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September 2016

Budget

• Budget update for September

Congress

• Bipartisan coalition of Senators endorse Earth Science Week resolution

Education

• Senate committee passes two House bills on women in STEM
• House subcommittee on research and technology holds hearing on academic research regulations

​Energy

• Conference Committee Meeting held on the Energy Policy Modernization Act
• House Subcommittee discusses U.S. energy security
• Federal Appeals Court halts construction on North Dakota Access Pipeline
• Secretary of the Interior approves Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan

Environment

• California federal court orders Obama Administration to conduct fracking review
• President Obama designates the first marine national monument in the Atlantic Ocean
• President Obama signs climate change memorandum
• Congressional briefing held on ocean acidification

Natural Hazards

• Volcano early warning and monitoring bill discussed in Senate hearing

Space

• House Subcommittee on Space holds hearing on commercial remote sensing 
• Senate meets to markup NASA reauthorization bill

Water

• Senate and house pass Water Resources Development Act

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Abby Seadler, Geoscience Policy Manager; Danielle Woodring, Geoscience Policy Associate; Adam Shaw, AAPG Geoscience Policy Intern.

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Compiled October 10, 2016