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March 6, 2023
Highlights:
Senators introduced several bills relating to hydrogen development last week. S.646 would establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Demonstration Program, while S.647 would support hydrogen- and ammonia-fueled equipment usage at ports. Meanwhile, S.648 would establish a grant program for demonstrating the performance of hydrogen-fueled heavy duty fuel cell vehicles. Finally, S.649 would establish a finance and innovation pilot program for hydrogen infrastructure.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing to examine the conservation and forestry programs of the 2023 Farm Bill, while the House Committee on Agriculture held a hearing on how uncertainty, inflation, and regulations impact agriculture. EESI tracks all the climate, environment, and energy highlights of the 2023 Farm Bill hearings on our farm bill page.
March 3, 2023
Senate
There was no environmental or energy-related activity in the Senate.
House
Committee Action:
H.R.1335
TAPP American Resources Act
Sponsor: Westerman, Bruce [Rep.-R-AR-4]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Agriculture; Budget
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1362
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture from issuing a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases and drill permits on certain Federal lands.
Sponsor: Pfluger, August [Rep.-R-TX-11]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1364
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife and to issue a new rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from such list.
Sponsor: Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [Rep.-R-MT-2]
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1367
To establish a program to increase drinking water and wastewater system threat preparedness and resilience, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Schakowsky, Janice D. [Rep.-D-IL-9]
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.J.Res.27
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Revised Definition of 'Waters of the United States'".
Sponsor: Graves, Sam [Rep.-R-MO-6]
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 3.
H.Res.195
Expressing the need for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy for protecting biodiversity for current and future generations.
Sponsor: Neguse, Joe [Rep.-D-CO-2]
Latest Action: House - 03/03/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources
March 2, 2023
S.620
A bill to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Murkowski, Lisa [Sen.-R-AK]
Committees: Senate - Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.621
A bill to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Ernst, Joni [Sen.-R-IA]
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S.643
A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to modernize the farmers' market nutrition program under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Ossoff, Jon [Sen.-D-GA]
S.646
A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish a Hydrogen Technologies for Heavy Industry Demonstration Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Coons, Christopher A. [Sen.-D-DE]
S.647
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to support the use of hydrogen- or ammonia-fueled equipment at ports and to require the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to conduct a study, together with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Transportation, regarding the feasibility and safety of using hydrogen and ammonia as fuels in maritime applications.
Sponsor: Cornyn, John [Sen.-R-TX]
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S.648
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, to establish a grant program to demonstrate the performance and reliability of heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source, and for other purposes.
S.649
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a hydrogen infrastructure finance and innovation pilot program, and for other purposes.
H.R.706
SNAP Access for Medically Vulnerable Children Act of 2023
Sponsor: Brown, Shontel M. [Rep.-D-OH-11]
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/02/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture
H.R.707
Conservation for Agricultural Leased Land Act
Sponsor: Brownley, Julia [Rep.-D-CA-26]
Latest Action: House - 03/02/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
H.R.708
Climate Agricultural Conservation Practices Act
H.R.1274
To reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Amodei, Mark E. [Rep.-R-NV-2]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 03/02/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
March 1, 2023
S.595
A bill 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 for other purposes.
Sponsor: Heinrich, Martin [Sen.-D-NM]
Committees: Senate - Indian Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 03/01/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
S.601
A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to modify the amount by which the chargeable risk premium rate for flood insurance under that Act may be increased in any year.
Sponsor: Kennedy, John [Sen.-R-LA]
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 03/01/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S.602
A bill to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take certain actions relating to the National Flood Insurance Program. and for other purposes.
S.612
A bill to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Cortez Masto, Catherine [Sen.-D-NV]
Latest Action: Senate - 03/01/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
S.617
A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.
Sponsor: Menendez, Robert [Sen.-D-NJ]
Committee Meetings:
2023 FARM BILL: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on conservation and forestry programs, after receiving testimony from Terry J. Cosby, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Zach Ducheneaux, Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Angela Coleman, Associate Chief, Forest Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Margo Schlanger, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine climate change and the economic risks to coastal communities, after receiving testimony from Sean Becketti, Elliott Bay Analytics, Alexandria, Virginia; Matthew Eby, First Street Foundation, New York, New York; Kate Michaud, Town of Warren, Rhode Island; Jessica Weinkle, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; and Marlo Lewis, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION: Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph Goffman, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
Latest Action: House - 03/01/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1290
To amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to clarify propane storage as an eligible use for funds provided under the storage facility loan program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Finstad, Brad [Rep.-R-MN-1]
Latest Action: House - 03/01/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
H.R.1304
To approve the settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Acoma and Laguna in the Rio San José Stream System and the Pueblos of Jemez and Zia in the Rio Jemez Stream System in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Leger Fernandez, Teresa [Rep.-D-NM-3]
Latest Action: House - 03/01/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1306
To provide for greater transfer of risk under the National Flood Insurance Program to private capital and reinsurance markets, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Luetkemeyer, Blaine [Rep.-R-MO-3]
Committees: House - Financial Services
Latest Action: House - 03/01/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.1307
To repeal the mandatory flood insurance coverage requirement for commercial properties located in flood hazard areas, and for other purposes.
H.R.1308
To allow communities to develop alternative flood insurance rate maps, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 03/01/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services
H.R.1309
To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes.
H.R.1312
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the Deerfield River for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: McGovern, James P. [Rep.-D-MA-2]
H.R.1320
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.
Sponsor: Pallone, Frank, Jr. [Rep.-D-NJ-6]
H.R.1327
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to withdraw the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic planning area from disposition, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Ross, Deborah K. [Rep.-D-NC-2]
February 28, 2023
S.540
A bill to establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Bennet, Michael F. [Sen.-D-CO]
Latest Action: Senate - 02/28/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
S.555
A bill to improve disaster assistance programs of the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Thune, John [Sen.-R-SD]
Latest Action: Senate - 02/28/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S533-535)
S.557
A bill to prohibit certain practices relating to certain commodity promotion programs, to require greater transparency by those programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Lee, Mike [Sen.-R-UT]
Latest Action: Senate - 02/28/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
H.R.209
Permitting for Mining Needs Act of 2023
Sponsor: Stauber, Pete [Rep.-R-MN-8]
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
H.R.1152
Water Quality Certification and Energy Project Improvement Act of 2023
Sponsor: Rouzer, David [Rep.-R-NC-7]
Latest Action: House - House - 02/28/2023 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
H.R.1230
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to make grants to States to support the establishment and operation of grocery stores in underserved communities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Carson, Andre [Rep.-D-IN-7]
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
H.R.1236
To establish an Outdoor Restoration Fund for restoration and resilience projects, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Crow, Jason [Rep.-D-CO-6]
Committees: House - Agriculture; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.1240
To transfer administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such lands into trust for the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Feenstra, Randy [Rep.-R-IA-4]
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1242
To make improvements to the role of the Department of Defense in responding to domestic emergencies, including wildfires.
Sponsor: Garamendi, John [Rep.-D-CA-8]
Committees: House - Armed Services; Agriculture; Intelligence (Permanent Select); Transportation and Infrastructure; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023
H.R.1245
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reissue a final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Hageman, Harriet M. [Rep.-R-WY-At Large]
Latest Action: House - 02/28/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources
UNCERTAINTY, INFLATION, REGULATIONS: CHALLENGES FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURE: Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ``Uncertainty, Inflation, Regulations: Challenges for American Agriculture''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ENERGY, INSTALLATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM UPDATE: Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing
entitled ``Energy, Installations, and Environment Program Update''.
Testimony was heard from Brenden Owens, Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Energy, Installations, and Environment, Department of Defense;
Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy,
Installations, and Environment, Department of the U.S. Navy; Rachel
Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and
Environment, Department of the U.S. Army; and Edwin Oshiba, Acting
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Energy, Installations and
Environment, Department of the U.S. Air Force.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES: Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security held a markup on H.R. 1068, the “Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act''; H.R. 1121, the ``Protecting American Energy Production Act''; H.R. 1085, the ``Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining Act''; H.R. 1058, the ``Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act''; H. Con. Res. 14, a resolution expressing disapproval of the revocation by President Biden of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline; H. Con. Res. 17, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not impose any restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products; H.R. 1130, the ``Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act''; H.R. 1115, the ``Promoting Interagency Coordination for Review of Natural Gas Pipelines Act''; and H.R. 1160, the ``Critical Electric Infrastructure Cybersecurity Incident Reporting Act''. H.R. 1058, H.R. 1130, and H.R. 1115 were forwarded to the full Committee, as amended. H.R. 1068, H.R. 1121, H.R. 1085, H. Con Res. 14, H. Con Res. 17, and H.R. 1160 were forwarded to the full Committee, without amendment.
February 27, 2023
S.534
A bill to withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
Latest Action: Senate - 02/27/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
S.535
A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Hoeven, John [Sen.-R-ND]
Latest Action: Senate - 02/27/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Latest Action: House - 02/24/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R.1181
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 02/27/2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R.1196
To require the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a grant program to benefit coastal habitats, resiliency, and the economy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Plaskett, Stacey E. [Del.-D-VI-At Large]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Transportation and Infrastructure
H.R.1205
To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Bice, Stephanie I. [Rep.-R-OK-5]
Latest Action: House - 02/27/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.1213
To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 by repealing certain provisions relating to North Atlantic right whales.
Sponsor: Grijalva, Raúl M. [Rep.-D-AZ-7]
Latest Action: House - 02/27/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources
H.R.1217
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 with respect to certain regulatory actions related to hydraulic fracturing within the Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Perry, Scott [Rep.-R-PA-10]
Latest Action: House - 02/27/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.1221
To withdraw certain Bureau of Land Management land from mineral development.
Sponsor: Stansbury, Melanie Ann [Rep.-D-NM-1]
H.Res.174
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.
Sponsor: McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [Rep.-R-WA-5]
Committees: House - House Administration
Latest Action: House - 02/27/2023 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration
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