Hearings This Week

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The House is not in session the week of May 8.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on “Conservation, Consultation, and Capacity: State Views on the Need to Modernize the Endangered Species Act.”
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 10 a.m.
Place: 406 Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses: TBA

Pending Legislation
Senate Energy and Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Water and Power hearing on several bills, including:  S.440, to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota; S.677, the “Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act”; S.685, the “Clean Water for Rural Communities”; S.930, the “Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act”; S.1012, the “New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act”; S.1029, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to exempt certain small hydroelectric power projects that are applying for relicensing under the Federal Power Act from the licensing requirements of that Act; and S.1030, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2:30 p.m.
Place: 366 Dirksen Bldg.
Agenda and Witnesses
S 930 — Western Area Power Administration Transparency Act
S 685 — A bill to authorize the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System and the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System in the States of Montana and North Dakota, and for other purposes.
S 440 — A bill to establish a procedure for the conveyance of certain Federal property around the Dickinson Reservoir in the State of North Dakota.
S 1012 — A bill to provide for drought preparedness measures in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
S 677 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit processing, and for other purposes.
S 1029 — A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to exempt certain small hydroelectric power projects that are applying for relicensing under the Federal Power Act from the licensing requirements of that Act.
S 1030 — A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to submit to Congress a report on certain hydropower projects.
Witnesses: TBA

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