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- Open for public comment: Draft legislation on hydraulic fracturing
- Senators call for increased U.S. oil production
- House advances Keystone XL bill
- House Natural Resources Committee Considers Energy Legislation
Federal Agencies & Administration
- Update: Senate EPW Committee approves McCarthy nomination
- Update: Senate CST Committee approves Foxx nomination
- Update: Senate CST Committee hearing on Pritzker for Secretary of Commerce
- Senate vote on Ernest Moniz for Secretary of Energy
- Restoring US leadership in weather forecasting
- Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 introduced in the House and Senate
- Wilson introduces Natural Hazards Reduction Act of 2013
- Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Proposed Helium Legislation
- New Rule Proposed by the Forest Service Regarding Paleontological Resources
- House Natural Resources Committee Holds Markup of Proposed Mining Legislation
Monthly Review prepared by: Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate, Kimberley Corwin, 2013 AGI/AAPG Spring Intern, and Brittany Huhmann, Clinton Koch, and John Kemper 2013 AGI/AIPG Summer Interns.
Sources: AccuWeather, The American Institute of Physics, BuildStrong Coalition, Bureau of Land Management, Coalition for National Science Funding, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environment and Energy Daily, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Register, GeoOptics, Government Accountability Office, Greenwire, The Hill Blog, House of Representatives, Keck Institute for Space Studies Asteroid Retrieval Mission Study, Lunar and Planetary Institute, MIT Energy Initiative, National Academies Press, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, Science Magazine, Thomas, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Government Printing Office, U.S. Senate, the White House
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Compiled May 31, 2013