Senate Environment and Public Works — Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety hearing on the nominations of Kenneth Allen, A.D. Frazier, Jeffrey Smith and James Thompson III to be members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 28, 10 a.m.
Place: 406 Dirksen Bldg.
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee markup to vote on the nominations of Kathleen White, to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality; and Andrew Wheeler, to be deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and on 19 pending General Services Administration resolutions.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 10 a.m.
Place: 406 Dirksen Bldg.
House Natural Resources Committee hearing on “Modernizing NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) for the 21st Century.”
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 10 a.m.
Place: 1324 Longworth Bldg.
Witnesses: TBA
House Oversight and Government Reform Interior, Energy and Environment Subcommittee and Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee joint hearing on “Regulatory Reform Task Forces Check-In: Part III.
Note: Part 2 of the hearing took place on November 14.
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 29, 10 a.m.
Place: 2154 Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses: TBA
House Energy and Commerce — Subcommittee on Energy hearing on “Powering America: Examining the Role of Financial Trading in the Electricity Markets.”
Date Wednesday, Nov. 29, 10:15 a.m.
Place: 2322 Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses: TBA
House Natural Resources Committee markup of the following bills:
H.R. 1778 (Rep. Liz Cheney), To provide that an order by the Secretary of the Interior imposing a moratorium on Federal coal leasing shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes
H.R. 2630 (Rep. Paul Gosar), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, Arizona, and for other purposes. “La Paz County Land Conveyance Act”
H.R. 3117 (Rep. Evan Jenkins), To prohibit the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality from considering the social cost of carbon, the social cost of methane, or the social cost of nitrous oxide, in taking any action, and for other purposes. “Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017”
H.R. 3607 (Rep. Tom McClintock), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System, and for other purposes
H.R. 3979 (Rep. Hakeem Jeffries), To amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer services, community partnership, and refuge education programs of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and for other purposes. “Keep America’s Refuges Operational Act”
H.R. 4299 (Rep. Rob Bishop of UT), To provide for the indefinite duration of certain military land withdrawals, to improve the management of lands currently subject to such withdrawals and to make the management of such lands more transparent, and for other purposes
H.R. 4300 (Rep. Rob Bishop of UT), To authorize Pacific Historic Parks to establish a commemorative display to honor members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and for other purposes. “Admiral Lloyd R. ‘Joe’ Vasey Pacific War Commemorative Display Establishment Act”
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 4 pm (opening statements only)
Thursday, Nov. 30, 10 a.m.
Place: 1324 Longworth Bldg.
House Appropriations — Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies hearing on “Supplemental Oversight – Department of the Interior.”
Date:Thursday, Nov. 30, 9:30 a.m.
Place: 2007 Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses:
David Bernhardt – deputy secretary of the Interior
House Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans hearing on H.R.4419, the “Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Indian Affairs Water Project Streamlining Act.”
Date:Thursday, Nov. 30, 2 p.m.
Place: 1324 Longworth Bldg.
Witnesses: TBA
House Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources hearing on H.R.1675, the “State Mineral Revenue Protection Act”; H.R.4033, the “National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization Act”; the “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act”; and the “National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act.”
Date:Thursday, Nov. 30, 2:30 p.m.
Place: 1334 Longworth Bldg.
Agenda and Witnesses:
HR 1675 — National Landslide Preparedness Act
HR 4033 — National Geologic Mapping Act Reauthorization Act
Witnesses: TBA
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