House Appropriations hearing on NNSA, EM budget requests

Today, the House Appropriations Energy and Water Development subcommittee will hold a hearing on the FY23 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) beginning at 2:15pm EST.

The link to the hearing's livestream may be found here.

Witnesses for the hearing include the Honorable Jill Hruby, Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator of the NNSA, as well as Deputy Administrators of the NNSA. EM Senior Advisor William "Ike" White will also testify at the hearing.

The Administration's FY23 budget request for NNSA is $21.4 billion, a $700 million increase over the FY22 enacted level, continuing a string of increases that have nearly doubled the NNSA budget over the last seven years. The DOE budget justification document for NNSA may be found here.

The Administration's FY23 budget request for EM is $8.06 billion, a $160 million increase over the FY22 enacted level, continuing a series of increased requests for EM. For the past several years, the enacted funding levels have exceeded the Administration’s budget request for EM. The DOE budget justification document for EM may be found here.

The House Energy and Water subcommittee also recently held a hearing on the FY23 Budget Request for DOE - the recording may be viewed here. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources also held a full committee meeting on the President's FY23 Budget Request for DOE - the recording may be viewed here.

Additional information on the FY23 budget and appropriations may be found on the ECA Federal Budget Tracker webpage.