![]() ![]() Committees Look to Shore Up Energy Infrastructure Off Capitol Hill, Missile Defense Agency Director Jon Hill is discussing the budget request for his agency at an event on Friday marking the 40th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative, a high-profile effort to develop a space-based system for destroying nuclear missiles that was later abandoned. In the Senate, appropriators have set out a tentative schedule for their budget review hearings, with science agency officials mostly set to testify in April and May. Also on Thursday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is appearing before the House appropriations subcommittee that handles the Department of Energy’s budget, which will be the first hearing led by the panel’s new chair, Rep. Committee members may also take the opportunity to broach policy areas they are interested in addressing through the annual National Defense Authorization Act. Combined funding for basic research, applied research, and advanced technology development would be cut 20% to $17.8 billion under the request, although that amount is nearly $1.4 billion higher than the administration’s previous request. Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu is appearing before the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday to discuss the administration’s proposals for defense science and technology programs. Air Force) Budget Hearing Season Entering Full BloomĬongressional hearings on President Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request will be moving at full speed this week and are scheduled to continue throughout the spring. ![]() Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu is testifying before Congress this week on the president’s latest budget request for defense science and technology programs. ![]()
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