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July 2015

Congress

• Senate Committee seeks stakeholder input in preparation for COMPETES reauthorization
• House Committee hears Coast Guard testimony on Arctic icebreakers
• House bill would require NSF research grants to provide national interest justification

​Energy

• House Committee hears testimony on Administration’s proposed “social cost of carbon” rule
• Energy and Natural Resources Committee passes comprehensive energy bill

​Environment

• Senate Committee hears testimony on America’s role in the UN Climate Conference
• House hears testimony on EPA Brownfields program

​Federal Agencies & Administration

• USGS releases five-year plan to study Arctic

​Natural Hazards

• House passes California drought relief bill despite Administration veto threat

​Natural Resources

• House Committee reviews success of Helium Stewardship Act
• House Subcommittee hears testimony on BLM hydraulic fracturing regulations
• OCS seismic surveying hearing underscores differences in scientific opinion

​Water

• California senators unveil drought relief bill

​Federal Register

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Associate; Meg Gilley, Geoscience Policy Associate; Archie Creech, Jr., AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; Kalev Hantsoo, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern; and Sam Jacobson, AGI/AIPG Summer Intern.

 

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Compiled August 12, 2015