[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 130 (Thursday, September 30, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H9073-H9074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    EXTENDING ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAMS UNDER ENERGY POLICY AND 
                CONSERVATION ACT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2000

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce be discharged from the further consideration of 
the bill (H.R. 2981) to extend energy conservation programs under the 
Energy

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 Policy and Conservation Act through March 31, 2000, and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Texas?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

                               H.R. 2981

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

       The Energy Policy and Conservation Act is amended--
       (1) by amending section 166 (42 U.S.C. 6246) to read as 
     follows:


                   ``authorization of appropriations

       ``Sec. 166. There are authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2000 such sums as may be necessary to implement 
     this part, to remain available only through March 31, 
     2000.'';
       (2) in section 181 (42 U.S.C. 6251) by striking ``September 
     30, 1999'' both places it appears and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``March 31, 2000''; and
       (3) in section 281 (42 U.S.C. 6285) by striking ``September 
     30, 1999'' both places it appears and inserting in lieu 
     thereof ``March 31, 2000''.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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