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July 2014
- House appropriations bill funding EPA and USGS passes subcommittee
- House passes FY2015 Energy and Water Appropriations bill
- House committee passes Interior, Environment Appropriations Bill
- House hearing on EPA veto authority in Clean Water Act
- Senate Democrats introduce COMPETES reauthorization bill
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee discusses revenue sharing
- House hearing on U.S. Arctic policy exposes need for new icebreakers, stronger leadership
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds field hearing to discuss OCS oil and gas production
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management requests comment on additional Arctic oil and gas leases
- Geoscience-Energy Consortium holds briefing on carbon capture and storage
Federal Agencies & Administration
- House holds contentious hearing on EPA's proposed changes to Clean Water Act
- Interior Department reports impacts of FY 2013 activities and lands
- Energy and Commerce Committee examines constitutionality of EPA regulations
- Department of Energy announces funding to establish FORGE project
- Senate discusses wildfire funding at Energy and Natural Resources hearing
- Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds hearing on natural disaster response in Indian country
- Senate subcommittee examines future of the National Flood Insurance Program
- President Obama announces 3D Elevation Program
- House subcommittee hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
- Rep. Peter DeFazio introduces legislation to update 1872 Mining Law
- House committee questions Bureau of Land Management on implementation of Helium Stewardship Act
- Critical minerals bill fails to pass House without Republican support
Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate; Eliana Perlmutter, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; Zack Schagrin, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; and Lily Strelich, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern.
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Compiled August 11, 2014