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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D294-D296 on March 29.
The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department has contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Thomas J. Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2024 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security.
DEFENSE INFORMATION NETWORKS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Cybersecurity concluded a hearing to examine enterprise cybersecurity to protect the Department of Defense Information Networks, after receiving testimony from John B. Sherman, Chief Information Officer, and Lieutenant General Robert J. Skinner, USAF, Director, Defense Information Systems Agency, both of the Department of Defense.
OIL DEPENDENCE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the cost of oil dependence in a low-carbon world, after receiving testimony from Claudio Galimberti, RystadEnergy, Houston, Texas; Gregor Semieniuk, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Daniel Raimi, Resources for the Future, Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute, and Lucian Pugliaresi, Energy Policy Research Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
NEXT GENERATION AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine advancing next generation aviation technologies, after receiving testimony from Kevin Welsh, Executive Director, Office of Environment and Energy, Federal Aviation Administration; Robert Pearce, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Jon Gordon, Universal Hydrogen Co., Hawthorne, California; Val Miftakhov, Zeroavia, Everett, Washington; Arjan Hegeman, GE Aerospace, Cincinnati, Ohio; and Ben Lieberman, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Marc Scribner, Reason Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
EPA GOOD NEIGHBOR RULE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency Good Neighbor Rule, focusing on healthier air for downwind states, after receiving testimony from Serena McIlwain, Maryland Secretary of the Environment, Baltimore; Karen Peters, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Director, Phoenix; Chris Wells, Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Executive Director, Jackson; David G. Hill, American Lung Association, Middlebury, Connecticut; and Paul Noe, American Forest and Paper Association, Washington, D.C.
ORAL HEALTH CRISIS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded a hearing to examine the oral health crisis, focusing on identifying and addressing health disparities, after receiving testimony from Warren Brill, Eastpoint Dentistry, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry; Jonathan P. Forte, RiverStone Health, Billings, Montana; Cherae Farmer-Dixon, Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, Nashville, Tennessee; and Marko Vujicic, American Dental Association Health Policy Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 670, to improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program;
S. 264, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require certain disclosures by registrants regarding exemptions under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended;
S. 211, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to establish an enhanced use lease pilot program, with amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 709, to improve performance and accountability in the Federal Government, with an amendment;
S. 717, to improve plain writing and public experience;
S. 666, to amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs;
S. 824, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a national risk management cycle;
S. 884, to establish a Government-wide approach to improving digital identity;
S. 479, to modify the fire management assistance cost share, with an amendment;
S. 780, to require the Comptroller General of the United States to analyze certain legislation in order to prevent duplication of and overlap with existing Federal programs, offices, and initiatives;
S. 108, to require a guidance clarity statement on certain agency guidance;
S. 111, to require each agency, in providing notice of a rulemaking, to include a link to a 100-word plain language summary of the proposed rule;
S. 349, to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of spouses of members of the Armed Forces who are on active duty, disabled, or deceased to positions in which the spouses will work remotely, with an amendment;
S. 243, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to establish procedures for conducting maintenance projects at ports of entry at which the Office of Field Operations conducts certain enforcement and facilitation activities;
S. 310, to establish an advisory group to encourage and foster collaborative efforts among individuals and entities engaged in disaster recovery relating to debris removal;
S. 257, to prohibit contracting with persons that have business operations with the Maduro regime;
S. 206, to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to regularly review and update policies and manuals related to inspections at ports of entry;
S. 679, to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to require Federal agencies to submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a report on rules that are revoked, suspended, replaced, amended, or otherwise made ineffective;
S. 829, to amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to clarify a provision relating to certain contents of registrations under that Act;
S. 794, to require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-
based third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism;
S. 917, to establish the duties of the Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency regarding open source software security;
S. 945, to provide for joint reports by relevant Federal agencies to Congress regarding incidents of terrorism, with an amendment;
S. 932, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the halt in pension payments for Members of Congress sentenced for certain offenses; and
S. 933, to amend the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify requirements relating to data centers of certain Federal agencies.
STARBUCKS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the need to end illegal union busting at Starbucks, after receiving testimony from former Representative Bradley Byrne; Howard Schultz, Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, Washington; Sharon Block, Harvard Law School Center for Labor and a Just Economy, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Rachel Greszler, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Maggie Carter, Knoxville, Tennessee; and Jaysin Saxton, Augusta, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 460, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to establish an urban Indian organization confer policy for the Department of Health and Human Services;
S. 306, to approve the settlement of the water right claims of the Tule River Tribe;
S. 595, to approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San Jose Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico; and
S. 950, to amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make a technical correction to the water rights settlement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, with an amendment.
TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the future of tribal energy development, focusing on implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, after receiving testimony from Kathleen Hogan, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Energy and Acting Under Secretary for Infrastructure; and Bryan Newland, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
PERSONNEL VETTING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine personnel vetting modernization, after receiving testimony from Jason S. Miller, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Kiran A. Ahuja, Director, Office of Personnel Management; Stacey A. Dixon, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; and Ronald Moultrie, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security.