[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 182 (Friday, November 3, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1051]
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     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2024

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                               speech of

                       HON. SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, November 2, 2023

  Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE. Mr. Chair, the funds in H.R. 4821, The Department 
of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 
to decrease by $3 million and increase by the same amount the 
$67,942,000 designated for the Department of Interior (DOI) Office of 
the Secretary are intended to be used for a Work Environment Survey for 
the Department of the Interior and all its bureaus. They will help 
generate data that can be directly compared to the Work Environment 
Survey done at Interior and the National Park Service in 2017 by the 
Federal Consulting Group and the CFI Group. The survey is necessary to 
determine whether progress has been made after years of efforts by the 
Department to address sexual harassment, discrimination, and other 
workplace satisfaction issues, and to determine how to target resources 
for future efforts. According to the Office of the Inspector General 
Report, the 2017 Work Environment Survey cost nearly $2.4 million. 
Assuming inflation rates assigned by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a 
survey conducted now would cost $3 million.

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