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July 2017

budget

• House and Senate committees approve five appropriations bills for DOE, CJS, and Interior and Environment

energy

• Secretary Zinke signs order to streamline permitting for onshore resources development
• Atlantic offshore oil and gas development discussed in House

federal agencies & administration

• White House OSTP remains understaffed following recent departures
• President Trump announces nominations for key positions
• DOI announces Craters of the Moon, Hanford Reach, and Canyons of the Ancients no longer under review

natural resources

• House holds oversight hearing on hardrock mining

space

• President Trump reestablishes National Space Council

federal register

• Federal Register - July 2017

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Michelle Barreto, Geoscience Policy Associate; Abby Ackerman, Geoscience Policy Intern

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Compiled August 16, 2017