AGI's Geoscience Policy Program published the May 2016 Summary of federal-level legislation impacting the geoscience community. This includes continuing appropriations discussions in both the House and Senate for funding in FY 2017 for agencies that employ geoscientists, studying geoscience systems or fund geoscience research such as NASA, NIST, NOAA, NSF, OSTP and the DOE. There is additional coverage on the status of OCS leases, hydroelectric power, methane emissions, R&D for critical minerals, flooding hazards, and water resources and management.