[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 7, 2015)]
[House]
[Pages H4864-H4865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Ms. Tsongas

       Amendment No. 40: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


  limitation on use of funds to implement or enforce specific sections

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement or enforce section 117, 121, or 122.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mr. Rouzer

       Amendment No. 41: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the rule 
     entitled ``Standards of Performance for New Residential Wood 
     Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air 
     Furnaces'' published by the Environmental Protection Agency 
     in the Federal Register on March 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 13671 
     et seq.).

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Ms. Edwards

       Amendment No. 42: Strike section 438.

                               H.R. 2822

                   Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida

       Amendment No. 43: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


  limitation on use of funds to consider a petition to reclassify the 
                          west indian manatee

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to consider a petition to reclassify the West Indian 
     manatee from an endangered species to a threatened species 
     under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.).

                               H.R. 2822

                   Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida

       Amendment No. 44: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


limitation on use of funds to carry out outer continental shelf oil and 
                           gas lease sale 226

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to carry out oil and gas lease sale 226 for the 
     Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mr. Engel

       Amendment No. 45: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of the Interior, the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, or any other Federal agency 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.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mr. Pearce

       Amendment No. 46: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to increase the rate of any royalty required to be 
     paid to the United States for oil and gas produced on Federal 
     land, or to prepare or publish a proposed rule relating to 
     such an increase.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Ms. Speier

       Amendment No. 47: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to implement, administer, or enforce the final rule 
     following the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for 
     the Dog Management Plan (Plan/SEIS), Golden Gate National 
     Recreation Area (GGNRA), California (78 Fed. Reg. 55094; 
     September 9, 2013).

                               H.R. 2822

                       Offered By: Mr. Goodlatte

       Amendment No. 48: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Environmental Protection Agency to take any of 
     the backstop actions referred to in enclosure B of the 
     December 29, 2009, letter from EPA's Regional Administration 
     to the States in the Watershed and the District of Columbia 
     in response to the development or implementation of a State's 
     watershed implementation plan.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mr. Yoder

       Amendment No. 49: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


 limitation on use of funds to implement or enforce threatened species 
                 listing of the lesser prairie chicken

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
     be used to implement or enforce the threatened species 
     listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the Endangered 
     Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2822

                       Offered By: Mr. Garamendi

       Amendment No. 50: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in 
     contravention of Executive Order 13693.

                               H.R. 2822

                       Offered By: Mr. Garamendi

       Amendment No. 51: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following.


                       limitation on use of funds

       None of the funds made available by this Act for California 
     drought response or relief may be used by the Administrator 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Secretary of 
     the Interior in contravention of implementation of Division 
     26.7 of the California Water Code (the Water Quality, Supply, 
     and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014), as approved by 
     the voters of California in California Proposition 1 (2014).

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Jeffries

       Amendment No. 52: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


                       limitation on use of funds

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available to the National 
     Park Service by this Act may be used for the purchase or 
     display of a confederate flag with the exception of specific 
     circumstances where the flags provide historical context as 
     described in the National Park Service memorandum entitled 
     ``Immediate Action Required, No Reply Needed: Confederate 
     Flags'' and dated June 24, 2015.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mrs. Noem

       Amendment No. 53: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


     limitation on use of funds to close or move fisheries archives

       Sec. 441.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to close or move the D.C. Booth Historic National 
     Fish Hatchery and Archives.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Newhouse

       Amendment No. 54: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


limitation on use of funds to treat gray wolves in washington, oregon, 
          and utah as endangered species or threatened species

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Interior or the United States 
     Fish and Wildlife Service to treat any gray wolf (Canis

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     lupus) in Washington, Oregon, or Utah as an endangered 
     species or threatened species under the Endangered Species 
     Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Huffman

       Amendment No. 55: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to enter into a new contract or agreement or to 
     administer a portion of an existing contract or agreement 
     with a concessioner, a cooperating association, or any other 
     entity that provides for the sale in any facility within a 
     unit of the National Park System of a non-educational item 
     that depicts a Confederate flag on it.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Huffman

       Amendment No. 56: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to permit, authorize, or allow any grave in any 
     Federal cemetery to be decorated with a Confederate flag.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Gallego

       Amendment No. 57: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following:
       Sec. 441.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to issue a grazing permit or lease in contravention 
     of section 4110.1 or 4130.1-1(b) of title 43, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Burgess

       Amendment No. 58: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following new section:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to hire or pay the salary of any officer or employee 
     of the Environmental Protection Agency under subsection (f) 
     or (g) of section 207 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 209) who is not already receiving pay under either 
     such subsection on the date of enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. LaMalfa

       Amendment No. 59: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:


              limitation on use of funds for attorney fees

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay attorney fees in a civil suit under section 
     11(g) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
     1540(g)) pursuant to a court order that states such fees were 
     calculated at an hourly rate in excess of $125 per hour.

                               H.R. 2822

                        Offered By: Mr. Newhouse

       Amendment No. 60: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency to issue any regulation under the Solid Waste Disposal 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) that applies to an animal 
     feeding operation, including a concentrated animal feeding 
     operation and a large concentrated animal feeding operation, 
     as such terms are defined in section 122.23 of title 40, Code 
     of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 2822

                         Offered By: Mr. Rokita

       Amendment No. 61: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following new section:


  enforcement of the endangered species act regarding certain mussels

       Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to 
     enforce the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.) with respect to the Clubshell, Fanshell, Rabbitsfoot, 
     Rayed Bean, Sheepnose, or Snuffbox mussels.

                               H.R. 2822

                      Offered By: Mr. Westmoreland

       Amendment No. 62: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to pay legal fees pursuant to a settlement in any 
     case, in which the Federal Government is a party, that arises 
     under--
       (1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);
       (2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 
     et seq.); or
       (3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
     seq.).