle A. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Subtitle B. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Retirement
• Subtitle C. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Child Care Access and Equity
• Subtitle D. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Trade Adjustment Assistance
• Part 1 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Pathways to Health Careers
• Part 2 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Elder Justice
• Part 3 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Part 4 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Coverage

The Committee on Education and Labor will meet to consider its portion of the Build Back Better Act, which invests $761 billion to lower costs for families, secure good-paying jobs for American workers, and set a strong foundation of America’s children.

Their bill invests:

• roughly $450 billion in lowering the cost of child care and securing universal pre-K for three- and four-year-olds
• $111 billion to lower the cost of higher education
• $82 billion in America’s public school infrastructure, for safe, healthy, energy efficient, and environmentally resilient public school facilities
• nearly $80 billion in workforce development programs
• nearly $35 billion in child nutrition programs

Committee Print

Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

The hearing will be conducted via teleconference.

Text of the Science Committee Print and the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute by Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson.

The proposed $45.4 billion Science Committee ANS includes:

Department of Energy ($20.6 billion)

• $5 billion for regional innovation initiatives
• $10.4 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science laboratories, including $1.3 billion for the ITER fusion project
• $349 million for the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy for NREL projects including the new EMAPS program and ARIES grid simulation
• $408 million for the Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy
• $20 million for the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
• $1.08 billion in general funds for Department of Energy National Laboratories, including
  • $377 million for Office of Science
  • $210 million for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  • $40 million for Office of Nuclear Energy
  • $190 million for Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management
  • $102 million for the Office of Environmental Management
• $2 billion for fusion research and development
• $1.1 billion for Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy demonstration projects, including wind, solar, geothermal, hydropower, vehicles, bioenergy, and building technologies
• $70 million for a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute
• $52.5 million for university nuclear reactor research
• $10 million for demonstration projects on reducing the environmental impacts of fracking wastewater
• $20 million for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity
• $50 million for the Office of the Inspector General

Environmental Protection Agency

• $264 million to conduct environmental research and development activities related to climate change, including environmental justice

FEMA

• $798 million for Assistance to Firefighters Grants

NASA ($4.4 billion)

• $4 billion for infrastructure and maintenance
• $388 million for climate change research and development

NIST ($4.2 billion)

• $1.2 billion for scientific and technical research, including resilience to natural hazards including wildfires, and greenhouse gas and other climate-related measurement
• $2 billion for American manufacturing support
• $1 billion for infrastructure and maintenance

NOAA ($4.2 billion)

• $1.2 billion for weather, ocean, and climate research and forecasting
• $265 million to develop and distribute actionable climate information for communities in an equitable manner
• $500 million to recruit, educate, and train a “climate-ready” workforce
• $70 million for high-performance computing
• $224 million for phased-array radar research and development
• $1 billion for hurricane hunter aircraft and radar systems
• $12 million for drone missions
• $743 million for deferred maintenance
• $173 million for space weather

National Science Foundation ($10.95 billion)

• $3.4 billion for infrastructure, including Antarctic bases – $300 million for minority-serving institutions
• $7.5 billion for research grants, including at least $400 million for climate change research and $700 million for minority-serving institutions
• $50 million for Office of the Inspector General

Introduced amendments:

• Amendment #R7 offered by Mr. Weber (R-TX)
• Amendment #009 offered by Ranking Member Lucas (R-OK)
• Amendment #R10 offered by Ranking Member Lucas (R-OK)
• Amendment #085 offered by Mr. Posey (R-FL)
• Amendment #022 offered by Mr. Feenstra (R-IA)
• Amendment #R13 offered by Ms. Bice (R-OK)
• Amendment #029 offered by Mr. Babin (R-TX)
• Amendment #030 offered by Mr. Babin (R-TX)
• Amendment #024 offered by Mr. Feenstra (R-IA)
• Amendment #001 offered by Mr. Ellzey (R-TX)
• Amendment #084 offered by Mr. Posey (R-FL)
• Amendment #054 offered by Mr. Sherman (D-CA)
• Amendment #R6 offered by Mr. Ellzey (R-TX)
• Amendment #R11 offered by Mr. Meijer (R-MI)
• Amendment #010 offered by Mr. Baird (R-IN)
• Amendment #031 offered by Mr. Babin (R-TX)
• Amendment #018 offered by Ms. Bice (R-OK)
• Amendment #019 offered by Ms. Bice (R-OK)
• Amendment #010 offered by Ranking Member Lucas (R-OK)
• Amendment #R8 offered by Ms. Bice (R-OK)
• Amendment #010 offered by Ms. Kim (R-CA)
• Amendment #063 offered by Mr. Waltz (R-FL)
• Amendment #064 offered by Mr. Waltz (R-FL)
• Amendment #R4 offered by Mr. Baird (R-IN)
• Amendment #R9 offered by Mr. Feenstra (R-IA)
• Amendment #008 offered by Ranking Member Lucas (R-OK)
• Amendment offered by Mr. Babin (R-TX)
• Amendment #020 offered by Ms. Bice (R-OK)
• Amendment #023 offered by Mr. Feenstra (R-IA)
• Amendment #021 offered by Mr. Garcia (R-CA)
• Amendment #033 offered by Mr. Gonzalez (R-OH)
• Amendment #R2 offered by Mr. Obernolte (R-CA)
• Amendment #R1 offered by Mr. Waltz (R-FL)
• Amendment #R3 offered by Mr. Weber (R-TX)

Expected to take two days.

Markup of:

• Subtitle A. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave
• Subtitle B. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Retirement
• Subtitle C. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Child Care Access and Equity
• Subtitle D. Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Trade Adjustment Assistance
• Part 1 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Pathways to Health Careers
• Part 2 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Elder Justice
• Part 3 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Skilled Nursing Facilities
• Part 4 of Subtitle E: Budget Reconciliation Legislative Recommendations Relating to Medicare Dental, Hearing, and Vision Coverage

The Committee on Small Business will hold a hybrid markup at 10:00 A.M. (EDT) on Thursday, September 9, 2021, in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building and on Zoom. Members who wish to participate remotely may do so via Zoom, information to be provided separately. The Committee will consider Committee Print (providing for reconciliation pursuant to S. Con. Res. 14, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022).

Markup notice and information on filing amendments

Committee Print

Chair’s Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

Includes provision for $2.1 billion in federal debentures to back small-business loans to acquire renewable energy equipment such as solar panels, wind turbines, or battery storage.

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. EDT via Webex, and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube pages, the Committee on Natural Resources will meet to consider the following postponed recorded votes that were requested at the Committee’s most recent business meeting, and to continue its consideration on legislative proposals to comply with the reconciliation directive included in section 2002 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, S. Con. Res.14.

The votes will be on the following Republican amendments:

• Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) amendment designated Boebert #2
• Rep. Lauren Boebert amendment designated Boebert #3
• Rep. Lauren Boebert amendment designated Boebert #4
• Rep. Lauren Boebert amendment designated Boebert #5
• Rep. Jerry L. Carl (R-AL) amendment designated Carl #1
• Rep. Jerry L. Carl amendment designated Carl #2
• Rep. Don Young (R-AK) amendment designated Young #1
• Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-WI) amendment designated Tiffany #1
• Rep. Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR) amendment designated González Colón #1
• Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) amendment designated Moore #1
• Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) amendment designated Moore #2
• Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) amendment designated Moore #3
• Rep. Jenniffer González Colón (R-PR) amendment designated González Colón #2

The committee will then vote on the legislation put forward by the committee chair.

On Thursday, September 2, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. EDT via Cisco Webex and livestreamed on the Committee’s YouTube page, the Committee on Natural Resources will meet to consider legislative proposals to comply with the reconciliation directive included in section 2002 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2022, S. Con. Res.14.

At the markup, the Committee will decide on provisions in the bill that will raise revenue and protect American taxpayers from unnecessary industry subsidies and giveaways.

The markup is expected to include:

• $3 billion to support the Civilian Climate Corps through the Department of the Interior
• $1 billion for tribal climate resilience and adaptation
• $900 million for national wildfire management
• $500 million for a unique Tribal Civilian Climate Corps
• $225 million for climate resilience and restoration
• $100 million for mitigating climate-induced weather events
• $100 million for tribal wildfire management
• $2.7 billion for overdue Indian water rights settlements
• $2.5 billion to clean up abandoned hardrock mines and redevelop them for productive use
• $2 billion for health facility construction, maintenance, and improvement in Indian Country
• $993 million for hospitals and health infrastructure in U.S. territories
• $500 million for tribal housing improvements

Download the bill text here.

The purpose of the hearing is to examine the role of and programs within the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

This hearing will consider the nomination of Dr. Homer L. Wilkes to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.

Dr. Wilkes was the state conservationist for Mississippi from 1994 to 2010. Since 2010, he has served at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. From 2013 to present, he has been the Director of the Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem Restoration Division at USDA, part of the federal government’s long-term response to 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.

• Dr. Homer L. Wilkes, USDA