3.0.0 5360 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z 2023-01-11T13:25:51Z House H HR 2014-07-31 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MULVANEY:H.R. 5360.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1. ``The Congress shall havePower To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Impostsand Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. ``To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes.''Article I Section 8, Clause 4. ``To establish a uniformrule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject ofbankruptcies throughout the United States.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 8. ``To Promote the progressof science and useful arts, by securing for limited times toauthors and inventors the exclusive right to their respectivewritings and discoveries.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 9. ``To constitute tribunalsinferior to the Supreme Court.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 14. ``To make Rules for theGovernment and Regulation of the land and naval Forces.''Article I, Section 8, Clause 18. ``To make all Laws whichshall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution theforegoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof''Article III, Section 1, Clause 1. ``The judicial power ofthe United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, andin such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to timeordain and establish.''Article III, Section 2. ``The judicial power shall extendto all cases, in law and equity, arising under thisConstitution, the laws of the United States, and treatiesmade, or which shall be made, under their authority;--to allcases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers andconsuls;--to all cases of admiralty and maritimejurisdiction;--to controversies to which the United Statesshall be a party;--to controversies between two or morestates;--between a state and citizens of another state;--between citizens of different states;--between citizens ofthe same state claiming lands under grants of differentstates, and between a state, or the citizens thereof, andforeign states, citizens or subjects.In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministersand consuls, and those in which a state shall be party, theSupreme Court shall have original jurisdiction. In all theother cases before mentioned, the Supreme Court shall haveappellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with suchexceptions, and under such regulations as the Congress shallmake.''Article IV, Section 3. ``The Congress shall have power todispose of and make all needful rules and regulationsrespecting the territory or other property belonging to theUnited States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be soconstrued as to prejudice any claims of the United States, orof any particular state.''[Page H7187]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee Referred to 2014-09-15T13:22:16Z hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2014-09-15T13:22:06Z Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:15Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy18 Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2014-09-12T21:28:48Z Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:25Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T20:29:10Z hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T20:28:50Z hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T20:28:36Z Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:20Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee Referred to 2014-08-01T14:35:14Z Referred to 2014-07-31T13:05:45Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:10Z hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:05Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T13:06:00Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-07-31T13:05:50Z Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 2013 113 271 HR 2013-06-03 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 82. Related bill CRS Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013 113 367 HR 2013-09-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013 113 982 HR 2013-11-14 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 113 1582 HR 2013-09-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act 113 1900 HR 2013-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Related bill CRS Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013 113 2218 HR 2013-07-30 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 153. Related bill CRS Offshore Energy and Jobs Act 113 2231 HR 2013-07-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 113 2655 HR 2013-11-18 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act 113 2728 HR 2013-12-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 255. Related bill CRS American-Made Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act 113 2784 HR 2013-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy. Related bill CRS Gas Accessibility and Stabilization Act of 2013 113 2823 HR 2013-07-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Related bill CRS EPA Hydraulic Fracturing Study Improvement Act 113 2850 HR 2013-10-23 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179. Related bill CRS Taking Hold of Regulations to Increase Vital Employment In Energy Act 113 3042 HR 2013-09-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Related bill CRS North American Energy Infrastructure Act 113 3301 HR 2014-06-26 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442. Related bill CRS Innovation Act 113 3309 HR 2013-12-09 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Electricity Security and Affordability Act 113 3826 HR 2014-05-08 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 374. Related bill CRS American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2014 113 4438 HR 2014-05-12 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2014 113 4457 HR 2014-06-17 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 434. Related bill CRS To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation. 113 4718 HR 2014-07-15 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 465. Related bill CRS Bonus Depreciation Extension Act of 2014 113 4743 HR 2014-05-23 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Related bill CRS Audiology Patient Choice Act of 2014 113 5304 HR 2014-08-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2013 113 1288 S 2013-07-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Small Business Investment Promotion Act 113 1342 S 2013-07-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Patent Transparency and Improvements Act of 2013 113 1720 S 2013-12-17 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Related bill CRS Electricity Security and Affordability Act 113 1905 S 2014-01-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS FACT Act 113 2319 S 2014-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS North American Energy Infrastructure Act 113 2823 S 2014-09-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Related bill CRS 2014-09-15 hsii10 Federal Lands Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. Committee 2014-09-15 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2014-09-12 hssy18 Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. Committee 2014-08-01 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2014-08-01 hspw14 Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Committee 2014-08-01 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2014-08-01 hsif03 Energy, Climate and Grid Security Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-07-31 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, Rules, Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001182 Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5] Mick Mulvaney R SC 5 N H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 2014-07-31 True P000591 Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] Tom Price R GA 6 2014-07-31 True L000564 Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5] Doug Lamborn R CO 5 2014-07-31 True C000266 Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] STEVE CHABOT R OH 1 2014-07-31 True L000578 Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] Doug LaMalfa R CA 1 2014-07-31 True H001059 Rep. Hultgren, Randy [R-IL-14] Randy Hultgren R IL 14 2014-07-31 True R000582 Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] David Roe R TN P. 1 2014-07-31 True M001177 Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4] Tom McClintock R CA 4 2014-07-31 True S001183 Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6] David Schweikert R AZ 6 2014-07-31 True D000621 Rep. DeSantis, Ron [R-FL-6] Ron DeSantis R FL 6 2014-07-31 True B001274 Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5] Mo Brooks R AL 5 2014-07-31 True J000289 Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] Jim Jordan R OH 4 2014-07-31 True H001058 Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2] Bill Huizenga R MI 2 2014-07-31 True D000533 Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2] JOHN DUNCAN R TN J. 2 2014-07-31 True C001087 Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] Eric Crawford R AR A. "Rick" 1 2014-07-31 True B001282 Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] Andy Barr R KY 6 2014-09-08 False H001067 Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8] Richard Hudson R NC 8 2014-09-08 False F000458 Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] Stephen Fincher R TN Lee 8 2014-09-08 False C001102 Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19] Curt Clawson R FL 19 2014-09-15 False Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Air quality Atlantic Ocean Bankruptcy Birds Business investment and capital California Canada Charitable contributions Civil actions and liability Climate change and greenhouse gases Coal Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Department of Energy Department of the Interior Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Economic performance and conditions Electric power generation and transmission Endangered and threatened species Energy prices Energy revenues and royalties Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Environmental regulatory procedures Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Federal-Indian relations Fruit and vegetables Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Gulf of Mexico Hazardous wastes and toxic substances Horticulture and plants Income tax credits Income tax deductions Income tax rates Indian lands and resources rights Inflation and prices Insects Intellectual property Intergovernmental relations Judicial procedure and administration Judicial review and appeals Latin America Lawyers and legal services Legal fees and court costs Legislative rules and procedure Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Mexico Nebraska Oil and gas Pacific Ocean Pipelines Public utilities and utility rates Research and development Securities Small business Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Solid waste and recycling South Carolina State and local finance State and local government operations Trade restrictions U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Virginia Water quality Commerce 00 2014-07-31 Introduced in House 2014-11-03T15:52:30Z American Renaissance in Manufacturing Act - Title I: Creating a More Competitive Tax Code - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce to 25% of taxable income the income tax rate for corporations (currently, the maximum rate is 35%). Makes permanent: (1) the reduction in the recognition period for the built-in gains of S corporations, (2) the basis adjustments to the stock of S corporations making charitable contributions of appreciated property, (3) the expensing allowance for depreciable business assets, (4) the research tax credit, and (5) the additional depreciation allowance (bonus depreciation) for business assets.

Title II: Reining In Job-Killing Washington Red Tape - States that the purpose of this title is to increase accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process by requiring Congress to approve all new major regulations.

Revises provisions relating to congressional review of agency rulemaking to require a federal agency promulgating a rule to include in its report to Congress and to the Comptroller General (GAO) a classification of the rule as a major or nonmajor rule. Sets forth a congressional approval procedure for major rules and a congressional disapproval procedure for nonmajor rules. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that any rule subject to such congressional approval procedure affecting budget authority, outlays, or receipts shall be assumed to be effective unless it is not approved in accordance with such procedure.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), before promulgating as final an energy-related rule that is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, to report to Congress on the effects of such rule on the economy and on employment. Prohibits the Administrator from: (1) using the social cost of carbon in any cost-benefit analysis relating to such energy-related rule; and (2) issuing, implementing, or enforcing any proposed or final rule under the Clean Air Act that establishes a performance standard for greenhouse gas emissions from any new source that is a fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating unit unless the rule meets specified requirements.

Nullifies the force and effect of specified proposed rules (or similar successor proposed or final rules) for Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units.

Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize states to adopt and implement coal combustion residuals permit programs.

Title III: Reducing Frivolous Legal Costs - Amends the sanctions provisions in Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to require the court to impose an appropriate sanction on any attorney, law firm, or party that has violated, or is responsible for the violation of, the rule with regard to representations to the court. Requires any sanction to compensate parties injured by the conduct in question.

Repeals the provision that prohibits filing a motion for sanctions if the challenged paper, claim, defense, contention, or denial is withdrawn or appropriately corrected within 21 days after service or within another time the court sets.

Authorizes the court to impose additional sanctions, such as striking the pleadings, dismissing the suit, or other nonmonetary directives or ordering penalty payments if warranted for effective deterrence.

Amends federal bankruptcy law to require a quarterly report on asbestos claims.

Revises pleading and procedural requirements for patent infringement actions. Directs the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to notify the public on its website when a patent case is brought in federal court.

Codifies judicial doctrine relating to the consideration of prior art in cases of double patenting for the purpose of determining the nonobviousness of a second patent's claimed invention, thereby specifying that such doctrine continues to apply to the first-inventor-to-file patent system under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.

Amends the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to ensure that any emergency order issued under such Act for the interconnection of facilities for the generation, transmission, and sale of electric energy that may result in a conflict with a requirement of any environmental law: (1) requires generation, delivery, interchange, or transmission of electric energy only during hours necessary to meet the emergency and serve the public interest; and (2) to the maximum extent practical, is consistent with any other applicable environmental law and minimizes any adverse environmental impacts.

Title IV: Preserving Access to Abundant and Affordable Sources of Energy - Expedites the permit approval process for the Keystone Pipeline by eliminating the requirement for a presidential permit and other requirements.

Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve or deny a certificate of public convenience and necessity within 12 months after providing public notice of the permit application for a natural gas pipeline project.

Prohibits any person from constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a cross-border segment of an oil or natural gas pipeline or electric transmission facility at the national boundary of the United States for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity to or from Canada or Mexico without obtaining a certificate of crossing under this Act.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including any component of that process), relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any state that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement a leasing program that includes at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct specified oil and gas lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia and South Carolina and to offer for sale leases of tracts in the Southern California area.

Allocates 37.5% of the amount of new federal leasing revenues to coastal states that are: (1) impacted by the leases under which those revenues are received by the United States, and (2) within 200 miles of the leased tract.

Establishes in the Department of the Interior: (1) an Under Secretary for Energy, Lands, and Minerals; (2) an Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety; (3) an Assistant Secretary of Land and Minerals Management; (4) a Bureau of Ocean Energy; (5) an Ocean Energy Safety Service; and (6) an Office of Natural Resources Revenue.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a National Offshore Energy Safety Academy to train oil and gas inspectors and other Department of Interior personnel; and (2) an Outer Continental Shelf Energy Safety Advisory Board to provide advice on mineral and renewable energy exploration, development, and production activities.

Abolishes the Minerals Management Service.

Prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy and the Ocean Energy Safety Service from developing, proposing, finalizing, administering, or implementing any limitation on activities under their jurisdictions as a result of the coastal and marine spatial planning component of the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547.

Redefines the OCS to include all submerged lands lying within the U.S. exclusive economic zone and the Continental Shelf adjacent to any U.S. territory.

Sets forth requirements for filing complaints for judicial review of federal actions relating to energy leases.

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