>>If you say one thing today — Instead of pushing a dirty budget that would put our kids’ health on the line and jeopardize public lands, oceans, and wildlife, Congress must protect programs that safeguard our communities and the great outdoors for years to come.

Tweet: Congress, hardworking families need you to support programs that protect our kids’ health and outdoors — not a #DirtyBudget!

On the Horizon…

May 14 TODAY: Release of the Interior/Environment FY19 House approps bill

May 15 TOMORROW: Interior/Environment subcommittee markup of the house approps bill

May 16 WEDNESDAY: Pruitt before Senate Approps

May 16 WEDNESDAY: Full committee markup of the House Energy and Water Approps bill

May 16 WEDNESDAY: Senate commerce nomination hearing on Heidi King for Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

May 17 *pending*: House Farm Bill vote

May 19: Hands Across the Sand

May 28 – June 1: Memorial Day Recess

May 29: Arctic Refuge Hearing in Fairbanks

May 30: Arctic Refuge Hearing in Anchorage

June 15: Arctic Refuge Hearing in DC

Week Ahead brought to you by Sean Alcorn

House Floor Activity

The House convenes at noon on Tuesday, with the usual collection of suspension bills up.
Wednesday through the rest of the week will be spent on three bills: H.R. 5698, S. 2372, and H.R. 2. Of these, only H.R. 2 (the House farm bill) is in our issue area.
- On Tuesday the Rules committee will be crafting a rule for general debate only, meaning that while consideration of the farm bill could begin on Wednesday we likely won’t see votes until Thursday.
- On Wednesday at 3 PM the Rules committee will be meeting to decide which amendments get a vote; over 100 have been submitted so far and there are several anti-environmental ones.
The House will be sticking around through Friday this week.

House Committee Activity

On Tuesday at 5:30 PM the Interior/Environment subcommittee of Appropriations will be marking up its FY19 appropriations bill (which contains Dept. of Interior and EPA, among others). Traditionally there are no amendments at the subcommittee level, but text of the base bill should be released on Monday afternoon or evening.
On Wednesday at 10 AM the Science committee will be holding a hearing on “Using Technology to Address Climate Change.”
On Wednesday at 10 AM the Appropriations committee will be marking up the Energy & Water appropriations bill.
On Wednesday at 10:15 AM the Natural Resources committee will be marking up six different bills on land and wildlife issues.
On Wednesday at 10:15 AM the Environment subcommittee of Energy & Commerce will be holding a legislative hearing on a draft bill weakening Clean Air Act New Source Review permitting.
On Wednesday at 2 PM the Energy & Mineral Resources subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a legislative hearing on the Tribal Jobs Protection and Energy Security Act.
On Wednesday at 5 PM the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee of Appropriations will mark up its FY19 appropriations bill.
On Thursday at 10 AM the Water, Power and Oceans subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a hearing on “Federal Impediments to Commerce and Innovative Injurious Species Management.”
On Thursday at 2 PM the Federal Lands subcommittee of Natural Resources will be holding a legislative hearing on four bills.
On Friday at 9 AM the Environment subcommittee of Energy & Commerce will be holding a legislative hearing on a pair of nuclear waste cleanup/disposal bills.

Senate Floor Activity

The Senate convenes at 3 PM on Monday, with a 5:30 PM cloture vote on the nomination of Michael Scudder to be judge for the 7^th Circuit.
Three more judicial nominations after him remain in the cloture queue, which could take up most of the week.
Separately, we may see a vote this week on the Democratic CRA against the FCC’s rule repealing Net Neutrality.

Senate Committee Activity

On Wednesday at 9:30 AM the Interior & Environment subcommittee of Appropriations will be holding a hearing to review the EPA funding request. Scott Pruitt will be testifying.
On Wednesday at 10 AM the Commerce committee will be holding a nomination hearing on three people, including Heidi King for Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
On Thursday at 10:15 AM the Environment and Public Works committee will be holding a legislative hearing on S. 2800, the Senate’s latest WRDA bill.

Letters:

Sign onto this letter from NRDC opposing the House Energy and Water Appropriations bill
- Deadline: MONDAY AM
- Contact Marc at NRDC with questions (mboom@nrdc.org)
Sign onto this letter to voice concern about Heidi King’s nomination as Administrator of NHTSA
- Email Aminah at Clean Cars Campaign to sign on (azaghab@partnershipproject.org)
- Deadline: TODAY 3pm ET
Sign onto this letter from NRDC thanking Cardin for leading the no riders farm bill
- Deadline: COB Monday 5/14
Sign this letter from Food Policy Action cataloguing organizations opposed to the House Farm Bill
Sign onto this Clean Budget Coalition letter opposing all poison pill riders and rescission efforts in the budget cycle
- Deadline: COB TODAY 5/14
Sign onto this letter asking for increased 302b levels for FY19 appropriations
- Contact Jonathan at The Wilderness Society with questions (jonathan_asher@tws.org)

Help Needed:

Clean Budget Coalition meetings
- Take a look at the Clean Budget Hill meeting assignments and email Michelle (mmcintyre@citizen.org) with which assignments you can schedule a meeting for the coalition
- Once the meeting is scheduled, please email Roma (RFarrar-Smith@afscme.org) and she’ll keep our master calendar of Clean Budget Hill meetings.
Stay tuned for Pruitt visibility events for Wednesday from CAC

Intel

Over 100 amendments (mostly R) filed in Farm Bill including Tongas, Clean Water Rule, and Ozone
- Rules committee will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday to evaluate amendments
Politico article here about the White House’s attempt to block a Health and Human Services assessment related to the release of toxic chemicals. This would have widespread implications for superfund sites and drinking water.
After the automaker CEOs’ meeting at the WH on Friday, Chao and WH staff will sit down with California for more negotiations rather than immediately take the waiver off the table

Government Funding

House subcommittee markup tomorrow at 5:30pm of the Interior/Environment fy19 bill
- Should see text out this afternoon
- CDP will be issuing messaging guidance ahead of the markup
House Energy and Water full committee markup Wednesday at 10am
- Important to press the stakes of the Clean Water Rule rider

Pruitt

Before Senate approps subcommittee on interior and environment this Wednesday 5/16 at 9:30am
- Expected to go for several hours
Pre-hearing
- CAC is doing calls to Republicans on the committee and working with partners in target states to generate earned media
  - Targets: Murkowski, Alexander, Moore Capito, Blunt, Rubio
- TV ad is running on Fox Tuesday and Wednesday highlighting Pruitt’s ethics issues
Day of hearing
- CAC will be putting out rapid response social
- FOE planning on some visibility event before the hearing
- CAC trying to do a press conference after the hearing

Open Comment Periods

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline
DOE emergency authority	DOE	Open	N/A
Proposed science rule	EPA	Open	5/31
Arctic Enviro Impact Analysis	BLM	Open	6/19
FERC pipeline NOI	FERC	Open	6/25