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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the in the Daily Digest section section on pages D617-D619 on June 7.
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)
WESTERN WATER CRISIS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources concluded a hearing to examine the western water crisis, focusing on confronting persistent drought and building resilience on our forests and farmland, after receiving testimony from Earl Lewis, Kansas Department of Agriculture Division of Water Resources, Manhattan, on behalf of the Western States Water Council; Andrew Mueller, Colorado River Water Conservation District, Glenwood Springs; Courtney Schultz, Colorado State University Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship, Fort Collins; Tom Willis, T and O Farms, Liberal, Kansas; and Ellen Herbert, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony from General Daniel R. Hokanson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Jody J. Daniels, Chief of Army Reserve, Vice Admiral John B. Mustin, Chief of Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, and Lieutenant General Richard W. Scobee, Chief of Air Force Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education.
REVIVING CONVENTIONS AND TOURISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine reviving conventions and tourism through international travel, after receiving testimony from Suzanne Neufang, Global Business Travel Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Tori Emerson Barnes, U.S. Travel Association, Washington, D.C.; and Ralph Cutie, Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida.
ENERGY AND PUBLIC LANDS LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining concluded a hearing to examine S. 387, to protect, for current and future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to the uranium stockpile in the United States, S. 1264, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing permits and leases, S. 1412, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, Nevada, S. 1750, to redesignate land within certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, S. 2254, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2568, to establish the Open Access Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program, S. 2708, to provide for greater consultation between the Federal Government and the governing bodies and community users of land grant-mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for recognition of the historic-
traditional uses of land grant-mercedes, S. 2980, to authorize the voluntary donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of New Mexico, S. 2996, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, S. 3046, to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects, S. 3129, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila River system in the State of New Mexico as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, S. 3144, to establish the Sutton Mountain National Monument, to authorize certain land exchanges in the State of Oregon, to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community development purposes, S. 3269, to provide for the recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 3370, to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain non-Federal land in Salt Lake City, Utah, S. 3404, to provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico, S. 3644, to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, S. 3709, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out vegetation management projects and timber production projects on certain National Forest System land in the States of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, S. 3997, to amend the Land Between the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the administration of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, S. 4062, to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the sale of certain Federal land to States and units of local government to address housing shortages, S. 4080, to modify the boundary of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to include certain Federal land in Lake County, California, and S. 4227, to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, after receiving testimony from Nada Wolff Culver, Deputy Director, Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Christopher French, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Department of Agriculture, Forest Service; Jake Garfield, Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, Millcreek; Sean McKenna, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada; and Jerimiah Rieman, Wyoming County Commissioners Association, Cheyenne.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2023, after receiving testimony from Janet L. Yellen, Secretary the Treasury.
WORLD THREAT ASSESSMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on around the world threat assessment from Brett M. Holmgren, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Amanda Bennett, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States Agency for Global Media, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
RANSOMWARE ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine ransomware attacks and ransom payments enabled by cryptocurrency, focusing on rising threats, after receiving testimony from Megan H. Stifel, Institute for Security and Technology, Issaquah, Washington; Bill Siegel, Coveware Inc., Westport, Connecticut; and Jacqueline Koven, Chainalysis Inc., New York, New York.
DOMESTIC TERRORISM THREAT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine domestic terrorism threat after the Buffalo attack, after receiving testimony from Justin E. Herdman, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland; Robert A. Pape, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; Michael German, New York University Law School Brennan Center for Justice, and Jonathan Turley, The George Washington University Law School, both of Washington, D.C.; and Garnell Whitfield, Jr., Buffalo, New York.
