Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Oversight Hearing on "Effect of the President’s FY 2013 Budget for the U.S. Geological Survey on Private Sector Job Creation, Hazard Protection, Mineral Resources and Deficit Reduction"
Thursday, March 22, 2012 | 9:30 AM
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
OPENING STATEMENT: The Honorable Doug Lamborn WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY: Panel I Marcia McNutt Panel II Dr. Jonathan G. Price Dr. Harvey Thorleifson Dr. John W. Geissman BACKGROUND: The 2013 budget request for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is $1.1 billion, an increase of $34.5 million from the 2012 enacted level. Recently, the USGS has deviated from its core mission of ensuring material supplies for “national security, economic well-being, and industrial production” to new priorities of “ecosystem restoration and climate change.” USGS’s non-fuel program budget cuts increase our dependence on foreign countries for non-fuel mineral commodities. This hearing will focus on the spending priorities outlined in the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget for the USGS and how it will impact the traditional missions of the agency: surveying; geologic mapping; geologic hazards; and identifying the Nation’s energy and mineral resources and maintaining a database on world-wide mineral resources. |
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