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budget

• Senate Science Committee submits budget recommendations for FY 2018
• President’s FY 2018 budget blueprint cuts science agency funding

congress

• House passes bill to increase regulatory oversight
• House passes Regulatory Integrity Act
• House Republicans introduce resolution on climate change
• Science committee hearings delve into NSF priorities

energy

• Nuclear energy bill introduced in Senate
• Interior Secretary proposed 73-million acre lease sale for Gulf of Mexico
• Bill to stimulate investment in offshore energy development
• Executive order undoes much of Obama’s climate legacy

natural hazards

• Senate and House introduce landslide bills to promote research and save lives
• Bill introduced to prepare northwest for next earthquake
• Workshop on wildfire management highlights areas for improvement

natural resources

• Soda ash producers may receive royalty cut
• Bills introduced to permanently authorize Land and Water Conservation Fund
• Domestic supply of critical materials would be boosted by new bill
• Senate hearing examines U.S. reliance on foreign sources of minerals

water

• Bill introduced to help at-risk water systems

federal register

• Federal Register - March 2017

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Danielle Woodring, Geoscience Policy Associate; Michelle Barreto, Geoscience Policy Associate; Jeremiah Bernau, AGI Geoscience Policy Intern.

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Compiled April 10, 2017