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A hearing for the purpose of receiving testimony from The Honorable Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Witness:

• Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials will hold a hearing titled “Government Response to East Palestine: Ensuring Safety and Transparency for the Community.”

Hearing memo

Witnesses:

• Debra Shore, Regional Administrator, Region 5, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Anne M. Vogel, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• Wesley Vins, Health Commissioner, Columbiana County General Health District

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Witnesses:

• Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense
• Michael J. McCord, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
• General Mark A. Milley, USA Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

• President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget ($842 billion)
• Enhancing Combat Capability – Mitigating Climate Risk ($5.1 billion, 0.6%)

The Committee on Rules will meet Monday, March 27, 2023 at 3:00 PM EDT in H-313, The Capitol on the following measure:

• H.R. 1 — Lower Energy Costs Act

H.R. 1 incorporates:

• H.R. 1068 – Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act
• H.R. 1121 – Protecting American Energy Production Act
• H.R. 1085 – REFINER Act
• H.R. 1058 – Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act
• H. Con. Res. 14 – Expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
• H. Con. Res. 17 – Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not impose any restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products
• H.R. 1130 – Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2023
• H.R. 1115 – Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act
• H.R. 1070 – To amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide the owner or operator of a critical energy resource facility an interim permit under subtitle C that is subject to final approval by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes
• H.R. 1131 – To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to authorize the use of flexible air permitting with respect to certain critical energy resource facilities, and for other purposes
• H.R. 1140 – To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to waive application of certain requirements with respect to processing and refining a critical energy resource at a critical energy resource facility, and for other purposes
• H.R. 1158 – Elimination of Future Technology Delays Act of 2023
• H.R. 1141 – Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act
• H.R. 1023 – To repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund
• H.R. 1155 – Keeping America’s Refineries Act
• H.R. 1335 – TAPP American Resources Act
• H.R. 1152 – Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023

House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) announced that the Committee will hold a hearing on the Biden Administration’s 2023 trade policy agenda with United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai.

Witness:

• Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative

On Friday, March 24, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs chaired by Harriet M. Hageman (R-Wyo.) will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• H.R. 1246 (Rep. Hageman), To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian tribes.
• H.R. 1532 (Rep. Hageman), To authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which that Indian Tribe holds fee title without the consent of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

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• Instructions: Testimony must be submitted by March 17th.

The ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit (The Summit) is an annual conference and technology showcase that brings together experts from different technical disciplines and professional communities to think about America’s energy challenges in new and innovative ways. Now in its thirteenth year, the Summit offers a unique, three-day program aimed at moving transformational energy technologies out of the lab and into the market.

The summit is taking place at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland.

Agenda: Day One | Day Two | Day Three

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Energy and the Blue Economy: Emerging Technology Needs and Market Opportunities
	This “Energy and the Blue Economy” discussion will bring together representatives from across government, philanthropy, and ocean-based industries, who are all anticipated to drive significant growth in at-sea energy consumption over the coming decade. The panel will serve to connect the ARPA-E community to these diverse users of ocean energy technologies, whose operational requirements will motivate the development of innovative solutions in renewable marine energy generation, storage, and transfer. Discussion topics will include a) current marine energy technology limitations that could be overcome through focused development supported by ARPA-E; b) current and emerging Blue Economy markets that may offer high-risk, but high-growth potential for novel energy technologies; c) shared energy technology requirements across the many segments of the Blue Economy; and d) unique challenges and opportunities for funding and scaling energy technologies for use in ocean environments. Ultimately, this discussion will highlight the role that ARPA-E and its performers, in addition to the DOE at large, can have in supporting the energy needs of growing the Blue Economy, potentially illuminating new markets, novel sources of investment, and untapped technology development spaces. Julie Decker, Executive Director, Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation Jennifer Garson, Director, Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office Dr. Tom Fu, Head, Sea Warfare and Weapons, Code 33, Office of Naval Research Dr. Richard Spinrad, Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Jennifer States, Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Sky Maritime Coalition
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	Scaling up with SCALEUP
	Scaling up a start-up or small business presents multiple challenges. This is particularly true when commercializing hard engineering technologies due to the investment required to demonstrate cost and performance at commercial scale sufficient to address market adoptions risks. Through the SCALEUP program, first launched in 2019, ARPA-E has endeavored to help address these challenges and accelerate deployment of promising technologies previously funded by ARPA-E. In this panel you will hear from leaders of a few of the companies from the SCALEUP 2019 and 2021 cohorts. They will describe some of the key technical, commercial, and team development challenges they have confronted – and continue to confront – in their scale-up journey and how they are addressing them. Allan Bradshaw, Chief Manufacturing Officer, InventWood Danny Cunningham, Deputy Director for Commercialization, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) Dr. Shreya Dave, Chief Executive Officer, Via Separations Lane Nelson, Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer, Switched Source Dr. Greg Rieker, Chief Technology Officer, LongPath Technologies
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.	DOE Foundations
	The Department of Energy has been tasked with setting up an independent foundation — the Foundation for Energy Security and Innovation (FESI) — per section 10691 of the CHIPS Act. FESI will be established as a non-profit 501©(3) organization. This panel will feature established organizations by other government departments. Attendees can gain an understanding of this new organization as panelists discuss what successes the department and organizations have created and how outside stakeholders interact with existing foundations. Dr. Vanessa Chan, Chief Commercialization Officer and Director of the Office of Technology Transitions, U.S. Department of Energy Maynard Holliday, Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Sally Rockey, Chief Executive Officer, Rockey Consulting Jetta Wong, Co-Author of the 2020, ITIF report, Mind the Gap: A Design for a New Energy Technology Commercialization Foundation, Former Clean Energy
10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Video Address
	Zoe Lofgren, Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives, California
10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.	Video Address
	Martin Heinrich, U.S. Senate, New Mexico
10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Keynote Address
	Vicki Hollub, Chief Executive Officer, Oxy
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Keynote Address
	LTG Eric J. Wesley, U.S. Army, Retired
11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.	Fireside Chat
	John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, The White House Aliya Haq, Vice President, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
11:25 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Student PITCHES (Proposing Ideas for Technologies that Can Harness Energy Sustainably)
	Shomik Verma, Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:30 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.	Keynote Address
	Brandon Williams, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives, New York
11:35 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.	Keynote Address
	Charles Fleischmann, Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives, Tennessee
11:40 a.m.	Closing Remarks
	Evelyn Wang, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA‑E)

The subcommittee will meet to receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2024 President’s Budget Request for Department of Defense Science and Technology (S&T) programs and related policy.

• President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Defense Budget ($842 billion)
• Research and Development Budget ($145 billion)

Witnesses:

• Heidi Shyu, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, Department of Defense
• William LaPlante, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of Defense

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• 2024 Budget Request

Witnesses

• Cecilia Rouse, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers
• Janet Yellen, Secretary, Department of the Treasury
• Shalanda Young, Director, Office of Management and Budget