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Congress Addresses Priorities before Summer Recess
Congress faces a busy final week before its
extended, seven week summer recess. Both the House and the Senate will likely consider a short-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through September 30, 2017. Funding for the FAA is set to expire on July 15 and remains a priority for Congress to address this week.
The House A
ppropriations Committee will markup the Labor, Health & Human Services, and Education funding bill on Wednesday. The full House
will consider the FY2017 Interior and Environment Appropriations Act. While the bill provides $32.2 billion overall for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it also contains several contentious policy riders that seek to block certain environmental rules and regulations.
The House will also likely consider a Senate-passed bill (63-30) that would require a new federal labeling standard for foods made with genetically modified organisms. The Senate will continue to look to move forward with the FY2017 Defense Appropriations Act.
Other regionally-relevant events this week are listed below.
Tuesday
- Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security hearing titled "Intermodal and Interdependent: The FAST Act, the Economy, and Our Nation's Transportation System," 2:30 PM, 253 Senate Russell Building
- House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation hearing on "Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities," 10:00 AM, 2167 Rayburn House Office Building
- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy hearing to receive testimony on S. 3018, the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act, and to examine protections designed to guard against energy disruptions, 2:30 PM, 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday
- House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on "Oversight of CERCLA Implementation," 10:00 AM, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building
- House Committee on Natural Resources markup of several bills, including H.R. 2817, which would extend the authorization of appropriations for the Historic Preservation Fund, 10:00 AM, 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday
- House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets hearing titled "Lagging Behind: The State of High Speed Rail in the U.S.," 2:00 PM, 2154 Rayburn House Office Building
For more information, contact
Matthew McKenna
, Director of the Great Lakes Washington Program, or
Colleen Cain
, Sr. Policy Analyst, at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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NEMWI Welcomes New Policy Analyst
NEMWI welcomes Ankita Mandelia as a new Policy Analyst for the Towards Sustainable Water Information program. Ankita comes to NEMWI from the International Joint Commission - Great Lakes Regional Office, where she was the first Michigan Sea Grant Fellow. Prior to her fellowship, Ankita worked at an environmental consulting firm in Ann Arbor, MI as an environmental engineer, and in local government as a municipal engineering intern. Much of her prior work, as well as her master's degree, concentrated on the Great Lakes Areas of Concern. Ankita holds a master's degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Michigan. Ankita will provide research and policy education support for the Toward Sustainable Water Information program, building on the work of two case studies released last year. Her research will focus on the Mississippi River Basin and availability of water quality data for the entire Northeast-Midwest region.
For more information, contact Ankita Mandelia, Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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EPA to Host Brownfields Webinar, July 26
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of
Brownfields and Land Revitalization will host a webinar about "
Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization," on
Tuesday, July 26 from 1:00-2:30 PM EDT.
This is the first webinar in a series exploring what communities need to know to successfully leverage available resources to meet brownfields revitalization challenges. The July 26 webinar will focus on Dubuque, Iowa's efforts to leverage its own resources to attract federal, state, public and private sources of funding and technical assistance. Further details and registration information are available here.
For more information, contact Colleen Cain, Sr. Policy Analyst at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
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NEMWI: Strengthening the Region that Sustains the Nation
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