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May 2017

budget

• Congress reaches final agreement on FY 2017 funding
• President Trump releases FY 2018 Budget Request
• FY 2018 budget request seeks to eliminate NASA Office of Education
• FY 2018 budget request would cut USGS programs severely

congress

• Climate resolutions bill re-introduced in the House
• Senate passes Digital Coast bill authorizing NOAA’s Digital Coast program

energy

• DOI reconsiders seismic surveying in the Atlantic
• Senator Rubio introduces bill to extend drilling suspension off Florida's coast
• DOE seeks public feedback on limiting regulatory costs

natural resources

• DOI is conducting a review of 27 national monuments
• House Natural Resources Committee reviews long-standing federal land laws
• Good Samaritan cleanup bill receives positive feedback from committee

space

• Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act passes the Senate

federal register

• Federal Register - May 2017

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Monthly Review prepared by: Maeve Boland, Geoscience Policy Director; Danielle Woodring, Geoscience Policy Associate; Michelle Barreto, Geoscience Policy Associate

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Compiled June 9, 2017