Outlook for the New Congress
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Outlook for the New Congress Where are we going • FY 2015 operating under CR • Omnibus Release Date – December 8 (source - House Appropriations) • Expires on December 11 • Current goal: omnibus bill • Other possibilities: CR through March 31; full year CR • FY 2015 Defense Authorization • FY 2016 budget process • Return to “regular order?” • Another budget agreement? 2 2014 Senate Results Chart The GOP takes control 3 2014 House Results Chart The GOP expands their majority 184 244 4 Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Democratic Subcommittee Members Republican Subcommittee Members • Dianne Feinstein (CA), Likely RM • Lamar Alexander (TN), Likely Chair • Patty Murray (WA) • Thad Cochran (MS) • Tim Johnson (SD) • Mitch McConnell (KY)* • Mary Landrieu (LA) ??? • Richard Shelby (AL) • Tom Harkin (IA) • Susan Collins (ME) • Jon Tester (MT) • Lisa Murkowski (AK) • Richard Durbin (IL) • Lindsey Graham (SC) • Tom Udall (NM) • John Hoeven (ND) • Jeanne Shaheen (NH) [Harry Reid – Possible RM] *as Majority Leader, McConnell may take a leave of absence from the Committee 5 House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee Republican Subcommittee Members • Michael Simpson (ID), Chair • Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (NJ) Democratic Subcommittee • Alan Nunnelee (MS), Vice Chair Members • Ken Calvert (CA) • Marcy Kaptur (OH), RM • Chuck Fleishmann (TN) • Pete Visclosky (IN) • Tom Graves (GA) • Ed Pastor (AZ) • Jeff Fortenberry (NE) • Chaka Fattah (PA) 6 Senate Armed Services Republican Subcommittee Democratic Subcommittee Members Members Carl Levin (MI), Chair James Inhofe (OK), Current RM Jack Reed (RI), New RM John McCain (AZ), New Chair Bill Nelson (FL) Jeff Session (AL) Claire McCaskill (MO) Saxby Chambliss (GA) Mark Udall (CO) Roger Wicker (MS) Kay Hagan (NC) Kelly Ayotte (NH) Joe Manchin III (WV) Deb Fishcer (NE) Jeanne Shaheen (NH) Lindsey Graham (SC) Kristen Gillibrand (NY) David Vitter (LA) Richard Blumenthal (CT) Roy Blunt (MO) Joe Donnelly (IN) Mike Lee (UT) Mazie Hirono (HI) Ted Cruz (TX) Tim Kaine (VA) Angus King (ME) 7 House Armed Services Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members Buck McKeon (CA), Chair Scott Rigell (VA) Adam Smith (WA), RM Joaquin Castro (TX) Mac Thornberry (TX), Chris Gibson (NY) Loretta Sanchez (CA) Tammy Duckworth (IL) New Chair Vicky Hartzler (MO) Mike McIntyre (NC) Scott Peters (CA) Walter B. Jones (NC) Joe Heck (NV) Bob Brady (PA) William Enyart (IL) Randy Forbes (VA) Jon Runyan (NJ) Susan A. Davis (CA) Pete Gallego (TX) Jeff Miller (FL) Austin Scott (GA) James R. Langevin (RI) Marc Veasey (TX) Joe Wilson (SC) Steven Palazzo (MS) Rick Larsen (WA) Tulsi Gabbard (HI) Frank LoBiondo (NJ) Martha Roby (AL) Jim Cooper (TN) Rob Bishop (UT) Mo Brooks (AL) Madeleine Bordallo (GU) Mike Turner (OH) Rich Nugent (FL) Joe Courtney (CT) John Kline (MN) Kristi Noem (SD) David Loebsack (IA) Mike Rogers (AL) Paul Cook (CA) Niki Tsongas (MA) Trent Franks (AZ) Jim Bridenstine (OK) John Garamendi (GA) Bill Shuster (PA) Brad Wenstrup (OH) Colleen Hanabusa (HA) Mike Conaway (TX) Jackie Walorski (IN) Jackie Speier (CA) Doug Lamborn (CO) Rob Barber (AZ)??? Rob Wittman (VA) Andre Carson (IN) Carol Shea-Porter (NH) Duncan D. Hunter (CA) John C. Fleming (LA) Dan Maffei (NY) Mike Coffman (CO) Derek Kilmer (WA) 8 2014 Election Impact on DOE DOE Budget • DOE FY15 spending not yet finalized by Congress • FY 2014 Enacted—EM: $5.8B, NNSA: $11.2B, NE, $889M • Total DOE FY2014 Enacted - $27.2B • Omnibus Appropriation being negotiated. • FY2015 government spending capped by Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 • FY 2015 Request—EM: $5.6B, NNSA: $11.6B, NE: $863.4M • Total DOE FY2015 Request - $27.9B • House E&W Appropriations • DOE: $27.3B, EM: $5.6B, NNSA: $11.3B, NE: $899M • Senate E&W Appropriations • DOE: $28.3B, EM: $5.8B, NNSA: $11.8B, NE: $777M • FY 2016 to be determined • FY 2016 Request—Due to be released in February • Recommended funding levels sent to OMB in September • Return to sequestration? 10 Pressure for Action in Six-Week Window Nov 6, 2014 Nov 12, 2014 December 12, 2014 Election Day Lame Duck Projected End of Session Begins Lame Duck Session Lame Duck Session 11 Big Issues Moving Forward • Budget • President’s Request FY 16 • Hearings • Issues • State Agreements • New Contracts • Defense High Level Waste/Yucca Mountain/Interim storage • NNSA Modernization • WIPP • Shrinking the footprint • Leadership in DOE 12 Actions Now • Manhattan Project Park Legislation • FY 15 Appropriations Bill • FY 16 Budget • What the Appropriators care about • Recent • Historically • Lack of Movement on Land Transfer 13 “Normal” Appropriations/Authorization Process? February-April: Spring/Summer Early February: Jan: President Congress Holds Appropriations and President’s Budget Introduces Hearings on the Authorization Bills Submitted to Priorities in State Appropriations for marked up and of the Union Congress NNSA/DOE passed by Senate and Defense and House Authorization Committees Summer/Fall Appropriations and By Oct 1: Beginning Oct 1 or thereafter: Authorization Bills of Fiscal Year Congress Approves – conference Appropriations Committee meetings Until Appropriations Bills Passed, Continuing Resolution 14 Andrew Cuomo – D Governors • West Valley Demonstration Project Site • Separations Process Research Unit • Brookhaven National Laboratory Gary Herbert – R • Moab, UMTRA Susana Martinez - R Brian Sandoval - R Bill Haslam - R Rick Perry - R Project New Mexico Nevada Tennessee Texas • Los Alamos National Laboratory • Nevada National Security Site • Oak Ridge Reservation Pantex • Sandia National Laboratory • Yucca Mountain • Oak Ridge National • Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Laboratory • Y-12 National Security John Hickenlooper – D Complex • Rocky Flats Jerry Brown – D • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory • Energy Technology Engineering Center John Kasich - R Nikki Haley - R Jay Inslee – D Ohio Butch Otter - R South Carolina • Hanford Site • Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Idaho • Savannah River Site • Pacific Nuclear • Mound Site • Idaho National Laboratory 15 National Laboratory Governors Andrew Cuomo – D Gary Herbert – R Steve Beshear - D • West Valley Demonstration Project Site • Moab, UMTRA Project Kentucky • Separations Process Research Unit • Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant • Brookhaven National Laboratory Jerry Brown – D John Hickenlooper – D • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Jay Inslee – D • Rocky Flats • Energy Technology Engineering Center • Hanford Site • Pacific Nuclear National Laboratory 16 Questions 17 APPENDIX 18 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members Lisa Murkowski (AK)—Ranking Mary Landrieu (LA), Chair ??? John Barrasso (WY) Ron Wyden (OR) James E. Risch (ID) Tim Johnson (SD) Mike Lee (UT) Maria Cantwell (WA) Dean Heller (NV) Bernie Sanders (VT) Jeff Flake (AZ) Debbie Stabenow (MI) Tim Scott (SC) Mark Udall (CO) Lamar Alexander (TN) Al Franken (MN) Rob Portman (OH) Joe Manchin (WV) John Hoeven (ND) Brian Schatz (HI) Martin Heinrich (NM) Tammy Baldwin (WI) 19 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members David Vitter (LA)—Ranking Barbara Boxer (CA)—Chair Jim Inhofe (OK), New Chair Thomas Carper (DE) John Barrasso (WY) Ben Cardin (MD) Jeff Sessions (AL) Bernie Sanders (VT) Mike Crapo (ID) Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) Roger Wicker (MS) Tom Udall (NM) John Boozman (AR) Jeff Merkley (OR) Deb Fisher (NB) Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) Cory Booker (NJ) Ed Markey (MA) 20 House Natural Resources Committee Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members Doc Hastings (WA)— Chair Jon Runyan (NJ) Peter DeFazio (OR)– Matt Cartwright (PA) Don Young (AK) Markwayne Mullin (OK) Ranking Katherine Clark (MA) Louie Gohmert (TX) Steve Daines (MT) Eni Faleomavaega (AS) Rob Bishop (UT) Kevin Cramer (ND) Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ) Doug Lamborn (CO) Doug LaMalfa (CA) Grace Napolitano (CA) Rob Wittman (VA) Jason T. Smith (MO) Rush Holt (NJ) Paul Broun (GA) Vance McAllister (LA) Raul Grijalva (AZ) John Fleming (LA) Bradley Byrne (AL) Madeleine Bordallo (GU) Tom McClintock (CA) Jim Costa (CA) Glenn “G.T.” Thompson (PA) Gregorio Sablan (NMI) Cynthia Lummis (WY) Niki Tsongas (MA) Dan Benishek (MI) Pedro Pierluisi (PR) Jeff Duncan (SC) Colleen Hanabusa (HI) Scott Tipton (CO) Tony Cardenas (CA) Paul Gosar (AZ) Jared Huffman (CA) Raul Labrador (ID) Raul Ruiz (CA) Steve Southerland (FL) Carol Shea-Porter (NH) Bill Flores (TX) Alan Lowenthal (CA) Joe Garcia (FL) 21 House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Committee Members Democratic Committee Members Henry A. Waxman (CA)— Jerry McNerney (CA) Fred Upton (MI)—Chair Leonard Lance (NJ) Ranking Bruce Braley (IA) Ralph Hall (TX) Bill Cassidy (LA) John D. Dingell (MI) Peter Welch (VT) Joe Barton (TX) Brett Guthrie (KY) Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ) Ben R. Lujan (NM) Ed Whitfield (KY) Pete Olson (TX) Bobby L. Rush (IL) Paul Tonko (NY) John Shimkus (IL) David McKinley (WV) Anna G. Eshoo (CA) John Yartmuth (KY) Joseph R. Pitts (PA) Cory Gardner (CO) Eliot L. Engel (NY) Greg Walden (OR) Mike Pompeo (KS) Gene Green (TX) Lee Terry (NB) Adam Kinzinger (IL) Diana DeGette (CO) Mike Rogers (MI) Morgan Griffith (VA) Lois Capps (CA) Tim Murphy (PA) Gus Bilirakis (FL) Mike Doyle (PA) Michael C. Burgess (TX) Bill Johnson (OH) Jan Schakowsky (IL) Marsha Blackburn (TN) Billy Long (MO) Jim Matheson (UT) Phil Gingrey (GA) Renee Ellmers (NC) G.K. Butterfield (NC) Steve Scalise (LA) John Barrow (GA) Bob Latta (OH) Doris Matsui (CA) Cathy McMorris Rodgers Donna Christensen (VI) (WA) Kathy Castor (FL) Greg Harper (MS) John Sarbanes (MD) 22 .