Committee Hearings – Week of 6-17-18

With both the House and Senate in session this week we continue to see movement on spending bills. Additionally we have a pipeline safety oversight hearing in the House.

Spending Bills

• Tuesday, Senate, Subcommittee, DHS spending;

• Wednesday, House, Committee, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education;

• Thursday, Senate, Committee, DHS spending; and

• Thursday, House, Rules Committee, Amendment Deadline DOD spending

The Senate intends to begin thinking about consideration of HR 5895, the FY 2019 EWR spending bill which passed in the House earlier this month. The Senate will substitute language from S 2975 when it actually begins consideration.

Pipeline Safety

The Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday on “PIPES Act of 2016 Implementation: Oversight of Pipeline Safety Programs”. The witness list includes:

• Howard “Skip” Elliot, PHMSA;

• Andrew Black, Association of Oil Pipe Lines;

• Robin Rorick, American Petroleum Institute;

• Chad Zamarin, Interstate Natural Gas Association;

• Carl Weimer, Pipeline Safety Trust;