[House Report 115-1080]
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                                                Union Calendar No. 839

115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 115-1080

                          REPORT ON ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

              COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                for the

                     ONE HUNDRED FIFTEENTH CONGRESS

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 December 19, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
            
            
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              COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

                   HON. LAMAR S. SMITH, Texas, Chair
FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma             EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas
  Vice Chair                           Ranking Member
DANA ROHRABACHER, California         ZOE LOFGREN, California
MO BROOKS, Alabama                   DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois
RANDY HULTGREN, Illinois             SUZANNE BONAMICI, Oregon
BILL POSEY, Florida                  AMI BERA, California
THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky              ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut
RANDY K. WEBER, Texas                MARC A. VEASEY, Texas
STEPHEN KNIGHT, California           DON S. BEYER, Jr., Virginia
BRIAN BABIN, Texas                   JACKY ROSEN, Nevada
BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia           CONOR LAMB, Pennsylvania
RALPH LEE ABRAHAM, Louisiana         JERRY McNERNEY, California
GARY PALMER, Alabama                 ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado
DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida              PAUL TONKO, New York
ANDY BIGGS, Arizona                  BILL FOSTER, Illinois
ROGER W. MARSHALL, Kansas            MARK TAKANO, California
NEAL P. DUNN, Florida                COLLEEN HANABUSA, Hawaii
CLAY HIGGINS, Louisiana              CHARLIE CRIST, Florida
RALPH NORMAN, South Carolina
DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona
MICHAEL CLOUD, Texas
TROY BALDERSON, Ohio 













                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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               Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
                                 Washington, DC, December 19, 2018.
Hon. Paul Ryan,
Speaker, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: In accordance with rule XI(1)(d)(1) of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, I respectfully 
submit the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology's 
activities report for the 115th Congress.
            Sincerely,
                                               Lamar Smith,
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                      Report on Activities of the
              Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
                             115th Congress

                                                                   Page
I. Legislative Activities........................................     1
    Bills Enacted into Law.......................................     1
    Bills Passed the House.......................................     2
    Bills Ordered Reported by the Committee......................     4
    Business Meetings............................................     4

II. Oversight Activities.........................................     6
    Hearings.....................................................     6
    Summary of Oversight Plan....................................    22
    Summary of Actions Taken and Recommendations Made with 
      Respect to the Oversight Plan..............................    27
    Summary of Additional Oversight Activities...................    35
    Hearings held Pursuant to Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of Rule 
      XI.........................................................    38







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115th Congress   }                                       {      Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

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  December 19, 2018.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Smith, from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       I. LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES

                         BILLS ENACTED INTO LAW

    H.R. 255, Promoting Women in Entrepreneurship Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Elizabeth Esty on January 4, 2017; passed by 
the House on January 10, 2017 (under suspension by voice vote); 
passed by the Senate on February 14, 2017 (unanimous consent); 
and became Public Law 115-6 on February 28, 2017.
    H.R. 321, Inspiring the Next Space Pioneers, Innovators, 
Researchers, and Explorers (INSPIRE) Women Act. Introduced by 
Rep. Barbara Comstock on January 5, 2017; passed by the House 
on January 10, 2017 (under suspension by voice vote); passed by 
the Senate on February 14, 2017 (voice vote); and became Public 
Law 115-7 on February 28, 2017.
    S. 442, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Transition Authorization Act of 2017. Introduced by Sen. Ted 
Cruz on February 17, 2017; passed by the Senate on February 17, 
2017 (unanimous consent); passed by the House on March 7, 2017 
(under suspension by voice vote); and became Public Law 115-10 
on March 21, 2017.
    H.R. 353, Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Act 
of 2017. Introduced by Rep. Frank Lucas on January 6, 2017; 
passed by the House on January 9, 2017 (under suspension by 
voice vote); passed by the Senate on March 29, 2017 (unanimous 
consent); passed the House after resolving differences on April 
4, 2017 (under suspension by voice vote); and became Public Law 
115-25 on April 18, 2017.
    H.R. 4661, United States Fire Administration, AFG, and 
SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017. Introduced by Rep. 
Barbara Comstock on December 15, 2017; passed by the House on 
December 18, 2017 (under suspension by voice vote); passed by 
the Senate on December 21, 2017 (unanimous consent); and became 
Public Law 115-98 on January 3, 2018.
    H.R. 589, Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith on January 20, 2017; passed by 
the House on January 24, 2017 (under suspension by voice vote); 
report filed in the Senate on May 9, 2018 (S. Rept. 115-242); 
passed by the Senate on July 23, 2018 (voice vote); passed the 
House after resolving differences on September 13, 2018 (under 
suspension by voice vote); and became Public Law 115-246 on 
September 28, 2018.

                         BILLS PASSED THE HOUSE

    H.R. 1159, United States and Israel Space Cooperation Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Derek Kilmer on February 16, 2017; and 
passed by the House on December 20, 2017 (under suspension by a 
vote of 411-0).
    H.R. 1430, HONEST Act. Introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith on 
March 8, 2017; report filed by the Committee on March 24, 2017 
(H. Rept. 115-59); and passed by the House on March 29, 2017 
(by a vote of 228-194).
    H.R. 1431, EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017. 
Introduced by Rep. Frank Lucas on March 8, 2017; report filed 
by the Committee on March 27, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-63); and 
passed by the House on March 30, 2017 (by a vote of 229-193).
    H.R. 2105, NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Daniel Webster on April 20, 2017; and passed 
by the House on October 11, 2017 (under suspension by voice 
vote).
    H.R. 2763, Small Business Innovation Research and Small 
Business Technology Transfer Improvements Act of 2017. 
Introduced by Rep. Stephen Knight on May 30, 2017; report filed 
by the Committee on September 14, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-313); and 
passed by the House on October 11, 2017 (under suspension by 
voice vote).
    H.R. 2809, American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith on June 7, 2017; report filed by 
the Committee on April 24, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-649); and passed 
by the House on April 24, 2018 (under suspension by voice 
vote).
    H.R. 3397, Building Blocks of STEM Act. Introduced by Rep. 
Jacky Rosen on July 25, 2017; report filed by the Committee on 
February 13, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-558); and passed by the House 
on February 13, 2018 (under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 4254, Women in Aerospace Education Act. Introduced by 
Rep. Stephen Knight on November 9, 2017; report filed by the 
Committee on December 18, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-472); passed by 
the House on December 19, 2017 (under suspension by a vote of 
409-17); and passed by the Senate on September 27, 2018 
(unanimous consent).
    H.R. 4323, Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Neal Dunn on November 9, 2017; report filed 
by the Committee on December 18, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-473); and 
passed by the House on December 19, 2017 (under suspension by a 
vote of 420-1).
    H.R. 4375, STEM Research and Education Effectiveness and 
Transparency Act. Introduced by Rep. Barbara Comstock on 
November 13, 2017; report filed by the Committee on December 
18, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-471); and passed by the House on 
December 18, 2017 (under suspension by a vote of 376-9).
    H.R. 4376, Department of Energy Research Infrastructure Act 
of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Stephen Knight on November 13, 
2017; report filed by the Committee on February 13, 2018 (H. 
Rept. 115-556); and passed by the House on February 13, 2018 
(under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 4377, Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act 
of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Randy Hultgren on November 13, 
2017; report filed by the Committee on February 13, 2018 (H. 
Rept. 115-555); and passed by the House on February 13, 2018 
(under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 4378, Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 
2018. Introduced by Rep. Randy Weber on November 13, 2017; 
report filed by the Committee on February 13, 2018 (H. Rept. 
115-557); and passed by the House on February 13, 2018 (under 
suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 4675, Low-Dose Radiation Research Act of 2018. 
Introduced by Rep. Roger Marshall on December 18, 2017; report 
filed by the Committee on February 13, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-554); 
and passed by the House on February 13, 2018 (under suspension 
by voice vote).
    H.R. 5086, Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018. 
Introduced by Rep. Daniel Lipinski on February 26, 2018; and 
passed by the House on April 24, 2018 (under suspension by a 
vote of 379-16).
    H.R. 5345, ALSTAR Act. Introduced by Rep. Mo Brooks on 
March 20, 2018; and passed by the House on June 27, 2018 (under 
suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 5346, Commercial Space Support Vehicle Act. Introduced 
by Rep. Bill Posey on March 20, 2018; report filed by the 
Committee on June 27, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-789); and passed by 
the House on June 27, 2018 (under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 5509, Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and 
Apprenticeships Act. Introduced by Rep. Kevin McCarthy on April 
13, 2018; report filed by the Committee on September 25, 2018 
(H. Rept. 115-975); and passed by the House on September 25, 
2018 (under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 5905, Department of Energy Science and Innovation Act 
of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Randy Weber on May 22, 2018; report 
filed by the Committee on June 27, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-787); and 
passed by the House on June 27, 2018 (under suspension by voice 
vote).
    H.R. 5906, ARPA-E Act of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Frank 
Lucas on May 22, 2018; and passed by the House on June 27, 2018 
(under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 5907, NIMBLE Act. Introduced by Rep. Randy Hultgren on 
May 22, 2018; report filed by the Committee on June 27, 2018 
(H. Rept. 115-788); and passed by the House on June 27, 2018 
(under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 6227, National Quantum Initiative Act. Introduced by 
Rep. Lamar Smith on June 26, 2018; report filed by the 
Committee on September 13, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-950); and passed 
by the House on September 13, 2018 (under suspension by voice 
vote).
    H.R. 6229, National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Reauthorization Act of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Barbara 
Comstock on June 26, 2018; report filed by the Committee on 
September 25, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-977); and passed by the House 
on September 25, 2018 (under suspension by voice vote).
    H.R. 6398, Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative 
Act. Introduced by Rep. Ralph Norman on July 17, 2018; report 
filed by the Committee on September 25, 2018 (H. Rept. 115-
974); and passed by the House on September 25, 2018 (under 
suspension by voice vote).
    S. 2497, United States-Israel Security Assistance 
Authorization Act of 2018. Introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio on 
March 5, 2018; passed by the Senate on August 1, 2018 (voice 
vote); and passed by the House on September 12, 2018 (under 
suspension by voice vote).

                BILLS ORDERED REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE

    H.R. 1224, NIST Cybersecurity Framework Assessment, 
Auditing Act of 2017. Introduced by Rep. Ralph Lee Abraham on 
February 27, 2017; and report filed by the Committee on October 
31, 2017 (H. Rept. 115-376).
    H.R. 5503, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
Authorization Act of 2018. Introduced by Rep. Brian Babin on 
April 13, 2018; and reported by the Committee on April 17, 2018 
(by a vote of 26-7).
    H.R. 6226, American Space SAFE Management Act. Introduced 
by Rep. Lamar Smith on June 26, 2018; and reported by the 
Committee on June 27, 2018 (by voice vote).
    H.R. 6468, Improving Science in Chemical Assessments Act. 
Introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs on July 23, 2018; and reported by 
the Committee on July 24, 2018 (by a vote of 17-13).
    S. 141, Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act. 
Introduced by Sen. Gary Peters on January 12, 2017; report 
filed in the Senate on March 30, 2017 (S. Rept. 115-21); passed 
by the Senate on May 2, 2017 (unanimous consent); and reported 
by the Committee on July 24, 2018 (by voice vote).

                           BUSINESS MEETINGS


February 7, 2017

    Full Committee markup: Committee Rules for the 115th 
Congress, approved by voice vote; Oversight Plan for the 115th 
Congress, approved by voice vote.

March 1, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 1224, the NIST Cybersecurity 
Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act of 2017, ordered 
reported, as amended, by recorded vote 19-14.

March 9, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 1430, the Honest and Open New 
EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 (HONEST Act), ordered 
reported by recorded vote 17-12; H.R. 1431, the EPA Science 
Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017, ordered reported by recorded 
vote 19-14.

May 2, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 2105, the NIST Small Business 
Cybersecurity Act of 2017, ordered reported, as amended, by 
voice vote.

June 8, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 2809, the American Space 
Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017, ordered reported, as 
amended, by voice vote.

June 22, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 2763, the Small Business 
Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer 
Improvements Act of 2017, ordered reported, as amended, by 
voice vote.

September 28, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 1159, the United States and 
Israel Space Cooperation Act, ordered reported by voice vote.

November 15, 2017

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 4376, the Department of Energy 
Research Infrastructure Act of 2017, ordered reported by voice 
vote; H.R. 4377, the Accelerating American Leadership in 
Science Act of 2017, ordered reported by voice vote; H.R. 4378, 
the Nuclear Energy Research Infrastructure Act of 2017, ordered 
reported by voice vote; H.R. 4375, the STEM Research and 
Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act, ordered reported 
by voice vote; H.R. 4323, the Supporting Veterans in STEM 
Careers Act, ordered reported by voice vote; H.R. 4254, the 
Women in Aerospace Education Act, ordered reported, as amended, 
by voice vote; H.R. 3397, the Building Blocks of STEM Act, 
ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote.

January 10, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 4675, the Low Dose Radiation 
Research Act of 2017, ordered reported, as amended, by voice 
vote.

March 22, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 5345, the American Leadership 
in Space Technology and Advanced Rocketry Act, ordered reported 
by voice vote; H.R. 5346, the Commercial Space Support Vehicle 
Act, ordered reported by voice vote; H.R. 5086, the Innovators 
to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018, ordered reported by voice vote.

April 17, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 5509, the Innovations in 
Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act, ordered reported, 
as amended, by voice vote; H.R. 5503, the National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2018, ordered 
reported, as amended, by recorded vote 26-7.

May 23, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 5905, the Department of Energy 
Science and Innovation Act of 2018, ordered reported, as 
amended, by voice vote; H.R. 5907, the National Innovation 
Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment (NIMBLE) Act, ordered 
reported by voice vote; H.R. 5906, the ARPA-E Act of 2018, 
ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote.

June 27, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 6227, the National Quantum 
Initiative Act, ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote; 
H.R. 6229, the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
Reauthorization Act of 2018, ordered reported, as amended, by 
voice vote; H.R. 6226, the American Space SAFE Management Act, 
ordered reported, as amended, by voice vote.

July 18, 2018

    Full Committee markup: H.R. 6398, the Department of Energy 
Veterans' Health Initiative Act, ordered reported, as amended, 
by voice vote.

July 24, 2018

    Full Committee markup: S. 141, the Space Weather Research 
and Forecasting Act, ordered reported, as amended, by voice 
vote; H.R. 6468, the Improving Science in Chemical Assessments 
Act, ordered reported by recorded vote 17-13.

                        II. OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES


                                HEARINGS


February 7, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Making EPA Great Again.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Partner, 
Bracewell LLP; Dr. Kimberly White, Senior Director, Chemical 
Products and Technology, American Chemistry Council; The 
Honorable Rush Holt, CEO, American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; and Dr. Richard Belzer, Independent 
Consultant.

February 14, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Strengthening 
U.S. Cybersecurity Capabilities.
    Witnesses: Dr. Charles H. Romine, Director, Information 
Technology Lab, National Institute of Standards and Technology; 
Mr. Iain Mulholland, Industry Member, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, Cyber Policy Task Force, and Chief 
Technology Officer, Security, VMware, Inc.; Dr. Diana Burley, 
Executive Director and Chair, Institute for Information 
Infrastructure Protection (I3P), and Professor, Human and 
Organizational Learning, The George Washington University; and 
Mr. Gregory Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, 
U.S. Government Accountability Office.

February 15, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Risky Business: The DOE Loan Guarantee Program.
    Witnesses: Ms. Diane Katz, Senior Research Fellow in 
Regulatory Policy, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy 
Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. Chris Edwards, Director, 
Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Mr. Dan Reicher, Executive 
Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, 
Stanford University; and Dr. Ryan Yonk, Assistant Research 
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Utah State 
University, and Research Director, Institute of Political 
Economy, Utah State University.

February 16, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: NASA: Past, Present, and Future.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 
Astronaut, and Former United States Senator; Lt. Gen. Thomas P. 
Stafford, Gemini VI, Gemini IX, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test 
Project Astronaut, and Chairman, NASA International Space 
Station Advisory Committee; Dr. Ellen Stofan, Former Chief 
Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); and Mr. Tom Young, Past Director, Goddard Spaceflight 
Center, Past President and COO, Martin Marietta, and Past 
Chairman SAIC.

February 28, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon.
    Witnesses: Dr. Ted Gayer, Vice President and Director of 
Economic Studies, Brookings Institute; Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, 
Senior Statistician and Research Programmer, Center for Data 
Analysis, The Heritage Foundation; Dr. Michael Greenstone, 
Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College, and the 
Harris School, Director of the Interdisciplinary Energy Policy 
Institute, University of Chicago, and Director of Energy & 
Environment Lab, University of Chicago Urban Labs; and Dr. 
Patrick Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, 
Cato Institute.

March 8, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: Regulating Space: Innovation, 
Liberty, and International Obligations.
    Witnesses: Ms. Laura Montgomery, Attorney and Sole 
Proprietor, Ground Based Space Matters, LLC; Dr. Eli Dourado, 
Senior Research Fellow and Director, Technology Policy Program, 
Mercatus Center, George Mason University; Mr. Douglas L. 
Loverro, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space 
Policy, U.S. Department of Defense; Mr. Dennis J. Burnett, 
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
College of Law; and Dr. Henry B. Hogue, Specialist in American 
National Government, Congressional Research Service.

March 9, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: National 
Science Foundation Part I: Overview and Oversight.
    Witnesses: Dr. France Cordova, Director, National Science 
Foundation; and Ms. Allison Lerner, Inspector General, National 
Science Foundation.

March 21, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: National 
Science Foundation Part II: Future Opportunities and Challenges 
for Science.
    Witnesses: Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Acting Chief Operating 
Officer, National Science Foundation; Dr. Maria Zuber, Chair, 
National Science Board; Dr. Jeffrey Spies, Co-Founder and Chief 
Technology Officer, Center for Open Science and Assistant 
Professor, University of Virginia; and Dr. Keith Yamamoto, Vice 
Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy, University of 
California, San Francisco.

March 22, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: The ISS After 2024: Options and 
Impacts.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. Mary Lynne 
Dittmar, Executive Director, Coalition for Deep Space 
Exploration; Mr. Eric Stallmer, President, Commercial 
Spaceflight Federation; and Dr. Robert Ferl, Distinguished 
Professor and Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for 
Biotechnology Research, University of Florida.

March 29, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Climate Science: Assumptions, 
Policy Implications, and the Scientific Method.
    Witnesses: Dr. Judith Curry, President, Climate Forecast 
Applications Network, and Professor Emeritus, Georgia Institute 
of Technology; Dr. John Christy, Professor and Director, Earth 
System Science Center, NSSTC, University of Alabama at 
Huntsville, and State Climatologist, Alabama; Dr. Michael Mann, 
Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Pennsylvania 
State University, and Director, Earth System Science Center, 
Pennsylvania State University; and Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr., 
Professor, Environmental Studies Department, University of 
Colorado.

April 26, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Advances in the Search for Life.
    Witnesses: Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, 
Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Dr. Adam Burgasser, Professor of Physics, 
University of California, San Diego and UCSD Center for 
Astrophysics and Space Science, Fulbright Scholar; Dr. James 
Kasting, Chair, Planning Committee, Workshop on the Search for 
Life Across Space and Time, National Academies of Science, 
Engineering, and Medicine, and Evan Pugh Professor of 
Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University; and Dr. Seth 
Shostak, Senior Astronomer, SETI Institute.

May 3, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Oil and Gas Technology 
Innovation.
    Witnesses: Mr. Edward Johnston, Senior Vice President for 
Research and Development, Gas Technology Institute; Dr. David 
Brower, Founder and President, Astro Technology; Mr. Walker 
Dimmig, Principal, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC; and Dr. Ramanan 
Krishnamoorti, Interim Vice President and Interim Vice 
Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer, University of 
Houston & University of Houston System, and Chief Energy 
Officer, University of Houston.

May 4, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Contracting and 
Workforce Subcommittee joint hearing: Improving the Small 
Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 
Transfer Programs.
    Witnesses: Mr. Joe Shepard, Associate Administrator, Office 
of Investment and Innovation, United States Small Business 
Administration; Mr. John Neumann, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
John Clanton, Chief Executive Officer, Lynntech, Inc.; Dr. John 
S. Langford, Chairman and CEO, Aurora Flight Sciences 
Corporation; Mr. Ron Shroder, CEO and President, Frontier 
Technologies, Inc.; Ms. Angela M. Alban, President and CEO, 
SIMETRI, Inc.; and Dr. Clinton T. Rubin, SUNY Distinguished 
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 
Director, Center for Biotechnology.

May 23, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee hearing: Expanding the Role of 
States in EPA Rulemaking.
    Witnesses: Mr. Misael Cabrera, PE, Director, Arizona 
Department of Environmental Quality; Ms. Becky Keogh, Director, 
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality; and Dr. Deborah 
L. Swackhamer, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Hubert H. Humphrey 
School of Public Affairs and Professor Emerita, Environmental 
Health Sciences, University of Minnesota.

May 24, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Oversight 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Examining the Overhead Cost of 
Research.
    Witnesses: Mr. Dale Bell, Division Director, Institution 
and Award Support, National Science Foundation; Mr. John 
Neumann, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office; Mr. James Luther, Associate 
Vice President of Finance & Compliance Officer, Duke 
University, and Chairman of the Board, Council on Governmental 
Relations; and Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of 
Economics Emeritus, Department of Economics, Ohio University, 
and Director, Center for College Affordability and 
Productivity.

June 8, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Overview of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 
2018.
    Witness: Mr. Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., Acting 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA).

June 15, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned from WannaCry.
    Witnesses: Mr. Salim Neino, Chief Executive Officer, 
Kryptos Logic; Dr. Charles H. Romine, Director, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Mr. Gregory J. Touhill, CISSP, CISM, Brigadier 
General, USAF (ret), and Adjunct Professor, Cybersecurity & 
Risk Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College; and 
Dr. Hugh Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec.

June 21, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee hearing: Leading the Way: 
Examining Advances in Environmental Technologies.
    Witnesses: Mr. Sebastien De Halleux, Chief Operating 
Officer, Saildrone, Inc.; Dr. Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric 
Scientist, Panasonic Avionics; and Dr. Burke Hales, Professor 
in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry, College of Earth, Ocean 
and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.

June 28, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Materials Science: Building the 
Future.
    Witnesses: Dr. Matthew Tirrell, Deputy Laboratory Director 
for Science and Chief Research Officer, Argonne National 
Laboratory; Dr. Laurie Locascio, Acting Associate Director for 
Laboratory Programs and Director, Material Measurement 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. 
Adam Schwartz, Director, Ames Laboratory; and Dr. Fred Higgs, 
John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Rice 
University.

June 29, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: In-Space Propulsion: Strategic 
Choices and Options.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mr. 
Stephen Jurczyk, Associate Administrator, Space Technology 
Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA); Dr. Mitchell Walker, Chair, Electric 
Propulsion Technical Committee, American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics; Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz, Founder 
and CEO, Ad Astra Rocket Company; Mr. Joe Cassady, Executive 
Director for Space, Washington Operations, Aerojet Rocketdyne; 
and Dr. Anthony Pancotti, Director of Propulsion Research, MSNW 
LLC.

July 12, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: U.S. Fire 
Administration and Fire Grant Programs Reauthorization: 
Examining Effectiveness and Priorities.
    Witnesses: Dr. Denis Onieal, Acting Administrator, United 
States Fire Administration; Chief John Sinclair, President and 
Chair of the Board, International Association of Fire Chiefs, 
and Fire Chief, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue; Captain John 
Niemiec, President, Fairfax County Professional Fire Fighters 
and Paramedics-International Association of Fire Fighters Local 
2068; Mr. Steve Hirsch, First Vice Chair, National Volunteer 
Fire Council, and Training Officer, Sheridan County Fire 
District #1, Thomas County Fire District #4 and Grinnell Fire 
Department; Dr. Gavin Horn, Research Program Director, Illinois 
Fire Service Institute; and Chief H. ``Butch'' Browning, Jr., 
President, National Association of State Fire Marshalls, 
Louisiana State Fire Marshall.

July 18, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: Planetary Flagship Missions: 
Mars Rover 2020 and Europa Clipper.
    Witnesses: Dr. Jim Green, Director, Planetary Science 
Division, Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA); Dr. Kenneth Farley, Mars Rover 
2020 Project Scientist, and Professor of Geochemistry, 
California Institute of Technology; Dr. Robert Pappalardo, 
Europa Clipper Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 
California Institute of Technology; Dr. Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, 
Director and Foundation Professor, School of Earth and Space 
Exploration, Arizona State University, and Principal 
Investigator, NASA Psyche Mission; and Dr. William B. McKinnon, 
Co-Chair, National Academy of Sciences, Committee on 
Astrobiology and Planetary Science, and Professor of Earth and 
Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis.

July 19, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Energy Innovation: Letting 
Technology Lead.
    Witnesses: Dr. Jacob DeWitte, President and CEO, Oklo; Dr. 
Gaurav N. Sant, Associate Professor and Henry Samueli Fellow, 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry 
Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University 
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Dr. Venky Narayanamurti, 
Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public 
Policy, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied 
Sciences, Harvard University; and Mr. Kiran Kumaraswamy, Market 
Development Director, AES Energy Storage.

July 25, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Energy Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining Advancements in Biofuels: Balancing Federal 
Research and Market Innovation.
    Witnesses: Dr. Paul Gilna, Director, BioEnergy Science 
Center and Deputy-Division Director of Biosciences, Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory; Dr. John DeCicco, Research Professor, 
University of Michigan Energy Institute, and Director, 
University of Michigan Energy Survey; Ms. Emily Skor, Chief 
Executive Officer, Growth Energy; and Mr. Nick Loris, Herbert 
and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow in Energy and Environmental 
Policy, Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, The 
Heritage Foundation.

July 26, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: STEM and 
Computer Science Education: Preparing the 21st Century 
Workforce.
    Witnesses: Mr. James Brown, Executive Director, STEM 
Education Coalition; Mr. Pat Yongpradit, Chief Academic 
Officer, Code.org; Dr. A. Paul Alivisatos, Executive Vice 
Chancellor & Provost, Vice Chancellor for Research, and 
Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, 
University of California, Berkeley; and Ms. Dee Mooney, 
Executive Director, Micron Technology Foundation.

September 6, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of 
EPA's IRIS Program.
    Witnesses: Dr. Kenneth Mundt, Principal, Ramboll Environ; 
Dr. James Bus, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent; and Dr. 
Thomas Burke, Johns Hopkins University.

September 7, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: Private Sector Lunar 
Exploration.
    Witnesses: Mr. Jason Crusan, Director, Advanced Exploration 
Systems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); 
Mr. Bob Richards, Founder and CEO, Moon Express, Inc.; Mr. John 
Thornton, Chief Executive Officer, Astrobotic Technology, Inc.; 
Mr. Bretton Alexander, Director of Business Development and 
Strategy, Blue Origin; and Dr. George Sowers, Professor, Space 
Resources, Colorado School of Mines.

September 28, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Space Subcommittee 
joint hearing: The Great American Eclipse: To Totality and 
Beyond.
    Witnesses: Dr. James Ulvestad, Assistant Director (acting), 
Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National 
Science Foundation; Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate 
Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. Heidi Hammel, 
Executive Vice President, Association of Universities for 
Research in Astronomy; Dr. Matthew Penn, Astronomer, National 
Solar Observatory; and Ms. Michelle Nichols-Yehling, Director 
of Public Observing, Adler Planetarium.

October 3, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Resiliency: The Electric Grid's 
Only Hope.
    Witnesses: Dr. William Sanders, Department Head, Department 
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois; 
Mr. Carl Imhoff, Manager, Electricity Market Sector, Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratory; Dr. Gavin Dillingham, Program 
Director, Clean Energy Policy, Houston Advanced Research 
Center; and Mr. Walt Baum, Executive Director, Texas Public 
Power Association.

October 4, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: Power Exploration: An Update on 
Radioisotope Production and Lessons Learned from Cassini.
    Witnesses: Mr. David Schurr, Deputy Director, Planetary 
Science Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); Ms. Tracey Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Nuclear Infrastructure Programs, Office of Nuclear Energy, U.S. 
Department of Energy; Dr. Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., Chief Scientist 
for Space Science in the Space Exploration Sector, The Johns 
Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory; and Ms. Shelby 
Oakley, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office.

October 11, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: NIST's Physical Security 
Vulnerabilities: A GAO Undercover Review.
    Witnesses: Ms. Lisa Casias, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Dr. Kent Rochford, 
Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; and Mr. Seto Bagdoyan, Director, Audit Services, 
Forensic Audits & Investigative Service, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office.

October 24, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Energy 
Subcommittee joint hearing: American Leadership in Quantum 
Technology.
    Witnesses: Dr. Carl J. Williams, Acting Director, Physical 
Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Dr. Jim Kurose, Assistant Director, Computer and 
Information Science and Engineering Directorate, National 
Science Foundation; Dr. John Stephen Binkley, Acting Director 
of Science, U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Scott Crowder, Vice 
President and Chief Technology Officer for Quantum Computing, 
IBM Systems Group; Dr. Christopher Monroe, Distinguished 
University Professor & Bice Zorn Professor, Department of 
Physics, University of Maryland, and Founder and Chief 
Scientist, IonQ, Inc.; and Dr. Supratik Guha, Director, 
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Argonne National 
Laboratory, and Professor, Institute for Molecular Engineering, 
University of Chicago.

October 25, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: Assessing the Risk of Kaspersky Lab Products to 
the Federal Government.
    Witnesses: Ms. Donna Dodson, Associate Director and Chief 
Cybersecurity Advisor, Information Technology Laboratory, and 
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology; Mr. David Shive, Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. General Services Administration; Mr. James Norton, 
President, Play-Action Strategies LLC, and Adjunct Professor, 
Johns Hopkins University; and Mr. Sean Kanuck, Director, Future 
Conflict and Cyber Security, International Institute for 
Strategic Studies.

November 1, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: The Future of Low Dose 
Radiation Research.
    Witnesses: Mr. John Neumann, Director, Science and 
Technology Issues, Government Accountability Office; Dr. Gayle 
Woloschak, Professor, Radiation Oncology and Radiology, 
Northwestern University; and Dr. James Brink, Professor, 
Radiology, Harvard Medical School, and Radiologist-in-Chief, 
Massachusetts General Hospital.

November 2, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Putting Food 
on the Table--A Review of the Importance of Agriculture 
Research.
    Witnesses: Dr. Daniel Gerstein, Senior Policy Researcher, 
RAND Corporation; Dr. Stephen Higgs, Associate Vice President 
for Research and Director, Biosecurity Research Institute, 
Kansas State University; Dr. Stephen P. Moose, Denton and 
Elizabeth Alexander Professor, Maize Breeding and Genetics, 
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign; and Dr. Elizabeth Wagstrom, Chief Veterinarian, 
National Pork Producers Council.

November 8, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Energy Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and Technology.
    Witnesses: Dr. Phil Rasch, Chief Scientist for Climate 
Science, Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory; Dr. Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy, 
Niskanen Center; Dr. Douglas MacMartin, Senior Research 
Associate, Cornell University; and Ms. Kelly Wanser, Principal 
Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Project, Joint Institute for 
the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of 
Washington.

November 9, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Update on NASA Exploration 
Systems Development.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Dr. 
Sandra Magnus, Executive Director, American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

November 14, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: A Survey of Compliance with the DHS Directive.
    Witnesses: Ms. Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary, 
Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Ms. 
Renee Wynn, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA); Ms. Essye Miller, Deputy Chief 
Information Officer for Cybersecurity, U.S. Department of 
Defense; and Dr. Mark Jacobson, Associate Teaching Professor, 
Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

November 29, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee hearing: The Future of WOTUS: 
Examining the Role of States.
    Witnesses: Mr. Wesley Mehl, Deputy Commissioner, Arizona 
State Land Department; Mr. James K. Chilton, Jr., Rancher, 
Chilton Ranch; Mr. Ken Kopocis, Adjunct Associate Professor, 
American University Washington College of Law; and Mr. Reed 
Hopper, Senior Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation.

December 6, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: From Lab to 
Market: A Review of NSF Innovation Corps.
    Witnesses: Dr. Dawn Tilbury, Assistant Director, 
Directorate for Engineering, National Science Foundation; Mr. 
Steve Blank, Adjunct Professor, Management Science and 
Engineering, Stanford University; Dr. Dean Chang, Associate 
Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of 
Maryland, and Lead Principal Investigator, DC I-Corps Regional 
Node; and Dr. Sue Carter, Professor, Department of Physics, and 
Director, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial 
Development, University of California, Santa Cruz.

December 6, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: NASA's Next Four Large 
Telescopes.
    Witnesses: Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, 
Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA); Ms. Cristina Chaplain, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability 
Office; Mr. A. Thomas Young, Former Director, Goddard Space 
Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), and Former President and Chief Operating Officer, 
Martin Marietta Corporation; Dr. Matt Mountain, President, 
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; and Dr. 
Chris McKee, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Physics, 
University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of the National 
Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

December 13, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Head Health 
Challenge: Preventing Head Trauma from Football Field to Shop 
Floor to Battlefield.
    Witnesses: Dr. Michael Fasolka, Acting Director, Material 
Measurement Lab, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Mr. Scott A. Kebschull, Vice President and 
Technical Director, Dynamic Research, Inc.; Dr. Alex O. Dehgan, 
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Conservation X Labs; and 
Mr. Shawn Springs, Chief Executive Officer, Windpact.

December 13, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Advancing Solar Energy 
Technology: Research Trumps Deployment.
    Witnesses: Mr. Daniel Simmons, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Martin Keller, Director, 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Dr. Steve Eglash, 
Executive Director, Strategic Research Initiatives, Computer 
Science, Stanford University; and Mr. Kenny Stein, Director of 
Policy, Institute for Energy Research.

January 17, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Update on NASA Commercial 
Crew Systems Development.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mr. John 
Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager, Commercial 
Programs, Boeing Space Exploration; Dr. Hans Koenigsmann, Vice 
President, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX; Ms. Cristina 
Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office; and Dr. Patricia Sanders, 
Chair, NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

January 30, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Department of Energy: Management 
and Priorities.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for 
Science, U.S. Department of Energy; and The Honorable Mark 
Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.

February 6, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: In Defense of Scientific Integrity: 
Examining the IARC Monograph Programme and Glyphosate Review.
    Witnesses: Dr. Anna Lowit, Senior Science Adviser, Office 
of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 
Dr. Timothy Pastoor, CEO, Pastoor Science Communications; Dr. 
Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense 
Council; and Dr. Robert Tarone, (retired) Mathematical 
Statistician, U.S. National Cancer Institute and Biostatistics 
Director, International Epidemiology Institute.

February 14, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Beyond Bitcoin: Emerging 
Applications for Blockchain Technology.
    Witnesses: Mr. Chris A. Jaikaran, Analyst in Cybersecurity 
Policy, Government and Finance Division, Congressional Research 
Service; Dr. Charles H. Romine, Director, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Mr. Gennaro ``Jerry'' Cuomo, IBM Fellow and Vice 
President of Blockchain Technologies, IBM Cloud; Mr. Frank 
Yiannas, Vice President of Food Safety, Walmart, Inc.; and Mr. 
Aaron Wright, Associate Clinical Professor and Co-Director of 
the Blockchain Project, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

February 15, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Mentoring, 
Training, and Apprenticeships for STEM Education and Careers.
    Witnesses: Dr. Victor R. McCrary, Vice President, Division 
of Research and Economic Development, Morgan State University, 
and Member and Chair, Task Force on the Skilled Technical 
Workforce, National Science Board; Dr. John Sands, Department 
Chair, Computer Integrated Technologies, Moraine Valley 
Community College, and Director and Principal Investigator, 
Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance; Mr. 
Montez King, Executive Director, National Institute of 
Metalworking Skills; and Dr. John Bardo, President, Wichita 
State University.

February 27, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: A Review of 
Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in Science.
    Witnesses: Ms. Rhonda Davis, Head, Office of Diversity and 
Inclusion, National Science Foundation; Dr. Kathryn Clancy, 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of 
Illinois; Ms. Christine McEntee, Executive Director, American 
Geophysical Union; and Ms. Kristina Larsen, Attorney, Law 
Office of Kristina K. Larsen.

March 6, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: The Future of U.S. Fusion 
Energy Research.
    Witnesses: Dr. Bernard Bigot, Director-General, ITER 
Organization; Dr. James W. Van Dam, Acting Associate Director, 
Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of 
Energy; Dr. Mickey Wade, Director of Advanced Fusion Systems, 
Magnetic Fusion Energy Division, General Atomics; and Dr. Mark 
Herrmann, Director, National Ignition Facility, Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory.

March 7, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Overview of the NASA Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witness: Mr. Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., Acting 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA).

March 14, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: National Laboratories: World-
Leading Innovation in Science.
    Witnesses: Dr. Mark Peters, Director, Idaho National 
Laboratory; Dr. Susan Seestrom, Advanced Science & Technology 
Associate Labs Director and Chief Research Officer, Sandia 
National Laboratory; Dr. Mary E. Maxon, Associate Laboratory 
Director for Biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory; Dr. Chi-Chang Kao, Director, Stanford Linear 
Accelerator Center, National Accelerator Laboratory; and Dr. 
Paul Kearns, Director, Argonne National Laboratory.

March 15, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: An Overview of the National Science 
Foundation Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witnesses: Dr. France Cordova, Director, National Science 
Foundation; and Dr. Maria T. Zuber, Chair, National Science 
Board.

April 11, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Scholars or Spies: Foreign Plots 
Targeting America's Research and Development.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Michael Wessel, Commissioner, 
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; The 
Honorable Michelle Van Cleave, Former National 
Counterintelligence Executive, Office of National 
Counterintelligence Executive; Mr. Daniel Golden, Author, `Spy 
Schools'; and Mr. Crane Hassold, Director of Threat 
Intelligence, PhishLabs.

April 18, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Composite 
Materials--Strengthening Infrastructure Development.
    Witnesses: Dr. Joannie Chin, Deputy Director, Engineering 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. 
Hota GangaRao, Wadsworth Distinguished Professor, Statler 
College of Engineering, West Virginia University; Dr. David 
Lange, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental 
Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and 
Mr. Shae Weyant, President and CEO, Creative Pultrusions, Inc.

April 26, 2018

    Environment Subcommittee and Space Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Surveying the Space Weather Landscape.
    Witnesses: Dr. Neil Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Environmental Observation and Prediction, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; Dr. Jim Spann, Chief Scientist, 
Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. Sarah Gibson, 
Senior Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center 
for Atmospheric Research, and Co-Chair, Committee on Solar and 
Space Physics, National Academy of Science; and Dr. W. Kent 
Tobiska, President and Chief Scientist, Space Environment 
Technologies.

May 8, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to 
Improve Supply Chain Management and Combat Counterfeit Goods.
    Witnesses: Dr. Douglas Maughan, Cyber Security Division 
Director, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department 
of Homeland Security; Mr. Robert ``Bob'' Chiaviello, IPR 
Counsel, Nuby Law; Mr. Michael White, Head of Global Trade 
Digitization, Maersk; and Mr. Chris Rubio, Vice President 
Global Customs Brokerage Staff, UPS.

May 9, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: An Overview of the Budget Proposal 
for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witness: The Honorable Rick Perry, Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

May 16, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Using Technology to Address Climate 
Change.
    Witnesses: Mr. Oren Cass, Senior Fellow, Manhattan 
Institute; Mr. Ted Nordhaus, Executive Director, The 
Breakthrough Institute; Dr. Phil Duffy, President and Executive 
Director, Woods Hole Research Center; and Dr. Judith Curry, 
President, Climate Forecast Applications Network, and Professor 
Emerita, Georgia Institute of Technology.

May 17, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: America's Human Presence in Low-
Earth Orbit.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. 
Bhavya Lal, Research Staff, Science and Technology Policy 
Institute, Institute for Defense Analysis; and Dr. Elizabeth R. 
Cantwell, CEO, Arizona State University Research Enterprise, 
and Professor of Practice, School for Engineering of Matter, 
Transport & Energy, Arizona State University.

May 22, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Energy 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Empowering U.S. Veterans Through 
Technology.
    Witnesses: Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, Chief Scientist, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy; Mr. 
Christopher Meek, Founder and Chairman, SoldierStrong; Ms. 
Martha MacCallum, Advisory Board Member, SoldierStrong; Mr. 
John Wordin, President and Founder, Project Hero; and Dr. 
Matthew J. Major, Research Health Scientist and Assistant 
Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern 
University.

May 31, 2018

    Field hearing: Earthquake Mitigation: Reauthorizing the 
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
    Witnesses: Dr. Steven McCabe, Director, National Earthquake 
Hazards Reduction Program, and Group Leader, Earthquake 
Engineering Group, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Dr. Stephen Hickman, Director, USGS Earthquake 
Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Dr. Frank Vernon, 
Research Geophysicist, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary 
Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of 
California, San Diego; Mr. Chris D. Poland, Consulting Engineer 
and National Institute of Standards and Technology Community 
Resilience Fellow; and Mr. Ryan Arba, Branch Chief, Earthquake 
and Tsunami Program, California Governor's Office of Emergency 
Services.

June 7, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: The Electric Grid of the 
Future.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Bruce J. Walker, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, and Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 
Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. John Sarrao, 
Principal Associate Director, Science, Technology, and 
Engineering Directorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mr. 
Robert Gramlich, President, Grid Strategies, LLC; and Dr. 
Joseph A. Heppert, Vice President for Research, Texas Tech 
University.

June 14, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: NASA Cost and Schedule 
Overruns: Acquisition and Program Management Challenges.
    Witnesses: Ms. Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Contracting 
and National Security Acquisitions, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office; Mr. Stephen Jurczyk, Associate 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); Mr. Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Mr. Daniel L. 
Dumbacher, Executive Director, American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

June 21, 2018

    Environment Subcommittee hearing: State Perspectives on 
Regulating Background Ozone.
    Witnesses: Ms. Diane Rath, Executive Director, Alamo Area 
Council of Governments; Mr. Timothy Franquist, Air Quality 
Division Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality; 
Dr. Elena Craft, Senior Health Scientist, Environmental Defense 
Fund; and Mr. Gregory Stella, Senior Scientist, Alpine 
Geophysics.

June 22, 2018

    Space Subcommittee and Strategic Forces Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Space Situational Awareness: Whole of Government 
Perspectives on Roles and Responsibilities.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Wilbur Ross, Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Commerce; The Honorable Jim Bridenstine, 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); and General John Hyten, Commander, U.S. Strategic 
Command.

June 26, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Energy 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Artificial Intelligence--With Great 
Power Comes Great Responsibility.
    Witnesses: Dr. Jaime Carbonell, Director, Language 
Technologies Institute, and Allen Newell Professor, School of 
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Dr. Tim Persons, 
Chief Scientist, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
Greg Brockman, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, OpenAI; 
and Dr. Fei-Fei Li, Chairperson of the Board and Co-Founder, 
AI4ALL.

June 27, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee hearing: Bolstering Data Privacy and 
Mobile Security: An Assessment of IMSI Catcher Threats.
    Witnesses: Dr. Charles H. Romine, Director, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Dr. T. Charles Clancy, Director, Hume Center for 
National Security and Technology, Virginia Tech; and Dr. 
Jonathan Mayer, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and 
Public Affairs, Princeton University.

July 12, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Big Data Challenges and Advanced 
Computing Solutions.
    Witnesses: Dr. Bobby Kasthuri, Researcher, Argonne National 
Laboratory, and Assistant Professor, University of Chicago; Dr. 
Katherine Yelick, Associate Laboratory Director for Computing 
Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Professor, 
University of California, Berkeley; Dr. Matthew Nielsen, 
Principal Scientist, Industrial Outcomes Optimization, GE 
Global Research; and Dr. Anthony Rollett, U.S. Steel Professor 
of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon 
University.

July 17, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee and Environment Subcommittee joint 
hearing: The Future of Fossil: Energy Technologies Leading the 
Way.
    Witnesses: Dr. Roger Aines, Senior Scientist, Atmospheric, 
Earth and Energy Division, Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory; Dr. Klaus Brun, Program Director, Machinery 
Program, Fluids & Machinery Engineering Department, Southwest 
Research Institute; Ms. Shannon Angielski, Executive Director, 
Carbon Utilization Research Council; and Mr. Jason Begger, 
Executive Director, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority.

July 24, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Urban Air Mobility--Are Flying Cars 
Ready for Take-Off?
    Witnesses: Dr. Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, 
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. John-Paul Clarke, College 
of Engineering Dean's Professor, Georgia Institute of 
Technology, and Co-Chair, 2014 National Research Council 
Committee on Autonomy Research for Civil Aviation; Dr. Eric 
Allison, Head of Aviation Programs, Uber; Mr. Michael Thacker, 
Executive Vice President, Technology and Innovation, Bell; and 
Ms. Anna Mracek Dietrich, Co-Founder and Regulatory Affairs, 
Terrafugia Inc.

July 25-26, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: James Webb Space Telescope: Program 
Breach and its Implications.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mr. Tom 
Young, Chairman, JWST Independent Review Board; and Mr. Wesley 
Bush, Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman Corp.

September 13, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Environment Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining the Underlying Science and Impacts of Glider 
Truck Regulations.
    Witnesses: Ms. Linda Tsang, Legislative Attorney, 
Congressional Research Service; Mr. Collin Long, Director of 
Government Affairs, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers 
Association; Dr. Paul J. Miller, Deputy Director & Chief 
Scientist, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management; 
and Dr. Richard B. Belzer, Independent Consultant in 
Regulation, Risk, Economics & Information Quality.

September 26, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: 60 Years of NASA Leadership in 
Human Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission 
Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); Mr. Mark Geyer, Director, Johnson Space Center, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Ms. Jody 
Singer, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Mr. Robert 
Cabana, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

September 27, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Advancing Nuclear Energy: 
Powering the Future.
    Witnesses: Mr. Edward McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Mr. 
Harlan Bowers, President, X-energy; Dr. John Parsons, Co-Chair, 
MIT Study on the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-
Constrained World; and Dr. John Wagner, Associate Laboratory 
Director, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National 
Laboratory.

                       SUMMARY OF OVERSIGHT PLAN

    House Rule X sets the Committee's legislative jurisdiction 
while also assigning broad oversight responsibilities. Rule X 
also assigns the Committee special oversight responsibility for 
``reviewing and studying, on a continuing basis, all laws, 
programs, and Government activities dealing with or involving 
non-military research and development.'' The Committee 
appreciates the special function entrusted to it and will 
continue to tackle troubled programs and search for waste, 
fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in non-military research and 
development programs regardless of where they may be found.
    Much of the oversight work of the Committee is carried out 
by and through the Oversight Subcommittee. However, oversight 
is conducted by every Subcommittee and the full Committee. All 
components of the Committee take their oversight charge 
seriously and work cooperatively to meet the Committee's 
oversight responsibilities.
    The Committee also routinely works with the U.S. Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) and the Inspectors General (IG) of 
the agencies under its jurisdiction to maintain detailed 
awareness of the work of those offices. The Committee currently 
has numerous outstanding requests with the GAO. These include 
bipartisan requests as well as those signed by multiple 
Committee Chairmen with shared interests.
    The Committee continues to be concerned about allegations 
of intimidation of science specialists in federal agencies, 
suppression or revisions of scientific finding, and 
mischaracterization of scientific findings because of political 
or other pressures. The Committee's oversight will include 
examination of allegations, and will also involve the 
development and implementation of scientific integrity 
principles within the executive branch.
    Oversight is commonly driven by emerging events. While the 
Committee continues to address new issues and topics as they 
transpire, the following is a summary of the Committee's 
Oversight Plan approved in February 2017.

Energy

Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science

    The Committee conducted oversight of Office of Science 
programs and reviewed prioritization across, and management 
within, its major research areas. Special attention was given 
to the cost, operation, and maintenance of DOE's existing and 
planned major facilities.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) R&D

    The Committee undertook efforts to improve focus, 
prioritization, and transparency of EERE programs, and provided 
close oversight to ensure that programs were managed 
efficiently, duplication was limited, and funding was allocated 
appropriately and effectively.

Nuclear Energy R&D

    The Committee provided oversight of the nation's nuclear 
R&D activities, and examined efforts by DOE, the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission and industry stakeholders to research, 
develop, construct, and license advanced reactor technology. 
The Committee examined how the Office of Nuclear Energy 
prioritized groundbreaking research and ensure the Department 
of Energy maintained focus on R&D programs that cannot be 
undertaken by the private sector.

Fossil Energy R&D

    The Committee has undertaken efforts to improve focus, 
prioritization, and transparency of the Office of Fossil Energy 
(FE) programs, and provide close oversight to ensure that 
programs are managed efficiently. The Committee also examined 
the Office of Fossil Laboratory, the National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, which requires additional oversight due to the 
unique government owned, government operated management 
structure at the lab.

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)

    The Committee reviewed efforts to improve focus, 
prioritization, and transparency of OE programs, and provided 
close oversight to ensure that programs were managed 
efficiently, duplication was limited, and funding was allocated 
appropriately and effectively. The Committee also focused on 
oversight of the Department's collaborative work with industry 
in the areas of cybersecurity, smart grid technology, and 
energy storage.

Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy (ARPA-E)

    The Committee engaged in oversight of ARPA-E program 
funding and management, examining the appropriate role for and 
focus of ARPA-E in the context of DOE's numerous clean energy-
focused programs and activities.

DOE Loan Guarantees

    Program management problems associated with past DOE loan 
guarantees in recent years called for greater attention by the 
Committee. The Committee focused its oversight on program 
management challenges and ensuring the Department conducted 
thorough reviews and rigorous financial analysis of the 
existing loan guarantee portfolio.

DOE Contract Management

    DOE programs have come under frequent scrutiny for contract 
management practices. GAO designated DOE's contract management 
as high-risk in 1990 and continues to identify areas of 
potential waste, fraud, and abuse. The Committee examined DOE 
contract management practices, including potential areas of 
waste, fraud, and abuse in the Department's contract 
management.

Environment

Science and R&D at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    The Committee conducted oversight of EPA's management of 
science and its use of science in the decision-making process, 
including lab management, regulatory science, transparency, and 
risk assessment. The Committee examined how to better integrate 
science into the Administration's regulatory decision-making 
process, including how EPA uses and manages scientific data to 
reach its regulatory conclusions.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

    The Committee reviewed and conducted oversight of the 
funding prioritization and program management challenges 
related to NOAA's mission to understand and predict challenges 
in weather, particularly as they relate to severe weather 
events that threaten life and property. The Committee also 
reviewed and conducted oversight of NOAA's satellite programs, 
and continued its oversight of NOAA's commercial satellite 
priorities to ensure that the Agency took necessary steps to 
protect public safety in the face of government program 
failures.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    The Committee reviewed and conducted oversight of NASA's 
efforts to prioritize, plan, and implement Earth science 
missions within cost and schedule. Particular attention was 
paid to programs that exceeded cost estimates to ensure that 
they did not adversely impact the development and launch of 
other NASA priorities. The Committee also examined the impact 
of large increases in funding for the Earth Science Directorate 
relative to funding requested for other science disciplines.

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

    The Committee reviewed and conducted oversight of the 
satellite activities of the USGS, with an emphasis on its 
LANDSAT program, to ensure continuity of services and 
implementation of best technologies and commercial partnering.

Climate Research Activities

    The Committee reviewed and conducted oversight of the broad 
array of programs addressing climate change issues across the 
Federal government to ensure that existing programs are 
necessary, appropriately focused, effectively coordinated, and 
properly organized to prevent duplication of efforts and the 
waste of taxpayer resources.

Research and Technology

National Science Foundation (NSF)

    The Committee reviewed activities of NSF conducted pursuant 
to appropriations for Research and Related Activities, 
including funding through NSF's seven directorates that support 
science and engineering research and STEM education and 
research. The Committee also reviewed non-research activities 
of NSF conducted through NSF's Office of the Director and the 
Office of Integrative Activities, as well as financial 
management, award processing and monitoring, legal affairs, 
outreach and other functions. Additionally, the Committee 
reviewed NSF compliance with and the effects of provisions of 
the STEM Education Act of 2015, as well as NSF implementation 
of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    The Committee reviewed NIST programs and activities as well 
as other programs under the Department of Commerce, and paid 
special attention to the evaluation of their alignment with and 
impact on industry and assurance that the programs do not 
encroach on areas better served by the private sector. The 
Committee also reviewed cybersecurity coordination among NIST, 
NSF, and the Department of Homeland Security, NIST 
responsibilities and federal agencies' compliance with 
cybersecurity regimes authorized by the Federal Information 
Security Management Act (FISMA), and how federal agencies 
balance security mandates with the ability to allow 
technological development through innovation. Additionally, the 
Committee reviewed NIST's performance of its critical role in 
helping to develop standards and conformance testing processes 
that protect privacy, minimize private sector waste, and 
advance U.S. economic competitiveness and technological 
leadership.

Department of Transportation

    The Committee reviewed research, development, and 
demonstration activities of the Department of Transportation, 
including safety, cybersecurity, and autonomous vehicle systems 
development programs authorized by the 2015 Fixing America's 
Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act). The Committee also 
reviewed advances in autonomous vehicle technologies, as well 
as Department of Transportation administration and results 
research, development, technology and education programs 
authorized under the FAST Act, including Highway Research and 
Development; University Transportation Centers; Intelligent 
Highways Systems; and Advanced Transportation and Congestion 
Management Technologies.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

    The Committee reviewed activities of the DHS Science and 
Technology Directorate, focusing on its effectiveness, 
organization, direction, and priorities. The Committee also 
examined the effectiveness and organization, direction and 
priorities of the research and technology programs associated 
with the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.

U.S. Fire Administration (USFA)

    The Committee reviewed administration of grant programs 
that support local career and volunteer firefighting and first-
responder capabilities and examined improvements to the 
functionality of the USFA.

Economic Competitiveness

    The Committee reviewed the technology transfer incentives 
of the Bayh-Dole Act, the Stevenson-Wydler Act, and the Small 
Business Innovative Research and Technology Transfer (SBIR/
STTR) programs to improve America's competitiveness and 
innovative capacity. The Committee also examined the 
effectiveness and efficiency of SBIR/STTR in increasing the 
pace of commercializing technology developed from federally-
supported basic research.

Natural Hazards

    The Committee reviewed interagency research programs to 
mitigate the damage caused by natural disasters such as 
earthquakes, windstorms, and fires by developing early warning 
systems and improved building and infrastructure design.

Space

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    The Committee reviewed, monitored, and conducted oversight 
of public and private initiatives related to aeronautical and 
space activities; reviewed activities of NASA; monitored and 
conducted oversight of the activities of the National Space 
Council; reviewed funding, management, and spending related to 
the James Webb Space Telescope program; assessed and reviewed 
NASA's Human Space Flight program, with an emphasis on NASA's 
plans and priorities relative to its resources and 
requirements; evaluated, monitored, and reviewed the ability of 
commercial providers to affordably, safely, and reliably 
deliver cargo and crew to the International Space Station; and 
reviewed, monitored, and conducted oversight of all activities 
housed within NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Aeronautics 
Mission Directorate, Space Technology Mission Directorate, and 
Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate.

Department of Transportation

    The Committee reviewed and conducted oversight of the 
activities of the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation 
(AST); reviewed and monitored the emergence of commercial human 
suborbital space flight ventures; examined and reviewed the 
progress of the emerging personal space flight industry; 
reviewed and assessed efforts related to control of outer 
space, including international obligations, space situational 
awareness, space traffic management, and regulations pertaining 
to space activities; and conducted oversight of the FAA's R&D 
activities to ensure that the lead to improvements in the U.S. 
aerospace sector, with a particular focus on FAA's management 
of its Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) 
program.

Department of Commerce

    The Committee examined and reviewed the regulation of 
commercial remote sensing activities; conducted oversight of 
the transition of earth science research to operations; 
assessed and conducted oversight of space spectrum allocations, 
including impacts on weather forecasting, and position and 
navigation and timing services; and reviewed the impact and 
management of U.S. export control policy on the space industry.

 SUMMARY OF ACTIONS TAKEN AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                             OVERSIGHT PLAN


Energy

Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Programs and Facilities

    The Committee conducted extensive oversight of Office of 
Science programs, focusing on maximizing the impact of major 
national laboratory facilities and capabilities funded by these 
programs. Hearings specifically addressing the Office of 
Science include ``The Future of Low Dose Radiation Research'' 
(11/01/2017); ``Department of Energy: Management and 
Priorities'' (01/30/2018); ``National Laboratories: World-
Leading Innovation in Science'' (03/14/2018); ``An Overview of 
the Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy for Fiscal 
Year 2019'' (05/09/2018); ``Artificial Intelligence--With Great 
Power Comes Great Responsibility'' (06/27/2018); and ``Big Data 
Challenges and Advanced Computing Solutions'' (07/12/2018).
    The Committee advanced legislation to address key Committee 
goals identified through this oversight, including legislation 
authorizing the DOE to provide critical upgrades to basic 
science user facilities at a number of its national 
laboratories with H.R. 4376, the ``Department of Energy 
Research Infrastructure Act'' and H.R. 4377, the ``Accelerating 
American Leadership in Science Act''; legislation providing for 
a coordinated Federal program to accelerate quantum research 
and development and authorizing the DOE to carry out quantum 
activities in the Office of Science with H.R. 6227, the 
``National Quantum Initiative Act''; and legislation 
authorizing research on low dose radiation, H.R. 4675, the 
``Low Dose Radiation Research Act,'' which built on conclusions 
from the Committee's investigation on DOE management 
intimidating and retaliating against scientists in the 114th 
Congress.
    The Committee also enacted legislation providing policy 
direction to the DOE on key areas of basic science research, 
nuclear energy R&D, research coordination and priorities, and 
important reforms to streamline national lab management in H.R. 
589, the ``Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act''; 
and advanced legislation authorizing funding and providing 
critical policy guidelines for Office of Science basic research 
programs, research infrastructure upgrades and construction of 
major user facilities at the DOE national labs for fiscal years 
2018 and 2019 in H.R. 5905, the ``Department of Energy Science 
and Innovation Act.''

International Agreements

    The Committee continued to conduct bipartisan oversight of 
the ITER project, an international collaboration to construct a 
first-of-a-kind nuclear fusion reactor authorized by Congress. 
This collaboration includes the European Union, Russian 
Federation, China, Republic of Korea, Japan, and India. The 
Committee addressed the role of ITER in advancing U.S. fusion 
energy research in a hearing entitled ``The Future of U.S. 
Fusion Energy Research'' (03/05/2018). The Committee also 
examined additional international projects, including the Long 
Baseline Neutrino Facility (LBNF), an internationally 
coordinated project, designed to build the world's highest 
intensity neutrino beam and a suite of cryogenic near detectors 
at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. To ensure this 
facility is constructed on time and on budget, the Committee 
advanced bipartisan legislation authorizing funding for the 
continued construction of LBNF with H.R. 4377, the 
``Accelerating American Leadership in Science Act.''

DOE Applied Science

    The Committee conducted extensive oversight of research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application of 
energy technology conducted by multiple DOE applied science 
offices, including the Office of Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office 
of Fossil Energy (FE), and Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability (OE). Specifically, the Committee focused on 
efforts to improve prioritization of early stage R&D and 
transparency of programs, while ensuring management was 
efficient, duplication was limited, and funding was allocated 
effectively. Hearings addressing one or more of these offices 
include ``Oil and Gas Technology Innovation'' (05/03/2017); 
``Energy Innovation: Letting Technology Lead'' (07/19/2017); 
``Examining Advancements in Biofuels: Balancing Federal 
Research and Market Innovation'' (07/25/2017); ``Resiliency: 
The Electric Grid's Only Hope'' (10/03/2017); ``Advancing Solar 
Energy Technology: Research Trumps Development'' (12/13/2017); 
``Department of Energy: Management and Priorities'' (01/30/
2018); ``An Overview of the Budget Proposal for the Department 
of Energy for Fiscal Year 2019'' (05/09/2018); ``The Electric 
Grid of the Future'' (06/07/2018); ``The Future of Fossil: 
Energy Technologies Leading the Way'' (07/17/2018); and 
``Advancing Nuclear Energy: Powering the Future'' (09/27/2018).
    The Committee sent a letter to DOE Secretary Perry on 09/
12/2017 requesting documents and information regarding the 
Department's funding, during the previous Administration, of a 
former DOE Office of Fossil Energy employee's law degree, and 
worked with the Department to identify ways to prevent similar 
actions in the future. The Committee also sent a letter to U.S. 
Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on 07/19/2018 expressing 
concerns over the threat of China to U.S. private and public 
research, development, and technology, and urging Ambassador 
Lighthizer to maintain an ongoing investigation into China's 
policies and practices.
    Legislation developed to address the focus, prioritization, 
and transparency of applied science programs identified through 
Committee oversight efforts includes H.R. 4378, the ``Nuclear 
Energy Research Infrastructure Act,'' S. 97, the ``Nuclear 
Energy Innovation Capabilities Act,'' and H.R. 6398, the 
``Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act.'' This 
legislation included specific direction to upgrade facilities, 
establish programs, and enable research and demonstration 
activities that the private sector is unable to conduct.

DOE National Laboratories

    The Committee conducted oversight of DOE laboratory 
management and the effectiveness of federal research 
collaborations, conducting several hearings examining the labs 
in the 115th Congress. These hearings include ``Materials 
Science: Building the Future'' (06/28/2017); ``Geoengineering: 
Innovation, Research, and Technology'' (11/8/2017); 
``Department of Energy: Management and Priorities'' (01/30/
2018); ``National Laboratories: World-Leading Innovation in 
Science'' (03/14/2018); and ``Big Data Challenges and Advanced 
Computing Solutions'' (07/12/2018).
    To address concerns with the management and functionality 
of the national labs, the Committee developed, introduced, and 
enacted H.R. 589, the ``Department of Energy Research and 
Innovation Act.'' This legislation provided important reforms 
to streamline national lab management and improve coordination 
of research efforts across the national lab complex.
    To provide flexibility to the national labs, the Committee 
also introduced H.R. 5907, the ``National Innovation 
Modernization by Laboratory Empowerment Act (NIMBLE).'' This 
legislation provides national lab directors with the authority 
to approve and facilitate partnerships with the private sector 
for agreements under $1,000,000.

Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy (ARPA-E)

    The Committee conducted oversight of ARPA-E programs 
through ongoing reviews of the DOE budget request and hearings 
with senior DOE officials including, ``Department of Energy: 
Management and Priorities'' (01/30/2018); and ``An Overview of 
the Budget Proposal for the Department of Energy for Fiscal 
Year 2019'' (05/09/2018).
    In order to address the funding and management of ARPA-E 
programs, the Committee developed H.R. 5906, the ``ARPA-E Act 
of 2018,'' which requires DOE to reform and refocus ARPA-E 
toward developing transformative science and technology 
solutions more aligned with the Department's science, energy, 
and national security mission.

DOE Loan Program

    The Committee conducted oversight of the DOE Loan Program 
through a hearing titled ``Risky Business: The DOE Loan 
Guarantee Program,'' (02/15/2017). Oversight efforts continued 
throughout the Congress in staff level briefings and meetings 
with leadership in the DOE Loan Programs Office.

Environment

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

    H.R. 353, the Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation 
Act (``Weather Act'')--which improves understanding of severe 
weather events and increases weather research, technological 
capabilities, and forecasting accuracy, as well as focusing 
NOAA's efforts on the protection of life and property and the 
enhancement of the national economy--was signed into law. The 
Committee has hosted quarterly briefings by NOAA to monitor the 
progress of the Weather Act implementation.
    The Committee has also hosted regular briefings from NOAA's 
National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service 
(NESDIS) to discuss the status of NOAA satellite procurements 
and operations programs, to receive information on instrument 
anomalies, and oversee the commercial weather data pilot 
program enacted under the Weather Act.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science

    The Committee has continued to monitor the earth science 
portfolio at NASA, scrutinizing the potential for duplicative 
activities related to climate change research.

Science and R&D at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    The Committee has held multiple oversight hearings on EPA's 
regulatory actions, including Ozone NAAQS and glider trucks. 
These hearings examined improper science used to justify these 
regulations. The Committee also examined the role that politics 
rather than science plays to influence agency policy.
    The House passed H.R. 1430, the Honest and Open New EPA 
Science Treatment Act of 2017 (HONEST Act) and H.R. 1431 the 
EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017, which together 
would bring greater transparency and accountability to the 
scientific basis used to justify all federal regulations.
    The Committee also continued oversight of the EPA's 2014 
proposed determination to pre-emptively limit the scope of the 
development of the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The 
Committee sent multiple letters to the EPA, urging the agency 
to follow the proper Clean Water Act Section 404(c) permitting 
process.

Risk Assessment

    The Committee conducted multiple oversight activities 
regarding the Integrated Risk Information System at EPA, which 
conducts hazard identification and dose response assessments on 
chemicals found in the environment. The Committee held a 
hearing with stakeholders, sent letters to the agency, and 
hosted two briefings with EPA to discuss issues with the 
program. The Committee passed H.R. 6468, the Improving Science 
in Chemical Assessments Act, which would transform and improve 
the way EPA conducts chemical assessments.
    The Committee has also conducted extensive oversight of the 
International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) Monograph 
Programme, headquartered in Lyon, France. IARC is largely 
funded by the US and influences US policy. The Committee has 
sent multiple letters to IARC and held a hearing to investigate 
transparency at the agency and examine the scientific integrity 
of IARC's cancer assessments.

Climate Research Activities

    The Committee has continued to monitor federal spending on 
climate change activities. The Committee also held hearings 
examining the science underlying climate change policy and the 
math used to calculate the social cost of carbon.

HHS Anti-Lobbying Act

    The Committee conducted oversight of an employee of the 
National Institution of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS) 
within the Department of Human Services (HHS). The Committee 
sent a letter requesting the HHS Inspector General examine 
potential violations of the Anti-Lobbying Act.

NOAA Satellite Programs

    The Committee conducted oversight of NOAA's satellite 
programs. These satellites have been plagued with cost 
overruns, delays, and mismanagement that endanger American 
lives and property with degraded weather data. The Committee 
will also continue oversight of NOAA's commercial satellite 
priorities to ensure that the Agency is taking all necessary 
steps to protect public safety in the face of government 
program failures.

Research and Technology

National Science Foundation (NSF)

    The Committee held two oversight hearings on the National 
Science Foundation (NSF) in 2017, and a budget hearing in 2018. 
The Committee continued to review the abstracts of thousands of 
research grants. This was the first systematic review of NSF 
grant-making by Congress. The result of this huge undertaking 
was identifying and cataloging several thousand questionable 
NSF awards, and strengthening in law the broader impacts 
criteria to ensure grants are in the national interest and 
making the publicly available summaries of grants more clear 
and transparent.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

    The Subcommittees on Research & Technology and Oversight 
held a joint hearing on physical security at the NIST campuses 
in Maryland and Colorado. The hearing covered the results of a 
Committee requested Government Accountability Office (GAO) 
undercover investigation into NIST campus security. The 
Committee also held hearings on NIST's work on quantum 
computing, composite materials, and its use of prize 
challenges. The Committee and the House passed H.R. 6229, the 
NIST Reauthorization Act of 2018.
    The Committee also continued to elicit information from 
NIST and others about the sufficiency and completeness of NIST 
cybersecurity standards for federal agencies, the evolving 
threats of foreign cyber-attacks on federal agencies, and NIST 
responsiveness to federal agency requests for information and 
advice. The Committee passed H.R. 1224, the NIST Cybersecurity 
Framework, Assessment, and Auditing Act.

Department of Transportation

    The Committee monitored implementation of the 2015 Fixing 
America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) and the 
continued development of autonomous vehicle technologies and 
vehicle-to infrastructure technologies. The Committee held a 
hearing on new urban air mobility technologies (`flying cars') 
and the regulatory and technology challenges presented by the 
new technology.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

    The Committee conducted several meetings with DHS senior 
officials about the Science and Technology Directorate's 
direction and performance, including the Department's proposed 
reorganization of the Directorate. The Committee participated 
in discussions with the House Committee on Homeland Security 
during development and consideration of H.R. 2825, the DHS 
Authorization Act and related legislation.

US Fire Administration (USFA)

    The Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the 
USFA and related Assistance to Firefighters grants (AFG) and 
the Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) 
fire grant programs and held a series of meetings and briefings 
to conduct oversight of the programs. The Committee moved H.R. 
4661, the U.S. Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2017 through the House, which was signed 
into law in January 2018. The law includes new oversight 
measures of the grant programs to prevent waste, fraud, and 
abuse, and reauthorizes the programs for six years.

Natural Hazards

    The Committee held a field hearing and conducted a series 
of meetings on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Program (NEHRP), particularly on the need to update the expired 
authorization to remove antiquated technology and research 
references, streamline requirements, and improve coordination 
and oversight. The Committee negotiated with the Senate on a 
final agreement for S. 1768, the National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018. The bill will 
reauthorize the programs for five years.

Economic Competitiveness and Technology Transfer

    The Committee held several hearings on research and 
technology topics that are critical to the economic 
competitiveness of the United States including quantum 
technology, agriculture research, and composite materials 
development. The Committee also held a hearing on the NSF 
Innovation Corp (I-Corps) program and its goal of preparing 
scientists and engineers to extend their research from lab to 
market. The Committee and the House passed H.R. 6227, the 
National Quantum Initiative Act and H.R. 5086, the Innovators 
to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018.
    The Committee also continued oversight of the Small 
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business 
Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which were reauthorized in 
the 114th Congress. The Committee was briefed on two GAO 
reports on the program, which made recommendations for 
continuing to combat waste, fraud and abuse. The Committee and 
the House passed H.R. 2763, the SBIR and STTR Improvements Act, 
to address recommendations for improving the performance of the 
two programs.

Implementation of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act 
        (AICA)

    The Committee conducted oversight of the implementation of 
the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act, which was 
signed into law during the 114th Congress. The Committee's 
oversight included briefings on implementation of provisions 
that strengthened basic research; sought to streamline 
unnecessary administrative and regulatory burdens on federally-
supported research; improve coordination of science, 
technology, engineering and math (STEM) education; and efforts 
to leverage the private sector.
    The Committee acted to build upon the work of the AICA to 
further address the effectiveness of STEM Education. The 
Committee held a hearing on STEM and Computer Science Education 
as well as the STEM skilled technical workforce. The Committee 
and House passed four STEM education bills: H.R. 4375, the STEM 
Research and Education Effectiveness and Transparency Act; H.R. 
3397, the Building Blocks of STEM Act; H.R. 4323, Supporting 
Veterans in STEM Careers Act; and H.R. 4254, Women in Aerospace 
Education Act. In addition, H.R. 255, the Promoting Women in 
Entrepreneurship Act, was signed into law in January.

Space

NASA Human Space Flight Program

    The Committee held three oversight hearings relative to 
NASA's human space flight program during the 115th Congress to 
continue to review NASA's commercial crew program efforts, 
including the role of public-private partnerships. In 2017, the 
Committee examined the development and progress of the Space 
Launch System (SLS), the Orion Crew Vehicle, and associated 
ground systems.
    In 2018, the Committee reviewed the development of NASA's 
two commercial crew programs being built by Boeing and SpaceX, 
and reviewed NASA's National Space Exploration Campaign, as 
well as the specific human spaceflight responsibilities that 
NASA's individual centers have.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation

    The FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) 
licenses commercial launch vehicles. An area of increasing 
interest is the emergence of a number of developing commercial 
human suborbital space flight ventures. In addition to its 
oversight of the FAA's AST, the Committee examined the progress 
of the emerging private space flight industry, as well as the 
challenges it faces.

NASA Space Science

    The Committee continued to monitor NASA's efforts to 
prioritize, plan, launch, and operate space science missions 
within cost and schedule. Particular attention was paid to 
programs that are exceeding cost estimates, such as the James 
Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Wide Field Infrared Survey 
Telescope (WFIRST). The Committee held a hearing in 2017 to 
examine the development of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey 
Satellite (TESS), JWST, WFIRST, and the planning for a next 
generation space telescope.
    In 2018, the Committee held a two-day hearing to conduct 
thorough oversight of NASA's management of the JWST program and 
the contractor's execution of the JWST program.

Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS)

    The Committee evaluated the ability, cost, safety, and 
reliability of commercial providers to meet NASA requirements 
to deliver cargo and crew to the International Space Station 
(ISS). In addition to holding hearings, the committee has been 
in constant contact with NASA, contractors, and other entities, 
such as GAO.

ISS Utilization and Operation

    The plans for operation and utilization of the ISS continue 
to draw the Committee's attention as NASA attempts to fully 
utilize the unique research opportunities that the facility 
offers, while exclusively relying on logistical services from 
commercial and foreign providers. To this end, the Committee 
held two hearings to oversee the future and transition of the 
ISS. In 2017, the Committee examined the range of options for 
the ISS after 2024, and the impacts of those options. In 2018, 
the Committee specifically focused on the impacts of the 
Administration's intention to provide Federal support to the 
ISS through 2025, as well as other essential questions about 
human spaceflight.

Aeronautics Research

    The Committee examined NASA's contributions to the 
development and integration of unmanned aviation systems (UAS), 
as well as its ability to undertake important long-term R&D on 
aircraft safety, emissions, noise, and energy consumption. The 
classification, requirements, planned assets, and unmet 
infrastructure needs of NASA's aeronautics research and 
development infrastructure were examined. The Committee is also 
continuing to follow NASA's transition research to the FAA for 
single pilot operations and remote pilot operations.

FAA Research and Development (R&D) Activities

    The Committee continued to oversee R&D activities at the 
FAA, particularly the performance of the Joint Planning and 
Development Office (JPDO), and management of its Next 
Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) program. 
Additionally, the classification, requirements, planned assets, 
and unmet infrastructure needs of the FAA's aeronautics 
research and development infrastructure were examined. 
Furthermore, the FAA is discussing and developing research and 
development needs and objectives for autonomous flight, 
computer piloting, and remote piloting as emerging technologies 
and industry drivers become available. The first publicly 
available report on this topic will be released in March/April 
2019.

NASA Contract and Financial Management

    A perennial topic of GAO's high-risk series, NASA financial 
management has continued to receive attention from the 
Committee. As a result, the Committee held two hearings in 2018 
to assess NASA cost and schedule overruns; the first focused on 
NASA's overall acquisition and program management practices, 
and the second specifically examined the implications of the 
breach and contractor challenges within the JWST program. After 
the hearings and meetings with both NASA and the JWST prime 
contractor Northrop Grumman, the Committee included a provision 
in the NASA Authorization Act of 2018 to instruct NASA to 
establish and maintain a watch list of contractors with a 
history of poor performance on aerospace contracts or research, 
development, testing, and evaluation space program contracts. 
The Committee will continue to monitor the progress of the JWST 
program, as well as NASA's general program, contract, 
financial, and acquisition practices.

Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)

    Congress has provided continued guidance to NASA regarding 
Near Earth Objects. The Committee monitored NASA's compliance 
with that direction, specifically as it related to the June 
2018 White House National Science and Technology Council 
National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action 
Plan. The Committee continues to oversee NASA's efforts to 
locate, track, and mitigate NEOs.

Space Traffic Management (STM)

    The Committee made inaugural efforts to provide regulatory 
certainty for commercial and government space operators in low-
Earth orbit. In 2018, the Committee held a joint hearing with 
the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to discuss whole of 
government perspectives on space situational awareness (SSA) 
roles and responsibilities. In response to testimony from 
Secretary Wilbur Ross of the DOC, General John Hyten of the 
U.S. Strategic Command, and Administrator Jim Bridenstine of 
NASA, the Committee marked up H.R. 6226, the American Space 
Situational Awareness and Framework for Entity Management Act 
(American Space SAFE Management Act) to implement a regulatory 
framework for the oversight of STM and SSA activities. The bill 
establishes an STM framework built upon guidelines, practices, 
and standards, as well as a civil space traffic coordination 
pilot program to put the STM framework into experimental 
practice. The joint hearing, coupled with the progress on H.R. 
6226, allowed the Committee to implement oversight measures for 
the DOC and NASA in regards to SSA and STM coordination. The 
Committee will continue to monitor the development and 
implementation of SSA and STM standards.

               SUMMARY OF ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES


Oversight of the Russian Threat to Cybersecurity

    During the 115th Congress, the Committee focused much of 
its oversight efforts on the cybersecurity threats posed by 
Russia and other foreign nations. On July 27, 2018, the 
Committee sent letters to 22 agencies on July 27th, requesting 
information on the use of Kaspersky Lab Software. Kaspersky Lab 
is a Russian based anti-malware cybersecurity company 
headquartered in Moscow, Russia. CEO and founder, Eugene 
Kaspersky, was former KGB cyber warfare prior to starting the 
company in 1991. Kaspersky Lab is inherently tied to the 
Kremlin based on location, background, and political nature of 
the Russian government.
    The Committee held two hearings on the threat and the 
government's response. The first hearing on October 25, 2017, 
focused on assessing the risk posed by Kaspersky and the second 
on November 14, 2017, focused on the implementation of the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Binding Operational 
Directive (BOD) 17-01 by federal government departments and 
agencies. The BOD required federal government departments and 
agencies identify Kaspersky Lab software on their systems, take 
action to remove the software, and report to DHS.

Cybersecurity Threats and Solutions

    In response to the WannaCry attack and a spike in similar 
ransomware attacks, the Oversight and Research and Technology 
Subcommittees held a hearing on June 15, 2017. The hearing is 
examined the WannaCry ransomware attack that compromised 
computer systems globally and allowed Members of the 
Subcommittees to hear recommendations for steps the government 
can take to ensure its systems are protected against similar 
and possibly more sophisticated attacks. The hearing also 
examined the benefits of public-private partnerships for 
cybersecurity, as well as the President's Executive Order on 
cybersecurity, which made NIST's Cybersecurity Framework 
mandatory for Executive Branch departments and agencies.
    This initiative evolved into a search for solutions to 
cybersecurity threats. The Committee sought expert testimony on 
blockchain technology in two separate hearings. On February 14, 
2018, the Oversight and Research and Technology Subcommittees 
conducted a hearing to explore the science of blockchain 
technology and its potential and emerging applications beyond 
cryptocurrency and financial technology. The hearing focused on 
applications for blockchain technology across a broad range of 
industries, including cybersecurity, identity authentication 
and verification, supply chain risk management, and digital 
rights management. The hearing also looked at standards, 
guidelines, uses for government, and best practices that may 
prove necessary for the effective utilization of blockchain 
technology with respect to these emerging applications. Then, 
on May 8, 2018, the two Subcommittees held a subsequent hearing 
to highlight potential and proven applications of blockchain 
and distributed ledger technology in shipping, logistics, and 
customs, with an emphasis on supply chain management. The 
hearing focused on how this technology can be leveraged to 
provide greater supply chain visibility and combat the 
distribution of counterfeit products.

Russian Attempts to Influence the Climate Change Dialogue in America

    During the 115th Congress, the Committee investigated 
Russian efforts to influence American energy markets and 
political discourse on climate change. On July 7, 2017, the 
Committee wrote to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to request that 
Treasury conduct an investigation into allegations that Russia 
was attempting to interfere in U.S. energy markets by covertly 
funneling money to environmental groups opposed to fossil 
fuels. To date, there is no indication that the Treasury 
Department has or plans to commence an investigation. On 
September 26, 2017, the Committee requested documents and 
information from Twitter, Facebook/Instagram, and Google 
regarding social media accounts, posts, and the purchase of 
energy-related advertisements on their platforms by Russian 
entities. After analyzing information provided, on March 1, 
2018, the Committee published a staff report that detailed 
Russia's extensive efforts to influence U.S. energy markets 
through divisive and inflammatory posts on social media.

Foreign Nations' Attempts to Exfiltrate U.S. R&D

    During the 115th Congress, the Committee extensively 
examined efforts by foreign nations--primarily China, Russia, 
Iran, and North Korea--to steal or exfiltrate American 
technology and R&D through both cyber and physical means. A 
large focus of the Committee's efforts have been targeted at 
the protection of federally funded technology and R&D at 
American academic institutions, which have proven to be 
particularly vulnerable. The Committee has held multiple 
briefings with the intelligence community, the grant-making 
agencies, and Members of the Committee.
    On April 11, 2018, the Oversight and Research and 
Technology Subcommittees held a hearing on the topic. For 
years, the FBI has warned the academic community about foreign 
exfiltration of science and technology R&D, including that 
funded by the National Science Foundation, NASA, and other 
federal grant-making agencies, for many years, and has urged 
measures be taken to protect against this threat.\1\ Expert 
witnesses testified about the extent of the threat and what can 
be done to prevent or mitigate the foreign exfiltration of 
science and technology R&D from U.S. academic institutions, 
without stifling collaborative research activities within the 
academic sector.
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    \1\See e.g., Higher Education and National Security: The Targeting 
of Sensitive, Proprietary and Classified Information on Campuses of 
Higher Education, FBI (Apr. 2011), https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/
higher-education-national-security.pdf/view; Counterintelligence 
Strategic Partnership Note: Preventing Loss of Academic Research, FBI 
(June 2015), https://research.umbc.edu/files/2015/07/SPIN-15-006-
Preventing-Loss-of-Academic-Research.pdf; Counterintelligence Strategic 
Partnership Note: Chinese Talent Programs, FBI (Sept. 2015), https://
compliance.fiu.edu/documents/SPIN%20-%20Chinese%20Talent%20Program.pdf; 
Press Release, FBI, FBI Director Appoints National Security Higher 
Education Advisory Board (Sept. 15, 2005), https://archives.fbi.gov/
archives/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-appoints-national-security-
higher-education-advisory-board.
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Alleged Sexual Misconduct by Federal Grantees

    On October 26, 2017, the Committee asked Boston University 
(BU), NSF, and NASA to produce documents and information 
related to allegations made public in the press that Dr. David 
Marchant, a prominent geologist and federal grant recipient at 
BU, sexually harassed and assaulted female researchers during 
field expeditions in Antarctica. Since the late 1990s, Dr. 
Marchant has been associated with over $5.4 million in grant 
awards from NSF and NASA, on projects ranging from Antarctic 
and Mars research, to K-12 STEM Education. Two separate Title 
IX complaints alleged Dr. Marchant created a hostile 
environment through repeated actions and harassment directed 
towards the victims while on long-duration isolated expeditions 
at a remote NSF Antarctic field site.
    Since initiating the investigation, the Committee became 
aware of an increasing number of reports highlighting other 
prominent members of the academic scientific community that 
have been found guilty or accused of various forms of sexual 
misconduct. On January 18, 2018, Chairman Smith and Ranking 
Member Johnson requested that the U.S. Government 
Accountability Office (GAO) conduct a full study of sexual 
misconduct regarding federal grant-making agencies' compliance 
with relevant laws and policies, how agencies share 
information, and identification of recommendations for better 
enforcement. The Committee looks forward to the results of 
GAO's review.
    In response to the Committee's actions, on February 8, 
2018, NSF proposed a set of new policies to address sexual 
harassment. Finalized in late 2018, the NSF policy sent a clear 
message to the leadership of NSF awardee organizations that 
``NSF does not tolerate sexual harassment, or any kind of 
harassment, within the agency, at awardee organizations, field 
sites, or anywhere NSF-funded science and education are 
conducted.''
    On February 28, 2018, the Science Committee's Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology held a hearing entitled, A Review of 
Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in Science. The hearing served 
as a forum to further inform the Committee and the public on 
increasing claims of sexual misconduct within the scientific 
community and provided expert testimony on the issue. The 
Committee sought to learn how science agencies and research 
institutions handle complaints under current policy and law, 
assess the impact of harassment on women's participation in 
science, and discuss recommendations for improving the 
complaint and resolution process as well as the culture in 
science.

     HEARINGS HELD PURSUANT TO CLAUSES 2(n), (o) OR (p) OF RULE XI


Clause 2(n)

February 7, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Making EPA Great Again.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Partner, 
Bracewell LLP; Dr. Kimberly White, Senior Director, Chemical 
Products and Technology, American Chemistry Council; The 
Honorable Rush Holt, CEO, American Association for the 
Advancement of Science; and Dr. Richard Belzer, Independent 
Consultant.

February 15, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Risky Business: The DOE Loan Guarantee Program.
    Witnesses: Ms. Diane Katz, Senior Research Fellow in 
Regulatory Policy, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy 
Studies, The Heritage Foundation; Mr. Chris Edwards, Director, 
Tax Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Mr. Dan Reicher, Executive 
Director, Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance, 
Stanford University; and Dr. Ryan Yonk, Assistant Research 
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Utah State 
University, and Research Director, Institute of Political 
Economy, Utah State University.

February 16, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: NASA: Past, Present, and Future.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Harrison Schmitt, Apollo 17 
Astronaut, and Former United States Senator; Lt. Gen. Thomas P. 
Stafford, Gemini VI, Gemini IX, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz Test 
Project Astronaut, and Chairman, NASA International Space 
Station Advisory Committee; Dr. Ellen Stofan, Former Chief 
Scientist, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); and Mr. Tom Young, Past Director, Goddard Spaceflight 
Center, Past President and COO, Martin Marietta, and Past 
Chairman SAIC.

February 28, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: At What Cost? Examining the Social Cost of Carbon.
    Witnesses: Dr. Ted Gayer, Vice President and Director of 
Economic Studies, Brookings Institute; Dr. Kevin Dayaratna, 
Senior Statistician and Research Programmer, Center for Data 
Analysis, The Heritage Foundation; Dr. Michael Greenstone, 
Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College, and the 
Harris School, Director of the Interdisciplinary Energy Policy 
Institute, University of Chicago, and Director of Energy & 
Environment Lab, University of Chicago Urban Labs; and Dr. 
Patrick Michaels, Director, Center for the Study of Science, 
Cato Institute.

March 9, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: National 
Science Foundation Part I: Overview and Oversight.
    Witnesses: Dr. France Cordova, Director, National Science 
Foundation; and Ms. Allison Lerner, Inspector General, National 
Science Foundation.

March 21, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: National 
Science Foundation Part II: Future Opportunities and Challenges 
for Science.
    Witnesses: Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Acting Chief Operating 
Officer, National Science Foundation; Dr. Maria Zuber, Chair, 
National Science Board; Dr. Jeffrey Spies, Co-Founder and Chief 
Technology Officer, Center for Open Science and Assistant 
Professor, University of Virginia; and Dr. Keith Yamamoto, Vice 
Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy, University of 
California, San Francisco.

May 4, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Contracting and 
Workforce Subcommittee joint hearing: Improving the Small 
Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology 
Transfer Programs.
    Witnesses: Mr. Joe Shepard, Associate Administrator, Office 
of Investment and Innovation, United States Small Business 
Administration; Mr. John Neumann, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. 
John Clanton, Chief Executive Officer, Lynntech, Inc.; Dr. John 
S. Langford, Chairman and CEO, Aurora Flight Sciences 
Corporation; Mr. Ron Shroder, CEO and President, Frontier 
Technologies, Inc.; Ms. Angela M. Alban, President and CEO, 
SIMETRI, Inc.; and Dr. Clinton T. Rubin, SUNY Distinguished 
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 
Director, Center for Biotechnology.

May 24, 2017

    Research and Technology Subcommittee and Oversight 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Examining the Overhead Cost of 
Research.
    Witnesses: Mr. Dale Bell, Division Director, Institution 
and Award Support, National Science Foundation; Mr. John 
Neumann, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office; Mr. James Luther, Associate 
Vice President of Finance & Compliance Officer, Duke 
University, and Chairman of the Board, Council on Governmental 
Relations; and Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of 
Economics Emeritus, Department of Economics, Ohio University, 
and Director, Center for College Affordability and 
Productivity.

October 11, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: NIST's Physical Security 
Vulnerabilities: A GAO Undercover Review.
    Witnesses: Ms. Lisa Casias, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Dr. Kent Rochford, 
Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; and Mr. Seto Bagdoyan, Director, Audit Services, 
Forensic Audits & Investigative Service, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office.

January 30, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Department of Energy: Management 
and Priorities.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for 
Science, U.S. Department of Energy; and The Honorable Mark 
Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.

February 6, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: In Defense of Scientific Integrity: 
Examining the IARC Monograph Programme and Glyphosate Review.
    Witnesses: Dr. Anna Lowit, Senior Science Adviser, Office 
of Pesticide Programs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 
Dr. Timothy Pastoor, CEO, Pastoor Science Communications; Dr. 
Jennifer Sass, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense 
Council; and Dr. Robert Tarone, (retired) Mathematical 
Statistician, U.S. National Cancer Institute and Biostatistics 
Director, International Epidemiology Institute.

February 27, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: A Review of 
Sexual Harassment and Misconduct in Science.
    Witnesses: Ms. Rhonda Davis, Head, Office of Diversity and 
Inclusion, National Science Foundation; Dr. Kathryn Clancy, 
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of 
Illinois; Ms. Christine McEntee, Executive Director, American 
Geophysical Union; and Ms. Kristina Larsen, Attorney, Law 
Office of Kristina K. Larsen.

September 13, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Environment Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining the Underlying Science and Impacts of Glider 
Truck Regulations.
    Witnesses: Ms. Linda Tsang, Legislative Attorney, 
Congressional Research Service; Mr. Collin Long, Director of 
Government Affairs, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers 
Association; Dr. Paul J. Miller, Deputy Director & Chief 
Scientist, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management; 
and Dr. Richard B. Belzer, Independent Consultant in 
Regulation, Risk, Economics & Information Quality.

Clause 2(o)

June 8, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Overview of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 
2018.
    Witness: Mr. Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., Acting 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA).

January 30, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Department of Energy: Management 
and Priorities.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for 
Science, U.S. Department of Energy; and The Honorable Mark 
Menezes, Under Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy.

March 7, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Overview of the NASA Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witness: Mr. Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., Acting 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA).

March 15, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: An Overview of the National Science 
Foundation Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witnesses: Dr. France Cordova, Director, National Science 
Foundation; and Dr. Maria T. Zuber, Chair, National Science 
Board.

May 9, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: An Overview of the Budget Proposal 
for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2019.
    Witness: The Honorable Rick Perry, Secretary, U.S. 
Department of Energy.

Clause 2(p)

May 3, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Oil and Gas Technology 
Innovation.
    Witnesses: Mr. Edward Johnston, Senior Vice President for 
Research and Development, Gas Technology Institute; Dr. David 
Brower, Founder and President, Astro Technology; Mr. Walker 
Dimmig, Principal, 8 Rivers Capital, LLC; and Dr. Ramanan 
Krishnamoorti, Interim Vice President and Interim Vice 
Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer, University of 
Houston & University of Houston System, and Chief Energy 
Officer, University of Houston.

June 15, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: Lessons Learned from WannaCry.
    Witnesses: Mr. Salim Neino, Chief Executive Officer, 
Kryptos Logic; Dr. Charles H. Romine, Director, Information 
Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; Mr. Gregory J. Touhill, CISSP, CISM, Brigadier 
General, USAF (ret), and Adjunct Professor, Cybersecurity & 
Risk Management, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College; and 
Dr. Hugh Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Symantec.

September 6, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of 
EPA's IRIS Program.
    Witnesses: Dr. Kenneth Mundt, Principal, Ramboll Environ; 
Dr. James Bus, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent; and Dr. 
Thomas Burke, Johns Hopkins University.

October 3, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Resiliency: The Electric Grid's 
Only Hope.
    Witnesses: Dr. William Sanders, Department Head, Department 
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois; 
Mr. Carl Imhoff, Manager, Electricity Market Sector, Pacific 
Northwest National Laboratory; Dr. Gavin Dillingham, Program 
Director, Clean Energy Policy, Houston Advanced Research 
Center; and Mr. Walt Baum, Executive Director, Texas Public 
Power Association.

October 11, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: NIST's Physical Security 
Vulnerabilities: A GAO Undercover Review.
    Witnesses: Ms. Lisa Casias, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Dr. Kent Rochford, 
Acting Director, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology; and Mr. Seto Bagdoyan, Director, Audit Services, 
Forensic Audits & Investigative Service, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office.

October 25, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: Assessing the Risk of Kaspersky Lab Products to 
the Federal Government.
    Witnesses: Ms. Donna Dodson, Associate Director and Chief 
Cybersecurity Advisor, Information Technology Laboratory, and 
Chief Cybersecurity Advisor, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology; Mr. David Shive, Chief Information Officer, 
U.S. General Services Administration; Mr. James Norton, 
President, Play-Action Strategies LLC, and Adjunct Professor, 
Johns Hopkins University; and Mr. Sean Kanuck, Director, Future 
Conflict and Cyber Security, International Institute for 
Strategic Studies.

November 8, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Energy Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Geoengineering: Innovation, Research, and Technology.
    Witnesses: Dr. Phil Rasch, Chief Scientist for Climate 
Science, Laboratory Fellow, Pacific Northwest National 
Laboratory; Dr. Joseph Majkut, Director of Climate Policy, 
Niskanen Center; Dr. Douglas MacMartin, Senior Research 
Associate, Cornell University; and Ms. Kelly Wanser, Principal 
Director, Marine Cloud Brightening Project, Joint Institute for 
the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of 
Washington.

November 9, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Update on NASA Exploration 
Systems Development.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Dr. 
Sandra Magnus, Executive Director, American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

November 14, 2017

    Oversight Subcommittee hearing: Bolstering the Government's 
Cybersecurity: A Survey of Compliance with the DHS Directive.
    Witnesses: Ms. Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary, 
Cybersecurity and Communications, National Protection and 
Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Ms. 
Renee Wynn, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration (NASA); Ms. Essye Miller, Deputy Chief 
Information Officer for Cybersecurity, U.S. Department of 
Defense; and Dr. Mark Jacobson, Associate Teaching Professor, 
Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

December 6, 2017

    Space Subcommittee hearing: NASA's Next Four Large 
Telescopes.
    Witnesses: Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, Associate Administrator, 
Science Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration (NASA); Ms. Cristina Chaplain, Director, 
Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability 
Office; Mr. A. Thomas Young, Former Director, Goddard Space 
Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), and Former President and Chief Operating Officer, 
Martin Marietta Corporation; Dr. Matt Mountain, President, 
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy; and Dr. 
Chris McKee, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Physics, 
University of California, Berkeley, on behalf of the National 
Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.

December 13, 2017

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Advancing Solar Energy 
Technology: Research Trumps Deployment.
    Witnesses: Mr. Daniel Simmons, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 
U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. Martin Keller, Director, 
National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Dr. Steve Eglash, 
Executive Director, Strategic Research Initiatives, Computer 
Science, Stanford University; and Mr. Kenny Stein, Director of 
Policy, Institute for Energy Research.

January 17, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: An Update on NASA Commercial 
Crew Systems Development.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mr. John 
Mulholland, Vice President and Program Manager, Commercial 
Programs, Boeing Space Exploration; Dr. Hans Koenigsmann, Vice 
President, Build and Flight Reliability, SpaceX; Ms. Cristina 
Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, U.S. 
Government Accountability Office; and Dr. Patricia Sanders, 
Chair, NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel.

March 6, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: The Future of U.S. Fusion 
Energy Research.
    Witnesses: Dr. Bernard Bigot, Director-General, ITER 
Organization; Dr. James W. Van Dam, Acting Associate Director, 
Fusion Energy Sciences, Office of Science, U.S. Department of 
Energy; Dr. Mickey Wade, Director of Advanced Fusion Systems, 
Magnetic Fusion Energy Division, General Atomics; and Dr. Mark 
Herrmann, Director, National Ignition Facility, Lawrence 
Livermore National Laboratory.

March 14, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: National Laboratories: World-
Leading Innovation in Science.
    Witnesses: Dr. Mark Peters, Director, Idaho National 
Laboratory; Dr. Susan Seestrom, Advanced Science & Technology 
Associate Labs Director and Chief Research Officer, Sandia 
National Laboratory; Dr. Mary E. Maxon, Associate Laboratory 
Director for Biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory; Dr. Chi-Chang Kao, Director, Stanford Linear 
Accelerator Center, National Accelerator Laboratory; and Dr. 
Paul Kearns, Director, Argonne National Laboratory.

April 18, 2018

    Research and Technology Subcommittee hearing: Composite 
Materials--Strengthening Infrastructure Development.
    Witnesses: Dr. Joannie Chin, Deputy Director, Engineering 
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. 
Hota GangaRao, Wadsworth Distinguished Professor, Statler 
College of Engineering, West Virginia University; Dr. David 
Lange, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental 
Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and 
Mr. Shae Weyant, President and CEO, Creative Pultrusions, Inc.

April 26, 2018

    Environment Subcommittee and Space Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Surveying the Space Weather Landscape.
    Witnesses: Dr. Neil Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Environmental Observation and Prediction, National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration; Dr. Jim Spann, Chief Scientist, 
Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Dr. Sarah Gibson, 
Senior Scientist, High Altitude Observatory, National Center 
for Atmospheric Research, and Co-Chair, Committee on Solar and 
Space Physics, National Academy of Science; and Dr. W. Kent 
Tobiska, President and Chief Scientist, Space Environment 
Technologies.

May 8, 2018

    Oversight Subcommittee and Research and Technology 
Subcommittee joint hearing: Leveraging Blockchain Technology to 
Improve Supply Chain Management and Combat Counterfeit Goods.
    Witnesses: Dr. Douglas Maughan, Cyber Security Division 
Director, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department 
of Homeland Security; Mr. Robert `Bob' Chiaviello, IPR Counsel, 
Nuby Law; Mr. Michael White, Head of Global Trade Digitization, 
Maersk; and Mr. Chris Rubio, Vice President Global Customs 
Brokerage Staff, UPS.

May 16, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: Using Technology to Address Climate 
Change.
    Witnesses: Mr. Oren Cass, Senior Fellow, Manhattan 
Institute; Mr. Ted Nordhaus, Executive Director, The 
Breakthrough Institute; Dr. Phil Duffy, President and Executive 
Director, Woods Hole Research Center; and Dr. Judith Curry, 
President, Climate Forecast Applications Network, and Professor 
Emerita, Georgia Institute of Technology.

June 7, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: The Electric Grid of the 
Future.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Bruce J. Walker, Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, and Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 
Emergency Response, U.S. Department of Energy; Dr. John Sarrao, 
Principal Associate Director, Science, Technology, and 
Engineering Directorate, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Mr. 
Robert Gramlich, President, Grid Strategies, LLC; and Dr. 
Joseph A. Heppert, Vice President for Research, Texas Tech 
University.

June 14, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: NASA Cost and Schedule 
Overruns: Acquisition and Program Management Challenges.
    Witnesses: Ms. Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Contracting 
and National Security Acquisitions, U.S. Government 
Accountability Office; Mr. Stephen Jurczyk, Associate 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); Mr. Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Mr. Daniel L. 
Dumbacher, Executive Director, American Institute of 
Aeronautics and Astronautics.

June 21, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee hearing: Leading the Way: 
Examining Advances in Environmental Technologies.
    Witnesses: Mr. Sebastien De Halleux, Chief Operating 
Officer, Saildrone, Inc.; Dr. Neil Jacobs, Chief Atmospheric 
Scientist, Panasonic Avionics; and Dr. Burke Hales, Professor 
in Ocean Ecology and Biogeochemistry, College of Earth, Ocean 
and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University.

July 19, 2017

    Full Committee hearing: Energy Innovation: Letting 
Technology Lead.
    Witnesses: Dr. Jacob DeWitte, President and CEO, Oklo; Dr. 
Gaurav N. Sant, Associate Professor and Henry Samueli Fellow, 
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry 
Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University 
of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); Dr. Venky Narayanamurti, 
Benjamin Peirce Research Professor of Technology and Public 
Policy, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied 
Sciences, Harvard University; and Mr. Kiran Kumaraswamy, Market 
Development Director, AES Energy Storage.

July 25, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Energy Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining Advancements in Biofuels: Balancing Federal 
Research and Market Innovation.
    Witnesses: Dr. Paul Gilna, Director, BioEnergy Science 
Center and Deputy-Division Director of Biosciences, Oak Ridge 
National Laboratory; Dr. John DeCicco, Research Professor, 
University of Michigan Energy Institute, and Director, 
University of Michigan Energy Survey; Ms. Emily Skor, Chief 
Executive Officer, Growth Energy; and Mr. Nick Loris, Herbert 
and Joyce Morgan Research Fellow in Energy and Environmental 
Policy, Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, The 
Heritage Foundation.

September 6, 2017

    Environment Subcommittee and Oversight Subcommittee joint 
hearing: Examining the Scientific and Operational Integrity of 
EPA's IRIS Program.
    Witnesses: Dr. Kenneth Mundt, Principal, Ramboll Environ; 
Dr. James Bus, Senior Managing Scientist, Exponent; and Dr. 
Thomas Burke, Johns Hopkins University.

July 25-26, 2018

    Full Committee hearing: James Webb Space Telescope: Program 
Breach and its Implications.
    Witnesses: The Honorable Jim Bridenstine, Administrator, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mr. Tom 
Young, Chairman, JWST Independent Review Board; and Mr. Wesley 
Bush, Chief Executive Officer, Northrop Grumman Corp.

September 26, 2018

    Space Subcommittee hearing: 60 Years of NASA Leadership in 
Human Space Exploration: Past, Present, and Future.
    Witnesses: Mr. William Gerstenmaier, Associate 
Administrator, Human Exploration and Operations Mission 
Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA); Mr. Mark Geyer, Director, Johnson Space Center, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Ms. Jody 
Singer, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and Mr. Robert 
Cabana, Director, John F. Kennedy Space Center, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

September 27, 2018

    Energy Subcommittee hearing: Advancing Nuclear Energy: 
Powering the Future.
    Witnesses: Mr. Edward McGinnis, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Mr. 
Harlan Bowers, President, X-energy; Dr. John Parsons, Co-Chair, 
MIT Study on the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-
Constrained World; and Dr. John Wagner, Associate Laboratory 
Director, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National 
Laboratory.

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