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May 2018

budget

• Senate and House appropriations bills increase funding for the Department of Energy
• House Appropriations Committee approves NSF, NOAA, NASA, NIST, and OSTP funding

energy

• House passes legislation to advance nuclear waste storage in New Mexico and Nevada
• House committee approves three bills supporting scientific research at the Department of Energy
• House lawmakers introduce legislation to reauthorize DOE Office of Fossil Energy
• BSEE proposes revisions and reductions in offshore drilling regulations
• Senate and House appropriations bills increase funding for the Department of Energy

federal agencies & administration

• President Trump nominates acting head of ARPA-E as the new Director of DOE Office of Science
• Research community responds to NSF divestment of marine seismic research vessel

natural hazards

• Senate passes bill to improve national volcano early warning and monitoring capabilities

natural resources

• Department of the Interior finalizes list of critical minerals
• Congress moves forward with reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act

space

• NASA launches robotic explorer to Mars and GRACE-FO Earth-monitoring satellites
• House Appropriations Committee approves funding for NASA climate monitoring

water

• Congress moves forward with reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act

federal register

• Federal Register Summary: May 2018

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Prepared by: Michelle Barreto, Geoscience Policy Associate; Anna Normand, Senior Policy Associate; Bryce Koester, Paleontological Society Policy Intern; Chris Micucci, Geoscience Policy Intern

Compiled May 8, 2018.

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