Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (113th Congress)
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Chellie Pingree (ME)
Derek Kilmer (WA)
Steve Israel (NY)
Jurisdiction
Department of the Interior (Except Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project)
Environmental Protection Agency
Other Agencies
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (HHS)
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Commission of Fine Arts
Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Environmental Quality
Forest Service (USDA)
Indian Health Service
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
National Capital Planning Commission
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (Except Institute of Museum and Library Services)
National Gallery of Art
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (HHS, formerly EPA/Superfund)
Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation
Presidio Trust
Smithsonian Institution
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eisenhower Memorial Commission
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2014 enacted level: $30.058 billion
2015 budget request: $30.620 billion
2015 Omnibus: $30.044 billion
Highlights and key points:
I thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member Moran for your work on this bill. Chairman Calvert, congratulations on introducing your first appropriations bill and for following the Committee tradition of consulting the minority even if the outcome is not something we can support at this time. This is the last Interior and Environment Full Committee markup for Mr. Moran. I am sorry to see him go and wish him success in all his future endeavors. We are losing a true stalwart for the environment.
Thank you Mr. Chairman.
My working relationship with Chairman Calvert has been first-rate. He has carried out his duties in an open and collaborative manner. I have enjoyed working with him and appreciate the cooperation exhibited by Chairman Calvert and the subcommittee staff (Dave, Darren, Jason, Rachelle, Colin, and Jackie) as we have worked to address some of the important issues facing not only our nation but our planet.
I thank Chairman Calvert and Ranking Member Moran for your work on this bill. Chairman Calvert, congratulations on introducing your first bill and for following the Committee tradition of consulting the minority even if the outcome is not something we can support at this time. During this last Interior and Environment Subcommittee markup for Mr. Moran, I am sorry to see him go and wish him success in all his future endeavors. We are losing a true stalwart for the environment.
Of the eleven FY15 bills that have been released, this is perhaps the worst. Even though the allocation, $162 million more than the current level, was sufficient to produce a legitimate bill, the Majority squandered these additional resources.