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May 2015
- House approves FY 2016 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill
- House Appropriations Committee passes CJS FY 2016 spending bill with cuts to NOAA and NASA programs
- House spending bill cuts NSF funding to Geoscience Directorate
- Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY 2016 Energy and Water bill
- Senate Appropriations Committee finalizes Interior, Environment spending levels for FY 2016
- Federal science bill passes House amid funding debate
- Senate bill would increase DOE basic energy research funding
- White House conditionally approves Arctic drilling
- Texas law restricts local laws regarding oil and gas
- Murkowski, Heitkamp introduce Senate bill to allow crude oil exports
Federal Agencies & Administration
- Bicameral push would give DOI discretion over pipeline permits through national parks
- Murkowski bill to overhaul minerals and mining regulations
- Bureau of Reclamation sends $50 million to water starved Western states for water conservation
- NOAA opens $24.5 million National Water Center in Alabama
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 June 9, 2015