[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 95 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D642-D644]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 31 public bills, H.R. 5986-
6016; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 698-700, were introduced. 
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Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H3976-77
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 697, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5973) 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 5972) making appropriations for the 
Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 112-545).                       
Pages H3973-74
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Poe (TX) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 10:34 a.m. and reconvened at 10:59 a.m. 
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Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012: The House passed H.R. 4480, to 
provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas 
exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of 
Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, 
the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
Secretary of Defense in response to a drawdown of petroleum reserves 
from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, by a recorded vote of 248 ayes to 
163 noes, Roll No. 410. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, 
June 20th.                                               
  Pages H3918-45
  Rejected the Slaughter motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the 
House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 166 yeas to 
243 nays, Roll No. 409.                                  
Pages H3942-44
Agreed to:
  Westmoreland amendment (No. 20 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that 
lessens the regulatory burden on deli-style display cases by making 
Service-Over-the-Counter (SOTC) refrigerator units into a separate 
product classification;                                  
Pages H3921-22
  Hanabusa amendment (No. 24 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that requires 
the Secretary of Interior in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture to include in their Quadrennial Federal Onshore Energy 
Production Strategy, the best estimate, based upon commercial and 
scientific data, of the expected increase in domestic production of 
geothermal, solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources on lands 
designated as Hawaiian Home Lands;                           
Page H3925
  Hastings (WA) Manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) 
that was debated on June 20th that makes technical corrections, 
eliminates the designation of the Colville River as an Aquatic Resource 
of National Importance, and requires additional right of ways planned 
into and out of the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska (by a recorded 
vote of 253 ayes to 163 noes, Roll No. 392);                 
Page H3930
  Amodei amendment (No. 14 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from 
moving any aspect of the Solid Minerals program administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to the Office of Surface Mining, 
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) (by a recorded vote of 257 ayes to 
162 noes, Roll No. 399);                                 
Pages H3935-36
  Landry amendment (No. 16 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that raises the cap of revenue shared among the 
Gulf States who produce energy on the Outer Continental Shelf starting 
in FY2023 from $500 million to $750 million (by a recorded vote of 244 
ayes to 173 noes, Roll No. 401);                             
Page H3937
  Rigell amendment (No. 17 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that requires the Secretary of the Interior to 
include Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lease Sale 220 off the coast of 
Virginia in the 5 Year Plan for OCS oil and gas

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drilling and to conduct Lease Sale 220 within one year of enactment. In 
addition, the amendment would also ensure that no oil and gas drilling 
may be conducted off the coast of Virginia which would conflict with 
military operations (by a recorded vote of 263 ayes to 146 noes, Roll 
No. 402); and                                            
Pages H3937-38
  Wittman amendment (No. 19 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that 
streamlines the process for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 
(BOEM) to approve temporary infrastructure, such as towers or buoys, to 
test and develop offshore wind power in the Outer Continental Shelf (by 
a recorded vote of 256 ayes to 161 noes, Roll No. 404). 
                                                  Pages H3920-21, H3939
Rejected:
  Bass (CA) amendment (No. 27 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought 
to establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training, as well as an 
Office of Minority and Women Inclusion that would be responsible for 
all matters relating to diversity in management, employment, and 
business activities;                                     
Pages H3927-30
  Waxman amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was debated 
on June 20th that sought to provide that the rules described in section 
205(a) shall not be delayed if the pollution that would be controlled 
by the rules contributes to asthma attacks, acute and chronic 
bronchitis, heart attacks, cancer, birth defects, neurological damage, 
premature death, or other serious harms to human health (by a recorded 
vote of 164 ayes to 249 noes, Roll No. 393);             
Pages H3931-32
  Connolly amendment (No. 8 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that sought to define the term ``public health'' 
in the Clean Air Act (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 242 noes, Roll 
No. 394);                                                
Pages H3932-33
  Gene Green (TX) amendment (No. 9 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that 
was debated on June 20th that sought to strike section 206 of the bill, 
which would require the consideration of feasibility and costs in 
revising or supplementing national ambient air quality standards for 
ozone (by a recorded vote of 174 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 395); 
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  Rush amendment (No. 11 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was debated 
on June 20th that sought to provide that Sections 205 and 206 shall 
cease to be effective if the Administrator of the Energy Information 
Administration determines that implementation of this title is not 
projected to lower gasoline prices and create jobs in the United States 
within 10 years (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 255 noes, Roll No. 
396);                                                    
Pages H3933-34
  Holt amendment (No. 12 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was debated 
on June 20th that sought to reduce the number of onshore leases on 
which oil and gas production is not occurring as an incentive for oil 
and gas companies to begin producing on the leases that they already 
hold (by a recorded vote of 164 ayes to 256 noes, Roll No. 397); 
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  Connolly amendment (No. 13 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that sought to clarify that the section requiring 
a $5,000 protest fee shall not infringe upon the protections afforded 
by the First Amendment to the Constitution to petition for the redress 
of grievances (by a recorded vote of 190 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 
398);                                                        
Page H3935
  Markey amendment (No. 15 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that was 
debated on June 20th that sought to prohibit oil and gas produced under 
new leases authorized by this legislation from being exported to 
foreign countries (by a recorded vote of 161 ayes to 256 noes, Roll No. 
400);                                                    
Pages H3936-37
  Holt amendment (No. 18 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
end free drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by requiring oil companies to 
pay in order to receive new leases on public lands (by a recorded vote 
of 168 ayes to 250 noes, Roll No. 403);        
Pages H3918-20, H3938-39
  Bass (CA) amendment (No. 21 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought 
to require the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to conduct an 
analysis of how to shield American consumers and the United States 
economy from gasoline price fluctuations and supply disruptions in the 
oil market by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil (by a 
recorded vote of 186 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 405); 
                                               Pages H3922-23, H3939-40
  Capps amendment (No. 23 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
remove the requirements in Title II of the bill to conduct an analysis, 
issue a report, and delay rules if the Secretary of Energy determines 
that the analyses are ''infeasible to conduct, require data that does 
not exist, or would generate results subject to such large estimates of 
uncertainty that the results would be neither reliable nor useful'' (by 
a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 254 noes, Roll No. 406); 
                                               Pages H3923-25, H3940-41
  Speier amendment (No. 25 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
strike language in the underlying legislation that would require 
drilling permits to be deemed approved a 60 day deadline, which could 
expose public lands to undue risk (by a recorded vote of 162 ayes to 
255 noes, Roll No. 407); and                      
Pages H3925-26, H3941
  DeLauro amendment (No. 26 printed in H. Rept. 112-540) that sought to 
require $128 million received from the sale of new leases to be made 
available to fully fund the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to 
limit speculation in energy markets

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(by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 408). 
                                               Pages H3926-27, H3941-42
  H. Res. 691, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was 
agreed to yesterday, June 20th.
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House agreed to the McKinley motion 
to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348 by a yea-and-nay vote of 260 yeas to 
138 nays, Roll No. 411. The motion was debated yesterday, June 20th. 
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Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to 
meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 25th.                         
  Page H3948
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House debated the Representative 
Hoyer motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. Further proceedings 
were postponed.                                          
  Pages H3948-52
Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House debated the Representative 
Black motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 4348. Further proceedings 
were postponed.                                          
  Pages H3952-55
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and 18 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H3930-31, 
H3931-32, H3932-33, H3933, H3933-34, H3934-35, H3935, H3936, H3936-37, 
H3937, H3938, H3938-39, H3939, H3940, H3940-41, H3941, H3942, H3943-44, 
H3944-45, and H3945. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 5:32 p.m.