Full Committee Markup of Oil, Gas & Public Lands Legislation
The Committee on Natural Resources is scheduled to hold a markup to consider the following bills:
- H.R. 443 (Rep. Young), To convey land in Anchorage, Alaska, to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and for other purposes. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land Transfer Act.
- H.R. 1029 (Rep. Steube), To Waive the application fee for any special use permit 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. Free Veterans from Fees Act.
- H.R. 1492 (Rep. DeGette), To prevent methane waste and pollution from oil and gas operations, and for other purposes. Methane Waste Prevention Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1503 (Rep. Levin), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments in leasing on Federal lands for oil and gas drilling, and for other purposes. Restoring Community Input and Public Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1505 (Rep. Lowenthal), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments to the regulation of surface-disturbing activities and to protect taxpayers from unduly bearing the reclamation costs of oil and gas development, and for other purposes. Bonding Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1506 (Rep. Lowenthal), To provide for the accurate reporting of fossil fuel extraction and emissions by entities with leases on public land, and for other purposes. Transparency in Energy Production Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1517 (Rep. Porter), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain adjustments to the fiscal terms for fossil fuel development and to make other reforms to improve returns to taxpayers for the development of Federal energy resources, and for other purposes. Ending Taxpayer Welfare for Oil and Gas Companies Act of 2021.
- H.R. 1884 (Rep. Grijalva), To repeal section 3003 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. “Buck” McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015, and for other purposes. Save Oak Flat Act.
- H.R. 2348 (Rep. Stewart), To maximize land management efficiencies, promote land conservation, generate education funding, and for other purposes. Advancing Conservation and Education Act.
National Science Foundation: Advancing Research for the Future of U.S. Innovation
- Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation
- Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Chair, National Science Board
S.283, National Climate Bank Act
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Safety will hold a subcommittee hearing entitled, “Legislative Hearing on S.283, National Climate Bank Act.”
Witnesses
Panel I:- Sen. Chris Van Hollen
- Reed Hundt, Chairman and CEO, Coalition for Green Capital
- Duanne Andrade, Chief Strategic and Financial Officer, Solar and Energy Loan Fund (SELF)
- Rusty Bell, Commissioner, Campbell County, Wyoming
- Jason Isaac, Director, Life:Powered, A Project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation
The Effects of Climate Change in Africa
- Esther Ngumbi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Caitlin Welsh, Director, Global Food Security Program
- Dante Disparte, Chairman and Founder, Risk Cooperative
- Todd Moss, Ph.D., Executive Director, Energy for Growth Hub
The Department Of The Interior’s Onshore Oil And Gas Leasing Program
The purpose of this hearing is to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on the current status of the Department of the Interior’s onshore oil and gas leasing program.
Witnesses
- Nada Culver, Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior
- Mark Gordon, Governor, Wyoming
- Brian Vallo, Governor, Pueblo of Acoma
- Vicki Hollub, President and Chief Executive Officer, Occidental Petroleum
- Kathleen Sgamma, President, Western Energy Alliance
Climate Challenges: The Tax Code’s Role in Creating American Jobs, Achieving Energy Independence, and Providing Consumers with Affordable, Clean Energy
- Jason Walsh, Executive Director, BlueGreen Alliance
- Maria M. Pope, President And CEO, Portland General Electric
- Alex Brill, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
- Kevin Sunday, Director Of Government Affairs, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry
Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate: Day 2
President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing.
8:00 a.m.–Session 4
Unleashing Climate Innovation
This session will highlight the critical role of technological innovation in achieving a net-zero, climate-resilient economy; the importance of accelerating public and private investment in climate innovation; and the enormous economic opportunities in building the industries of the future.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm
- Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
- Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
- Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
- President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
- Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
- Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates
- Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
- Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall
- Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy
- Audrey Zibelman, Vice President, X
9:15 a.m.–Session 5
The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action
This session will highlight the broad economic benefits of climate action, with a strong focus on job creation. It will explore the economic benefits of green recovery and long-term decarbonization and the importance of ensuring that all communities and workers benefit from the clean-energy transition.
U.S. Participants:- Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
- United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai
- National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy
- President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
- President Andrzej Duda, Poland
- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain
- President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam
- Jack Allen, CEO, Proterra
- Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
- Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union
- Brett Isaac, CEO, Navajo Power
- Erica Mackie, CEO, Grid Alternatives
- Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-Founder and CCO, Easy Solar
- George Oliver, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls International; Chair, Business Roundtable Energy and Environment Committee
- Lonnie R. Stephenson, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Michael Bloomberg, U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
- Bill Gates, Founder, Breakthrough Energy
- Brenda Mallory, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
- Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
The Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Action on the Climate Crisis
Currently, the United States is the largest producer of oil and gas in the world. Under President Donald Trump, the fossil fuel industry received between $10.4 billion and $15.2 billion in direct pandemic relief from the federal government.
This hearing will discuss the dire health and economic impacts of fossil fuel subsidies and why the current Administration and the rest of the international community should fulfill their commitments to repeal fossil fuel subsidies.
The hearing will also examine how federal subsidies for the fossil fuel industry disproportionately affects already vulnerable communities.
Witnesses- Greta Thunberg, Founder, Fridays For Future
- Tara Houska, Founder, Giniw Collective
- Joseph Aldy, Professor, Harvard University
- Peter Erickson, Climate Policy Program Director, Stockholm Environmental Institute
- Jill Antares Hunkler, Seventh Generation Ohio Valley Resident
- Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs, American Petroleum Institute
Carbon Utilization Technologies
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the opportunities and challenges that exist for advancing and deploying carbon and carbon-dioxide (CO2) utilization technologies in the United States.