Rethinking Disaster Recovery and Resiliency, Part 2: Protecting Communities and Accelerating Assistance
Witnesses
- Arthur Jemison, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary For Community Planning And Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- John Pendleton, Director, Financial Markets And Community Investment Government Accountability Office
NASA’s Earth Science and Climate Change Activities: Current Roles and Future Opportunities
Witnesses
- Dr. Karen M. St. Germain, Division Director, Earth Sciences Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
- Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Senior Climate Advisor (Acting) and Director of Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA
- Riley Duren, Research Scientist, Office of Research, Innovation, and Impact, University of Arizona; Chief Executive Officer, Carbon Mapper, Inc.
- Robbie Schingler, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Planet
Promises and Perils: The Potential of Automobile Technologies
Witnesses
- Jason Levine, Executive Director, Center for Auto Safety
- Greg Regan, President, Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
- Ragunathan Rajkumar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, Part I
Witnesses
- Chad Berginnis, Executive Director, Association of State Floodplain Managers
- Velma M. Smith, Senior Officer, Government Relations, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Rebecca Kagan Sternhell, Director, New York City Office of Federal Affairs
- Stephen Ellis, President, Taxpayers for Common Sense
- R.J. Lehmann, Senior Fellow And Editor-In-Chief, International Center for Law & Economics; co-founder of R Street Institute
Nominations of Robert T. Anderson, Shannon A. Estenoz, and Tanya M. Trujillo for Department of Interior
The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nominations of:
Witnesses- Robert T. Anderson to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior
- Shannon A. Estenoz to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks
- Tanya M. Trujillo to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science)
Protecting Coastal Communities and Ocean Resources from Offshore Drilling
On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing titled, “Protecting Coastal Communities and Ocean Resources from Offshore Drilling,” including the following bills and other related measures.
- H.R. 570 (Rep. Donald McEachin) To require operators of offshore oil and gas facilities to report failures of critical systems to the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes. Offshore Accountability Act
- H.R. 2643 (Rep. Julia Brownley) To require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to further develop, finalize, and implement updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines to address long-standing limitations regarding its ability to ensure active pipeline integrity and address safety and environmental risks associated with decommissioning, and for other purposes. Offshore Pipeline Safety Act
- H.R. 2836 (Rep. Kathy Castor) To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. Florida Coastal Protection Act
- H.R. _ (Rep. Frank Pallone) To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas. COAST Anti-Drilling Act
- H.R. _ (Rep. Mike Levin) To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Land Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in the Southern California planning area. American Coasts and Oceans Protection Act
- H.R. _ (Rep. Jared Huffman) To amend the Other Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. North Pacific Ocean Protection Act
Witness List
Panel I- Rep. Donald McEachin, Virginia, 4th District
- Rep. Julia Brownley, California, 26th District
- Rep. Kathy Castor, Florida, 14th District
- Rep. Mike Levin, California, 49th District
- Rep. Jared Huffman, California, 2nd District
- Rep. Frank Pallone, New Jersey, 6th District
- Terra Lawson-Remer, Supervisor, District 3 San Diego County, CA
- Tom Kies, President, Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast President, Carteret County NC, Chamber of Commerce Morehead City, NC
- Cynthia Sarthou, Executive Director, Healthy Gulf New Orleans, LA
- Dr. Cliff Kapono, Professional Surfer, Chemist, and Journalist Hilo, HI
- Chett C. Chiasson, Executive Director, Greater Lafourche Port Commission Cut Off, LA
The CLEAN Future Act: Superfund Proposals to Advance Cleanups, Equity, and Climate Resilience
- H.R. 1512, the “Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s Future Act” or the “CLEAN Future Act
- J. Alfredo Gómez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
- Amanda Goodin, J.D., Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
- Laurie Droughton Matthews, J.D., Of Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, On behalf of the Superfund Settlements Project
- Amy Catherine Dinn, J.D., Managing Attorney, Environmental Justice Team, Equitable Development Initiative, Lone Star Legal Aid
Environmental Justice in Indigenous Communities
Witnesses
- Ira Taken Alive, Vice-Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Fort Yates, ND
- Melvin J. Baker, Southern Ute Indian Tribe Ignacio, CO
- Herb Lee, Jr., President & CEO, Pacific American Foundation Kaneohe, Hawaii