H.R. 4690, Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021
- H.R. 4690, Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act of 2021 (Jared Huffman, D-Calif.)
Postponed recorded votes on the following amendments to the Grijalva amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4690:
- Rep. Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) amendment designated Wittman #1
- Rep. Wittman amendment designated Wittman #3
- Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR) amendment designated Bentz #8
- Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-AR) amendment designated Westerman #1
- Ranking Member Westerman amendment designated Westerman #2
- Ranking Member Westerman amendment designated Westerman #11
- Rep. Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT) amendment designated Rosendale #2
- Rep. Bentz amendment designated Bentz #5
- Rep. Jerry L. Carl (R-AL) amendment designated Carl #13
- Rep. Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI) amendment designated Tiffany #4
- Rep. Rosendale amendment designated Rosendale #1
- Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) amendment designated Stauber #3
- Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) amendment designated Graves #15
- Rep. Graves amendment designated Graves #8
S.3571 - Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2022
- Misael Cabrera, P.E., Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality
- Lauren Pagel, Policy Director, Earthworks
- Chris Wood, President & CEO, Trout Unlimited
- James Ogsbury, Executive Director, Western Governors Association
Markup of Forestry, Logging, and Wildfires Legislation
- S.4729, Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Forest Restoration Program Relief Act
- S.4833, Save Our Sequoias Act (Kevin McCarthy/Dianne Feinstein)
- S.4835, Small-diameter Timber and Underutilized Material Act of 2022
- S.4837, A bill to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other purposes.
- S.4877, Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2022
- S.4884, Natural Infrastructure Act of 2022
- S.4891, A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain construction activities on public lands, and for other purposes.
- S.4904, A bill to address the forest health crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, and for other purposes.
- S.4935, A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to implement measures to better prepare for and more quickly respond to wildfires on certain public land and in certain National Forests.
- S.4942, A bill to amend the Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to require the establishment of an additional Institute under that Act.
- S.4944, A bill to provide for the operation and establishment of, and procurement of supplies for, firewood banks, and for other purposes.
- S.4945, A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the establishment and use of a pre-fire suppression stand density index, and for other purposes.
H.R. 8168, the “Save Our Sequoias Act” cosponsored by Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Scott Peters (D-CA), could potentially expedite harmful logging operations in Giant Sequoia groves and their surrounding landscapes by minimizing required thorough environmental studies and community involvement that usually inform the decision-making processes.
Climate Disaster Resilience and Other Legislation
- Colleen J. Shogan to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records Administration
- Vijay Shanker to be an Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- Laura E. Crane to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Leslie A. Meek to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Veronica M. Sanchez to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Errol Arthur to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Kendra D. Briggs to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- Carl Ezekiel Ross to be an Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
- S. ___, Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act
- S. 4828, Governmentwide Executive Councils Administration and Performance Improvement Act
- S. 4894, Improving Government Efficiency and Workforce Development through Federal Executive Boards Act
- S. 4893, Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act
- S. ___, Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act of 2022�
- S. ___, Department of Homeland Security Seal Protection Act
- S. ___, Securing Open Source Software Act of 2022
- S. 4882, Fire Grants and Safety Act
- S. 4528, Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022
- S. 4816/H.R. 7337, Access for Veterans to Records Act of 2022
- S. 4328, Fire Suppression Improvement Act
- S. 4399, All-American Flag Act
- S. ___, Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act
- S. ___, Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act
- S. ___/H.R. 6461, National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act of 2022
- H.R. 7777, Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Training Act
- H.R. 5689, Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (Resilient AMERICA) Act
- H.R. 6824, President’s Cup Cybersecurity Competition Act
- H.R. 7211, Small State and Rural Rescue Act
- H.R. 3544, Computers for Veterans and Students (COVS) Act of 2022
- H.R. 4209, DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act
- H.R. 6873, Bombing Prevention Act of 2022
H.R. 5689, the Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (Resilient AMERICA) Act, addresses disaster resilience issues and expands coverage for hazard mitigation.
The bill
- increases from 6% to 15% the estimated aggregate amount of grants that may be set aside for national public infrastructure pre-disaster hazard mitigation assistance;
- makes private nonprofit facilities eligible for technical and financial assistance for implementing cost-effective pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures;
- provides funding for water resources development projects; and
- expands the use of hazard mitigation assistance to cover certain activities pertaining to wildfires, tsunamis, and ice storms.
Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must set aside 10% of funds made available for any given year to further the implementation and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based building codes.
FEMA must require as a condition of providing nonemergency financial assistance for construction projects costing at least $1 million that the steel and iron used in the projects be produced in the United States, with certain exceptions.
FEMA must carry out a residential resilience pilot program to provide grants for residential resilience retrofits (e.g., elevation of homes, floodproofing measures, wildfire retrofit and mitigation measures, and wind retrofits).
The Government Accountability Office must study the challenges to states and territories in obtaining funds under public assistance alternative procedures.
H.R. 6461, the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act, requires the Federal Government to produce a national climate adaptation and resilience strategy.
S. 4882, the Fire Grants and Safety Act;, authorizes appropriations for the United States Fire Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs.
S.4328, the Fire Suppression Improvement Act, sets the federal cost share of fire management assistance at 75% of the eligible cost of such assistance and permits a state or local government to use such assistance for the predeployment of assets and resources. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which it may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share.
H.R. 7211: Small State and Rural Rescue Act
This bill addresses requests for, and other matters pertaining to, disaster assistance provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), with a focus on small states and rural communities.
The bill expands the duties of FEMA’s Small State and Rural Advocate to include assistance for states in the collection and presentation of material in the disaster or emergency declaration request relevant to demonstrate severe localized impacts within the state for a specific incident.
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must review FEMA’s implementation of its final rule regarding factors considered when evaluating a governor’s request for a major disaster declaration. In particular, the review must focus on requests for a major disaster declaration authorizing individual assistance.
Nomination of Moshe Marvit to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Business meeting page
Nominations:- Karla Gilbride to be General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Jessica Looman to be Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor
- Moshe Marvit to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Stakeholder Views on the Brownfields Program Reauthorization
- Michael Goldstein, Managing Partner, Goldstein Environmental Law Firm
- George Carico, Director, West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center, Marshall University
- Brad Buschur, Project Director, Groundwork Lawrence
- Gerald Pouncy, Chairman, Morris, Manning, & Martin, LLP
This hearing immediately follows a business meeting on several nominations.
Joseph Goffman for EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, and Six Nominees for Tennessee Valley Authority (Postponed)
- Joseph Goffman to be an Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Michelle Moore to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Robert P. Klein to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Beth Pritchard Geer to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- William Renick to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Adam Wade White to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Joe H. Ritch to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
- Five General Services Administration Resolutions
The business meeting will be followed by a hearing on reauthorization of the Brownfields program.
Cloture Motion on the Motion to Proceed on the Continuing Resolution
The U.S. Senate will convene and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R.6833, the legislative vehicle for the continuing resolution.
The cloture vote with respect to the motion to proceed will occur at 5:30 p.m.