[Senate Report 118-6]
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                       HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND

                       A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF

                            THE COMMITTEE ON

                      ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                       DURING THE 117TH CONGRESS

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                              COMMITTEE ON
                      ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

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               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                            (118th Congress)

                JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             MIKE LEE, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          STEVE DAINES, Montana
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii              LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine            JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada       BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado       JOSH HAWLEY, Missouri

                      Renae Black, Staff Director
                      Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel
             Richard M. Russell, Republican Staff Director
              Justin J. Memmott, Republican Chief Counsel

               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
                            (117th Congress)

                JOE MANCHIN III, West Virginia, Chairman
RON WYDEN, Oregon                    JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington           JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             MIKE LEE, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          STEVE DAINES, Montana
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii              LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine            JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada       JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado       CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
                                     ROGER MARSHALL, Kansas

                      Renae Black, Staff Director
                      Sam E. Fowler, Chief Counsel
             Richard M. Russell, Republican Staff Director
              Matthew H. Leggett, Republican Chief Counsel 
              
              
              
                       MEMORANDUM OF THE CHAIRMAN

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To Members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
    The enclosed report reviews the accomplishments of the 
Committee in the 117th Congress. It will be submitted to the 
Senate pursuant to section 8 of Senate Rule XXVI.

                                 Joe Manchin III, Chairman. 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
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Memorandum of the Chairman.......................................   III
Summary..........................................................     1
Membership.......................................................     2
Jurisdiction.....................................................     2
Full Committee:
    Jurisdiction.................................................     3
    Nominations..................................................     3
    Hearings.....................................................     7
    Business Meetings............................................    17
Subcommittee on Energy:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    27
    Hearings.....................................................    27
Subcommittee on National Parks:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    29
    Hearings.....................................................    29
Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    35
    Hearings.....................................................    35
Subcommittee on Water and Power:
    Jurisdiction.................................................    41
    Hearings.....................................................    41
Measures Enacted Into Law........................................    43












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HISTORY, JURISDICTION, AND A SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
         ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DURING THE 117TH CONGRESS

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         Mr. Manchin, from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                   Resources, submitted the following

                 SPECIAL REPORT ON COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES

                                Summary

    The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources conducted an 
extensive oversight and legislative program during the 117th 
Congress. A total of 444 bills and resolutions (including 433 
bills, three joint resolutions, and eight Senate resolutions), 
36 nominations, 116 executive communications, and 23 petitions 
and memorials were referred to the Committee for consideration.
    The Committee and its four subcommittees held a total of 71 
public hearings during the 117th Congress. These hearings 
included 42 oversight hearings, 15 legislative hearings on 215 
bills, and 14 hearings on the nominations of 29 individuals.
    The Committee also held 16 business meetings, at which it 
ordered reported 69 bills (including two original bills), an 
original resolution (S. Res. 60) authorizing expenditures by 
the Committee, and 25 nominations. It failed to report four 
nominations (for three nominees) and six bills because of tie 
votes.
    The Senate passed 16 bills reported by or discharged from 
the Committee as separate bills. Nine of the 16 were signed 
into law. One of the nine, S. 1942, the National Heritage Area 
Act, consolidated provisions from 35 separate bills considered 
by the Committee. In addition, approximately 60 measures 
considered by the Committee were enacted into law as part of 
measures not otherwise under the Committee's jurisdiction.
    A total of 36 nominations of 30 individuals submitted by 
President Biden were referred to the Committee during the 117th 
Congress. Of the 36 nominations, 29 nominations for 25 
individuals were favorably reported by the Committee, and four 
nominations for three individuals failed to be reported on tie 
votes. The Senate confirmed 23 nominations favorably reported 
by the Committee and one nomination that the Committee failed 
to report because of a tie vote pursuant to the provisions of 
S. Res. 27.
    Seven nominations were returned to the President at the end 
of the first session. Six of the seven nominations were 
resubmitted by the President at the beginning of the second 
session. The Committee favorably reported four of the six (all 
of which had been favorably reported during the first session), 
but failed to report the other two on tie votes. The Senate 
confirmed the four nominations favorably reported by the 
Committee, and the President withdrew one of the two remaining 
nominations. The Senate returned four nominations at the end of 
the second session.

                               Membership

    The Senate appointed majority and minority members of the 
Committee for the 117th Congress with the adoption of S. Res. 
28 (majority) and S. Res. 32 (minority) on February 3, 2021. S. 
Res. 28 appointed Senator Manchin as Chairman and S. Res. 32 
appointed Senator Barrasso as Ranking Member.

                              Jurisdiction


             EXCERPTS FROM THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

    COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES, to which 
committee shall be referred all proposed legislation, messages, 
petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the 
following subjects:

          1. Coal production, distribution, and utilization.
          2. Energy policy.
          3. Energy regulation and conservation.
          4. Energy related aspects of deepwater ports.
          5. Energy research and development.
          6. Extraction of minerals from oceans and Outer 
        Continental Shelf lands.
          7. Hydroelectric power, irrigation, and reclamation.
          8. Mining education and research.
          9. Mining, mineral lands, mining claims, and mineral 
        conservation.
          10. National parks, recreation areas, wilderness 
        areas, wild and scenic rivers, historical sites, 
        military parks and battlefields, and on the public 
        domain, preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects 
        of interest.
          11. Naval petroleum reserves in Alaska.
          12. Nonmilitary development of nuclear energy.
          13. Oil and gas production and distribution.
          14. Public lands and forests, including farming and 
        grazing thereon, and mineral extraction therefrom.
          15. Solar energy systems.
          16. Territorial possessions of the United States, 
        including trusteeships.

    Such committee shall also study and review, on a 
comprehensive basis, matters relating to energy and resources 
development, and report thereon from time to time.

                             FULL COMMITTEE

                       Joe Manchin III, Chairman

                              JURISDICTION

    Jurisdiction of the Full Committee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: National Energy Policy, 
including international energy affairs and emergency 
preparedness; nuclear waste policy; privatization of Federal 
assets; territorial policy (including changes in status and 
issues affecting Antarctica); Native Hawaiian matters; outdoor 
recreation resources; and ad hoc issues. In addition, other 
issues are retained in the Full Committee on an ad hoc basis. 
Generally, these are issues which (1) require extremely 
expeditious handling or (2) substantially overlap two or more 
subcommittee jurisdictions, or (3) are of exceptional national 
significance in which all Members wish to participate.

                              NOMINATIONS

    Thirty-six Presidential nominations of 30 individuals 
(including first and second nominations of the same individual) 
were referred to the Committee during the 117th Congress.
    Of the 22 nominations submitted during the first session, 
the Committee favorably reported 18, failed to report on three, 
and did not vote on one. The Senate confirmed 14 nominations 
favorably reported by the Committee and one that the Committee 
failed to report on a tie vote. The Senate returned seven 
nominations to the President at the end of the first session 
pursuant to Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the 
Senate.
    The President resubmitted six of the seven returned 
nominations at the beginning of the second session. The 
Committee favorably reported four of the six a second time, and 
the Senate confirmed those four during the second session. One 
was withdrawn by the President and the other was again returned 
to the President at the end of the second session.
    The President made eight additional nominations that were 
referred to the Committee during the second session. The 
Committee favorably reported seven of the eight, and the Senate 
confirmed five of the seven. The remaining three were returned 
to the President (along with the one noted in the previous 
paragraph) at the end of the second session.
Nominations confirmed
    The Committee considered the nominations of 30 nominees 
whose nominations were referred to the Committee. It held 
hearings on 29 of the 30 and favorably reported the nominations 
of 25 of the 30. The Senate confirmed one nomination (for Tracy 
Stone-Manning) that the Committee failed to report on a tie 
vote. The confirmed nominations were for:
    Jennifer Mulhern Granholm, to be Secretary of Energy. 
Received January 20, 2021. Hearing held January 27, 2021. 
Favorably reported February 3, 2021. Confirmed February 25, 
2021, by a vote of 64-35.
    Debra Anne Haaland, to be Secretary of the Interior. 
Received January 20, 2021. Hearings held February 23-24, 2021. 
Favorably reported March 4, 2021. Confirmed March 15, 2021, by 
a vote of 51-40.
    David Turk, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy. Received 
February 13, 2021. Hearing held March 4, 2021. Favorably 
reported March 11, 2021. Confirmed March 24, 2021, by a vote of 
98-2.
    Robert T. Anderson, to be Solicitor of the Department of 
the Interior. Received April 12, 2021. Hearing held May 18, 
2021. Favorably reported July 22, 2021. Confirmed September 29, 
2021 by a vote of 53-44.
    Tommy P. Beaudreau, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. 
Received April 15, 2021. Hearing held April 29, 2021. Favorably 
reported May 13, 2021. Confirmed June 17, 2021, by a vote of 
88-9.
    Shannon Aneal Estenoz, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks. Received April 19, 2021. (Joint 
referral with the Committee on Environment and Public Works). 
Hearing held May 18, 2021. Favorably reported May 27, 2021. 
Confirmed June 24, 2021, by voice vote.
    Tanya Marie Trujillo, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Water and Science). Received April 14, 2021. Hearing 
held May 18, 2021. Favorably reported May 27, 2021. Confirmed 
June 17, 2021, by voice vote.
    Shalanda H. Baker, to be Director of the Office of Minority 
Economic Impact, Department of Energy. First nomination (PN440) 
received April 27, 2021. Hearing held June 8, 2021. Favorably 
reported July 22, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant to 
Rule XXXI January 3, 2022. Second nomination (PN1550) received 
January 4, 2022. Favorably reported March 8, 2022. Confirmed 
June 7, 2022, by a vote of 54-45.
    Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, to be Director of the Office of 
Science, Department of Energy. First nomination (PN441) 
received April 27, 2021. Hearing held August 3, 2021. Favorably 
reported November 2, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant 
to Rule XXXI January 3, 2022. Second nomination received 
January 4, 2022. Favorably reported March 8, 2022. Confirmed 
May 10, 2022, by a vote of 54-45.
    Tracy Stone-Manning, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. Received April 27, 2021. Hearing held on June 8, 
2021. Failed to report on a tie vote. Discharged pursuant to S. 
Res. 27 on July 27, 2021. Confirmed September 30, 2021, by a 
vote of 50-45.
    Samuel T. Walsh, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Energy. Received on April 28, 2021. Hearing held June 8, 2021. 
Favorably reported July 22, 2021. Confirmed August 9, 2021, by 
voice vote.
    Geraldine Richmond, to be Under Secretary for Science, 
Department of Energy. Received April 29, 2021. Hearing held 
August 3, 2021. Favorably reported November 2, 2021. Confirmed 
November 4, 2021, by voice vote.
    Andrew Eilperin Light, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (International Affairs). Received April 29, 2021. 
Hearing held June 8, 2021. Favorably reported July 22, 2021. 
Confirmed August 11, 2021, by voice vote.
    M. Camille Calimlim Touton, to be Commissioner of 
Reclamation. Received June 24, 2021. Hearing held September 21, 
2021. Favorably reported November 2, 2021. Confirmed November 
4, 2021, by voice vote.
    Sara C. Bronin, to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation. First nomination (PN771) received July 
13, 2021. Hearing held September 21, 2021. Favorably reported 
November 18, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant to Rule 
XXXI January 3, 2022. Second nomination (PN1552) received 
January 4, 2022. Favorably reported March 8, 2022. Confirmed 
December 22, 2022, by voice vote.
    Brad John Crabtree, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Fossil Energy and Carbon Management). Received September 13, 
2021. Hearing held October 19, 2021. Favorably reported 
November 2, 2021. Confirmed April 28, 2022, by voice vote.
    Charles F. Sams III, to be Director of the National Park 
Service. Received September 13, 2021. Hearing held October 19, 
2021. Favorably reported November 2, 2021. Confirmed November 
18, 2021, by voice vote.
    Willie L. Phillips, Jr., to be a Member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 
2026. Received September 20, 2021. Hearing held October 19, 
2021. Favorably reported November 2, 2021. Confirmed November 
16, 2021, by voice vote.
    Joseph F. DeCarolis, to be Administrator of the Energy 
Information Administration. First nomination (PN1222) received 
October 4, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant to Rule 
XXXI on January 3, 2022. Second nomination (PN1554) received 
January 4, 2022. Hearing held February 8, 2022. Favorably 
reported March 8, 2022. Confirmed March 31, 2022, by voice 
vote.
    Kathryn Huff, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Nuclear Energy). Received February 28, 2022. Hearing held 
March 17, 2022. Favorably reported April 28, 2022. Confirmed 
May 5, 2022, by a vote of 80-11.
    David Applegate, to be Director of the United States 
Geological Survey. Received March 8, 2022. Hearing held April 
28, 2022. Favorably reported June 14, 2022. Confirmed August 4, 
2022, by voice vote.
    Evelyn Wang, to be Director of the Advanced Research 
Projects Agency-Energy. Received March 8, 2022. Hearing held 
April 28, 2022. Favorably reported June 14, 2022. Confirmed 
December 22, 2022, by voice vote.
    Carmen G. Cantor, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Insular and International Affairs). Received March 
15, 2022. Hearing held April 28, 2022. Favorably reported June 
14, 2022. Confirmed July 20, 2022, by voice vote.
    Gene Rodrigues, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy 
(Electricity and Energy Reliability). Received September 12, 
2022. Hearing held November 17, 2022. Favorably reported 
December 1, 2022. Confirmed December 21, 2022, by voice vote.
Nominations not reported because of a tie vote
    Pursuant to S. Res. 27 of the 117th Congress, if a 
Committee was unable to report a nomination because of a tie 
vote, the Chairman of the Committee was directed to transmit a 
notice of the tie vote to the Secretary of the Senate, after 
which either the Majority or Minority Leader could make a 
motion to discharge the nomination.
    The Committee was unable to report the nominations of three 
nominees because of tie votes. The Senate confirmed one 
pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27; it returned another 
pursuant to Rule XXXI at the end of the 117th Congress; and the 
President withdrew the third. The three nominees were:
    Tracy Stone-Manning, to be Director of the Bureau of Land 
Management. Received April 27, 2021. Hearing held on June 8, 
2021. Failed to report on a tie vote. Discharged pursuant to S. 
Res. 27 on July 27, 2021. Confirmed September 30, 2021, by a 
vote of 
50-45.
    Laura Daniel-Davis, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior (Land and Minerals Management). First nomination 
(PN761) received June 24, 2021. Hearing held September 21, 
2021. Failed to report on a tie vote on November 18, 2021. 
Returned to the President under Rule XXXI January 3, 2022. 
Second nomination (PN1553) received January 4, 2022. Second 
hearing held February 8, 2022. Failed to report on a tie vote 
on July 21, 2022. Returned to the President under Rule XXXI 
January 3, 2023.
    Maria Duaime Robinson, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Office of Electricity). First nomination (PN1223) 
received October 4, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant to 
Rule XXXI on January 3, 2022. Second nomination (PN1549) 
received January 4, 2022. Hearing held February 8, 2022. Failed 
to report on a tie vote May 3, 2022. Withdrawn June 8, 2022.
Nominations returned under Rule XXXI
    The Senate returned seven nominations to the President 
pursuant to Rule XXXI at the end of the first session of the 
117th Congress. The President resubmitted six of the seven 
nominations at the beginning of the second session. As detailed 
above, four (Shalanda Baker, Asmeret Berhe, Sara Bronin, and 
Joseph DeCarolis) of the six were confirmed, one (Maria 
Robinson) was withdrawn, and one (Laura Daniel-Davis) was again 
returned at the end of the second session. One of the 
nominations returned to the President at the end of the first 
session (Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg) was not resubmitted during 
the second session.
    In addition, three nominations made during the second 
session were returned at the end of the second session. The 
three nominations were for:
    Richard Glick, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2027 
(reappointment). Received May 24, 2022. Returned to the 
President pursuant to Rule XXXI on January 3, 2023.
    Jeffrey Matthew Marootian, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy). Received July 
21, 2022. Hearing held November 17, 2022. Favorably reported 
December 1, 2022. Returned to the President pursuant to Rule 
XXXI on January 3, 2023.
    David Crane, to be the Under Secretary of Energy. Received 
August 3, 2022. Hearing held November 17, 2022. Favorably 
reported December 1, 2022. Returned to the President pursuant 
to Rule XXXI on January 3, 2023.
Nomination withdrawn
    One nomination was withdrawn by the President:
    Maria Duaime Robinson, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy (Office of Electricity). First nomination (PN1223) 
received October 4, 2021. Returned to the President pursuant to 
Rule XXXI on January 3, 2022. Second nomination (PN1549) 
received January 4, 2022. Hearing held February 8, 2022. Failed 
to report on a tie vote May 3, 2022. Withdrawn June 8, 2022.
Privileged nomination
    In addition, the President nominated Ali Nouri to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs) on April 12, 2021.
    Section 2(36)(B) of S. Res. 116 of the 112th Congress 
designates nominations for the Assistant Secretary of Energy 
``whose primary responsibility is legislative affairs'' as 
privileged. Pursuant to section 1 of S. Res. 116, Mr. Nouri's 
nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar under the 
heading ``Privileged Nominations'' on April 12, 2021, without 
referral to the Committee, but subject to receipt of a written 
certification from Chairman Manchin of the receipt of 
biographical and financial information from the nominee. 
Chairman Manchin certified receipt of the necessary information 
on April 13, 2021, and the nomination was placed on the 
Executive Calendar pursuant to section 1(c)(2) of S. Res. 116 
on May 6, 2021. The Senate confirmed the nomination on June 22, 
2021, by voice vote.

                                HEARINGS

    The Full Committee held 56 hearings, including seven 
legislative hearings, 35 oversight hearings, and 14 nomination 
hearings during the 117th Congress, as follows:
January 27, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nomination of the Honorable 
Jennifer Granholm to be the Secretary of Energy. S. Hrg. 117-
105.
February 3, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine climate trends and progress in 
addressing climate change. S. Hrg. 117-106.
February 23, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nomination of the Honorable Debra 
Haaland to be the Secretary of the Interior. S. Hrg. 117-107.
February 24, 2021
    Continuation of hearing to consider the nomination of the 
Honorable Debra Haaland to be the Secretary of the Interior. S. 
Hrg. 117-107.
March 4, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nomination of David M. Turk to be 
the Deputy Secretary of Energy. S. Hrg. 117-116.
March 11, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the reliability, resiliency, 
and affordability of electric service in the United States amid 
the changing energy mix and extreme weather events. S. Hrg. 
117-117.
March 16, 2021
    Oversight hearing on transportation technologies. S. Hrg. 
117-118.
March 25, 2021
    Oversight hearing on nuclear energy. S. Hrg. 117-120.
April 15, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the leading role of the 
Department of Energy in American energy innovation and how its 
research, development, demonstration, and deployment programs 
may be enhanced to further boost the economic competitiveness 
of the United States. S. Hrg. 117-121.
April 22, 2021
    Oversight hearing on carbon and carbon-dioxide utilization 
technologies. S. Hrg. 117-122.
April 27, 2021
    Oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior's 
onshore oil and gas leasing program. S. Hrg. 117-123.
April 29, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nomination of Tommy P. Beaudreau to 
be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. S. Hrg. 117-124.
May 13, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine offshore energy development 
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. S. Hrg. 117-126.
May 18, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Mr. Robert T. Anderson to be Solicitor of 
        the Department of the Interior;
           Ms. Shannon A. Estenoz to be Assistant 
        Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and
           Ms. Tanya M. Trujillo to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science). S. Hrg. 
        117-127.
May 20, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the role of reforestation, 
active forest management, and carbon storage in fostering 
resiliency. S. Hrg. 117-128.
June 8, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Ms. Tracy Stone-Manning to be Director of 
        the Bureau of Land Management;
           Ms. Shalanda H. Baker to be Director of the 
        Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of 
        Energy;
           Mr. Samuel T. Walsh to be General Counsel, 
        Department of Energy; and
           Dr. Andrew E. Light to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (International Affairs). S. Hrg. 
        117-139.
June 15, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2022. S. Hrg. 117-
140.
June 17, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2022. S. Hrg. 117-
142.
June 24, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the infrastructure needs of 
the U.S. energy sector, western water, and public lands. S. 
Hrg. 117-441.
July 27, 2021
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2022. S. 
Hrg. 117-443.
July 29, 2021
    Legislative hearing on S. 375 and H.R. 1192, the Puerto 
Rico Recovery Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021. S. Hrg. 117-
447.
August 3, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Dr. Geraldine Richmond to be Under Secretary 
        for Science, Department of Energy;
           Ms. Cynthia Weiner Stachelberg to be an 
        Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Policy, 
        Management, and Budget); and
           Dr. Asmeret Berhe to be Director of the 
        Office of Science, Department of Energy. S. Hrg. 117-
        358.
August 5, 2021
    Oversight hearing on the role of and programs within the 
Department of Energy's Office of Science. S. Hrg. 117-434.
September 21, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Ms. Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals 
        Management);
           Ms. Camille C. Touton to be Commissioner of 
        Reclamation; and
           Ms. Sara C. Bronin to be Chairman of the 
        Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. S. Hrg. 117-
        354.
September 28, 2021
    Oversight hearing to review the administration of laws 
under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission. S. Hrg. 117-448.
October 5, 2021
    Oversight hearing on the Mining Law of 1872. S. Hrg. 117-
449.
October 19, 2021
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Mr. Willie L. Phillips, Jr. to be a Member 
        of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
           Mr. Brad J. Crabtree to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy and Carbon 
        Management); and
           Mr. Charles F. Sams III to be Director of 
        the National Park Service. S. Hrg. 117-452.
October 21, 2021
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 1734, to direct the Secretary of the 
        Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to encourage 
        and expand the use of prescribed fire on land managed 
        by the Department of the Interior or the Forest 
        Service, with an emphasis on units of the National 
        Forest System in the western United States, and for 
        other purposes (National Prescribed Fire Act of 2021);
           S. 1964, to amend the Omnibus Parks and 
        Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for the 
        establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, and 
        for other purposes (Ski Hill Resources for Economic 
        Development Act of 2021);
           S. 2404, to improve Federal activities 
        relating to wildfires, and for other purposes (Western 
        Wildfire Support Act of 2021);
           S. 2436, to amend the Healthy Forests 
        Restoration Act of 2003 to establish emergency fireshed 
        management areas, and for other purposes (FIRESHEDS 
        Act);
           S. 2561, to amend the Forest and Rangeland 
        Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the 
        Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to 
        provide that a land resource management plan or land 
        use plan approved, amended, or revised under those Acts 
        shall not be considered to be a continuing Federal 
        agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal 
        involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 2564, to establish a pilot program under 
        which the Chief of the Forest Service may use 
        alternative dispute resolution in lieu of judicial 
        review for certain projects (Protect Collaboration for 
        Healthier Forests Act);
           S. 2650, to provide mandatory funding for 
        hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal 
        land, and for other purposes (Wildfire Resilient 
        Communities Act);
           S. 2806, to direct the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to select and implement landscape-scale 
        forest restoration projects, to assist communities in 
        increasing their resilience to wildfire, and for other 
        purposes (Wildfire Emergency Act of 2021); and
           S. 2836, to improve revegetation and carbon 
        sequestration activities in the United States, and for 
        other purposes (America's Revegetation and Carbon 
        Sequestration Act of 2021). S. Hrg. 117-455.
November 4, 2021
    Oversight hearing on potential non-electric applications of 
civilian nuclear energy. S. Hrg. 117-456.
November 16, 2021
    Oversight hearing on domestic and international energy 
price trends. S. Hrg. 117-435.
December 2, 2021
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 1229, a bill to modify the procedures for 
        issuing special recreation permits for certain public 
        land units, and for other purposes;
           S. 1269, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
        complete an interagency report on the effects of 
        special recreation permits on environmental justice 
        communities, and for other purposes;
           S. 1616, a bill to provide exceptions from 
        permitting and fee requirements for content creation, 
        regardless of distribution platform, including digital 
        or analog video and digital or analog audio recording 
        activities, conducted on land under the jurisdiction of 
        the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
        Interior;
           S. 1874, a bill to promote innovative 
        approaches to outdoor recreation on Federal land and to 
        increase opportunities for collaboration with non-
        Federal partners, and for other purposes;
           S. 2258, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to establish a Parks, Jobs, and Equity 
        Program to support job creation, economic 
        revitalization, and park development for communities 
        impacted by COVID-19;
           S. 2886, a bill to amend title 54, United 
        States Code, to authorize the donation and distribution 
        of capes, horns, and antlers from wildlife management 
        activities carried out on National Park System land;
           S. 2887, a bill to codify the existing 
        Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program of the 
        National Park Service, and for other purposes;
           S. 3264, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior and the Sectary of Agriculture to develop 
        long-distance bike trails on Federal lands, and for 
        other purposes; and
           S. 3266, a bill to improve recreation 
        opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, 
        Federal public land, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 
        117-457.
January 11, 2022
    Oversight hearing on maintaining existing hydropower 
capacity, expanding hydropower at non-powered dams, and 
increasing pumped storage hydropower. S. Hrg. 117-458.
February 1, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the state of the U.S. territories. S. 
Hrg. 117-460.
February 8, 2022
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Ms. Maria D. Robinson to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Office of Electricity);
           Dr. Joseph F. DeCarolis to be Administrator 
        of the Energy Information Administration; and
           Ms. Laura Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of the Interior (Land and Minerals 
        Management). S. Hrg. 117-461.
February 10, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the use of clean hydrogen in the 
transportation, utility, industrial, commercial, and 
residential sectors. S. Hrg. 117-274.
March 1, 2022
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 3699, a bill to provide guidance for and 
        investment in the research and development activities 
        of the Department of Energy Office of Science and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 3428, bill to require the Secretary of 
        Energy to establish a program to provide Federal 
        financial assistance to support advanced nuclear 
        reactors and associated supply chain infrastructure, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 2733, a bill to terminate the United 
        States Enrichment Corporation Fund and transfer 
        remaining amounts to the Treasury;
           S. 2896, a bill to amend the Energy 
        Reorganization Act of 1974 to clarify whistleblower 
        rights and protections, and for other purposes;
           S. 2232, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        Energy to fund projects to restore and modernize 
        National Laboratories, and for other purposes;
           S. 2302, a bill to amend the Department of 
        Energy Organization Act to assign certain functions to 
        the Assistant Secretaries of Energy relating to energy 
        emergencies and energy security, and for other 
        purposes.
           H.R. 3119, an act to amend the Department of 
        Energy Organization Act with respect to functions 
        assigned to Assistant Secretaries, and for other 
        purposes. S. Hrg. 117-275.
March 3, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission's policy statements on the construction and 
operation of interstate natural gas pipelines and other natural 
gas infrastructure projects. S. Hrg. 117-276.
March 10, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the use of energy as a tool and a 
weapon and ensuring energy security for the United States and 
its allies. S. Hrg. 117-463.
March 17, 2022
    Hearing to consider the nomination of Kathryn Huff to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy). S. Hrg. 117-
464.
March 29, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the strategic importance of the Freely 
Associated States. S. Hrg. 117-465.
March 31, 2022
    Oversight hearing on domestic critical mineral mining, 
processing, refining, and reprocessing. S. Hrg. 117-466.
April 7, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the scope and scale of critical 
mineral demand and recycling. S. Hrg. 117-294.
April 28, 2022
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           Dr. David Applegate to be Director of the 
        United States Geological Survey;
           Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor to be an 
        Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Insular and 
        International Affairs); and
           Dr. Evelyn Wang to be Director of the 
        Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of 
        Energy. S. Hrg. 117-295.
May 5, 2022
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the Department of Energy for Fiscal Year 2023. S. Hrg. 117-
296.
May 17, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the energy and mineral partnership 
between the United States and Canada. S. Hrg. 117-298.
May 19, 2022
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2023. S. 
Hrg. 117-299.
June 9, 2022
    Oversight hearing to examine the President's budget request 
for the U.S. Forest Service for Fiscal Year 2023. S. Hrg. 117-
467.
June 14, 2022
    Oversight hearing on solutions to extreme drought in the 
western United States. S. Hrg. 117-468.
July 19, 2022
    Oversight hearing on Federal regulatory authorities 
governing the development of interstate hydrogen pipelines, 
storage, import, and export facilities. S. Hrg. 117-470.
July 28, 2022
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 3145, a bill to amend the Natural Gas Act 
        to expedite approval of exports of small volumes of 
        natural gas, and for other purposes;
           S. 3543, a bill to support research, 
        development, and other activities to develop innovative 
        vehicle technologies, and for other purposes;
           S. 3719, a bill to establish the 
        Southwestern Power Administration Fund, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3740, a bill to provide for a 
        comprehensive and integrative program to accelerate 
        microelectronics research and development at the 
        Department of Energy, and for other purposes;
           S. 3769, a bill to amend the Energy 
        Conservation and Production Act to improve the 
        weatherization assistance program, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3856, a bill to prohibit the importation 
        of uranium from the Russian Federation;
           S. 4038, a bill to increase the production 
        and use of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation 
        fuel, and for other purposes;
           S. 4061, a bill to amend the Energy Policy 
        and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water 
        heater under energy conservation standards, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4066, a bill to amend the Energy Act of 
        2020 to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
        program to accelerate the availability of commercially 
        produced high-assay, low-enriched uranium in the United 
        States and to make high-assay, low-enriched uranium 
        produced from Department of Energy inventories 
        available for use in advanced nuclear reactors, and for 
        other purposes; and
           S. 4280, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Energy to remove carbon dioxide directly from ambient 
        air or seawater, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-
        473.
September 15, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the Federal Government's role in 
supporting the commercialization of fusion energy. S. Hrg. 117-
474.
September 22, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the deployment of innovative battery 
and non-battery technologies for energy storage. S. Hrg. 117-
476.
September 29, 2022
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 4729, a bill to amend the Agricultural 
        Credit Act of 1978 to waive the cost share requirement 
        under the emergency forest restoration program for land 
        damaged by the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire;
           S. 4833, a bill to improve the health and 
        resiliency of giant sequoias, and for other purposes;
           S. 4835, a bill to provide for the removal 
        of small-diameter trees in fire hazard areas, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4837, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public 
        Land Management Act of 2009 to establish within the 
        Mount Hood National Forest in the State of Oregon 
        Indian Treaty Resources Emphasis Zones, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 4877, a bill to amend Public Law 91-378 
        to authorize activities relating to Civilian 
        Conservation Centers, and for other purposes;
           S. 4884, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior, in coordination with the Secretary of 
        Agriculture, to establish a joint natural 
        infrastructure science program, and for other purposes;
           S. 4891, a bill to amend the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize certain 
        construction activities on public lands, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 4904, a bill to address the forest health 
        crisis on the National Forest System and public lands, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 4935, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
        implement measures to better prepare for and more 
        quickly respond to wildfires on certain public land and 
        in certain National Forests;
           S. 4942, a bill to amend the Southwest 
        Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention Act of 2004 to 
        require the establishment of an additional Institute 
        under that Act;
           S. 4944, a bill to provide for the operation 
        and establishment of, and procurement of supplies for, 
        firewood banks, and for other purposes; and
           S. 4945, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to establish a pilot program for the 
        establishment and use of a pre-fire-suppression stand 
        density index, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-477.
November 17, 2022
    Hearing to consider the nominations of:

           David Crane to be Under Secretary of Energy 
        (Infrastructure);
           Jeffrey M. Marootian to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
        Energy); and
           Gene Rodrigues to be an Assistant Secretary 
        of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy 
        Reliability). S. Hrg. 117-522.
December 1, 2022
    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 3112, a bill to amend the Energy Policy 
        Act of 2005 to establish a Hydrogen Technologies for 
        Heavy Industry Grant Program, and for other purposes;
           S. 3152, a bill to amend the Energy Policy 
        Act of 2005 to disqualify certain borrowers from 
        receiving a guarantee for a project, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3915, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Energy to provide technology grants to strengthen 
        domestic mining education, and for other purposes;
           S. 3957, a bill to amend the Infrastructure 
        Investment and Jobs Act to make certain activities 
        eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation 
        Fund, and for other purposes;
           S. 3978, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Energy to carry out a program to operate a uranium 
        reserve consisting of uranium produced and converted in 
        the United States and a program to ensure the 
        availability of uranium produced, converted, and 
        enriched in the United States, and for other purposes;
           S. 4420, a bill to provide for advancements 
        in carbon removal research, quantification, and 
        commercialization, including by harnessing natural 
        processes, and for other purposes;
           S. 4424, a bill to amend the Recreation and 
        Public Purposes Act to authorize sales and leases of 
        certain Federal land to federally recognized Indian 
        Tribes, and for other purposes;
           S. 4515, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Energy to stipulate, as a condition on the sale at 
        auction of any crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
        Reserve, that the crude oil not be exported to certain 
        countries, and for other purposes;
           S. 4542, a bill to establish the Dolores 
        River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River 
        Special Management Area in the State of Colorado, to 
        protect private water rights in the State, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4579, a bill to amend the Energy and 
        Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2015, to extend certain deadlines applicable to 
        pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water 
        to address effects of historic drought conditions, and 
        for other purposes;
           S. 4651, a bill to amend the Energy Policy 
        and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy 
        to stipulate, as a condition on the sale at auction of 
        any petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum 
        Reserve, that the petroleum products not be exported to 
        certain countries, to prohibit such sales to certain 
        state-owned entities, and for other purposes;
           S. 4732, a bill to authorize the Georgetown 
        African American Historic Landmark Project and Tour to 
        establish a commemorative work in the District of 
        Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes;
           S. 4860, a bill to provide for the 
        establishment of a grazing management program on 
        Federal land in Malheur County, Oregon, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 4995, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 
        prioritize the completion of the Continental Divide 
        National Scenic Trail, and for other purposes;
           S. 5129, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Mammoth Cave National Park in the State of 
        Kentucky;
           S.J. Res. 62, a joint resolution approving 
        the location of a memorial to commemorate the 
        commitment of the United States to a free press by 
        honoring journalists who sacrificed their lives in 
        service to that cause; and
           A discussion draft to establish a new 
        organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a 
        consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, 
        ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear water, and 
        for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-523.
December 13, 2022
    Oversight hearing on the Department of the Interior's 
implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. 
S. Hrg. 117-524.

                           BUSINESS MEETINGS

    The Committee held 16 business meetings, at which it 
ordered reported 28 nominations for 25 individuals and 68 bills 
and one resolution. It also considered, but failed to report on 
tie votes, four nominations for three individuals and five 
bills. The 16 business meetings were on:
February 3, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Ms. 
Jennifer Mulhern Granholm to be Secretary of Energy.
February 12, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported an original resolution (S. 
Res. 60) authorizing expenditures by the Committee for the 
117th Congress.
March 4, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Ms. Debra 
Anne Haaland to be Secretary of the Interior.
March 11, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Mr. David 
Turk to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
May 13, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Mr. Tommy 
P. Beaudreau to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior.
May 27, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Ms. Shannon A. Estenoz to be Assistant 
        Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; and
           Ms. Tanya M. Trujillo to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of the Interior (Water and Science).

    The Committee failed to report the nomination of Mr. Robert 
T. Anderson to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior 
on a tie vote.
July 14, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported S. 2377, an original bill to 
invest in the energy and outdoor infrastructure of the United 
States to deploy new and innovative technologies, update 
existing infrastructure to be reliable and resilient, and 
secure energy infrastructure against physical and cyber 
threats, and for other purposes (without written report).
July 22, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Mr. Robert T. Anderson to be Solicitor of 
        the Department of the Interior;
           Ms. Shalanda H. Baker to be Director of the 
        Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of 
        Energy;
           Mr. Samuel T. Walsh to be General Counsel, 
        Department of Energy; and
           Mr. Andrew E. Light to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (International Affairs).

    The Committee failed to report the nomination of Ms. Tracy 
Stone-Manning to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management 
on a tie vote.
November 2, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Dr. Geraldine Richmond, to be Under 
        Secretary for Science, Department of Energy;
           Ms. Camille Touton, to be Commissioner of 
        Reclamation, Department of the Interior;
           Mr. Brad J. Crabtree, to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy and Carbon 
        Management);
           Mr. Charles F. Sams III, to be Director of 
        the National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
           Mr. Willie L. Phillips, Jr., to be a Member 
        of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and
           Dr. Asmeret Berhe to be Director of the 
        Office of Science, Department of Energy;
November 18, 2021
    The Committee ordered reported the following bills:

           S. 172, a bill to authorize the National 
        Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a 
        commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
        environs, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-49;
           S. 180, a bill to withdraw certain Bureau of 
        Land Management land from mineral development. S. Rept. 
        117-60;
           S. 270, a bill to amend the Act entitled 
        ``Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. 
        Board of Education National Historic Site in the State 
        of Kansas, and for other purposes'' to provide for 
        inclusion of additional related sites in the National 
        Park System, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-87;
           S. 491, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the 
        York River watershed in the State of Maine as 
        components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-50;
           S. 535, a bill to authorize the location of 
        a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and 
        honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on 
        active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, 
        and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-51;
           S. 569, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System 
        land to the State of South Dakota, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-55;
           S. 609, a bill to withdraw the National 
        Forest System land in the Ruby Mountains subdivision of 
        the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National 
        Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National 
        Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, 
        from operation under the mineral leasing laws. S. Rept. 
        117-70;
           S. 753, a bill to reauthorize the Highlands 
        Conservation Act, to authorize States to use funds from 
        that Act for administrative purposes and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-89;
           S. 904, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
        Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to 
        digitize and make publicly available geographic 
        information system mapping data relating to public 
        access to Federal land and waters for outdoor 
        recreation, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-83;
           S. 1317, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the 
        State of Arizona, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-
        61;
           S. 1320, a bill to establish the Chircahua 
        National Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the 
        National Park System, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-88;
           S. 1354, a bill to amend the National Trails 
        System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic 
        Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long 
        Trail, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-84;
           S. 1583, a bill to reauthorize the Lake 
        Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-85;
           S. 1589, a bill to designate certain land 
        administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the 
        Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and 
        national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land 
        located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, 
        from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
        under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent 
        under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral 
        leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-90;
           S. 1620, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, 
        Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of 
        Louisiana, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-86;
           S. 1964, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks 
        and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide for 
        the establishment of a Ski Area Fee Retention Account, 
        and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-56;
           S. 2158, a bill to extend the authorization 
        for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission. 
        S. Rept. 117-71;
           S. 2433, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior to develop and maintain a cadaster of 
        Federal real property. S. Rept. 117-91;
           S. 2490, a bill to establish the Blackwell 
        School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for 
        other purposes. S. Rept. 117-92;
           S. 2524, a bill to amend the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to 
        aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants 
        of Alaska Natives from being used to determine 
        eligibility for certain programs, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-72;
           S. 3435, an original bill to reauthorize 
        funding for certain National Heritage Areas (without 
        written report);
           H.R. 297, an Act to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, 
        and the potential land that could be included in, a 
        unit of the National Forest System in the State of 
        Hawaii and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-57;
           H.R. 1192, an Act to impose requirements on 
        the payment of compensation to professional persons 
        employed in voluntary cases commenced under title III 
        of the Puerto Rico Oversight Management and Economic 
        Stability Act (commonly known as ``PROMESA''). S. Rept. 
        117-48;
           H.R. 1664, an Act to authorize the National 
        Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a 
        commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
        environs, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-52; and
           H.R. 2497, an Act to establish the Amache 
        National Heritage Site in the State of Colorado as a 
        unit of the National Park Service, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-58.

    The Committee also favorably reported the nomination of 
Sara Bronin to be Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation and failed to report the nomination of Laura 
Daniel-Davis, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
(Land and Minerals Management), on a tie vote.
March 8, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Ms. Shalanda H. Baker to be Director of the 
        Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of 
        Energy;
           Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe to be Director of 
        the Office of Science, Department of Energy;
           Ms. Sara C. Bronin, to be Chairman of the 
        Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and
           Dr. Joseph F. DeCarolis to be Administrator 
        of the Energy Information Administration.
April 28, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the nomination of Dr. 
Kathryn Huff to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear 
Energy).
May 3, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the following bills:

           S. 177, a bill to amend the John D. Dingell, 
        Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to 
        establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
        Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the 
        boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. 
        S. Rept. 117-151;
           S. 1128, a bill to provide for the 
        continuation of higher education through the conveyance 
        to the University of Alaska of certain public land in 
        the State of Alaska, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-152;
           S. 1222, a bill to designate and adjust 
        certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the 
        National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-153;
           S. 1321, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-154;
           S. 1631, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System 
        land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of 
        Regents, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-155;
           S. 1942, a bill to standardize the 
        designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-156;
           S. 2438, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the 
        State of Louisiana, and for other purposes; S. Rept. 
        117-157; and
           S. 3266, a bill to improve certain 
        recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater 
        access to, Federal public land, and for other purposes. 
        S. Rept. 117-158.

    The Committee failed to report the nomination of Maria 
Duaime Robinson to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Office 
of Electricity) and three bills on tie votes. The three bills 
were:

           S. 173, a bill to provide for the 
        designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation 
        management areas, and conservation areas in the State 
        of Colorado, and for other purposes.
           S. 182, a bill to withdraw certain Federal 
        land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New 
        Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes.
           S. 455, a bill to designate and expand 
        wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the 
        State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in 
        Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as 
        wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes.
June 14, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Dr. David Applegate to be Director of the 
        United States Geological Survey;
           Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor to be an 
        Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Insular and 
        International Affairs); and
           Dr. Evelyn Wang to be Director of the 
        Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of 
        Energy.
July 21, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the following bills:

           S. 557, a bill to establish a pilot program 
        for native plant species, and for other purposes. S. 
        Rept. 117-179;
           S. 1344, a bill to redesignate the Pullman 
        National Monument in the State of Illinois as the 
        Pullman National Historical Park, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-166;
           S. 1538, a bill to amend the Smith River 
        National Recreation Area Act to include certain 
        additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, 
        to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
        certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for 
        other purposes. S. Rept. 117-241;
           S. 1718, a bill to amend the Rosie the 
        Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical 
        Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for 
        additional areas to be added to the park, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-180;
           S. 1769, a bill to adjust the boundary of 
        the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to 
        include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-181;
           S. 2130, a bill to modify the disposition of 
        certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open 
        Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for 
        renewable energy, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-
        200;
           S. 2367, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to acquire land in Frederick County, 
        Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center 
        of the National Park Service, and for other purposes. 
        S. Rept. 117-167;
           S. 2561, a bill to amend the Forest and 
        Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and 
        the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to 
        provide that a land resource management plan or land 
        use plan approved, amended, or revised under those Acts 
        shall not be considered to be a continuing Federal 
        agency action or constitute a discretionary Federal 
        involvement or control for a distinct Federal purpose, 
        and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-198;
           S. 2693, a bill to amend the Reclamation 
        Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to 
        authorize additional projects related to the Salton 
        Sea, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-182;
           S. 2708, a bill to provide for greater 
        consultation between the Federal Government and the 
        governing bodies and community users of land grant-
        mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for 
        recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land 
        grant-mercedes, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-
        242;
           S. 2996, a bill to provide for the 
        distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf 
        revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-201;
           S. 3046, a bill to codify the authority of 
        the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
        Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest 
        restoration projects, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-197;
           S. 3129, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila 
        River system in the State of New Mexico as components 
        of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to 
        provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
        over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, 
        and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-283;
           S. 3141, a bill to establish the New 
        Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of 
        Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
        other purposes. S. Rept. 117-183;
           S. 3185, a bill to amend the Delaware Water 
        Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend 
        the exception to the closure of certain roads within 
        the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other 
        purposes. S. Rept. 117-184;
           S. 3240, a bill to waive the application fee 
        for applications for special use permits for veterans' 
        special events at war memorials on land administered by 
        the National Park Service in the District of Columbia 
        and its environs, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-
        243;
           S. 3307, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in the State of 
        Missouri, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-185;
           S. 3338, a bill to revise the boundary of 
        the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in the 
        State of Missouri, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-168;
           S. 3370, a bill to release the reversionary 
        interest of the United States in certain non-Federal 
        land in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for other purposes. 
        S. Rept. 117-284;
           S. 3404, a bill to provide the consent of 
        Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the 
        State of New Mexico. S. Rept. 117-186;
           S. 3450, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
        facilities in the Sun River project, Montana, for the 
        purpose of hydroelectric power generation. S. Rept. 
        117-187;
           S. 3667, a bill to amend title 54, United 
        States Code, to establish within the National Park 
        Service the United States African-American Burial 
        Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes. 
        S. Rept. 117-244;
           S. 3685, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
        determine the suitability and feasibility of 
        establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio 
        as a unit of the National Park Service. S. Rept. 117-
        190;
           S. 3997, a bill to amend the Land Between 
        the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the 
        administration of the Land Between the Lakes National 
        Recreation Area, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-
        202;
           S. 4080, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to 
        include certain Federal land in Lake County, 
        California, and for other purposes. 
        S. Rept. 117-245;
           S. 4114, a bill to amend Public Law 99-420 
        to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land 
        in the State of Maine for use for affordable workforce 
        housing, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-169;
           S. 4121, a bill to designate the Kol Israel 
        Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, 
        as a national memorial. S. Rept. 117-246;
           S. 4176, a bill to amend the Infrastructure 
        Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility 
        requirements for certain small water storage and 
        groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use 
        of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and 
        for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-188;
           S. 4227, a bill to streamline the oil and 
        gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership 
        for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and 
        for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-203;
           H.R. 1931, an Act to provide competitive 
        grants for the promotion of Japanese American 
        confinement education as a means to understand the 
        importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of 
        power, and to raise awareness about the importance of 
        cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for 
        other purposes. S. Rept. 117-170;
           H.R. 3531, an Act to authorize the Women Who 
        Worked on the Home Front Foundation to establish a 
        commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
        environs, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-189;
           H.R. 5001, An act to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to continue to implement endangered 
        fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San 
        Juan River Basins, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-174;
           H.R. 6201, An act to extend the authority 
        for the establishment of a commemorative work to honor 
        enslaved and free Black persons who served in the 
        American Revolution, and for other purposes. S. Rept. 
        117-171; and
           H.R. 6434, an Act to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to establish, within the National Park 
        Service, the Japanese American World War II History 
        Network and for other purposes. S. Rept. 117-172.

    The Committee failed to report the nomination of Laura 
Daniel-Davis to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior (Land 
and Minerals Management) and three bills on tie votes. The 
three bills were:

           S. 387, a bill to protect, for current and 
        future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and 
        cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the 
        State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to 
        the uranium stockpile in the United States, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 1493, a bill to sustain economic 
        development and recreational use of National Forest 
        System land in the State of Montana, to add certain 
        land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to 
        designate new areas for recreation, and for other 
        purposes; and
           S. 2980, a bill to authorize the voluntary 
        donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of 
        New Mexico, and for other purposes.
December 1, 2022
    The Committee ordered reported the nominations of:

           Mr. David Crane to be Under Secretary of 
        Energy (Infrastructure);
           Mr. Jeffrey M. Marootian to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
        Energy); and
           Mr. Gene Rodrigues to be an Assistant 
        Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy 
        Reliability).

                         Subcommittee on Energy

                     MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii, Chair

RON WYDEN, Oregon                    JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             JAMES E. RISCH, Wisconsin
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine            JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada       BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado       CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
                                     ROGER MARSHALL, Kansas

    Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso are Ex Officio Members of the 
                             Subcommittee.

                              JURISDICTION

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: nuclear, coal, and synthetic 
fuels research and development; nuclear and non-nuclear energy 
commercialization projects; nuclear fuel cycle policy; DOE 
National Laboratories; global climate change; new technologies 
research and development; nuclear facilities siting and 
insurance program; commercialization of new technologies, 
including solar energy systems; Federal energy conservation 
programs; energy information; liquefied natural gas projects; 
oil and natural gas regulation; refinery policy; coal 
conversion; utility policy; strategic petroleum reserve; 
regulation of Trans-Alaska Pipeline System and other oil and 
gas pipeline transportation systems within Alaska; Arctic 
research and energy development; and oil, gas, and coal 
production and distribution.

                                HEARINGS

    The Subcommittee on Energy held two hearings during the 
117th Congress.

June 23, 2021

    Oversight hearing to examine existing programs and future 
opportunities to ensure access to affordable, reliable, and 
clean energy for rural and low-income communities. S. Hrg. 117-
143.

July 13, 2022

    Oversight hearing to examine pathways to lower energy 
prices in the United States. S. Hrg. 117-469.

                     Subcommittee on National Parks

                  ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine, Chairman

BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             STEVE DAINES, Montana
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          MIKE LEE, Utah
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii              LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
                                     JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma

    Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso are Ex Officio Members of the 
                             Subcommittee.

                              JURISDICTION

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: National Park System; Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System; National Trails System; national 
recreation areas; national monuments; historic sites; military 
parks and battlefields; Land and Water Conservation Fund; 
historic preservation; outdoor recreation resources; and 
preservation of prehistoric ruins and objects of interest on 
the public domain.

                                HEARINGS

    The Subcommittee on National Parks held four legislative 
hearings and three oversight hearings during the 117th 
Congress.

May 26, 2021

    Oversight hearing to examine the current state of the 
National Park System, including the impacts of COVID-19 on 
National Park Service operations, staff, visitation, and 
facilities. S. Hrg. 117-129.

June 23, 2021

    Legislative hearing to receive testimony on:

           S. 31, a bill to limit the establishment or 
        extension of national monuments in the State of Utah;
           S. 172, a bill to authorize the National 
        Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a 
        commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
        environs, and for other purposes;
           S. 192, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the 
        State of Oregon as components of the National Wild and 
        Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes;
           S. 270, a bill to amend the Act entitled 
        ``Act to provide for the establishment of the Brown v. 
        Board of Education National Historic Site in the State 
        of Kansas, and for other purposes'' to provide for 
        inclusion of additional related sites in the National 
        Park System, and for other purposes;
           S. 491, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain river segments in the 
        York River watershed in the State of Maine as 
        components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System, and for other purposes;
           S. 535, a bill to authorize the location of 
        a memorial on the National Mall to commemorate and 
        honor the members of the Armed Forces that served on 
        active duty in support of the Global War on Terrorism, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 753, a bill to reauthorize the Highlands 
        Conservation Act, to authorize States to use funds from 
        that Act for administrative purposes, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1317, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument in the 
        State of Arizona, and for other purposes;
           S. 1320, a bill to establish the Chiricahua 
        National Park in the State of Arizona as a unit of the 
        National Park System, and for other purposes;
           S. 1321, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1354, a bill to amend the National Trails 
        System Act to designate the Chilkoot National Historic 
        Trail and to provide for a study of the Alaska Long 
        Trail, and for other purposes;
           S. 1526, a bill to authorize the use of off-
        highway vehicles in certain areas of the Capitol Reef 
        National Park, Utah;
           S. 1527, to amend title 54, United States 
        Code, to provide that State law shall apply to the use 
        of motor vehicles on roads within a System unit;
           S. 1769, a bill to adjust the boundary of 
        the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area to 
        include the Rim of the Valley Corridor, and for other 
        purposes; and
           S. 1771, a bill to authorize reference to 
        the museum located at Blytheville/Eaker Air Force Base 
        in Blytheville, Arkansas, as the ``National Cold War 
        Center.'' S. Hrg. 117-440.

July 28, 2021

    Oversight hearing on the impacts of overcrowding in our 
national parks on park resources and visitor experiences, and 
to consider strategic approaches to visitor use management. S. 
Hrg. 117-446.

October 6, 2021

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 336, a bill to amend the Omnibus Parks 
        and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to reauthorize 
        the Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 378, a bill to reauthorize the Rivers of 
        Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley 
        National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh 
        National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley 
        National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National 
        Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 511, a bill to establish the Bronzeville-
        Black Metropolis National Heritage Area in the State of 
        Illinois, and for other purposes;
           S. 635, a bill to reauthorize The Last Green 
        Valley National Heritage Corridor and the Upper 
        Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 654, a bill to reauthorize the Blue Ridge 
        National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 787, a bill to amend the Atchafalaya 
        National Heritage Area Act to extend the authority of 
        the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance to 
        the local coordinating entity for the Atchafalaya 
        National Heritage Area under that Act;
           S. 825, a bill to establish the Southern 
        Maryland National Heritage Area, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 972, a bill to reauthorize the Essex 
        National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 990, a bill to reauthorize the Northern 
        Rio Grande National Heritage Area;
           S. 1004, a bill to extend the authorization 
        of the Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area, to 
        designate the Great Basin National Heritage Route in 
        the State of Nevada as the ``Great Basin National 
        Heritage Area'', to designate the Great Basin Heritage 
        Route Partnership as the ``Great Basin Heritage Area 
        Partnership'', to extend the authorization of the Great 
        Basin National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 1112, a bill to amend the National Trails 
        System Act to designate the Chisholm National Historic 
        Trail and the Western National Historic Trail, and for 
        other purposes.
           S. 1224, a bill to reauthorize, and increase 
        the total funding cap for, the America's Agricultural 
        Heritage Partnership, to redesignate the America's 
        Agricultural Heritage Partnership as the ``Silos & 
        Smokestacks National Heritage Area'', and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1258, a bill to extend the authorization 
        of each of the National Coal Heritage Area and the 
        Wheeling National Heritage Area in the State of West 
        Virginia, and for other purposes;
           S. 1284 and H.R. 2497, to establish the 
        Amache National Historic Site in the State of Colorado 
        as a unit of the National Park System, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1318, a bill to reauthorize the Yuma 
        Crossing National Heritage Area;
           S. 1329, a bill to amend the National 
        Aviation Heritage Area Act to reauthorize the National 
        Aviation Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 1620, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to convey to the city of Eunice, 
        Louisiana, certain Federal land in the State of 
        Louisiana, and for other purposes;
           S. 1643, a bill to establish the Alabama 
        Black Belt National Heritage Area, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1942, a bill to standardize the 
        designation of National Heritage Areas, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1954, a bill to reauthorize the John H. 
        Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage 
        Corridor, and for other purposes;
           S. 2158, a bill to extend the authorization 
        of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission;
           S. 2296, a bill to establish the Northern 
        Neck National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 2438, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in the 
        State of Louisiana, and for other purposes;
           S. 2441, a bill to establish in the States 
        of North Carolina and South Carolina the Southern 
        Campaign of the Revolution National Heritage Corridor, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 2482, a bill to amend the Champlain 
        Valley National Heritage Partnership Act of 2006 to 
        reauthorize the Champlain Valley National Heritage 
        Partnership, and for other purposes;
           S. 2490, a bill to establish the Blackwell 
        School National Historic Site in Marfa, Texas, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 2580, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to make 
        free National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 
        Passes available to members of the Armed Forces, and 
        for other purposes;
           S. 2648, a bill to amend the Omnibus Public 
        Land Management Act of 2009 to reauthorize the Kenai 
        Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area in the 
        State of Alaska, and for other purposes; and
           S. 2763, a bill to extend the authorization 
        for the MotorCities National Heritage Area in the State 
        of Michigan, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-450.

February 9, 2022

    Oversight hearing on the implementation of the Great 
American Outdoors Act. S. Hrg. 117-462.

May 11, 2022

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 557, a bill to establish a pilot program 
        for native plant species, and for other purposes;
           S. 1344, a bill to redesignate the Pullman 
        National Monument in the State of Illinois as the 
        Pullman National Historical Park, and for other 
        purposes.
           S. 1718, a bill to amend the Rosie the 
        Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical 
        Park Establishment Act of 2000 to provide for 
        additional areas to be added to the park, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1814 and H.R. 3531, to authorize the 
        Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation to 
        establish a commemorative work in the District of 
        Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes;
           S. 2367, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to acquire land in Frederick County, 
        Maryland, for the Historic Preservation Training Center 
        of the National Park Service, and for other purposes;
           S. 2964, a bill to clarify the status of the 
        North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic 
        Trails as units of the National Park System, and for 
        other purposes.
           S. 3141, a bill to establish the New 
        Philadelphia National Historical Park in the State of 
        Illinois as a unit of the National Park System, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 3185, a bill to amend the Delaware Water 
        Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend 
        the exception to the closure of certain roads within 
        the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3240, a bill to waive the application fee 
        for applications for special use permits for veterans' 
        special events at war memorials on land administered by 
        the National Park Service in the District of Columbia 
        and its environs, and for other purposes.
           S. 3307, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield in the State of 
        Missouri, and for other purposes;
           S. 3334, a bill to extend the authority for 
        the establishment of a commemorative work to honor 
        enslaved and free black persons who served in the 
        American Revolution, and for other purposes;
           S. 3338, a bill to revise the boundary of 
        the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in the 
        State of Missouri, and for other purposes;
           S. 3519, a bill to amend the National Trails 
        System Act to designate the Butterfield Overland 
        National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
           S. 3551, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
        out certain activities to enhance recreational 
        opportunities for gateway communities, and for other 
        purposes.
           S. 3667, a bill to amend title 54, United 
        States Code, to establish within the National Park 
        Service the United States African-American Burial 
        Grounds Preservation Program, and for other purposes.
           S. 3685, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
        determine the suitability and feasibility of 
        establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, 
        as a unit of the National Park System.
           S. 4114, a bill to amend Public Law 99-420 
        to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land 
        in the State of Maine for use for affordable workforce 
        housing, and for other purposes.
           S. 4121, a bill to designate the Kol Israel 
        Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford Heights, Ohio, 
        as a national memorial.
           H.R. 268, an Act to provide for the boundary 
        of the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Park to 
        be adjusted, to authorize the donation of land to the 
        United States for addition to that historic park, and 
        for other purposes; and
           H.R. 1931, an Act to provide competitive 
        grants for the promotion of Japanese American 
        confinement education as a means to understand the 
        importance of democratic principles, use and abuse of 
        power, and to raise awareness about the importance of 
        cultural tolerance toward Japanese Americans, and for 
        other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-297.

September 21, 2022

    Legislative hearing on:

           S.J. Res. 57, a joint resolution 
        redesignating the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington 
        National Cemetery as the ``Arlington House National 
        Historic Site'';
           S. 305, a bill to establish the Springfield 
        Race Riot National Monument in the State of Illinois, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 1211, a bill to establish the Cahokia 
        Mounds Mississippian Culture National Historical Park 
        in Collinsville, Illinois, Monroe, Madison, and St. 
        Clair Counties, Illinois, and St. Louis City County, 
        Missouri, and for other purposes;
           S. 3447, a bill to authorize the National 
        Service Animals Monument Corporation to establish a 
        commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its 
        environs, and for other purposes;
           S. 3579, a bill to authorize the Embassy of 
        France in Washington, DC, to establish a commemorative 
        work in the District of Columbia and its environs to 
        honor the extraordinary contributions of Jean Monnet to 
        restoring peace between European nations and 
        establishing the European Union, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3873, a bill to designate the outdoor 
        amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, 
        Virginia, as the ``Rick Boucher Amphitheater'';
           S. 4122, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
        Housatonic River in the State of Connecticut as 
        components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
        System, and for other purposes;
           S. 4168, a bill to amend title 54, United 
        States Code, to reauthorize the National Park 
        Foundation;
           S. 4222, a bill to establish the St. Croix 
        National Heritage Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 4371, a bill to establish the Cesar E. 
        Chavez and the Farmworker Movement National Historical 
        Park in the States of California and Arizona, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4337 and H.R. 4380, to designate the El 
        Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial, and 
        for other purposes;
           S. 4464 and H.R. 1908, to authorize the 
        Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess 
        the suitability and feasibility of designating certain 
        land as the Kaena Point National Heritage Area, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4693, a bill to amend the National Trails 
        System Act to include national discovery trails and 
        designate the American Discovery Trail, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 4784, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in the 
        State of Maine, to improve public access to the 
        National Monument, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-
        475.

           Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining

                 CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada, Chair

RON WYDEN, Oregon                    MIKE LEE, Utah
MARTIN HEINRICH, New Mexico          JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MAZIE K. HIRONO, Hawaii              STEVE DAINES, Montana
ANGUS S. KING, JR., Maine            LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado       BILL CASSIDY, Louisiana
                                     CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi

    Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso are Ex Officio Members of the 
                             Subcommittee.

                              JURISDICTION

    Jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: public lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service including 
farming and grazing thereon, and wilderness areas; 
establishment of wildlife refuges on public lands and 
wilderness designation therein; military land withdrawals; 
reserved water rights; Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; 
territorial affairs; national mining and minerals policy and 
general mining laws; surface mining, reclamation and 
enforcement; mining education and research; Federal mineral 
leasing; Outer Continental Shelf leasing; Naval oil shale 
reserves; National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska; and deep seabed 
mining.

                                HEARINGS

    The Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining held 
three hearings during the 117th Congress.

June 16, 2021

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 173, a bill to provide for the 
        designation of certain wilderness areas, recreation 
        management areas, and conservation areas in the State 
        of Colorado, and for other purposes;
           S. 177, a bill to amend the John D. Dingell, 
        Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to 
        establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio 
        Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the 
        boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument;
           S. 182, a bill to withdraw certain Federal 
        land in the Pecos Watershed area of the State of New 
        Mexico from mineral entry, and for other purposes;
           S. 455, a bill to designate and expand 
        wilderness areas in Olympic National Forest in the 
        State of Washington, and to designate certain rivers in 
        Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park as 
        wild and scenic rivers, and for other purposes;
           S. 554, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to conduct a study on the establishment of, 
        and the potential land that could be included in, a 
        unit of the National Forest System in the State of 
        Hawaii, and for other purposes;
           S. 567, a bill to provide for conservation 
        and economic development in the State of Nevada, and 
        for other purposes;
           S. 569, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to transfer certain National Forest System 
        land to the State of South Dakota, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 609, a bill to withdraw the National 
        Forest System land in the Ruby Mountain subdistrict of 
        the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and the National 
        Wildlife Refuge System land in Ruby Lake National 
        Wildlife Refuge, Elko and White Pine Counties, Nevada, 
        from operation under the mineral leasing laws;
           S. 904, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the 
        Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to 
        digitize and make publically available geographic 
        information system mapping data relating to public 
        access to Federal land and waters for outdoor 
        recreation, and for other purposes;
           S. 1008, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior to develop a modeling tool, conduct a 
        study, and issue reports relating to the tax equivalent 
        amount of payments under the payment in lieu of taxes 
        program;
           S. 1076, a bill to amend the Energy Policy 
        Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
        establish a program to plug, remediate, and reclaim 
        orphaned oil and gas wells and surrounding land, and 
        for other purposes;
           S. 1128, a bill to provide for the 
        continuation of higher education through the conveyance 
        to the University of Alaska of certain public land in 
        the State of Alaska, and for other purposes;
           S. 1222, a bill to designate and adjust 
        certain lands in the State of Utah as components of the 
        National Wilderness System, and for other purposes; and
           S. 1686, a bill to amend the Wilderness Act 
        to allow local Federal officials to determine the 
        manner in which nonmotorized uses may be permitted in 
        wilderness areas, and for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-
        141.

October 19, 2021

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 180, a bill to withdraw certain Bureau of 
        Land Management land from mineral development;
           S. 528, a bill to authorize the Secretary of 
        the Interior to convey certain land to La Paz County, 
        Arizona, and for other purposes;
           S. 607, a bill to discourage speculative oil 
        and gas leasing and to promote enhanced multiple use 
        management of public land and National Forest System 
        land, and for other purposes;
           S. 1214, a bill to amend the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the 
        Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to enter into cooperative agreements with 
        States to provide for State administration of allotment 
        management plans;
           S. 1411, a bill to provide for the 
        conveyance of certain Federal land to Lander County, 
        Nevada, to designate certain wilderness areas in Lander 
        County, Nevada, and for other purposes;
           S. 1459, a bill to provide for the 
        protection of and investment in certain Federal land in 
        the State of California, and for other purposes;
           S. 1493, a bill to sustain economic 
        development and recreational use of National Forest 
        System land in the State of Montana, to add certain 
        land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to 
        designate new areas for recreation, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1538, a bill to amend the Smith River 
        National Recreation Area Act to include certain 
        additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, 
        to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
        certain wild rivers in the State of Oregon, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 1583, a bill to reauthorize the Lake 
        Tahoe Restoration Act, and for other purposes;
           S. 1589, a bill to designate certain land 
        administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the 
        Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and 
        national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land 
        located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, 
        from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal 
        under the public land laws, location, entry, and patent 
        under the mining laws, and operation under the mineral 
        leasing and geothermal leasing laws, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1631, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System 
        land in the State of Arizona to the Arizona Board of 
        Regents, and for other purposes;
           S. 2130, a bill to modify the disposition of 
        certain outer Continental Shelf revenues and to open 
        Federal financial sharing to heighten opportunities for 
        renewable energy, and for other purposes;
           S. 2433, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        the Interior to develop and maintain a cadastre of 
        Federal real property; and
           S. 2524, a bill to amend the Alaska Native 
        Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to 
        aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants 
        of Alaska Natives from being used to determine 
        eligibility or certain programs, and for other 
        purposes. S. Hrg. 117-453.

June 7, 2022

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 387, a bill to protect, for current and 
        future generations, the watershed, ecosystem, and 
        cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon region in the 
        State of Arizona, to provide for a study relating to 
        the uranium stockpile in the United States, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 1264, a bill to amend the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the 
        management of grazing permits and leases, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1412, a bill to provide for the 
        conveyance of certain Federal land in Carson City, 
        Nevada, and for other purposes;
           S. 1750, a bill to redesignate land within 
        certain wilderness study areas in the State of Wyoming, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 2254, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain streams in the greater 
        Yellowstone ecosystem and Smith River system in the 
        State of Montana as components of the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers System, and for other purposes;
           S. 2568, a bill to establish the Open Access 
        Evapotranspiration (OpenET) Data Program;
           S. 2708, a bill to provide for greater 
        consultation between the Federal Government and the 
        governing bodies and community users of land grant-
        mercedes in New Mexico, to provide for a process for 
        recognition of the historic-traditional uses of land 
        grant-mercedes, and for other purposes;
           S. 2980, a bill to authorize the voluntary 
        donation of grazing permits and leases in the State of 
        New Mexico, and for other purposes;
           S. 2996, a bill to provide for the 
        distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf 
        revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3046, a bill to codify the authority of 
        the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
        Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest 
        restoration projects, and for other purposes;
           S. 3129, a bill to amend the Wild and Scenic 
        Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Gila 
        River system in the State of New Mexico as components 
        of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, to 
        provide for the transfer of administrative jurisdiction 
        over certain Federal land in the State of New Mexico, 
        and for other purposes;
           S. 3144, a bill to establish the Sutton 
        Mountain National Monument, to authorize certain land 
        exchanges in the State of Oregon, to convey certain 
        Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Oregon 
        to the city of Mitchell, Oregon, and Wheeler County, 
        Oregon, for conservation, economic, and community 
        development purposes, and for other purposes;
           S. 3269, a bill to provide for the 
        recognition of certain Alaska Native communities and 
        the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska 
        Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes;
           S. 3370, a bill to release the reversionary 
        interest of the United States in certain non-Federal 
        land in Salt Lake City, Utah, and for other purposes;
           S. 3404, a bill to provide the consent of 
        Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the 
        State of New Mexico;
           S. 3644, a bill to require the collection of 
        certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land 
        acquisitions, and for other purposes;
           S. 3709, a bill to require the Secretary of 
        Agriculture to carry out vegetation management projects 
        and timber production projects on certain National 
        Forest System land in the States of Montana, South 
        Dakota, and Wyoming, and for other purposes;
           S. 3997, a bill to amend the Land Between 
        the Lakes Protection Act of 1998 to clarify the 
        administration of the Land Between the Lakes National 
        Recreation Area, and for other purposes;
           S. 4062, a bill to amend the Federal Land 
        Policy and Management Act of 1976 to authorize the sale 
        of certain Federal land to States and units of local 
        government to address housing shortages, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 4080, a bill to modify the boundary of 
        the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument to 
        include certain Federal land in Lake County, 
        California, and for other purposes; and
           S. 4227, a bill to streamline the oil and 
        gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership 
        for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and 
        for other purposes. S. Hrg. 117-301.

                    Subcommittee on Water and Power

                      RON WYDEN, Oregon, Chairman

BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont             CINDY HYDE-SMITH, Mississippi
CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO, Nevada       JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
MARK KELLY, Arizona                  MIKE LEE, Utah
JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER, Colorado       JOHN HOEVEN, North Dakota
                                     ROGER MARSHALL, Kansas

    Joe Manchin III and John Barrasso are Ex Officio Members of the 
                             Subcommittee.

                              JURISDICTION

    The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee includes oversight and 
legislative responsibilities for: irrigation; reclamation 
projects, including related flood control purposes; power 
marketing administrations (e.g., Bonneville Power, Southwestern 
Power, Western Area Power, Southeastern Power); energy 
development impacts on water resources; groundwater resources 
and management; hydroelectric power; low head hydro; and 
energy-related aspects of deep-water ports.

                                HEARINGS

    The Subcommittee on Water and Power held three hearings 
during the 117th Congress.

March 24, 2021

    Oversight hearing to examine the viability of incorporating 
natural infrastructure in western water management and policy 
to support economic development, protect watershed health, and 
build more resilient communities. S. Hrg. 117-119.

October 6, 2021

    Oversight hearing to examine the status and management of 
drought in the western United States. S. Hrg. 117-451.

May 25, 2022

    Legislative hearing on:

           S. 737, a bill to establish a federal cost 
        share percentage for the Milk River Project in the 
        State of Montana;
           S. 953, a bill to provide for drought 
        preparedness and improved water supply reliability;
           S. 1179, a bill to provide financial 
        assistance for projects to address certain subsidence 
        impacts in the State of California, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 1554, a bill to make certain irrigation 
        districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 
        Program pumping power, and for other purposes;
           S. 2334, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to establish a grant program to provide 
        grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for 
        large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, to 
        amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to 
        make certain modifications to the Cooperative Watershed 
        Management Program, and to provide emergency drought 
        funding, and for other purposes;
           S. 2693, a bill to amend the Reclamation 
        Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to 
        authorize additional projects related to the Salton 
        Sea, and for other purposes (Padilla);
           S. 3450, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain 
        facilities in the Sun River project, Montana, for the 
        purpose of hydroelectric power generation;
           S. 3539, a bill to authorize the Secretary 
        of the Interior to carry out watershed pilots, and for 
        other purposes;
           H.R. 5001 and S. 3693, to authorize the 
        Secretary of the Interior to continue to implement 
        endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper 
        Colorado and San Juan River Basins, and for other 
        purposes;
           S. 3971, a bill to amend the America's Water 
        Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision 
        relating to cost-sharing requirements applicable to 
        certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes, and for 
        other purposes;
           S. 4175, to amend the Omnibus Public Land 
        Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain 
        extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban 
        canals of concern;
           S. 4176, a bill to amend the Infrastructure 
        Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility 
        requirements for certain small water storage and 
        groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use 
        of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects;
           S. 4231, a bill to support water 
        infrastructure in Reclamation states;
           S. 4232, a bill to address the recovery of 
        certain costs with respect to certain Reclamation 
        facilities in the Colorado River Basin;
           S. 4233, the Platte River Basin Critical 
        Maintenance and Repair Act; and
           S. 4236, the Water Data and Security Act of 
        2022. S. Hrg. 117-300.

                       MEASURES ENACTED INTO LAW

    Public Law 117-20 (H.R. 49), an Act to designate the 
National Pulse Memorial. Committee discharged by unanimous 
consent June 9, 2021.
    Public Law 117-80 (H.R. 1664), an Act to authorize the 
National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work. Hearing held on Senate companion measure 
(S. 172) June 23, 2021. Both bills ordered reported November 
18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-49 (S. 172); S. Rept. 117-52 (H.R. 
1664).
    Public Law 117-82 (H.R. 1192), the Puerto Rico Recovery 
Accuracy in Disclosures Act of 2021. Hearing held July 29, 
2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-48.
    Public Law 117-106 (H.R. 2497), the Amache National 
Historic Site Act. Hearing held October 6, 2021. Ordered 
reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-58.
    Public Law 117-123 (S. 270), the Brown v. Board of 
Education National Historical Park Expansion and Resignation 
Act. Hearing held June 23, 2021. Ordered reported November 18, 
2021. S. Rept. 117-87.
    Public Law 117-140 (H.R. 3525), the Commission to Study the 
Potential Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific 
American History and Culture Act. Committee discharged by 
unanimous consent May 19, 2022.
    Public Law 117-206 (S. 2490), the Blackwell School National 
Historical Site Act, 136 Stat. 2235. Hearing held October 6, 
2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-92.
    Public Law 117-339 (S. 1942), the National Heritage Area 
Act. Hearing held October 6, 2021. Ordered reported May 3, 
2022. 
S. Rept. 117-156. As enacted, Public Law 117-339 contains 
provisions from 30 separate bills relating to National Heritage 
Areas considered by the Committees, including:

           S. 336, a bill to reauthorize the Ohio & 
        Erie National Heritage Canalway.
           S. 378, the Pennsylvania National Heritage 
        Areas Reauthorization Act (reauthorizing the Rivers of 
        Steel National Heritage Area, the Lackawanna Valley 
        National Heritage Area, the Delaware and Lehigh 
        National Heritage Corridor, the Schuylkill River Valley 
        National Heritage Area, and the Oil Region National 
        Heritage Area).
           S. 470, the Great Dismal Swamp National 
        Heritage Area Act.
           S. 511, the Bronzeville-Black Metropolis 
        National Heritage Area Act.
           S. 635, the Last Green Valley National 
        Heritage Corridor and Upper Housatonic Valley National 
        Heritage Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 654, the Blue Ridge National Heritage 
        Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 787, a bill to amend the Atchafalaya 
        National Heritage Area Act.
           S. 825, the Southern Maryland National 
        Heritage Area Act.
           S. 972, a bill to reauthorize the Essex 
        National Heritage Area.
           S. 990, the Northern Rio Grande National 
        Heritage Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 1004, the Great Basin National Heritage 
        Area and Mormon Pioneer National Heritage Area 
        Extension Act.
           S. 1224, the Protecting the Silos & 
        Smokestacks National Heritage Area Act.
           S. 1258, a bill to reauthorize the National 
        Coal Heritage Area and Wheeling National Heritage Area.
           S. 1318, the Yuma Crossing National Heritage 
        Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 1329, the National Aviation Heritage Area 
        Reauthorization Act.
           S. 1643, the Alabama Black Belt National 
        Heritage Area Act.
           S. 1954, the John H. Chafee Blackstone River 
        Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act.
           S. 2296, the Northern Neck National Heritage 
        Area Act.
           S. 2441, the Southern Campaign of the 
        Revolution National Heritage Corridor Act.
           S. 2482, the Champlain Valley National 
        Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act.
           S. 2648, the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm 
        National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 2763, the Preserving the MotorCities 
        Heritage Act.
           S. 2942, the Crossroads of the American 
        Revolution National Heritage Area Act.
           S. 3313, a bill to reauthorize the Abraham 
        Lincoln National Heritage Area.
           S. 3348, the Freedom's Way National Heritage 
        Area Act.
           S. 3435, the National Heritage Area 
        Authority Extension Act of 2021.
           S. 3633, a bill to reauthorize the Augusta 
        Canal National Heritage Area, the Arabia Mountain 
        National Heritage Area, and the Gullah/Geechee Cultural 
        Heritage Corridor.
           S. 3728, the Colorado National Heritage 
        Areas Reauthorization Act (reauthorizing the Sangre de 
        Cristo National Heritage Area, the Cache la Poudre 
        National Heritage Area, and the South Park National 
        Heritage Area).
           S. 3744, the Baltimore National Heritage 
        Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 3853, the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River 
        Valley National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 3932, the Downeast Maine National 
        Heritage Area Act.
           S. 4093, the Muscle Shoals National Heritage 
        Area Reauthorization Act.
           S. 4222, the St. Croix National Heritage 
        Area Act.
           S. 4464, the Kaena Point National Heritage 
        Area Act.
           H.R. 2899, a bill to direct the Secretary of 
        the Interior to study designating areas within Guam as 
        a National Heritage Area.

    Public Law 117-345 (S. 3519), the Butterfield Overland 
National Historic Trail Designation Act. Hearing held May 11, 
2022. Committee discharged by unanimous consent December 20, 
2022.
    In addition, several public laws under the jurisdiction of 
other committees incorporated major provisions that were 
jurisdictional to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources. They include:
    Public Law 117-58 (H.R. 3684), the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act. Division D of Public Law 117-58 
incorporates S. 2377, the Energy Infrastructure Act, an 
original bill reported by the Committee on July 19, 2021.
    Public Law 117-81 (S. 1605), the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Section 641 contains 
two provisions reported by the Committee:

           Section 641 (S. 2580), the Alexander Lofgren 
        Veterans in Parks Act. Hearing held October 6, 2021.
           Section 6605 (S. 535), the Global War on 
        Terrorism Memorial Location Act. Hearing held June 23, 
        2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-
        51.

    Public Law 117-167 (H.R. 4346), commonly known as the CHIPS 
and Science Act, 136 Stat. 1366. Title I of division B of 
Public Law 117-167 incorporates S. 3699, the Department of 
Energy Science for the Future Act of 2022, and title VI, 
subtitle P, section 10781, incorporates provisions from S. 
3428, the Fission For the Future Act of 2021, as originally 
introduced. A hearing was held on both S. 3699 and S. 3428 on 
March 1, 2022. In addition, title VI, subtitle J, contains 
provisions relating to clean energy technology transfer, 
technology development at the national laboratories, and 
Department of Energy modernization.
    Public Law 117-169 (H.R. 5376), commonly known as the 
Inflation Reduction Act. Title V of Public Law 117-169 contains 
changes in laws within the jurisdiction of the Committee 
reported pursuant to section 2001(d) of S. Con. Res. 14, the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for Fiscal Year 2022.
    Public Law 117-263 (H.R. 7776), the James M. Inhofe 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. Title 
XXIX of Public Law 117-263 withdraws and reserves approximately 
791,000 acres of public lands for the Fallon Range Training 
Complex, establishes special management and national 
conservation areas under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
the Interior, conveys certain public lands to Lander County, 
Nevada, for public purposes, and designates over 175,000 acres 
of public lands in Churchill and Lander Counties, Nevada, as 
wilderness areas and components of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System.
    In addition, section 5944 of Public Law 117-263 
incorporates 
S. 3971, a bill to amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act 
of 2018 to modify a provision relating to cost-sharing 
requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams 
and dikes. Hearing held May 25, 2022.
    Public Law 117-328 (H.R. 2617), the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2023. Division CC of Public Law 117-328 
contains five provisions from reclamation bills reported by the 
Committee. The provisions are:

           Section 101 (H.R. 5001), the Upper Colorado 
        and San Juan Basins Recovery Act. Hearing held May 25, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-174.
           Section 102 (S. 4579), the Colorado River 
        Basin Conservation Act. Hearing held December 1, 2022. 
        (Also proposed to be incorporated in S. 2693, 3 of the 
        Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act by Committee 
        amendment ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-
        182.)
           Section 103 (S. 2693, 2 of the Salton Sea 
        Projects Improvements Act), authorizing additional 
        projects in the Salton Sea area. Hearing held May 25, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-182.
           Section 104 (S. 3450), the Sun River 
        Hydropower Authorization Act. Hearing held May 25, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-187.
           Section 105 (S. 4176), amending section 
        40903 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to 
        expand eligibility for small water storage and 
        groundwater storage project grants. Hearing held May 
        25, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-
        188.

    Division DD of Public Law 117-328 contains provisions from 
52 other public land bills under the jurisdiction of the 
Committee. The provisions are:

           Section 101 (S. 557), the Native Plant 
        Species Pilot Program Act of 2022. Hearing held May 11, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-179.
           Section 102 (S. 753), the Highlands 
        Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2021. Hearing held 
        June 23, 2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. 
        Rept. 117-89.
           Section 103 (S. 2433), the Federal Land 
        Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021. Hearing held 
        October 19, 2021. Ordered reported November 11, 2021. 
        S. Rept. 117-91.
           Section 104 (S. 4424), the Recreation and 
        Public Purposes Tribal Parity Act. Hearing held 
        December 1, 2022.
           Section 201 (S. 3997), the Land Between the 
        Lakes Recreation and Heritage Act. Hearing held June 7, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-202.
           Section 202 (H.R. 297), to require the 
        Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a study on the 
        establishment of a unit of the National Forest System 
        in the State of Hawaii. Hearing held on Senate 
        companion measure (S. 554) June 16, 2021. H.R. 297 
        ordered reported November 18, 2021.
           Section 301 (S. 569), the Gilt Edge Mine 
        Conveyance Act. Hearing held June 16, 2021. Ordered 
        reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-55.
           Section 302 (S. 1128), the University of 
        Alaska Foundation Act. Hearing held June 16, 2021. 
        Ordered reported May 3, 2022. S. Rept. 117-152.
           Section 303 (S. 1222), the Bonneville 
        Shoreline Trail Advancement Act. Hearing held June 16, 
        2021. Ordered reported May 3, 2022. S. Rept. 117-153.
           Section 304 (S. 1631), the Arizona 
        Experiment Station Land Conveyance Act of 2022. Hearing 
        held October 19, 2021. Ordered reported May 3, 2022. S. 
        Rept. 117-155.
           Section 305 (H.R. 5093), the Wind River 
        Administrative Site Conveyance Act. Referred to the 
        Committee August 4, 2022.
           Section 306 (H.R. 7952), the Valley Forge 
        Park Realignment Permit and Promise Act. Senate 
        companion (S. 5110) referred to the Committee November 
        16, 2022.
           Section 401 (S. 491), the York River Wild 
        and Scenic River Act of 2021. Hearing held June 23, 
        2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-
        50.
           Section 402 (S. 4122), the Housatonic Wild 
        and Scenic River Act of 2022. Hearing held September 
        21, 2022.
           Section 403 (H.R. 4358), the Little Manatee 
        Wild and Scenic River Act. Referred to the Committee 
        September 21, 2022. Senate companion (S. 5283) referred 
        December 15, 2022.
           Section 404 (H.R. 4404), the Kissimmee River 
        Wild and Scenic River Act. Referred to the Committee 
        July 20, 2022.
           Section 501 (S. 1354, 2) designating the 
        Chilkoot National Historic Trail. Hearing held June 23, 
        2021. Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-
        84.
           Section 502 (S. 1354, 3), authorizing study 
        of the Alaska Long Trail. Hearing held June 23, 2021. 
        Ordered reported November 18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-84.
           Section 503 (S. 4707), the Buckeye National 
        Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2022. Referred to 
        the Committee August 2, 2022.
           Section 601 (S. 3141), the New Philadelphia 
        National Historical Park Act. Hearing held May 11, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-183.
           Section 611 (S. 1317), the Sunset Crater 
        Volcano National Monument Boundary Adjustment Act. 
        Hearing held June 23, 2021. Ordered reported November 
        18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-61.
           Section 612 (S. 1718), the Rosie the Riveter 
        National Historic Park Expansion Act. Hearing held May 
        11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-
        180.
           Section 613 (S. 2158), the Cape Cod National 
        Seashore Advisory Commission Reauthorization Act. 
        Hearing held October 6, 2021. Ordered reported November 
        18, 2021. S. Rept. 117-71.
           Section 614 (S. 2438), the Cane River Creole 
        National Historic Park Boundary Modification Act. 
        Hearing held October 6, 2021. Ordered reported May 3, 
        2022. S. Rept. 117-157.
           Section 615 (S. 3185), to amend the Delaware 
        Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to 
        extend the exception to the closure of certain roads 
        within the Recreation Area for local businesses. 
        Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 
        2022. S. Rept. 117-184.
           Section 616 (S. 3307), the Wilson's Creek 
        National Battlefield Boundary Revision Act of 2021. 
        Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 
        2022. S. Rept. 117-185.
           Section 617 (S. 3338), the Ste. Genevieve 
        National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act. Hearing 
        held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. 
        Rept. 117-168.
           Section 618 (S. 4114), to amend Public Law 
        99-240 to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal 
        land in the State of Maine for use for affordable 
        workforce housing. Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-169.
           Section 619 (S. 1344), the Pullman National 
        Historical Park Act. Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-166.
           Section 620 (H.R. 268), to provide for the 
        boundary of the Palo Alto Battlefield National 
        Historical Park to be adjusted. Hearing held May 11, 
        2022.
           Section 621 (H.R. 7496), to direct the 
        Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque at the 
        peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park in 
        St. John, United States Virgin Islands, to commemorate 
        the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733.
           Section 631 (S. 3685), the John P. Parker 
        House Study Act. Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-190.
           Section 632 (S. 5031), the Dearfield Study 
        Act. Referred to the Committee September 29, 2022.
           Section 633 (H.R. 7912), the Evaluating 
        Lynching Locations for National Park Sites Act.
           Section 634 (H.R. 1354), the Santa Monica 
        Mountains National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment 
        Study Act.
           Section 641 (S. 2367), the Frederick Jobs 
        Historic Preservation Training Center Land Acquisition 
        Act. Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 
        21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-167.
           Section 642 (S. 3240), the Free Veterans 
        from Fees Act. Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-243.
           Section 643 (S. 3667), the African-American 
        Burial Grounds Preservation Act. Hearing held May 11, 
        2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-244.
           Section 644 (H.R. 1931), the Norman Y. 
        Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education Act. 
        Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 
        2022. S. Rept. 117-170.
           Section 645 (H.R. 6434), the Japanese 
        American World War II History Network Act. Ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-172.
           Section 646 (S. 4168), the National Park 
        Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2022. Hearing held 
        September 21, 2022.
           Section 701 (S. 4121), to designate the Kol 
        Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial in Bedford 
        Heights, Ohio, as a national memorial. Hearing held May 
        11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-
        246.
           Section 702 (H.R. 3531), the Women Who 
        Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act. 
        Hearing held May 11, 2022. Ordered reported July 21, 
        2022. S. Rept. 117-189.
           Section 703 (H.R. 6201), the National 
        Liberty Memorial Preservation Act. Hearing held on 
        Senate companion measure (S. 3334). H.R. 6201 ordered 
        reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-171.
           Section 704 (S. 3447), the National Service 
        Animals Memorial Act. Hearing held September 21, 2022.
           Section 705 (S. 3579), to authorize the 
        Embassy of France to establish a commemorative work to 
        honor Jean Monnet. Hearing held September 21, 2022.
           Section 706 (S. 4377), to designate the El 
        Paso Community Healing Garden National Memorial. 
        Hearing held September 21, 2022.
           Section 707 (S. 4732), the Enslaved Voyages 
        Memorial Act. Hearing held December 1, 2022.
           Section 708 (S.J. Res. 62), approving the 
        location of a memorial to a free press by honoring 
        journalists who sacrificed their lives. Hearing held 
        December 1, 2022.
           Section 709 (H.R. 6720), to authorize the 
        Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a 
        commemorative work.
           Section 710 (H.R. 7075), the Ukrainian 
        Independence Park Act of 2022.
           Section 801 (H.R. 7283), to make certain 
        activities eligible for grants from the Abandoned Mine 
        Reclamation Fund (the STREAM Act). Hearing held on the 
        Senate companion measure (S. 3957) May 25, 2022.
           Section 802 (S. 3404), to provide the 
        consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution 
        of the State of New Mexico. Hearing held June 7, 2022. 
        Ordered reported July 21, 2022. S. Rept. 117-186.

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