07.15.22

LIVESTREAMS NEXT WEEK: Energy Bills on Tuesday, Committee Markup on Wednesday, Water and Wildlife Bills on Thursday

Washington, D.C. – The Natural Resources Committee is holding three livestreamed events next week.

Tuesday, July 19

Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 3681 (Soto), To direct the United States Geological Survey to establish a program to map zones that are at greater risk of sinkhole formation, and for other purposes. Sinkhole Mapping Act of 2021.
  • H.R. 5522 (Kind), To require the Secretary of the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of Federal real property. Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act.
  • H.R. 5805 (Stansbury), To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management Land from mineral development. Buffalo Tract Protection Act.
  • H.R. 5350 (Fulcher), To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under geothermal leases, and for other purposes. Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act.

Witnesses

Panel I: Administration Panel

  • Mr. Michael D. Nedd (H.R. 5805, H.R. 5350), Deputy Director for Operations, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior

Panel II: Expert Witness Panel

  • Jonathan Arthur (H.R. 3681), Executive Director, American Geosciences Institute
  • Mary-Rose de Valladares (H.R. 5805), Chair, Land Use Protection Trust
  • John Byrd (H.R. 5522), President, Miller/Wenhold Capitol Strategies
  • Sarah Jewett (H.R. 5350), Director of Strategy, Fervo Energy, on behalf of Geothermal Rising

When: 10:00 a.m. Eastern time

Watch Live: https://youtu.be/nYavus6BS0o

 

Wednesday, July 20

The full Committee, led by Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.), will hold a markup on the following bills:  

  • H.R. 6353 (Wild), To authorize the National Service Animals Monument Corporation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes. National Service Animals Memorial Act.
  • H.R. 6438 (Buck), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the site known as "Dearfield" in the State of Colorado. Dearfield Study Act.
  • H.R. 6799 (Wenstrup), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System. John P. Parker House Study Act.
  • H.R. 7618 (Shontel Brown), To designate the Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial.
  • H.R. 8393 (Grijalva), To enable the people of Puerto Rico to choose a permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status for Puerto Rico and to provide for a transition to and the implementation of that permanent, nonterritorial, fully self-governing political status, and for other purposes. Puerto Rico Status Act.

When: 10:00 a.m. Eastern time

Watch Live: https://youtu.be/1opgfeT6ysk

 

Thursday, July 21

Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife

The Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, led by Jared Huffman (D-Calif.), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

  • H.R. 4951?(DeFazio), To prohibit the use of M-44 devices, commonly known as "cyanide bombs", on public land, and for other purposes.?Canyon’s Law.
  • H.R. 7918?(Keating), To require the Secretary of Commerce to establish the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.?Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2022.
  • H.R. 7975?(Walberg), To provide for the issuance of a Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp.?Great Lakes Restoration Semipostal Stamp Act of 2022. ?
  • H.R. 8090?(Porter), To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program.

Witnesses:

Panel I: Congressional Panel

  • Representative Katie Porter (H.R. 8090), California, 45th District

Panel II: Expert Witness Panel

  • Dr. Charles Innis, VMD, DABVP(RA) (H.R. 7918), Director of Animal Health, New England Aquarium
  • Dr. Mark Mansfield, MD (H.R. 4951), Family Physician, Canyon’s Father
  • Adel Hagekhalil, PE, BCEE (H.R. 8090), General Manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
  • Minority witness to be announced

When: 9:00 a.m. Eastern time

Watch Live: https://youtu.be/IC1uThCrgCk

 

Press Contact

Media Contact: Lindsay Gressard

202-225-6065 | cell: 202-740-4715