HOUSE SS&T HEARING ON ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT NOAA, Apr 18, 2023, DC, 10:00 am ET

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee will hold a hearing on April 18, 2023 at 10:00 am ET in 2318 Rayburn House Office Building on “Establishing an Independent NOAA.”

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which operates the nation’s civil weather satellites among many other things, is part of the Department of Commerce, but was created by Executive Order, not in law. House SS&T Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK) is circulating a discussion draft of legislation that would establish it as an independent science agency.

The hearing will discuss the draft legislation and NOAA’s future.  Witnesses are three former NOAA Administrators or Acting Administrators who served during Republican Administrations (George W. Bush and Trump).

• The Honorable Dr. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, VADM USN Ret., NOAA Administrator, 2001-2008
• The Honorable Dr. Tim Gallaudet, RDML USN Ret., Acting NOAA Administrator, 2017-2019
• The Honorable Dr. Neil Jacobs, Acting NOAA Administrator, 2019-2021

The hearing will be webcast on the committee’s website.