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Upcoming Congressional Hearings

House Foreign Affairs Committee
- Monday, September 20 at 5pm EST: Subcommittee: Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation hearing on “Briefing on Biological Security ”
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
- Tuesday, September 21 at 10am EST: “Full Committee Hearing to Consider Pending Nominations” including Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals Management), Camille C. Touton to be Commissioner of Reclamation, and Sara Bronin to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
- Tuesday, September 21 at 3pm EST: Subcommittee on Tourism, Trade, and Export Promotion hearing on “Legislative Solutions to Revive Travel and Tourism and Create Jobs.”

Wednesday, September 22 at 10am EST: Executive Session to consider a number of presidential See the link for the full list of nominees.

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
- Wednesday, September 22 at 9:30am EST: “Business meeting to consider several of President Biden’s nominees, legislation to rename federal buildings, and several General Services Administration resolutions. Immediately following, the committee will hold a hearing on the importance of promoting a circular economy.”

Senate Finance Committee
- Wednesday, September 22 at 10am EST: “Hearing to Consider the Nominations of Christi A. Grimm, of Colorado, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services and Neil Harvey MacBride, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury”
Senate Judiciary Committee
- Wednesday, September 22 at 10am EST: Subcommittee on The Constitution hearing on “Restoring the Voting Rights Act: Combating Discriminatory Abuses.”

House energy and Commerce Committee
- Wednesday, September 22 at 10:30am EST: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on “Putting Kids First: Addressing COVID-19’s Impacts on Children.”

House Agriculture Committee
- Thursday, September 23 at 10am EST: Hearing on “Voluntary Carbon Markets in Agriculture and Forestry”
House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- Thursday, September 23 at 10am EST: Subcommittee on Environment hearing on “Advancing Earth System Science and Stewardship at ” This hearing will feature witness testimony from the Honorable Richard W. Spinrad, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Senate Homeland Security Committee
- Thursday, September 23 at 10:15am EST: Hearing on “National Cybersecurity Strategy: Protection of Federal and Critical Infrastructure ”

Congressional News

Last week, components of the Build Back Better Act (budget reconciliation) bill passed out of the Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce Committees. See here for NWF’s press release on passage through Ways and Means outlining support of the committee’s work to strengthen clean energy and technology. Additionally, see here for NWF’s tweet in support of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s work on the Build Back Better Act to advance climate action.

NWF sent this letter to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in support of Laura Daniel Davis’ nomination to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Lands and Minerals Management. Davis, NWF’s former s Chief of Policy and Advocacy, brings the leadership, skills, and experience needed for the role, and NWF supports her swift confirmation.

Last week, NWF sent out a statement urging Congress to pursue needed and overdue reforms to the National Flood Insurance See here for NWF’s press release.
See here for White House resources, including a comprehensive list of Executive orders to address COVID, the climate crisis, and environmental justice, among other topics.

Both chambers are in session this week. The House is expected to focused on a C.R. for FY2022 – to keep the government funded past the September 30 deadline and into, likely, December, 2021 – as well as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
The Senate is expected to work on judicial nominations this In addition, we are expecting this week a cloture and full Senate vote on the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning for Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
As Congress continues to work to advance budget reconciliation, infrastructure, and appropriations, please feel free to share NWF’s 117th Congress National Policy Agenda.