[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 107 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D760-D764]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 5052-
5073; and 3 resolutions, H.J. Res. 118; and H. Res. 663-665 were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H6105-07
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H6107-08
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Communication from the Sergeant at Arms: Read a letter from Paul D. 
Irving, Sergeant at Arms, in which he notified the House that pursuant 
to clause 12(c) of rule I, an imminent impairment of the place of 
reconvening for the House meeting of 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 10, 2014 
was in place due to an industrial accident. Subsequently, the Speaker 
dispensed with morning-hour debate today and notified Members 
accordingly.                                                 
  Page H6039
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Rabbi Dovid 
Cohen, Young Israel of the West Side, New York, New York.    
  Page H6039
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015 and 
Amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent 
bonus depreciation--Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to H. Res. 
661, the rule that is providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5016) making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015 and providing 
for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4718) to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to modify and make permanent bonus depreciation, by a yea-
and-nay vote of 234 yeas to 188 nays, Roll No. 392, after the previous 
question was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 192 nays, 
Roll No. 391.                                  
  Pages H6043-49, H6065-66
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2015: The House passed H.R. 4923, making appropriations for energy and 
water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2015, by a yea-and-nay vote of 253 yeas to 170 nays, Roll 
No. 402. Consideration of the measure began yesterday, July 9th. 
                                            Pages H6049-64, H6066-H6100
  Rejected the Enyart motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Appropriations with instructions to report the same back to the House 
forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of 188 ayes to 231 
noes, Roll No. 401.                                   
Pages H6098-H6100
Agreed to:
  Lummis amendment (No. 16 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used in contravention of 
section

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3112(d)(2)(B) of the USEC Privatization Act and all public notice and 
comment requirements under chapter 6 of title 5, United States Code, 
that are applicable to carrying out such section;        
Pages H6049-50
  Speier amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 4712 of title 41, United States Code; 
                                                         Pages H6052-53
  Bonamici amendment that was debated on July 9th that increases 
funding, by offset, for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 
$9,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 199 noes, Roll No. 380); 
                                                         Pages H6057-58
  Schiff amendment that was debated on July 9th that increases funding, 
by offset, for the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy by 
$20,000,000 (by a recorded vote of 216 ayes to 205 noes, Roll No. 383);
                                                         Pages H6059-60
  DeLauro amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enter into 
any contract with an incorporated entity if such entity's sealed bid or 
competitive proposal shows that such entity is incorporated or 
chartered in Bermuda or the Cayman Islands, and such entity's sealed 
bid or competitive proposal shows that such entity was previously 
incorporated in the United States (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 
200 noes, Roll No. 387);                          
Pages H6050-51, H6062
  Lankford amendment that prohibits funds from being used to prepare, 
propose, or promulgate any regulation or guidance that references or 
relies on the analysis contained in specified documents on the subject 
of the Social Cost of Carbon (by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 191 
noes, Roll No. 389);                           
Pages H6053-54, H6063-64
  Cassidy amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Energy to apply the report entitled ``Life Cycle 
Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the 
United States'' in any public interest determination under the Natural 
Gas Act (by a recorded vote of 232 ayes to 187 noes, Roll No. 390); 
                                                  Pages H6054-56, H6064
  Engel amendment that prohibits funds from being used to lease or 
purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an 
agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential 
Memorandum--Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011;   
Page H6068
  Ellison amendment (No. 7 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to enter into a contract 
with any person whose disclosures of a proceeding with a disposition 
listed in section 2313(c)(1) of title 41, United States Code, in the 
Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System include 
the term ``Fair Labor Standards Act'';                   
Pages H6069-70
  Grayson amendment (No. 11 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that prohibits funds from being used to enter into a contract 
with any offeror or any of its principals if that offeror has (A) 
within a three-year period preceding this offer, been convicted of or 
had a civil judgment rendered against it for commission of a fraud or a 
criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or 
performing a public contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or 
State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or 
commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or 
destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating 
Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or (B) are 
presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a 
governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated 
above in subsection (A); or (C) within a three-year period preceding 
this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an 
amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied;
                                                         Pages H6070-71
  Luetkemeyer amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the 
study of the Missouri River Projects authorized in section 108 of the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2009;                                                    
Pages H6075-76
  Luetkemeyer amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to 
section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007; 
                                                             Page H6077
  Sean Patrick Maloney (NY) amendment that prohibits funds from being 
used to implement, administer, or enforce the order entitled ``Order 
Accepting Proposed Tariff Revisions and Establishing a Technical 
Conference'' issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Aug. 
13, 2013;                                                
Pages H6080-81
  Scalise amendment that prohibits funds from being used within the 
borders of the State of Louisiana by the Mississippi Valley Division or 
the Southwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers or any 
district of the Corps within such divisions to implement or enforce the 
mitigation methodology referred to as the ``Modified Charleston 
Method'';                                                
Pages H6081-82
  Yoho amendment that prohibits funds from being used for ``DE--
FOA0000697: Sustainable Cities: Urban Energy Planning for Smart Growth 
in China and India'';                                    
Pages H6082-83
  Fleming amendment (No. 9 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that prohibits

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funds from being used to pay the salary of any officer or employee to 
carry out section 301 of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984; 
                                                         Pages H6083-84
  Walberg amendment that prohibits funds from being used to carry out 
section 801 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007; 
                                                             Page H6084
  McKinley amendment that prohibits funds from being used to transform 
the National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-owned, 
contractor-operated laboratory, or to consolidate or close the National 
Energy Technology Laboratory;                                
Page H6085
  Weber amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the Cape 
Wind Energy Project on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, 
Nantucket Sound;                                         
Pages H6085-86
  Byrne amendment that prohibits funds from being used to implement, 
administer, or enforce Executive Order No. 13547, including the 
National Ocean Policy developed under such Executive Order; 
                                                         Pages H6087-88
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used to award grants 
or provide funding for high-efficiency toilets or indoor water-
efficient toilets;                                       
Pages H6089-90
  Kelly (PA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used in 
contravention of section 210(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Water Resources 
Development Act;                                         
Pages H6090-91
  Burgess amendment that prohibits funds from being used to enforce 
standards of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to 
BPAR, BR, and ER incandescent reflector lamps (by a recorded vote of 
226 ayes to 193 noes, Roll No. 393);           
Pages H6068-69, H6093-94
  LaMalfa amendment that prohibits funds from being used to regulate 
activities identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 404(f)(1) 
of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act or to limit the exemption in 
section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
established or ongoing operations (by a recorded vote of 239 ayes to 
182 noes, Roll No. 394);                          
Pages H6071-72, H6094
  Stockman amendment that prohibits funds from being used by the 
Department of Energy to block approval of offshore drilling permits (by 
a recorded vote of 218 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 396); 
                                               Pages H6079-80, H6095-96
  McKinley amendment that prohibits funds from being used to design, 
implement, administer or carry out specified assessments regarding 
climate change (by a recorded vote of 229 ayes to 188 noes, Roll No. 
397); and                                         
Pages H6084-85, H6096
  Gosar amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the 
Department of Energy's Climate Model Development and Validation program 
(by a recorded vote of 226 ayes to 194 noes, Roll No. 399). 
                                               Pages H6088-89, H6097-98
Rejected:
  McClintock amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
reduce funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs by 
$22,000,000; Nuclear Energy by $9,810,000; Fossil Energy Research and 
Development by $30,935,000; Department of Energy, Departmental 
Administration by $9,551,000; Nuclear Regulatory Commission by 
$49,062,000 and to apply the $121,358,000 in savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 129 ayes to 290 noes, Roll No. 
379);                                                        
Page H6057
  Speier amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for Fossil Energy Research and Development by $30,935,000 and 
apply the savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote 
of 184 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 381);                  
Pages H6058-59
  Titus amendment (No. 15 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that was debated on July 9th that sought to eliminate funding 
for Nuclear Waste Disposal and apply the $150,000,000 in savings to the 
spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 75 ayes to 344 noes, 
Roll No. 382);                                               
Page H6059
  Quigley amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to reduce 
funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration, Weapons 
Activities by $7,600,000 and apply the savings to the spending 
reduction account (by a recorded vote of 181 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 
384);                                                    
Pages H6060-61
  Chabot amendment that was debated on July 9th that sought to 
eliminate funding for the Denali Commission and apply the $10,000,000 
in savings to the spending reduction account (by a recorded vote of 176 
ayes to 243 noes, Roll No. 385);                             
Page H6061
  Titus amendment (No. 14 printed in the Congressional Record of July 
8, 2014) that was debated on July 9th that sought to strike section 
506, relating to the Yucca Mountain geologic repository license 
application (by a recorded vote of 96 ayes to 326 noes, Roll No. 386); 
                                                         Pages H6061-62
  King (IA) amendment that prohibits funds from being used to 
implement, administer, or enforce the prevailing wage requirements in 
subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (by a 
recorded vote of 181 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 388); 
                                               Pages H6051-52, H6062-63
  Huffman amendment that sought to increase funding, by offset, for 
programs, projects, and activities of the Bureau of Reclamation 
authorized under

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the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act by 
$52,000,000;                                                 
Page H6075
  Hudson amendment that prohibits funds from being used for any program 
not authorized by law as of the date of the enactment of this Act 
except for amounts under the headings ``National Nuclear Security 
Administration'', ``Environmental and Other Defense Activities'', or 
``Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board'';                 
Page H6091
  Stockman amendment that prohibits funds from being used for the 
Department of Energy's Loan Program Office (by a recorded vote of 140 
ayes to 282 noes, Roll No. 395);               
Pages H6078-79, H6094-95
  Blackburn amendment (No. 22 printed in the Congressional Record of 
July 9, 2014) that sought to reduce the level of funding in the bill by 
1 percent across-the-board (by a recorded vote of 150 ayes to 271 noes, 
Roll No. 398); and                             
Pages H6086-87, H6096-97
  Hudson amendment that sought to reduce the amounts made available in 
the bill by 7.4831 percent except for amounts under the headings 
``National Nuclear Security Administration'', ``Environmental and Other 
Defense Activities'', or `` Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board'' 
(by a recorded vote of 131 ayes to 289 noes, Roll No. 400). 
                                                  Pages H6091-92, H6098
Withdrawn:
  McNerney amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have prohibited funds from being used for the Bay Delta 
Conservation Plan and                                        
Page H6056
  Barton amendment that was offered and subsequently withdrawn that 
would have authorized the Secretary of Energy to conduct a pilot 
program to license, construct, and operate one or more government or 
privately owned consolidated storage facilities to provide interim 
storage as needed for spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive 
waste.                                                   
Pages H6066-68
Point of Order sustained against:
  Burgess amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being provided 
to any entity that commenced a case under title 11 of the United States 
Code in fiscal year 2013, 2014, or before the date such funds would 
otherwise be so obligated in fiscal year 2015;               
Page H6070
  Garamendi amendment that sought to require the Secretary of Energy to 
submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes 
an analysis of alternatives with respect to using the existing 
infrastructure at the Savannah River Site of the Department of Energy, 
including existing mixed oxide facilities, to conduct an alternative 
method for meeting the nuclear disposition requirements of the United 
States;                                                  
Pages H6072-73
  LaMalfa amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used by 
the Bureau of Reclamation to terminate, or implement, administer, or 
enforce the termination of, the existing Sacramento River Settlement 
Contracts before the resolution of Natural Resources Defense Council, 
et al. v. Jewell, et al.;                                
Pages H6073-75
  Garamendi amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
approve a liquefied natural gas export application from a facility that 
would be supplied with or export liquefied natural gas on foreign-flag 
vessels when an application that would be supplied with or export 
liquefied natural gas on American-flag vessels is pending; 
                                                         Pages H6076-77
  Garamendi amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
approve an application for the supply or export of liquefied natural 
gas unless the Department of Energy has consulted with the United 
States Maritime Administration on the availability of United States-
flag vessels to transport the liquefied natural gas; and 
                                                         Pages H6077-78
  Yoho amendment that sought to prohibit funds from being used to 
finalize, implement, or enforce any rule that would increase 
electricity prices or reduce electricity reliability.        
Page H6080
  H. Res. 641, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4899) and (H.R. 4923), was agreed to on June 25th.
Recess: The House recessed at 7:46 p.m. and reconvened at 7:59 p.m. 
                                                             Page H6093
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate by the Clerk and 
subsequently presented to the House today appears on page H6049.
Senate Referrals: S. 247 was referred to the Committees on Natural 
Resources and Transportation and Infrastructure; S. 311, S. 354, S. 
363, and S. 476 were referred to the Committee on Natural Resources; 
and S. 609 was held at the desk.                     
  Pages H6049, H6104
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and 21 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H6057, 
H6057-58, H6058-59, H6059, H6059-60, H6060-61, H6061, H6061-62, H6062, 
H6063, H6063-64, H6064, H6065, H6065-66, H6093-94, H6094, H6094-95, 
H6095-96, H6096, H6096-97, H6097-98, H6098, H6099-H6100 and H6100. 
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 10 p.m.

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