[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 166 (Thursday, September 24, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4898-H4949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           EXPANDING ACCESS TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACT OF 2019

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, further 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 4447) to establish an energy storage 
and microgrid grant and technical assistance program, will now resume.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Each further amendment printed in part B of 
House Report 116-528 not earlier considered as part of amendments en 
bloc pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 1129, shall be 
considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only 
by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be withdrawn by 
the proponent at any time before the question is put thereon, shall not 
be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question.
  It shall be in order at any time for the chair of the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce or his designee to offer amendments en bloc 
consisting of further amendments printed in part B of House Report 116-
528, not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as 
read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce or their respective designees, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question.


      Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Ms. Stevens of Michigan

  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, as the designee of Mr. Pallone, pursuant to 
House Resolution 1129, I offer amendments en bloc.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en 
bloc.
  Amendments en bloc No. 1 consisting of amendment Nos. 1, 14, 15, 18, 
23, 24, 26, 29, 39, 40, 41, 42, 47, 49, 50, 54, 64, 69, 72, 77, 78, 79, 
80, 81, 94, and 98, printed in

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part B of House Report 116-528, offered by Ms. Stevens of Michigan:


              Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mrs. Axne of Iowa

       Page 328, line 2, strike ``industrial applications'' and 
     insert ``industrial applications, including at biofuel 
     facilities''.


           Amendment No. 14 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida

       Page 9, after the item relating to section 12606, insert 
     the following:
Sec. 12607. Study on equitable distribution of benefits of clean 
              energy.

       At the end of subtitle F of Title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12607. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESEARCH MISSION ON CLIMATE 
                   CHANGE AND EMISSIONS REDUCTION.

       (a) Goals.--Section 902 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (42 U.S.C. 16181) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
       (2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
       ``(5) decreasing the environmental impact of energy-related 
     activities, including by deeply reducing emissions; and
       ``(6) improving energy-sector resilience to climate 
     change.''.
       (b) Emissions Defined for Goals.--Section 902 of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16181) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(e) Emissions Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `emissions' means greenhouse gas emissions or other 
     pollutants.''.
       (c) Emissions Reduction.--Section 911 of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16191) is amended--
       (1) in the heading by inserting ``and emissions 
     reductions'' after ``energy efficiency'';
       (2) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``and emissions reductions'' after 
     ``energy efficiency''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``, and reducing 
     emissions from,'' after ``efficiency of''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)--
       (i) by amending the matter preceding subparagraph (A)(i) to 
     read as follows:
       ``(A) advanced, cost-effective technologies to improve the 
     energy efficiency and environmental performance of, and 
     reduce emissions from, vehicles, including--'';
       (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:
       ``(B) cost-effective technologies for new construction and 
     retrofit, to improve the energy efficiency and environmental 
     performance of, and reduce emissions from buildings, using a 
     whole-buildings approach, including onsite clean energy 
     generation and beneficial electrification;''; and
       (iii) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
       ``(C) advanced technologies to improve the energy 
     efficiency, environmental performance, and process efficiency 
     of, and reduce emissions from industry, especially energy-
     intensive and waste-intensive industries;''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Emissions Defined.--In this section, the term 
     `emissions' means greenhouse gas emissions or other 
     pollutants.''.


           Amendment No. 15 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida

       Page 9, after the item relating to section 12606, insert 
     the following:
Sec. 12607. Study on equitable distribution of benefits of clean 
              energy.

       At the end of subtitle F of Title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12607. STUDY ON EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS OF 
                   CLEAN ENERGY.

       (a) Frontline Community.--In this section, the term 
     ``frontline community'' means a community with significant 
     representation of communities of color, low-income 
     communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities, that 
     experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher or more 
     adverse human health or environmental effects.
       (b) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall enter 
     into an agreement with the National Academies of Science, 
     Engineering, and Medicine to undertake a study on technical 
     and non-technical barriers to and solutions for ensuring 
     equitable distribution of the benefits associated with clean 
     energy in frontline communities across all sectors of the 
     economy, and in particular the role of the Department of 
     Energy in assessing and mitigating such barriers. The study 
     shall--
       (1) assess the state of research on the equitable 
     distribution of the benefits of clean energy including 
     workforce development and job creation;
       (2) assess the progress in implementing programs and 
     policies that result in increased adoption of clean energy 
     technologies in frontline communities;
       (3) identify barriers as well as potential incentives and 
     mechanisms to achieving the equitable distribution of the 
     benefits associated with clean energy in frontline 
     communities, including through the consideration of social, 
     behavioral, regulatory, policy, market, and technology 
     aspects, and considerations of the characteristics of 
     individual communities, such as geographical location, 
     average income, and racial-ethnic composition; and
       (4) recommend research areas for the Department of Energy 
     to make progress towards ensuring equitable distribution of 
     the benefits associated with clean energy in frontline 
     communities.


           Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Cox of California

       Page 229, after line 7, insert the following (and 
     redesignate paragraph (22) as paragraph (23)):
       (22) Durable, low-cost solar-powered sensors, equipment, 
     and machinery for off-grid use, with special consideration 
     for agricultural applications, such as solar powered smart 
     agricultural monitoring and irrigation systems


            Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Doggett of Texas

       Page 383, after line 7, insert the following:

     SEC. 3115. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY ON CARBON 
                   CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall enter into 
     an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, 
     Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study evaluating the 
     efficacy of carbon capture and storage technology by industry 
     in reducing emissions and the cost-effectiveness of such 
     technologies. Such study shall include a description of the 
     following:
       (1) Analysis of the effectiveness of emissions reductions 
     and cost through implementation of carbon capture as compared 
     to transitioning to other low-emissions technologies.
       (2) Differences in performance of various carbon capture 
     technologies and storage methods, including the net amount of 
     carbon dioxide that can be permanently sequestered, the cost 
     (in terms of dollar per ton captured/sequestered) of each 
     technology, and the potential to increase the net amount of 
     carbon dioxide captured/sequestered and lower operational 
     costs.
       (3) Barriers, in terms of cost, infrastructure, geology, 
     aquifers, and markets, to ensuring permanent carbon storage 
     including both point of source capture and removal from the 
     atmosphere of captured carbon dioxide.
       (4) Analysis of the lifecycle emissions associated with 
     carbon capture technologies, including construction and 
     operation of the carbon capture technology, as well as 
     transport, processing, and injection of carbon dioxide, 
     including the permanence of carbon storage and sequestration, 
     and strategies to reduce those emissions. This should include 
     the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from a facility 
     outfitted with carbon capture technologies that is 
     permanently sequestered compared to the amount of carbon 
     dioxide emitted by the carbon capture process itself.
       (5) Evaluation of the impact of carbon capture technologies 
     on air pollution, including particulate emissions and ozone 
     precursors, with specific analysis on the impacts on 
     communities historically overburdened with pollution, 
     including rural communities.
       (b) Report.--The agreement under subsection (a) shall 
     specify that, not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall 
     submit to Congress a report containing the results and 
     findings of study authorized under this section.
       Page 5, in the table of contents, after the matter related 
     to section 3114, insert the following:
Sec. 3115. National Academy of Sciences study on carbon capture 
              technology.


            Amendment No. 24 Offered by Ms. Escobar of Texas

       Page 223, lines 18 through 21, strike paragraph (2) and 
     insert the following:
       (2) The term ``institution of higher education''--
       (A) has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the 
     Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); and
       (B) includes a minority-serving institution.
       (3) The term ``minority-serving institution'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``eligible institution'' in section 
     371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1067q(a)).
       Page 223, line 22, redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph 
     (4).
       Page 224, lines 1 and 4, redesignate paragraphs (4) and (5) 
     as paragraphs (5) and (6).
       Page 225, after line 20, insert the following:
       (4) Special consideration.--With respect to applications 
     under paragraph (3), the Secretary shall give special 
     consideration to applications from minority-serving 
     institutions or a multi-institutional consortium which 
     includes a minority-serving institution.


        Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Garamendi of California

       At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR NON-OIL AND GAS 
                   OPERATIONS ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

       Section 4(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
     (43 U.S.C. 1333(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Jurisdiction of the united states on the outer 
     continental shelf.----
       ``(A) In general.--The Constitution and laws and civil and 
     political jurisdiction of the United States are extended, to 
     the same extent as if the outer Continental Shelf were an 
     area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a 
     State, to--
       ``(i) the subsoil and seabed of the outer Continental 
     Shelf;
       ``(ii) all artificial islands on the outer Continental 
     Shelf;
       ``(iii) all installations and other devices permanently or 
     temporarily attached to the

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     seabed, which may be erected thereon for the purpose of 
     exploring for, developing, or producing resources therefrom 
     or producing or supporting the production of energy from 
     sources other than oil and gas; and
       ``(iv) any such installation or other device (other than a 
     ship or vessel) for the purpose of transporting such 
     resources or transmitting energy.
       ``(B) Leases issued exclusively under this act.--Mineral or 
     energy leases on the outer Continental Shelf shall be 
     maintained or issued only under the provisions of this 
     Act.''.


          Amendment No. 29 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana

       Page 707, line 3, after ``cost-competitive'' insert ``, 
     including in developing economies''.


          Amendment No. 39 Offered by Mr. Lamb of Pennsylvania

       Page 432, after line 15, insert the following:

                   Subtitle C--FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH

     SEC. 4301. FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH.

       (a) Program.--Section 307 of the Department of Energy 
     Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18645) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (a) through (g) as 
     subsections (b) through (h), respectively;
       (2) by inserting before subsection (b), as so redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(a) Program.--As part of the activities authorized under 
     section 209 of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7139) and section 972 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (42 U.S.C. 16312), the Director shall carry out a fusion 
     energy sciences research and enabling technology development 
     program to effectively address the scientific and engineering 
     challenges to building a cost competitive fusion power plant 
     and to establish a competitive fusion power industry in the 
     United States. As part of this program, the Director shall 
     carry out research activities to expand the fundamental 
     understandings of plasmas and matter at very high 
     temperatures and densities for fusion applications and for 
     other plasma science applications.'';
       (3) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
       ``(d) Inertial Fusion Research and Development.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Director shall carry out a program 
     of research and technology development in inertial fusion for 
     energy applications, including ion beam, laser, and pulsed 
     power fusion systems.
       ``(2) Activities.--As part of the program described in 
     paragraph (1), the Director shall support activities at and 
     partnerships with universities and the National Laboratories 
     to--
       ``(A) develop novel target designs;
       ``(B) support modeling of various inertial fusion energy 
     concepts and systems;
       ``(C) develop diagnostic tools; and
       ``(D) improve inertial fusion energy driver technologies.
       ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--Out of funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under subsection (o), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
     the activities described in subsection (d)--
       ``(A) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(B) $26,250,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(C) $27,563,000 for fiscal year 2023;
       ``(D) $28,941,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
       ``(E) $30,377,000 for fiscal year 2025.'';
       (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
       ``(e) Alternative and Enabling Concepts.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Director shall support research and 
     development activities and facility operations at 
     institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, and 
     private facilities in the United States for a portfolio of 
     alternative and enabling fusion energy concepts that may 
     provide solutions to significant challenges to the 
     establishment of a commercial magnetic fusion power plant, 
     prioritized based on the ability of the United States to play 
     a leadership role in the international fusion research 
     community.
       ``(2) Activities.--Fusion energy concepts and activities 
     explored under paragraph (1) may include--
       ``(A) alternative fusion energy concepts, including--
       ``(i) advanced stellarator concepts;
       ``(ii) non-tokamak confinement configurations operating at 
     low magnetic fields;
       ``(iii) magnetized target fusion energy concepts; or
       ``(iv) other promising fusion energy concepts identified by 
     the Director;
       ``(B) enabling fusion technology development activities, 
     including--
       ``(i) high magnetic field approaches facilitated by high 
     temperature superconductors;
       ``(ii) liquid metals to address issues associated with 
     fusion plasma interactions with the inner wall of the 
     encasing device; and
       ``(iii) advanced blankets for heat management and fuel 
     breeding; and
       ``(C) advanced scientific computing activities.
       ``(3) Innovation network for fusion energy.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Office 
     of Science, shall support a program to provide fusion energy 
     researchers with access to scientific and technical resources 
     and expertise at facilities supported by the Department, 
     including such facilities at National Laboratories and 
     universities, to advance innovative fusion energy 
     technologies toward commercial application.
       ``(B) Awards.--Financial assistance under the program 
     established in subsection (a) may be in the form of grants, 
     vouchers, equipment loans, or contracts to private entities.
       ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--Out of funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under subsection (o), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
     the activities described in subsection (e)--
       ``(A) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(B) $105,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(C) $110,250,000 for fiscal year 2023;
       ``(D) $115,763,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
       ``(E) $121,551,000 for fiscal year 2025.''; and
       (5) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Milestone-based Development Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--Using the authority of the Secretary 
     under section 646(g) of the Department of Energy Organization 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 7256(g)), notwithstanding paragraph (10) of 
     such section, the Secretary shall establish, within 3 months 
     of enactment of this Act, a milestone-based fusion energy 
     development program that requires projects to meet particular 
     technical milestones before a participant is awarded funds by 
     the Department.
       ``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the program established by 
     paragraph (1) shall be to support the development of a U.S.-
     based fusion power industry through the research and 
     development of technologies that will enable the construction 
     of new full-scale fusion systems capable of demonstrating 
     significant improvements in the performance of such systems, 
     as defined by the Secretary, within 10 years of the enactment 
     of this Act.
       ``(3) Eligibility.--Any entity is eligible to participate 
     in the program provided that the Under Secretary has deemed 
     it as having the necessary resources and expertise.
       ``(4) Requirements.--In carrying out the milestone-based 
     program under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall, for each 
     relevant project--
       ``(A) request proposals from eligible entities, as 
     determined by the Secretary, that include proposed technical 
     milestones, including estimated project timelines and total 
     costs;
       ``(B) set milestones based on a rigorous technical review 
     process;
       ``(C) award funding of a predetermined amount to projects 
     that successfully meet proposed milestones under paragraph 
     (1), or for expenses deemed reimbursable by the Secretary, in 
     accordance with terms negotiated for an individual award; and
       ``(D) communicate regularly with selected eligible entities 
     and, if the Secretary deems appropriate, exercise small 
     amounts of flexibility for technical milestones as projects 
     mature.
       ``(5) Awards.--For the program established under paragraph 
     (1)--
       ``(A) an award recipient shall be responsible for all costs 
     until milestones are achieved, or reimbursable expenses are 
     reviewed and verified by the Department; and
       ``(B) should an awardee not meet the milestones described 
     in paragraph (4), the Secretary may end the partnership with 
     an award recipient and use the remaining funds in the ended 
     agreement for new or existing projects carried out under this 
     section.
       ``(6) Applications.--Any project proposal submitted to the 
     program under paragraph (1) shall be evaluated based upon its 
     scientific, technical, and business merits through a peer-
     review process, which shall include reviewers with 
     appropriate expertise from the private sector, the investment 
     community, and experts in the science and engineering of 
     fusion and plasma physics.
       ``(7) Project management.--In carrying out projects under 
     this program and assessing the completion of their milestones 
     in accordance with paragraph (4), the Secretary shall consult 
     with experts that represent diverse perspectives and 
     professional experiences, including those from the private 
     sector, to ensure a complete and thorough review.
       ``(8) Programmatic review.--Not later than 4 years after 
     the Secretary has established 3 milestones under this 
     program, the Secretary shall enter into a contractual 
     arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to review 
     and provide a report describing the findings of this review 
     to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 
     the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on the 
     program established under this paragraph (1) that assesses--
       ``(A) the benefits and drawbacks of a milestone-based 
     fusion program as compared to traditional program structure 
     funding models at the Department;
       ``(B) lessons-learned from program operations; and
       ``(C) any other matters the Secretary determines regarding 
     the program.
       ``(9) Annual report.--As part of the annual budget request 
     submitted for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide 
     the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the 
     Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources a report 
     describing partnerships supported by the program established 
     under paragraph (1) during the previous fiscal year.
       ``(10) Authorizations for appropriations.--Out of funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under subsection (o), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
     the activities described in subsection (i), to remain 
     available until expended--

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       ``(A) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(B) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(C) $140,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
       ``(D) $110,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
       ``(E) $45,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.
       ``(j) Fusion Reactor System Design.--The Director shall 
     support research and development activities to design future 
     fusion reactor systems and examine and address the technical 
     drivers for the cost of these systems.
       ``(k) General Plasma Science and Applications.--The 
     Director shall support research in general plasma science and 
     high energy density physics that advance the understanding of 
     the scientific community of fundamental properties and 
     complex behavior of matter to control and manipulate plasmas 
     for a broad range of applications, including support for 
     research relevant to advancements in chip manufacturing and 
     microelectronics.
       ``(l) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should support a robust, diverse program in 
     addition to providing sufficient support to, at a minimum, 
     meet its commitments to ITER and maintain the schedule of the 
     project as determined by the Secretary in coordination with 
     the ITER Organization at the time of the enactment of this 
     Act. It is further the sense of Congress that developing the 
     scientific basis for fusion, providing research results key 
     to the success of ITER, and training the next generation of 
     fusion scientists are of critical importance to the United 
     States and should in no way be diminished by participation of 
     the United States in the ITER project.
       ``(m) International Collaboration.--The Director shall--
       ``(1) as practicable and in coordination with other 
     appropriate Federal agencies as necessary, ensure the access 
     of United States researchers to the most advanced fusion 
     research facilities and research capabilities in the world, 
     including ITER;
       ``(2) to the maximum extent practicable, continue to 
     leverage United States participation ITER, and prioritize 
     expanding international partnerships and investments in 
     current and future fusion research facilities within the 
     United States; and
       ``(3) to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize 
     engagement in collaborative efforts in support of future 
     international facilities that would provide access to the 
     most advanced fusion research facilities in the world to 
     United States researchers.
       ``(n) Fission and Fusion Research Coordination Report.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to 
     Congress a report addressing opportunities for coordinating 
     fusion energy research and development activities between the 
     Office of Nuclear Energy and the Office of Science.
       ``(2) Components.--The report shall assess opportunities 
     for collaboration on research and development of--
       ``(A) liquid metals to address issues associated with 
     fusion plasma interactions with the inner wall of the 
     encasing device and other components within the reactor;
       ``(B) immersion blankets for heat management and fuel 
     breeding;
       ``(C) technologies and methods for instrumentation and 
     control;
       ``(D) computational methods and codes for system operation 
     and maintenance;
       ``(E) codes and standard development;
       ``(F) radioactive waste handling;
       ``(G) radiological safety;
       ``(H) potential for non-electricity generation 
     applications; and
       ``(I) any other overlapping priority as identified by the 
     Director of the Office of Science or the Assistant Secretary 
     of Energy for Nuclear Energy.
       ``(3) Implementation.--The Secretary shall implement the 
     recommendations made by the report directed in this section 
     upon transmission of the report to Congress.
       ``(o) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
     the activities described in this section--
       ``(1) $976,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(2) $1,033,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(3) $1,104,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
       ``(4) $1,181,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
       ``(5) $1,264,000,000 for fiscal year 2025.''.
       (b) Iter.--Section 972(c) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (42 U.S.C. 16312) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) United States Participation in Iter.--
       ``(1) In general.--There is authorized United States 
     participation in the construction and operations of the ITER 
     project, as agreed to under the April 25, 2007 `Agreement on 
     the Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy 
     Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER 
     Project'. The Director shall coordinate and carry out the 
     responsibilities of the United States with respect to this 
     Agreement.
       ``(2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     a report providing an assessment of the most recent schedule 
     for ITER that has been approved by the ITER Council.
       ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--Out of funds 
     authorized to be appropriated under section 307(o) of the 
     Department of Energy Research and Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 
     18645), there shall be made available to the Secretary to 
     carry out the construction of ITER--
       ``(A) $374,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; and
       ``(B) $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 
     2025.''.
       Page 5, in the table of contents, after the matter related 
     to subtitle B of title IV, insert the following:

                   Subtitle C--FUSION ENERGY RESEARCH

       Sec. 4301. Fusion energy research


          Amendment No. 40 Offered by Mr. Lamb of Pennsylvania

       Page 426, add after line 14 the following (and redesignate 
     subsequent subsections accordingly):
       ``(d) Milestone-based Demonstration Projects.--The 
     Secretary may carry out demonstration projects under 
     subsection (c) as a milestone-based demonstration project 
     under section 8304 of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation 
     Act.''.


          Amendment No. 41 Offered by Mr. Lamb of Pennsylvania

       Page 4, after the item relating to section 2562, insert the 
     following:

Sec. 2563. Produced water research and development program.
Sec. 2564. Produced water demonstration program.

       Page 299, after line 8, insert the following:

     SEC. 2563. PRODUCED WATER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--As soon as possible after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     establish a research and development program on produced 
     water to develop--
       (1) new technologies and practices to reduce the 
     environmental impact; and
       (2) opportunities for reprocessing of produced water at 
     natural gas or oil development sites.
       (b) Prioritization.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
     projects that develop and bring to market--
       (1) effective systems for on-site management or repurposing 
     of produced water; and
       (2) new technologies or approaches to reduce the 
     environmental impact of produced water on local water sources 
     and the environment.
       (c) Conduct of Program.--In carrying out the program 
     described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out 
     science-based research and development activities to pursue--
       (1) improved efficiency, technologies, and techniques for 
     produced water recycling stations; and
       (2) B. alternative approaches to treating, reusing, 
     storing, or decontaminating produced water.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for purposes of this section $10,000,000 
     for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.

     SEC. 2564. PRODUCED WATER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish 
     a demonstration program for on-site treatment of produced 
     water.
       (b) Requirements.--In developing the demonstration program 
     under this section, the Secretary shall consult with the 
     heads of other relevant Federal departments and agencies, 
     including the Department of the Interior and the 
     Environmental Protection Agency.
       (c) Prioritization.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary should prioritize--
       (1) first-of-a-kind or new approaches to treating produced 
     water stationed on site; and
       (2) technologies that can be used at natural gas or oil 
     development sites to reduce other environmental harm either 
     through emissions or other environmental impact.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated for purposes of this section $10,000,000 
     for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2025.


          Amendment No. 42 Offered by Mr. Larsen of Washington

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 2. STUDY ON CERTAIN CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION EFFORTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
     seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies 
     of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (referred to in this 
     section as the ``National Academies'') to conduct a study on 
     climate change mitigation efforts with respect to the civil 
     aviation and aerospace industries.
       (b) Study Contents.--In conducting the study under 
     subsection (a), the National Academies shall--
       (1) identify climate change mitigation efforts, including 
     efforts relating to emerging technologies, in the civil 
     aviation and aerospace industries;
       (2) develop and apply an appropriate indicator for 
     assessing the effectiveness of such efforts;
       (3) identify gaps in such efforts;
       (4) identify barriers preventing expansion of such efforts; 
     and
       (5) develop recommendations with respect to such efforts.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) Findings of study.--Not later than 1 year after the 
     date on which the Secretary enters into an agreement for a 
     study pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit 
     to the appropriate congressional committees the findings of 
     the study.
       (2) Assessment.--Not later than 180 days after the date on 
     which the Secretary submits the findings pursuant to 
     paragraph (1),

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     the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that contains 
     an assessment of the findings.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
     $1,500,000.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation of the Senate, and other congressional 
     committees determined appropriate by the Secretary.
       (2) Climate change mitigation efforts.--The term ``climate 
     change mitigation efforts'' means efforts, including the use 
     of technologies, materials, processes, or practices, that 
     contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.


          Amendment No. 47 Offered by Mr. Lipinski of Illinois

       Page 9, after the item relating to item section 12606, add 
     the following:

Sec. 12607. Low-Dose-Radiation Research

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12607. LOW-DOSE-RADIATION RESEARCH.

       Section 306(c) of the Department of Energy Research and 
     Innovation Act (42 U.S.C. 18644(c)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(c) Low-Dose-Radiation Research Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a research 
     program on low-dose and low dose-rate radiation to--
       ``(A) enhance the scientific understanding of, and reduce 
     uncertainties associated with, the effects of exposure to 
     low-dose and low dose-rate radiation; and
       ``(B) inform improved risk-assessment and risk-management 
     methods with respect to such radiation.
       ``(2) Program components.--In carrying out the program 
     required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) support and carry out the directives under section 
     106 of the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6601 note), with respect to low dose and low-dose rate 
     radiation research, in coordination with the Physical Science 
     Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council;
       ``(B) identify and, to the extent possible, quantify, 
     potential monetary and health-related impacts to Federal 
     agencies, the general public, industry, research communities, 
     and other users of information produced by such research 
     program;
       ``(C) leverage the collective body of knowledge from prior 
     and existing low-dose and low dose-rate radiation research;
       ``(D) engage with other Federal agencies, research 
     communities, and potential users of information produced 
     under this section, including institutions performing or 
     utilizing radiation research, medical physics, radiology, 
     health physics, and emergency response measures; and
       ``(E) support education and outreach activities to 
     disseminate information and promote public understanding of 
     low-dose radiation, with a focus on non-emergency situations 
     such as medical physics, space exploration, and naturally 
     occurring radiation.
       ``(3) Research plan.--
       ``(A) National academy of sciences.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences 
     to develop a long-term strategic and prioritized research 
     agenda for the program described in paragraph (2);
       ``(B) Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit the 
     research plan developed under subparagraph (A) to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate.
       ``(4) Program evaluation.--
       ``(A) Independent external entity.--Not later than 3 years 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall enter into agreements with an 
     independent external entity to perform a program evaluation.
       ``(B) Congress.--The Secretary shall submit the program 
     evaluations performed under subparagraph (A) to the Committee 
     on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate.
       ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Low-dose radiation.--The term `low-dose radiation' 
     means a radiation dose of less than 100 millisieverts.
       ``(B) Low dose-rate radiation.--The term `low dose-rate 
     radiation' means a radiation dose rate of less than 5 
     millisieverts per hour.
       ``(6) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
     shall be construed to subject any research carried out by the 
     Secretary for the program under this subsection to any 
     limitations described in section 977(e) of the Energy Policy 
     Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16317(e)).
       ``(7) Funding.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
     the Secretary to carry out the program under this 
     subsection--
       ``(A) $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(B) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(C) $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and
       ``(D) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2024.''.


        Amendment No. 49 Offered by Mr. Lowenthal of California

       Page 894, after line 15, add the following:

     SEC. 12607. ONLINE PUBLICATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Interior shall make 
     freely available on a public website, with respect to the 
     previous year--
       (1) information that describes for each fossil fuel 
     operation that is subject to the mineral leasing laws or 
     title III or V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
     of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), regardless of size, 
     including production, storage, gathering, processing, 
     transportation, and handling operations--
       (A) the aggregate amount of each fossil fuel, by type and 
     by State, produced on Federal leases; and
       (B) for gas reported, the portion and source of such amount 
     that was released or disposed of by each of venting, flaring, 
     and fugitive release; and
       (2) information that describes the amount and sources of 
     energy, in delivered megawatt hours, produced from operating 
     solar, wind, and geothermal projects on public lands under 
     lease for the production of renewable energy.
       (b) Format.--Information made available under this section 
     shall be presented in a format that--
       (1) translates such amounts and portions into emissions of 
     metric tons of greenhouse gases expressed in carbon dioxide 
     equivalent using both the 20-year and 100-year Global Warming 
     Potential-weighted emission values;
       (2) for energy produced from solar, wind, and geothermal 
     projects, includes an estimate of the net emissions that 
     would result from production of the same amount of energy 
     from new fossil fuel-fired facilities; and
       (3) can be downloaded in a machine readable format.
       (c) Data Publication Frequency.--The data made available 
     under this section shall be updated at least annually.


           Amendment No. 50 Offered by Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 126__. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that in order to reduce 
     emissions and meet 100 percent of the power demand in the 
     United States through clean, renewable, or zero emission 
     energy sources while maintaining United States leadership in 
     science and technology, the Secretary of Energy must 
     prioritize funding for critical fundamental research 
     infrastructure and for basic research and development 
     activities carried out through the Office of Science.


       Amendment No. 54 Offered by Ms. Mucarsel-Powell of Florida

       Page 475, after line 13, insert the following:
       ``(g) Underground Transmission and Distribution Lines.--In 
     carrying out the program under subsection (a), the Secretary 
     shall support research and development on underground 
     transmission and distribution lines. This shall include 
     research on--
       ``(1) methods for lowering the costs of underground 
     transmission and distribution lines, including through novel 
     installation techniques and materials considerations;
       ``(2) techniques to improve the lifespan of underground 
     transmission and distribution lines;
       ``(3) wireless sensors to improve safety of underground 
     transmission and distribution lines and to predict, identify, 
     detect, and transmit information about degradation and 
     faults; and
       ``(4) methods for improving the resilience and reliability 
     of underground transmission and distribution lines, including 
     by mitigating the impact of flooding, storm surge, and 
     seasonal climate cycles on degradation of and damage to 
     underground transmission and distribution lines.''.
       Page 475, line 14, strike ``(g)'' and insert ``(h)''.
       Page 476, line 1, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(i)''.
       Page 476, line 4, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(j)''.


         amendment no. 64 offered by mr. perlmutter of colorado

       Page 188, beginning on line 11, strike ``direct use for 
     heating or cooling'' and insert ``consumption''.
       Page 188, beginning on line 15, strike ``grid-enabled water 
     heaters'' and insert ``grid-enabled water heaters, building 
     heaters or coolers, electric vehicles, mini-pumped 
     hydroelectric facilities, electrolysis processes that make 
     hydrogen for transportation or industrial needs, or any other 
     load shaping mechanism that includes energy storage''.
       Page 467, beginning on line 17, strike ``direct use for 
     heating or cooling'' and insert ``consumption''.
       Page 467, beginning on line 21, strike ``grid-enabled water 
     heaters'' and insert ``grid-enabled water heaters, building 
     heaters or coolers, electric vehicles, mini-pumped 
     hydroelectric facilities, electrolysis processes that make 
     hydrogen for transportation or industrial needs, or any other 
     load shaping mechanism that includes energy storage''.


            amendment no. 69 offered by ms. pingree of maine

       Page 243, lines 17 through 22, amend paragraph (3) to read 
     as follows:
       (3) To reduce the cost and risk of siting, permitting, 
     construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of 
     wind energy systems, including strategies and technologies to 
     reduce environmental and community impacts, including 
     research and development that reduces impacts on existing

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     ocean uses and increases coordination between offshore wind 
     and existing users, including the commercial fishing 
     industry, improve grid integration, and reduce regulatory 
     barriers.


          amendment no. 72 offered by mr. quigley of illinois

       Page 894, after line 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 12607. USE OF BIRD-SAFE FEATURES, PRACTICES, AND 
                   STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 33 of title 40, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 3319. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and 
       strategies in public buildings

       ``(a) Construction, Alteration, and Acquisition of Public 
     Buildings.--The Administrator of General Services shall 
     incorporate, to the extent practicable, features, practices, 
     and strategies to reduce bird fatality resulting from 
     collisions with public buildings for each public building--
       ``(1) constructed;
       ``(2) acquired; or
       ``(3) of which more than 50 percent of the facade is 
     substantially altered (in the opinion of the Commissioner of 
     Public Buildings).
       ``(b) Design Guide.--The Administrator shall develop a 
     design guide to carry out subsection (a) that includes the 
     following:
       ``(1) Features for reducing bird fatality resulting from 
     collisions with public buildings throughout all construction 
     phases, taking into account the number of each such bird 
     fatality that occurs at different types of public buildings.
       ``(2) Methods and strategies for reducing bird fatality 
     resulting from collisions with public buildings during the 
     operation and maintenance of such buildings, including 
     installing interior, exterior, and site lighting.
       ``(3) Best practices for reducing bird fatality resulting 
     from collisions with public buildings, including--
       ``(A) a description of the reasons for adopting such 
     practices; and
       ``(B) an explanation for the omission of a best practice 
     identified pursuant to subsection (c).
       ``(c) Identifying Best Practices.--To carry out subsection 
     (b)(3), the Administrator may identify best practices for 
     reducing bird fatality resulting from collisions with public 
     buildings, including best practices recommended by--
       ``(1) Federal agencies with expertise in bird conservation;
       ``(2) nongovernmental organizations with expertise in bird 
     conservation; and
       ``(3) representatives of green building certification 
     systems.
       ``(d) Dissemination of Design Guide.--The Administrator 
     shall disseminate the design guide developed pursuant to 
     subsection (b) to all Federal agencies, subagencies, and 
     departments with independent leasing authority from the 
     Administrator.
       ``(e) Update to Design Guide.--The Administrator shall, on 
     a regular basis, update the design guide developed pursuant 
     to subsection (b) with respect to the priorities of the 
     Administrator for reducing bird fatality resulting from 
     collisions with public buildings.
       ``(f) Exempt Buildings.--This section shall not apply to--
       ``(1) any building or site listed, or eligible for listing, 
     on the National Register of Historic Places;
       ``(2) the White House and the grounds of the White House;
       ``(3) the Supreme Court building and the grounds of the 
     Supreme Court; or
       ``(4) the United States Capitol and any building on the 
     grounds of the Capitol.
       ``(g) Certification.--Not later than October 1 of each 
     fiscal year, the Administrator, acting through the 
     Commissioner, shall certify to Congress that the 
     Administrator uses the design guide developed pursuant to 
     subsection (b) for each public building described in 
     subsection (a).
       ``(h) Report.--Not later than October 1 of each fiscal 
     year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report 
     that includes--
       ``(1) the certification under subsection (g); and
       ``(2) to the extent practicable, the number of each such 
     bird fatality that occurred as a result of a collision with 
     the public buildings occupied by the respective head of each 
     Federal agency.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 33 of title 40, United States Code, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new item:
``3319. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strategies in public 
              buildings.''.


         amendment no. 77 offered by mr. schweikert of arizona

       At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3115. STUDY ON BLUE HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Energy shall conduct a study 
     to examine opportunities for research and development in 
     integrating blue hydrogen technology in the industrial power 
     sector and how that could enhance the deployment and adoption 
     of carbon capture and storage.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit 
     to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of 
     the House of Representatives a report that describes the 
     results of the study under subsection (a).


           amendment no. 78 offered by mr. scott of virginia

       Page 247, line 23, redesignate paragraph (11) as paragraph 
     (12).
       Page 247, line 23, insert the following:
       (11) Modeling and simulation tools to more efficiently 
     design, site, permit, manufacture, construct, operate, 
     maintain, and decommission wind energy systems.


           amendment no. 79 offered by mr. scott of virginia

       Page 242, after line 13, insert the following:
       (2) The term ``energy critical material'' means any of a 
     class of non-fuel materials that have a high risk of a supply 
     disruption and are critical to one or more existing or new, 
     energy-related technologies such that a substantial supply 
     disruption of such material would significantly inhibit 
     large-scale deployment of technologies that produce, 
     transmit, store, or conserve energy.
       Page 242, lines 14, 18, and 21, redesignate paragraphs (2), 
     (3), and (4), as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.
       Page 246, line 7, strike the semicolon at the end
     *  Page 246, line 8, strike the period at the end and insert 
     ``; and''.
       Page 246, after line 8, insert the following:
       (H) materials and designs that reduce the need for and use 
     of energy critical materials.
       Page 247, line 4, subparagraph (4) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       (4) Recycling and reuse of wind energy components, with 
     special consideration for the recovery and reuse of energy 
     critical materials, in coordination with the program under 
     Title X of the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act.


         amendment no. 80 offered by mr. sherrill of new jersey

       Page 252, line 3, insert ``(including for air traffic 
     control, air defense, and weather detection)'' after ``radar 
     systems''.


          amendment no. 81 offered by ms. stevens of michigan

       Page 593, after line 17, insert the following:

                  Subtitle G--Research and Development

     SEC. 6701. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Alternative fuel.--The term ``alternative fuel'' means 
     a fuel that is sustainably produced and, or, that results in 
     a significant reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, or 
     other particulate or toxic emissions, over the lifecycle of 
     such fuel.
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of Energy.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.

     SEC. 6702. VEHICLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall conduct a program of 
     research, development, and demonstration activities on more 
     efficient and sustainable materials, technologies, and 
     processes with the potential to substantially reduce or 
     eliminate petroleum from the manufacture, use, and the 
     emissions of the passenger and commercial vehicles with lower 
     cost of vehicle manufacturing and ownership, including 
     activities in the areas of--
       (1) electrification of vehicle systems; including compact 
     and efficient electric drivetrain systems;
       (2) power electronics, electric machines, and electric 
     machine drive systems, including--
       (A) electronic motors, including advanced inverters and 
     motors that can be used for passenger vehicles and commercial 
     vehicles;
       (B) magnetic materials, including permanent magnets with 
     reduced or no critical materials;
       (C) improving partial load efficiency;
       (D) design of power electronics and electric motor 
     technologies that enable efficient recycling of critical 
     materials; and
       (E) other technically feasible areas for power electronics 
     and electric machine advances.
       (3) vehicle batteries and relevant systems, including--
       (A) advanced batteries systems, ultracapacitors, and other 
     competitive energy storage devices;
       (B) the development of common interconnection protocols, 
     specifications, and architecture for both transportation and 
     stationary battery applications;
       (C) improving energy density and capacity, recharging 
     robustness, extreme fast charging and wireless charging 
     capabilities, and efficiencies to lower cost;
       (D) thermal management of battery systems;
       (E) improving efficient use, substitution, and recycling of 
     potentially critical materials in vehicles, including rare 
     earth elements and precious metals, at risk of supply 
     disruption; and
       (F) advanced battery protection systems for safe handling 
     of high voltage power;
       (4) vehicle, component, and subsystem manufacturing 
     technologies and processes;
       (5) vehicle systems and components, including--
       (A) engine efficiency and combustion optimization;
       (B) waste heat recovery;
       (C) transmission and drivetrains;
       (D) advanced boosting systems;
       (E) idle reduction systems and components;

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       (F) innovative propulsion systems; and
       (G) vehicle fuel cells and relevant systems;
       (6) hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, including--
       (A) vehicle fuel cells and relevant systems, including 
     power electronics systems to regulate the fuel cell voltages;
       (B) synthetic fuels from recycled CO2 and net-zero carbon 
     liquid fuels; and
       (C) advanced biofuel technologies;
       (7) aftertreatment technologies, aerodynamics, rolling 
     resistance (including tires and wheel assemblies), accessory 
     power loads of vehicles and associated equipment, friction 
     and wear reduction, and lubricants for hybrid and electric 
     vehicles;
       (8) vehicle weight reduction, including--
       (A) more sustainable and cost-effective lightweighting 
     materials; and
       (B) the development of higher efficiency manufacturing 
     processes to make sustainable lightweight materials and 
     fabricate, assemble, and use dissimilar materials, 
     including--
       (i) lightweighted systems which combine several existing 
     vehicle components; and
       (ii) voluntary, consensus-based standards for strategic 
     lightweight materials;
       (9) improved vehicle recycling methods to increase the 
     recycled material content of feedstocks used in raw material 
     manufacturing;
       (10) vehicle propulsion systems, including--
       (A) engine and component durability;
       (B) engine down speeding;
       (C) engine compatibility with and optimization for a 
     variety of transportation fuels, including biofuels, 
     synthetic fuels, and other liquid and gaseous fuels;
       (D) advanced internal combustion engines;
       (E) transmission gear and engine operation matching; and
       (F) advanced transmission technologies;
       (11) predictive engineering, modeling, and simulation of 
     components, vehicle and transportation systems;
       (12) leveraging automation in both vehicle and 
     infrastructure systems;
       (13) infrastructure, including--
       (A) refueling and charging infrastructure for alternative 
     fueled and electric drive or plug-in electric hybrid 
     vehicles, including the unique challenges facing rural areas;
       (B) extreme fast wired and wireless charging systems;
       (C) integration, bidirectional capability, and operational 
     optimization of vehicle electrification for light, medium, 
     and heavy duty with the charging infrastructure and the grid; 
     and
       (D) sensing, communications, and actuation technologies for 
     vehicle, electric grid, and infrastructure, including--
       (i) communication and connectivity among vehicles, 
     infrastructure, and the electrical grid; and
       (ii) vehicle-to-vehicle, vehicle-to-pedestrian, vehicle-to-
     cloud, and vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies;
       (14) retrofitting advanced vehicle technologies to existing 
     vehicles;
       (15) transportation system analysis to further understand 
     the energy implications and opportunities of advanced 
     mobility solutions, including--
       (A) advanced vehicle technologies, including automation;
       (B) new mobility business models, real time information, 
     transit, and micro mobility choices;
       (C) consumer travel decisions and e-commerce engagement, 
     including travel behavior and potential strategies for 
     reducing vehicle miles traveled to reduce emissions;
       (D) goods movement and delivery interactions, including 
     with car transport;
       (E) infrastructure advancements and linkage with vehicle-
     to-everything,
       (F) quantification of technology, policy, and investment 
     decisions on mobility, access, equity, and the environment; 
     and
       (G) overall system optimization;
       (16) aligned industry standards for strategic lightweight 
     materials;
       (17) energy efficient advanced computing systems, 
     technology, and networking for vehicular on-board, off-board, 
     and edge computing applications;
       (18) identifying strategies to mitigate the long-term 
     ramification of vehicle and mobility technology research, 
     development, and demonstration stemming from events such as 
     economic downturns; and
       (19) other innovative technologies research and development 
     as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Security of On-road Transportation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with other 
     relevant Federal agencies, shall establish a research and 
     development program focused on the cyber and physical 
     security of interconnections between vehicles, charging 
     equipment, buildings, and the grid for plug-in electric 
     vehicles, connected vehicles, and autonomous vehicles, 
     including the security impacts, efficiency, and safety of 
     plug-in electric vehicles using alternating current charging, 
     high-power direct current fast charging, and extreme fast 
     charging, defined as charge rates of 350kW and above.
       (2) Assessment.--The Secretary shall develop an assessment 
     of emergent cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities to the 
     United States on-road transportation system and connected 
     infrastructure with 5- to 10-year impact by identifying areas 
     of research where Federal cross-agency research coordination 
     and cooperation will help address such threats and 
     vulnerabilities.
       (3) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources of the Senate a report summarizing the current 
     research and challenges associated with cyber-physical 
     protection and resiliency of electric and connected and 
     automated vehicle technologies.
       (c) Vehicle Energy Storage System Safety.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall support a program of 
     research, development, and demonstration of vehicle energy 
     storage safety and reliability.
       (2) Activities.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall support activities to--
       (A) research the mechanisms that lead to vehicle energy 
     storage system safety and reliability incidents;
       (B) develop new materials to improve overall vehicle energy 
     storage system safety and abuse tolerance;
       (C) perform abuse testing;
       (D) advance testing techniques;
       (E) demonstrate detailed failure analyses;
       (F) develop strategies to mitigate vehicle energy storage 
     cell and system failures; and
       (G) development of crush-induced battery safety protocols 
     and standards to improve robustness.
       (d) Vehicle Technologies Advisory Committee.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish the 
     Advanced Vehicle Technologies Advisory Committee (in this 
     section referred to as the ``advisory committee'') to advise 
     the Secretary on vehicle technology and mobility system 
     research advancements. The advisory committee shall be 
     composed of not fewer than 15 members, including 
     representatives of research and academic institutions, 
     environmental organizations, industry, and nongovernmental 
     entities, who are qualified to provide advice on the 
     research, development, and demonstration activities under 
     this Act (in this section referred to as the DOE Vehicle 
     Program).
       (2) Assessment.--The advisory committee shall assess--
       (A) the current state of United States competitiveness in 
     advancing vehicle technologies and mobility systems, 
     including--
       (i) the scope and scale of United States investments in 
     sustainable transportation research, development, 
     demonstration, and
       (ii) research, development, and demonstration activities to 
     lower vehicle and fuel lifecycle emissions;
       (B) progress made in implementing the DOE Vehicle Program, 
     including progress of research activities to lower vehicle 
     emissions, considering emissions at each stage of the vehicle 
     and fuel lifecycle;
       (C) the need to revise the DOE Vehicle Program;
       (D) the balance of activities and funding across the DOE 
     Vehicle Program;
       (E) the management, coordination, implementation, and 
     activities of the DOE Vehicle Program;
       (F) whether environmental, safety, security, and other 
     appropriate societal issues are adequately addressed by the 
     DOE Vehicle Technologies Program; and
       (G) other relevant topics as decided by the Secretary.
       (3) Reports.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once 
     every 3 years thereafter, the advisory committee shall submit 
     to the Secretary, the Committee on Science, Space, and 
     Technology of the House of Representatives a report on--
       (A) the findings of the advisory committee's assessment 
     under paragraph (1); and
       (B) the advisory committee's recommendations for ways to 
     improve the DOE Vehicle Program.
       (4) Application of federal advisory committee act.--Section 
     14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 
     shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.
       (e) Interagency and Intraagency Coordination.--To the 
     maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall coordinate 
     research, development, and demonstration activities among--
       (1) relevant programs within the Department, including--
       (A) the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
       (B) the Office of Science;
       (C) the Office of Electricity;
       (D) the Office of Fossil Energy;
       (E) the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and 
     Emergency Response;
       (F) the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy; and
       (G) other offices as determined by the Secretary; and
       (2) relevant technology research and development programs 
     within other Federal agencies, including--
       (A) the Department of Transportation;
       (B) National Institute of Standards & Technology;
       (C) National Science Foundation; and
       (D) other Federal agencies as determined by the Secretary.
       (f) Intergovernmental Coordination.--The Secretary shall 
     seek opportunities to leverage resources and support 
     initiatives of Federal, State, and local governments in 
     developing and promoting advanced vehicle technologies, 
     manufacturing, and infrastructure.

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       (g) Secondary Use Applications of Vehicle Batteries.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a research, 
     development, and demonstration program that--
       (A) builds on any work carried out under section 915 of the 
     Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16195);
       (B) identifies possible uses of a vehicle battery after the 
     useful life of the battery in a vehicle has been exhausted;
       (C) conducts long-term testing to verify performance and 
     degradation predictions and lifetime valuations for secondary 
     uses;
       (D) evaluates innovative approaches to recycling materials 
     from plug-in electric drive vehicles and the batteries used 
     in plug-in electric drive vehicles;
       (E) assesses the potential for markets for uses described 
     in subparagraph (B) to develop; and
       (F) identifies any barriers to the development of those 
     markets;
       (G) identifies the potential uses of a vehicle battery--
       (i) with the most promise for market development; and
       (ii) for which market development would be aided by a 
     demonstration project.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress an initial report on the 
     findings of the program described in paragraph (1), including 
     recommendations for stationary energy storage and other 
     potential applications for batteries used in plug-in electric 
     drive vehicles.
       (3) Secondary use demonstration.--
       (A) In general.--Based on the results of the program 
     described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall develop 
     guidelines for projects that demonstrate the secondary uses 
     and innovative recycling of vehicle batteries.
       (B) Publication of guidelines.--Not later than 18 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (i) publish the guidelines described in subparagraph (A); 
     and
       (ii) solicit applications for funding for demonstration 
     projects.
       (5) Pilot demonstration program.--Not later than 2 years 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     select proposals for Federal financial assistance under this 
     subsection, based on an assessment of which proposals are 
     mostly likely to contribute to the development of a secondary 
     market for vehicle batteries.
       (h) Study to Examine Battery Science and Technology 
     Pathways.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into an 
     agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, 
     Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies 
     agree to conduct a study on battery technologies to advance 
     research toward a resilient and low-carbon transportation 
     system and electric grid. Such study shall--
       (A) identify promising battery technologies;
       (B) recommend research priorities to support the 
     development of sustainable battery value chains, including 
     analyzing human rights, environmental impacts, and recycling 
     and reuse infrastructure;
       (C) examine market, policy, and technology barriers to 
     their development; and
       (D) recommend strategic research priorities on technology 
     pathways to develop affordable, sustainable, safe, efficient, 
     and long-lasting batteries to meet future transportation and 
     energy storage demands.
       (2) Report.--The agreement entered into under subsection 
     (a) shall include a requirement that the National Academies, 
     not later than 24 months after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, submit to the House Committee on Science, Space and 
     Technology, and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources a report on the results of the study conducted 
     pursuant to such subsection.

     SEC. 6703. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED 
                   VEHICLE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES.

       The Secretary shall carry out a research, development, and 
     demonstration program of advanced vehicle manufacturing 
     technologies and practices, including innovative, efficient, 
     and sustainable processes--
       (1) to increase the production rate and decrease the cost 
     of advanced battery and fuel cell manufacturing, including 
     synthesis of precursor materials for electrodes;
       (2) to develop technologies enabling flexible manufacturing 
     facilities that can accommodate different battery chemistries 
     and configurations;
       (3) to reduce or repurpose waste streams, reduce emissions, 
     and energy intensity of vehicle, engine, advanced battery, 
     and component manufacturing processes;
       (4) to recycle and remanufacture used batteries and other 
     vehicle components for reuse in vehicles or other 
     applications;
       (5) to develop manufacturing and additive manufacturing 
     processes to fabricate, assemble, and produce cost-effective 
     lightweight materials with enhanced functionality such as 
     advanced aluminum, steel, and other metal alloys, advanced 
     polymers, polymeric composites, and carbon fiber for use in 
     vehicles and related tooling;
       (6) to leverage the use of machine learning toward 
     manufacturing and additive manufacturing optimization;
       (7) to design and manufacture purpose-built hydrogen fuel 
     cell vehicles, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, and 
     components;
       (8) to improve the lifetime and reduce the lifecycle 
     impacts of advanced batteries; and
       (9) to reuse valuable components and materials such as 
     permanent magnets and other electric drive components for 
     advanced vehicles.

     SEC. 6704. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     for research, development, and demonstration, of alternative 
     fuels, vehicle propulsion systems, vehicle components, and 
     other related technologies in the United States, including 
     activities authorized under this subtitle--
       (1) for fiscal year 2021, $396,000,000;
       (2) for fiscal year 2022, $415,800,000;
       (3) for fiscal year 2023, $436,590,000;
       (4) for fiscal year 2024, $458,419,500; and
       (5) for fiscal year 2025, $481,340,475.


          Amendment No. 94 Offered by Ms. DeGette of Colorado

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. GAS WASTE REDUCTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF GAS MEASURING 
                   AND REPORTING.

       (a) In General.--Title I of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
     Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1711 et seq.) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 118. GAS WASTE REDUCTION AND ENHANCEMENT OF GAS 
                   MEASURING AND REPORTING.

       ``(a) Regulations for Preventing and Reducing Waste of Gas 
     Via Venting, Flaring, and Fugitive Releases.--
       ``(1) Requirement to issue regulations.--Not later than 2 
     years after the date of enactment of this section, the 
     Secretary shall issue regulations pursuant to the Secretary's 
     authority under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Federal Land 
     Policy and Management Act of 1976, the Indian Mineral Leasing 
     Act of 1938, and other statutes authorizing the Secretary to 
     regulate oil and gas activities on Federal land and Indian 
     lands, that establish requirements for reducing and 
     preventing the waste of gas, including by venting, flaring, 
     and fugitive releases, from covered operations.
       ``(2) Content of regulations.--The regulations shall, with 
     respect to covered operations--
       ``(A) require that, beginning not later than 3 years after 
     the date of enactment of this section, each operator captures 
     at least 85 percent of all gas produced in each year from 
     each onshore well that is subject to a mineral leasing law;
       ``(B) require that, beginning not later than 5 years after 
     the date of enactment of this section, each operator captures 
     at least 99 percent of all gas produced in each year from 
     each onshore well that is subject to a mineral leasing law;
       ``(C) require flaring of gas, rather than venting, in all 
     instances in which gas is not captured;
       ``(D) require that every application for a permit to drill 
     a production well--
       ``(i) demonstrate sufficient infrastructure and capacity is 
     in place to capture the expected quantity of produced gas 
     from the well; and
       ``(ii) be published with an opportunity for a public 
     comment period of at least 30 days;
       ``(E) beginning not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of this section, prohibit all new and refractured 
     production wells from flaring;
       ``(F) require the operator of any covered operation that 
     routinely flares gas before the effective date of a 
     regulation prohibiting flaring issued pursuant to 
     subparagraph (E) to submit a gas capture plan to the 
     Secretary not later than 180 days before such effective date 
     that ensures that such operator will meet the requirements 
     described in subparagraphs (A) and (B);
       ``(G) set performance standards for newly installed 
     equipment based on modern equipment that minimize gas loss 
     from--
       ``(i) storage tanks;
       ``(ii) dehydrators;
       ``(iii) compressors;
       ``(iv) open-ended valves or lines;
       ``(v) pumps; and
       ``(vi) such other equipment as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate to reduce and prevent gas release;
       ``(H) require that operators replace existing equipment 
     within one year of the publication date of performance 
     standards established under subsection (G);
       ``(I) require the replacement of all high-bleed gas-
     actuated pneumatic devices with low-bleed or no-bleed devices 
     not later than 180 days after the date of issuance of the 
     regulation enacted under subparagraph (A);
       ``(J) set performance standards based on modern procedures 
     and equipment that minimize gas loss from--
       ``(i) downhole maintenance;
       ``(ii) liquids unloading;
       ``(iii) well completion; and
       ``(iv) such other procedures as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate to reduce and prevent gas release;
       ``(K) require all operators to have leak detection programs 
     with regularly scheduled inspections that assess the entire 
     covered operation using an infrared camera or other equipment 
     with methods that provide overall at least equivalent 
     sensitivity and effectiveness in detecting leaks on a timely 
     basis;
       ``(L) require any leaks found to be repaired promptly, and 
     in any case not later than 4 weeks after the discovery of the 
     leak, except where exceptional circumstances warrant an 
     extension of not more than 8 additional weeks; and
       ``(M) require recordkeeping for--

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       ``(i) equipment maintenance;
       ``(ii) leak detection and repair;
       ``(iii) venting events;
       ``(iv) flaring events; and
       ``(v) such other operations as the Secretary determines 
     appropriate to reduce and prevent gas release.
       ``(b) Gas Measuring, Reporting, and Transparency 
     Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, not later than one 
     year after the date of enactment of this section, issue 
     regulations requiring each operator to measure and report, 
     with respect to all gas subject to the mineral leasing laws, 
     all such gas produced, consumed on site, or lost through 
     venting, flaring, or fugitive releases.
       ``(2) Measuring and reporting requirements.--To account for 
     all gas referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
     issue regulations requiring each operator to--
       ``(A) measure all production and disposition of gas with 
     such accuracy that fugitive gas releases can be calculated;
       ``(B) install metering devices to measure all flared gas; 
     and
       ``(C) report to the Secretary the volumes of gas measured 
     under the requirements described in subparagraph (A), 
     including--
       ``(i) all new measured values for production and 
     disposition, including vented and flared volumes; and
       ``(ii) values for fugitive releases based on guidelines for 
     their calculation established by the Secretary in such 
     regulations.
       ``(3) Transparency.--The Secretary shall make all new data 
     produced under the requirements established by the Secretary 
     under this subsection, including calculated fugitive releases 
     and volumes of gas lost to venting and flaring, publicly 
     available through the internet--
       ``(A) without a fee or other access charge;
       ``(B) in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner, 
     to the extent technically possible; and
       ``(C) as soon as technically practicable after the report 
     by the operator is filed.
       ``(c) Application.--Except as otherwise specified in this 
     section, the requirements established by the Secretary under 
     this section shall apply to--
       ``(1) the construction and operation of any covered 
     operation initiated, including the refracturing of existing 
     wells, on or after the date of the issuance of regulations 
     under this section; and
       ``(2) after the end of the 1-year period beginning on the 
     date of the issuance of such regulations, any covered 
     operation initiated before the date of the issuance of such 
     regulations.
       ``(d) Enforcement Mechanisms.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall include in the 
     regulations issued under this section consistent enforcement 
     mechanisms for covered operations that are not in compliance 
     with the requirements established by the regulations.
       ``(2) Requirements.--The Secretary shall include in the 
     enforcement mechanisms described in paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) civil penalties for unauthorized venting and flaring, 
     which shall--
       ``(i) apply in lieu of the penalties and related provisions 
     under section 109; and
       ``(ii) include production restrictions and civil monetary 
     penalties equivalent to 3 times the market value of the 
     vented or flared gas; and
       ``(B) civil penalties that apply to noncompliance with 
     other new or existing procedures, which shall--
       ``(i) apply in addition to or in lieu of the penalties and 
     related provisions under section 109;
       ``(ii) include production restrictions or monetary 
     penalties, or both; and
       ``(iii) in the case of monetary penalties, be proportional 
     to market conditions.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Capture.--The term `capture' means the physical 
     containment of natural gas for transportation to market or 
     productive use of natural gas, and includes reinjection and 
     royalty-free on-site uses.
       ``(2) Covered operations.--The term `covered operations' 
     means all oil and gas operations that are subject to mineral 
     leasing law or title V of the Federal Land Policy and 
     Management Act of 1976 (30 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.), regardless 
     of size, including production, storage, gathering, 
     processing, and handling operations.
       ``(3) Flare and flaring.--The terms `flare' and `flaring' 
     mean the intentional and controlled burning of gas that 
     occurs in the course of oil and gas operations to limit 
     release of gas to the atmosphere.
       ``(4) Fugitive release.--The term `fugitive release' means 
     the unintentional and uncontrolled release of gas into the 
     atmosphere in the course of oil and gas operations.
       ``(5) Gas capture plan.--The term `gas capture plan' means 
     a plan that includes specific goals, including equipment and 
     timelines, for capturing, gathering, and processing gas 
     produced under an oil or gas lease.
       ``(6) Gas release.--The term `gas release' includes all gas 
     that is discharged to the atmosphere via venting or fugitive 
     release.
       ``(7) Vent and venting.--The terms `vent' and `venting' 
     mean the intentional and controlled release of gas into the 
     atmosphere in the course of oil and gas operations.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1 
     of such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating 
     to section 117 the following:

``Sec. 118. Gas waste reduction and enhancement of gas measuring and 
              reporting.''.
       (c) Updates.--The Secretary of the Interior shall update 
     the regulations required by the amendments made by this 
     section when the Secretary determines appropriate, but no 
     less frequently than once every ten years, to reflect new 
     information regarding gas waste, the impacts of that waste, 
     and the availability of technologies and performance measures 
     to reduce gas waste.
       (d) Application of Prior Rule.--The final rule entitled 
     ``Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and 
     Resource Conservation'', as published in the Federal Register 
     November 18, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 83008), is hereby reinstated, 
     and each of its provisions shall apply unless and until the 
     effective date of a subsequent final rule promulgated under 
     the amendment made by subsection (a), or promulgated under 
     another applicable authority, that replaces or repeals such 
     provision.
       (e) Assessment of Venting, Flaring, and Fugitive 
     Releases.--Not later than 180 days after the end of the 1-
     year period beginning on the date the Secretary of the 
     Interior first receives data submitted under the requirements 
     established under subsection (b) of section 118 of the 
     Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982, as 
     amended by this section, the Secretary shall--
       (1) submit a report to Congress describing--
       (A) the volume of fugitive releases, and gas consumed or 
     lost by venting and flaring, from covered operations (as 
     those terms are used in such section); and
       (B) additional regulations the Secretary considers would 
     help further curtail venting, flaring, and fugitive releases, 
     or the rational basis for not issuing such additional 
     regulations if the Secretary considers additional regulations 
     would not be appropriate to further curtail venting, flaring, 
     and fugitive releases; and
       (2) issue regulations described in the report required by 
     paragraph (1)(B) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
     submission of the report.


          Amendment No. 98 Offered by Mr. Lujan of New Mexico

       Add at the end of title VIII the following:

     Subtitle D--Increasing and Mobilizing Partnerships to Achieve 
              Commercialization of Technologies for Energy

     SEC. 8401. SHORT TITLE.

       This subtitle may be cited as the ``Increasing and 
     Mobilizing Partnerships to Achieve Commercialization of 
     Technologies for Energy Act'' or the ``IMPACT for Energy 
     Act''.

     SEC. 8402. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Board.--The term ``Board'' means the Board of Directors 
     described in section 8403(b)(1).
       (2) Department.--The term ``Department'' means the 
     Department of Energy.
       (3) Executive director.--The term ``Executive Director'' 
     means the Executive Director described in section 8403(e)(1).
       (4) Foundation.--The term ``Foundation'' means the Energy 
     Technology Commercialization Foundation established under 
     section 8403(a).
       (5) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
     has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
       (6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.

     SEC. 8403. ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION FOUNDATION.

       (a) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     nonprofit corporation to be known as the ``Energy Technology 
     Commercialization Foundation''.
       (2) Mission.--The mission of the Foundation shall be--
       (A) to support the mission of the Department; and
       (B) to advance collaboration with energy researchers, 
     institutions of higher education, industry, and nonprofit and 
     philanthropic organizations to accelerate the 
     commercialization of energy technologies.
       (3) Limitation.--The Foundation shall not be an agency or 
     instrumentality of the Federal Government.
       (4) Tax-exempt status.--The Board shall take all necessary 
     and appropriate steps to ensure that the Foundation receives 
     a determination from the Internal Revenue Service that it is 
     an organization that is described in section 501(c) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and exempt from taxation under 
     section 501(a) of such Code.
       (5) Collaboration with existing organizations.--The 
     Secretary may collaborate with 1 or more organizations to 
     establish the Foundation and carry out the activities of the 
     Foundation.
       (b) Board of Directors.--
       (1) Establishment.--The Foundation shall be governed by a 
     Board of Directors.
       (2) Composition.--
       (A) In general.--The Board shall be composed of the members 
     described in subparagraph (B).
       (B) Board members.--
       (i) Initial members.--The Secretary shall--

       (I) enter into a contract with the National Academies of 
     Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to develop a list of 
     individuals to serve as members of the Board who are well-
     qualified and will meet the requirements of clauses (ii) and 
     (iii); and
       (II) appoint the initial members of the Board, in 
     consultation with the National

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     Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, with the 
     requirements of clauses (ii) and (iii).

       (ii) Representation.--The members of the Board shall 
     reflect a broad cross-section of stakeholders from academia, 
     industry, nonprofit organizations, State or local 
     governments, the investment community, the philanthropic 
     community, and management and operating contractors of the 
     National Laboratories.
       (iii) Experience.--The Secretary shall ensure that a 
     majority of the members of the Board--

       (I)(aa) has experience in the energy sector;
       (bb) has research experience in the energy field; or
       (cc) has experience in technology commercialization or 
     foundation operations; and
       (II) to the extent practicable, represents diverse regions 
     and energy sectors.

       (3) Chair and vice chair.--
       (A) In general.--The Board shall designate from among the 
     members of the Board--
       (i) an individual to serve as Chair of the Board; and
       (ii) an individual to serve as Vice Chair of the Board.
       (B) Terms.--The term of service of the Chair and Vice Chair 
     of the Board shall end on the earlier of--
       (i) the date that is 3 years after the date on which the 
     Chair or Vice Chair of the Board, as applicable, is 
     designated for the position; and
       (ii) the last day of the term of service of the member, as 
     determined under paragraph (4)(A), who is designated to be 
     Chair or Vice Chair of the Board, as applicable.
       (C) Representation.--The Chair and Vice Chair of the 
     Board--
       (i) shall not be representatives of the same area or 
     entity, as applicable, under paragraph (2)(B)(ii); and
       (ii) shall not be representatives of any area or entity, as 
     applicable, represented by the immediately preceding Chair 
     and Vice Chair of the Board.
       (4) Terms and vacancies.--
       (A) Terms.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     term of service of each member of the Board shall be 5 years.
       (ii) Initial members.--Of the initial members of the Board 
     appointed under paragraph (2)(B)(i), half of the members 
     shall serve for 4 years and half of the members shall serve 
     for 5 years, as determined by the Chair of the Board.
       (B) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the membership of the 
     Board--
       (i) shall be filled in accordance with the bylaws of the 
     Foundation by an individual capable of representing the same 
     area or entity, as applicable, as represented by the vacating 
     board member under paragraph (2)(B)(ii);
       (ii) shall not affect the power of the remaining members to 
     execute the duties of the Board; and
       (iii) shall be filled by an individual selected by the 
     Board.
       (5) Meetings; quorum.--
       (A) Initial meeting.--Not later than 60 days after the 
     Board is established, the Secretary shall convene a meeting 
     of the members of the Board to incorporate the Foundation.
       (B) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Board shall 
     constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting the business 
     of the Board.
       (6) Duties.--The Board shall--
       (A) establish bylaws for the Foundation in accordance with 
     paragraph (7);
       (B) provide overall direction for the activities of the 
     Foundation and establish priority activities;
       (C) carry out any other necessary activities of the 
     Foundation;
       (D) evaluate the performance of the Executive Director; and
       (E) actively solicit and accept funds, gifts, grants, 
     devises, or bequests of real or personal property to the 
     Foundation, including from private entities.
       (7) Bylaws.--
       (A) In general.--The bylaws established under paragraph 
     (6)(A) may include--
       (i) policies for the selection of Board members, officers, 
     employees, agents, and contractors of the Foundation;
       (ii) policies, including ethical standards, for--

       (I) the acceptance, solicitation, and disposition of 
     donations and grants to the Foundation, including appropriate 
     limits on the ability of donors to designate, by stipulation 
     or restriction, the use or recipient of donated funds; and
       (II) the disposition of assets of the Foundation;

       (iii) policies that subject all employees, fellows, 
     trainees, and other agents of the Foundation (including 
     members of the Board) to conflict of interest standards; and
       (iv) the specific duties of the Executive Director.
       (B) Requirements.--The Board shall ensure that the bylaws 
     of the Foundation and the activities carried out under those 
     bylaws shall not--
       (i) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Foundation to 
     carry out activities in a fair and objective manner; or
       (ii) compromise, or appear to compromise, the integrity of 
     any governmental agency or program, or any officer or 
     employee employed by, or involved in, a governmental agency 
     or program.
       (8) Compensation.--
       (A) In general.--No member of the Board shall receive 
     compensation for serving on the Board.
       (B) Certain expenses.--In accordance with the bylaws of the 
     Foundation, members of the Board may be reimbursed for travel 
     expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, and 
     other necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the duties 
     of the Board.
       (c) Purpose.--The purpose of the Foundation is to increase 
     private and philanthropic sector investments that support 
     efforts to create, develop, and commercialize innovative 
     technologies that address crosscutting national energy 
     challenges by methods that include--
       (1) fostering collaboration and partnerships with 
     researchers from the Federal Government, State governments, 
     institutions of higher education, federally funded research 
     and development centers, industry, and nonprofit 
     organizations for the research, development, or 
     commercialization of transformative energy and associated 
     technologies;
       (2)(A) strengthening regional economic development through 
     scientific and energy innovation; and
       (B) disseminating lessons learned from that development to 
     foster the creation and growth of new regional energy 
     innovation clusters;
       (3) promoting new product development that supports job 
     creation;
       (4) administering prize competitions to accelerate private 
     sector competition and investment; and
       (5) supporting programs that advance technologies from the 
     prototype stage to a commercial stage.
       (d) Activities.--
       (1) Studies, competitions, and projects.--The Foundation 
     may conduct and support studies, competitions, projects, and 
     other activities that further the purpose of the Foundation 
     described in subsection (c).
       (2) Fellowships and grants.--
       (A) In general.--The Foundation may award fellowships and 
     grants for activities relating to research, development, 
     demonstration, maturation, or commercialization of energy and 
     other Department-supported technologies.
       (B) Form of award.--A fellowship or grant under 
     subparagraph (A) may consist of a stipend, health insurance 
     benefits, funds for travel, and funds for other appropriate 
     expenses.
       (C) Selection.--In selecting a recipient for a fellowship 
     or grant under subparagraph (A), the Foundation--
       (i) shall make the selection based on the technical and 
     commercialization merits of the proposed project of the 
     potential recipient; and
       (ii) may consult with a potential recipient regarding the 
     ability of the potential recipient to carry out various 
     projects that would further the purpose of the Foundation 
     described in subsection (c).
       (D) National laboratories.--A National Laboratory that 
     applies for or accepts a grant under subparagraph (A) shall 
     not be considered to be engaging in a competitive process.
       (3) Accessing facilities and expertise.--The Foundation may 
     work with the Department--
       (A) to leverage the capabilities and facilities of National 
     Laboratories to commercialize technology; and
       (B) to assist with resources, including through the 
     development of internet websites that provide information on 
     the capabilities and facilities of each National Laboratory 
     relating to the commercialization of technology.
       (4) Training and education.--The Foundation may support 
     programs that provide commercialization training to 
     researchers, scientists, and other relevant personnel at 
     National Laboratories and institutions of higher education to 
     help commercialize federally funded technology.
       (5) Maturation funding.--The Foundation shall support 
     programs that provide maturation funding to researchers to 
     advance the technology of those researchers for the purpose 
     of moving products from a prototype stage to a commercial 
     stage.
       (6) Stakeholder engagement.--The Foundation shall convene, 
     and may consult with, representatives from the Department, 
     institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, the 
     private sector, and commercialization organizations to 
     develop programs for the purpose of the Foundation described 
     in subsection (c) and to advance the activities of the 
     Foundation.
       (7) Individual laboratory foundations program.--
       (A) Definition of individual laboratory foundation.--In 
     this paragraph, the term ``Individual Laboratory Foundation'' 
     means a Laboratory Foundation established by a National 
     Laboratory.
       (B) Support.--The Foundation shall provide support to and 
     collaborate with Individual Laboratory Foundations.
       (C) Guidelines and templates.--For the purpose of providing 
     support under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall establish 
     suggested guidelines and templates for Individual Laboratory 
     Foundations, including--
       (i) a standard adaptable organizational design for the 
     responsible management of an Individual Laboratory 
     Foundation;
       (ii) standard and legally tenable bylaws and money-handling 
     procedures for Individual Laboratory Foundations; and
       (iii) a standard training curriculum to orient and expand 
     the operating expertise of

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     personnel employed by an Individual Laboratory Foundation.
       (D) Affiliations.--Nothing in this paragraph requires--
       (i) an existing Individual Laboratory Foundation to modify 
     current practices or affiliate with the Foundation; or
       (ii) an Individual Laboratory Foundation to be bound by 
     charter or corporate bylaws as permanently affiliated with 
     the Foundation.
       (8) Supplemental programs.--The Foundation may carry out 
     supplemental programs--
       (A) to conduct and support forums, meetings, conferences, 
     courses, and training workshops consistent with the purpose 
     of the Foundation described in subsection (c);
       (B) to support and encourage the understanding and 
     development of--
       (i) data that promotes the translation of technologies from 
     the research stage, through the development and maturation 
     stage, and ending in the market stage; and
       (ii) policies that make regulation more effective and 
     efficient by leveraging the technology translation data 
     described in clause (i) for the regulation of relevant 
     technology sectors;
       (C) for writing, editing, printing, publishing, and vending 
     books and other materials relating to research carried out 
     under the Foundation and the Department; and
       (D) to conduct other activities to carry out and support 
     the purpose of the Foundation described in subsection (c).
       (9) Evaluations.--The Foundation shall support the 
     development of an evaluation methodology, to be used as part 
     of any program supported by the Foundation, that shall--
       (A) consist of qualitative and quantitative metrics; and
       (B) include periodic third party evaluation of those 
     programs and other activities of the Foundation.
       (10) Communications.--The Foundation shall develop an 
     expertise in communications to promote the work of grant and 
     fellowship recipients under paragraph (2), the 
     commercialization successes of the Foundation, opportunities 
     for partnership with the Foundation, and other activities.
       (e) Administration.--
       (1) Executive director.--The Board shall hire an Executive 
     Director of the Foundation, who shall serve at the pleasure 
     of the Board.
       (2) Administrative control.--No member of the Board, 
     officer or employee of the Foundation or of any program 
     established by the Foundation, or participant in a program 
     established by the Foundation, shall exercise administrative 
     control over any Federal employee.
       (3) Strategic plan.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Foundation shall submit to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
     of Representatives a strategic plan that contains--
       (A) a plan for the Foundation to become financially self-
     sustaining in fiscal year 2022 and thereafter (except for the 
     amounts provided each fiscal year under subsection 
     (l)(1)(C));
       (B) a forecast of major crosscutting energy challenge 
     opportunities, including short- and long-term objectives, 
     identified by the Board, with input from communities 
     representing the entities and areas, as applicable, described 
     in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii);
       (C) a description of the efforts that the Foundation will 
     take to be transparent in the processes of the Foundation, 
     including processes relating to--
       (i) grant awards, including selection, review, and 
     notification;
       (ii) communication of past, current, and future research 
     priorities; and
       (iii) solicitation of and response to public input on the 
     opportunities identified under subparagraph (B); and
       (D) a description of the financial goals and benchmarks of 
     the Foundation for the following 10 years.
       (4) Annual report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which the Foundation is established, and every 2 years 
     thereafter, the Foundation shall submit to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Secretary a report that, for the 
     year covered by the report--
       (A) describes the activities of the Foundation and the 
     progress of the Foundation in furthering the purpose of the 
     Foundation described in subsection (c);
       (B) provides a specific accounting of the source and use of 
     all funds made available to the Foundation to carry out those 
     activities;
       (C) describes how the results of the activities of the 
     Foundation could be incorporated into the procurement 
     processes of the General Services Administration; and
       (D) includes a summary of each evaluation conducted using 
     the evaluation methodology described in subsection (d)(9).
       (5) Evaluation by comptroller general.--Not later than 5 
     years after the date on which the Foundation is established, 
     the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the 
     House of Representatives--
       (A) an evaluation of--
       (i) the extent to which the Foundation is achieving the 
     mission of the Foundation; and
       (ii) the operation of the Foundation; and
       (B) any recommendations on how the Foundation may be 
     improved.
       (6) Audits.--The Foundation shall--
       (A) provide for annual audits of the financial condition of 
     the Foundation; and
       (B) make the audits, and all other records, documents, and 
     papers of the Foundation, available to the Secretary and the 
     Comptroller General of the United States for examination or 
     audit.
       (7) Separate fund accounts.--The Board shall ensure that 
     any funds received under subsection (l)(1) are held in a 
     separate account from any other funds received by the 
     Foundation.
       (8) Integrity.--
       (A) In general.--To ensure integrity in the operations of 
     the Foundation, the Board shall develop and enforce 
     procedures relating to standards of conduct, financial 
     disclosure statements, conflicts of interest (including 
     recusal and waiver rules), audits, and any other matters 
     determined appropriate by the Board.
       (B) Financial conflicts of interest.--Any individual who is 
     an officer, employee, or member of the Board is prohibited 
     from any participation in deliberations by the Foundation of 
     a matter that would directly or predictably affect any 
     financial interest of--
       (i) the individual;
       (ii) a relative (as defined in section 109 of the Ethics in 
     Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)) of that individual; 
     or
       (iii) a business organization or other entity in which the 
     individual has an interest, including an organization or 
     other entity with which the individual is negotiating 
     employment.
       (9) Intellectual property.--The Board shall adopt written 
     standards to govern the ownership and licensing of any 
     intellectual property rights developed by the Foundation or 
     derived from the collaborative efforts of the Foundation.
       (10) Liability.--The United States shall not be liable for 
     any debts, defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation nor 
     shall the full faith and credit of the United States extend 
     to any obligations of the Foundation.
       (11) Nonapplicability of faca.--The Federal Advisory 
     Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
     Foundation.
       (f) Department Collaboration.--
       (1) National laboratories.--The Secretary shall collaborate 
     with the Foundation to develop a process to ensure 
     collaboration and coordination between the Department, the 
     Foundation, and National Laboratories--
       (A) to streamline contracting processes between National 
     Laboratories and the Foundation, including by--
       (i) streamlining the ability of the Foundation to transfer 
     equipment and funds to National Laboratories;
       (ii) standardizing contract mechanisms to be used by the 
     Foundation; and
       (iii) streamlining the ability of the Foundation to fund 
     endowed positions at National Laboratories;
       (B) to allow a National Laboratory or site of a National 
     Laboratory--
       (i) to accept and perform work for the Foundation, 
     consistent with provided resources, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law governing the administration, mission, use, 
     or operations of the National Laboratory or site, as 
     applicable; and
       (ii) to perform that work on a basis equal to other 
     missions at the National Laboratory; and
       (C) to permit the director of any National Laboratory or 
     site of a National Laboratory to enter into a cooperative 
     research and development agreement or negotiate a licensing 
     agreement with the Foundation pursuant to section 12 of the 
     Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
     3710a).
       (2) Department liaisons.--The Secretary shall appoint 
     liaisons from across the Department to collaborate and 
     coordinate with the Foundation.
       (3) Administration.--The Secretary shall leverage 
     appropriate arrangements, contracts, and directives to carry 
     out the process developed under paragraph (1).
       (g) National Security.--Nothing in this section exempts the 
     Foundation from any national security policy of the 
     Department.
       (h) Support Services.--The Secretary shall provide 
     facilities, utilities, and support services to the Foundation 
     if it is determined by the Secretary to be advantageous to 
     the research programs of the Department.
       (i) Preemption of Authority.--This section shall not 
     preempt any authority or responsibility of the Secretary 
     under any other provision of law.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated--
       (A) to the Secretary, not less than $1,500,000 for fiscal 
     year 2021 to establish the Foundation;
       (B) to the Foundation, not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2021 to carry out the activities of the Foundation; and
       (C) to the Foundation, not less than $3,000,000 for fiscal 
     year 2022, and each fiscal year thereafter, for 
     administrative and operational costs.
       (2) Cost share.--Funds made available under paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall be required to be cost-shared by a partner of 
     the Foundation other than the Department.


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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens) and the gentleman from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Lucas) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Michigan.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute.
  I rise today to urge my colleagues to support my amendment to 
increase vehicle technology R&D as we consider this significant 
investment in a clean energy future for battery technology, 
cybersecurity, the connected car, our sustainability future, and 
countless jobs.
  Michigan has been a global leader in vehicle technology since we 
created the industry over a century ago. Our autoworkers are the best 
in the world. Our manufacturers are the best in the world. But we need 
to make sure that we continue to have a level playing field to compete.
  The U.S. must continue to lead by making the investments just as 
other nations are doing. Now is not the time to cede our leadership. 
Now is the time to claim it.
  Advances in electrification and connectivity will make vehicles 
safer, more efficient, and more affordable for consumers and their 
families. We owe it to our American workers to make sure that this next 
generation of vehicles is made right here in the United States of 
America.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise in opposition to this bloc of amendments and to express my 
profound disappointment with this process.
  As I said yesterday, climate change is a generational challenge, one 
where our work today will have an impact for decades to come. I believe 
our work on something of this importance deserves thoughtful 
consideration, careful analysis, and substantial debate. After all, 
what is at stake here is no small matter.
  The policy decisions we make on this issue will not only impact our 
greenhouse gas emissions; they will also have a direct effect on what 
Americans pay to cool and heat their homes. They will determine whether 
we hamstring our energy sectors or give them a global advantage.
  Congress has an established process to make smart policy decisions on 
important issues like this. We consider issues in hearings, debate and 
vote in committees, and then bring legislation to the House floor.
  That is not what happened here. Instead of following regular order on 
individual policy proposals, we were given 1 week to review 900 pages 
of legislation.
  In an effort to have a voice in this process, Members offered 176 
amendments to this bill. Only 99 were made in order.
  And now, Mr. Speaker, we don't even have the chance to debate and 
vote on those amendments individually. Instead, we are expected to vote 
to pass or reject 26 amendments en bloc right now. With only one 
exception, this is how we will vote on all 99 amendments made in order.
  That is a problem because it forces us either to vote in favor of 
policies we don't support or to vote against the ones we do. That is 
where I find myself right now.
  Not surprisingly, I strongly support my own amendment in this bloc. 
It expresses the sense of Congress that in order to reduce emissions, 
the Secretary of Energy must prioritize funding for fundamental 
research infrastructure and for basic research and development 
activities carried out through the Office of Science.
  Office of Science programs have long served as the cornerstone of 
U.S. energy innovation. Our clean energy future will be built on next-
generation technology areas like grid-scale energy storage, advanced 
grid security, and integrated carbon management strategies. These 
technologies are dependent on Federal support for basic research 
programs and infrastructure.
  The Office of Science at DOE is behind some of the most 
groundbreaking scientific discoveries and technology developments in 
recent history. Without the innovation that has come from DOE basic 
research, we wouldn't have successfully reduced emissions through 
clean, affordable natural gas.
  That is why a clean energy legislative package that fails to include 
comprehensive Office of Science provisions is not a serious proposal 
even if it is 900 pages long.
  I would urge my colleagues to remember that Americans need affordable 
and reliable energy, and that has to be a central goal in our policy to 
address climate change.
  We can reduce emissions, keep energy prices competitive, and ensure 
that the U.S. remains a world leader in science and energy technology 
by committing to prioritize basic research and critical infrastructure 
supported by the Office of Science.
  I believe my amendment would improve H.R. 4447 by establishing that 
Congress is fundamentally committed to research and development of 
breakthrough clean energy technologies. Unfortunately, I can't support 
my amendment because it has been lumped in with so many others that 
actually worsen the underlying legislation by increasing our support of 
well-funded applied research programs that are duplicating the work 
that private industry can and should be doing on its own.
  But that is what happens when you force through a massive, partisan 
messaging bill instead of allowing for individual policy consideration. 
This shows a lack of good faith from the House Democrats and is no way 
to pass legislation for the public good.
  I urge my colleagues to oppose this bloc, and I reserve the balance 
of my time.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, surely, when we pass this legislation, we 
will be sending a host of new directives over to the Secretary of 
Energy to continue to win and advance our future.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
(Mr. Lamb).

  Mr. LAMB. Mr. Speaker, if I would have come before this House in 2005 
and said to my colleagues, ``I have a policy proposal. It will create 
hundreds of thousands of jobs in parts of the country that have lost 
them. It will help free us from wars in the Middle East. It will save 
middle-class families hundreds if not thousands of dollars a year on 
their energy bills. And the best part is, it will allow us to reduce 
carbon emissions for the first time in the history of the United 
States,'' that would sound like a Democratic policy--more jobs, less 
war, lower bills, less carbon.
  That policy was the shale revolution, and it was, in truth, a 
partnership between government research and entrepreneurs in 
Pennsylvania and Texas and other places that figured out new techniques 
to get natural gas out of the ground.
  Some have opposed the continuation of natural gas drilling simply 
because it is a fossil fuel, and I ask them: Who gets credit for the 
reduced carbon emissions over the last 15 years? Natural gas has made a 
bigger difference than anything. But we still have a duty to continue 
trying to improve that process.
  A lot of people don't realize that the National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, NETL, that exists in western Pennsylvania, has never given 
up on trying to clean up these processes. They have made great gains, 
particularly in the area of produced water and taking the water that is 
used to get the gas out of the ground and removing the contaminants so 
that the water can be recycled and used over and over again. We have 
already seen that in the short life of shale drilling in western 
Pennsylvania. The NETL has improved recycling of water immensely.
  My amendment would give additional money to the Secretary of Energy 
to double down on this research and, most importantly, establish a 
demonstration project for the first time ever to better recycle and 
dispose of this water right onsite, eliminating the loud and noisy 
trucks that drive through people's neighborhoods and the risk of 
contaminating our water table.
  This has been a tremendous technology for western Pennsylvania and 
the United States, and we can continue making it better.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Louisiana (Mr. Graves).
  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from 
Oklahoma for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, let's look at this process. Here we have a bill that was 
a bipartisan bill, H.R. 4447, that passed out

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of the committee on a bipartisan vote, and it was eight pages. It was 
eight pages.
  Today, this bill is nearly 900 pages. Miraculously, from committee to 
the floor, it just exploded and became nearly 900 pages of text. This 
bill is now scored to cost the American taxpayers $135 billion.
  This is an issue that we agree that we need to be discussing. We need 
to be discussing America's energy future. We need to be discussing the 
fact that Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, and other countries are trying 
to decimate the American energy industry. They are trying to force our 
dependence upon them.
  Unfortunately, while there are some good components of this bill, 
much of it plays into the hands of those very countries by forcing the 
use or pushing the use of technologies by manipulating markets, by 
distorting costs, that forces us to play into the hands of those 
countries and become subject or dependent upon them for different 
resources.

                              {time}  1130

  Mr. Speaker, the United States, as I have heard people talk about 
emissions, we are the leader in the world in terms of reducing 
emissions. The United States has reduced emissions more than every 
other country.
  People talk about emissions reduction. Under President Obama, there 
was the Clean Power Plan. We have actually hit the Clean Power Plan 
target established by President Obama, but we have done it 10 years 
early.
  We haven't done it by distorting markets. We haven't done it by 
forcing the use of technologies. We have done it by letting the market 
do what it does, by letting innovators innovate, like they do.
  So to my friends on the other side of the aisle, I will say it again: 
We absolutely would love to engage with you on America's energy future, 
on how we ensure the use of clean energy technologies moving forward, 
but also on building upon the success of the United States and how we 
are the global leader in reducing emissions.
  We don't have to have a Democrat bill. We have got all these 
amendments. They have been thrown together en bloc, where maybe we have 
a great amendment, but it is paired together with nine others that are 
awful. This distorts the process, and it really makes us unable to even 
represent our constituents at home.
  So I want to urge: Let's sit down and engage in this bill in a 
bipartisan way. Let's not take a bill that was 8 pages and add over 800 
pages to it in the dark of night. Let's have a transparent process. 
Let's let us vote on amendments that make sense, that ensure America's 
energy future is based upon our resources, not those of Russia, not 
those of China, as this bill does.
  This is a fatally flawed process. It is not in the interests of 
America. It is not in the interests of our children's and our 
grandchildren's future, and it ignores the fact that America is the 
leading reducer in emissions.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I remain somewhat baffled and surprised by 
the remarks of my colleague, particularly as, just in the last decade, 
China has spent nearly $60 billion to create a thriving electric 
vehicle industry, and that is, in part, what we are committing to do 
here today.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. 
Lujan).
  Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the CBO score on this 
legislation.


    CBO's Estimate of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of Rules 
     Committee Print 116-63, H.R. 4447, The Clean Economy Jobs and 
    Innovation Act, Including Manager's Amendment (Pallone 170), as 
        Reported by the Committee on Rules on September 21, 2020

       The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget-
     reporting and enforcement procedures for legislation 
     affecting direct spending or revenues. The net changes in 
     outlays and revenues that are subject to those procedures are 
     shown here.
       H.R. 4447 would modify existing laws and policies governing 
     the energy sector. CBO estimates that the provisions noted 
     below would have an insignificant effect on net direct 
     spending, revenues, and the deficit over the 2020-2030 
     period.
       Subtitle C of Title I would require federal agencies and 
     data centers to implement strategies to acquire, use, and 
     maintain information technologies expected to increase energy 
     efficiency. Those provisions could affect direct spending if 
     agencies procure energy-efficient technologies using longterm 
     contracts known as energy savings performance contracts.
       Subtitle F of Title II would allow operators with certain 
     federal leases to noncompetitively acquire the rights to 
     coproduce geothermal resources under that lease and to 
     noncompetitively lease land adjoining that lease. CBO expects 
     that few leases would be affected by this provision.
       Subtitle C of Title IV would reduce revenues by extending 
     quotas for imports of uranium from Russia until 2040, which 
     under current law are set to expire in 2020.
       Title XI would allow aggrieved persons to sue entities, 
     such as local governments, for discrimination that occurs in 
     the context of implementing environmental projects or 
     regulations promulgated by federal agencies. CBO expects that 
     provision would increase the number of suits filed in federal 
     court. Those changes would increase both revenues (from court 
     filing fees) and spending of those fees.
       H.R. 4447 also would authorize the appropriation of more 
     than $125 billion over the 2021-2025 period for various 
     programs related to clean energy. Any spending would be 
     subject to the availability of appropriations for those 
     programs.
       H.R. 4447 contains intergovernmental and private-sector 
     mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 
     (UMRA). CBO estimates that the costs of mandates on private 
     entities would exceed the private-sector threshold 
     established in UMRA, and the costs of mandates on state, 
     local, and tribal governments would fall below the threshold 
     for intergovernmental mandates (those thresholds are $168 
     million and $84 million in 2020, respectively, adjusted 
     annually for inflation).

  Mr. LUJAN. Mr. Speaker, I would also be happy to share this with my 
colleague and my friend from Louisiana. The CBO score on this is zero. 
So I will make sure I hand this over to him, as well, to take a look.
  Mr. Speaker, at home in New Mexico, we are very proud of our national 
labs, three national labs, two at the Department of Energy. New Mexico 
has seen the value that the United States Department of Energy brings 
to the fight against COVID-19.
  Through our national labs, the Department has provided support to the 
National Institutes of Health and other government agencies, leveraged 
its scientific resources, but did a lot of work to improve the 
epidemiological models and much more.
  The Department of Energy has another important role to play by 
helping to restart America's innovation economy, creating jobs, and 
moving us toward economic recovery.
  My amendment with Representatives Wilson, Torres Small, and Casten, 
and based on the IMPACT for Energy Act, would help the Department 
achieve these goals by establishing the Department of Energy-affiliated 
nonprofit foundation to raise private-sector funds and leverage 
expertise that supports the research, development, and commercial 
application of technologies that address our Nation's energy challenges 
and combat climate change.
  This model works. The National Institutes of Health, CDC, and USDA 
foundations have already demonstrated that they can raise billions of 
private-sector dollars to support research and innovation. And 
innovation, in turn, drives economic growth.
  To enhance these efforts as part of the clean energy economy, we have 
the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act.
  We will also be advancing my legislation to improve innovators' 
access to national lab facilities and to develop the next generation of 
tech leaders through partnership between national labs and institutions 
of higher education.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this en bloc amendment 
and the underlying bill.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Doggett).
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, even during these challenging times, most 
Americans recognize that when they get home, they find a habitable 
place and the lights come on with the flip of a switch. But preserving 
future American energy independence and energy efficiency is a greater 
challenge.
  The climate crisis that we confront today is not just about 
endangered polar bears and Antarctic ice sheets that are melting and 
will submerge our coastal areas; it is here and now with our erratic 
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temperatures, and with blazing wildfires across the country. Energy-
efficient technology shouldn't be the ``alternative,'' it should be the 
regular standard.
  Now, while my home State of Texas is the national leader in 
greenhouse gas pollution and in climate deniers, it is also the home to 
really significant growth in wind power, the leading State in the 
country, and a growing source of solar power.
  Investments in clean energy protect taxpayer investments and promote 
public health and safety. These investments ensure America is leading 
on the road to clean energy, not being run over by it.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has expired.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 1 minute to the 
gentleman.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, as Congress considers new investments in 
research and development, let's direct our efforts where we can achieve 
the greatest savings and the greatest efficiency.
  While carbon capture and storage, the process of capturing carbon 
dioxide formed in power generation and some industrial processes, has 
potential, many substantial questions remain about its cost-
effectiveness compared to other low-emission technologies, particularly 
since hundreds of millions of dollars in current tax subsidies are 
directed, often improperly, to those promoting fossil fuels.
  Accordingly, the amendment I have offered that is included in this en 
bloc amendment gets the facts for taxpayers by asking the National 
Academy of Sciences to evaluate the efficacy of carbon capture 
technology and evaluate industries regarding its potential.
  Enough of the fossilized thinking about fossil fuels. Let's explore 
all available tools and technologies, while ensuring that taxpayer 
dollars are utilized to achieve maximum savings, because energy savings 
could mean the difference between the Earth's saving and its 
destruction.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge adoption of the amendment.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I would note to my colleague that I have no 
additional speakers, and I am prepared to close whenever she has 
concluded with her speakers.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I have no additional speakers. I am 
prepared to close.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
  As the Chamber of Commerce noted in a letter to Congress, there is a 
growing consensus that the research, development, and commercialization 
of new technologies is an important factor that will determine how 
quickly and at what cost greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced. The 
Chamber has recently taken issue with this package because of the 
inclusion of a number of provisions that diverge from its core focus 
area, threatening to undermine the otherwise favorable bill.
  I am sorry to say it again, but too many provisions of this bill have 
undermined areas where we could have found bipartisan consensus. The 
same is true of the bloc of amendments. I, therefore, must urge my 
colleagues to oppose this bloc.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I recognize the bipartisan nature of the original bill 
that passed through the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee 
with the leadership of our great chairwoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and 
our ranking member, Mr. Lucas.
  I also recognize today that we are taking a vote for our future. We 
are taking a vote for our innovation agenda. We are talking about the 
research and development efforts of this Nation. We are talking about a 
clean economy.
  Today, as we engaged in debate, we got a glimpse of where this vote 
might come down.
  Mr. Speaker, let it be reminded to all that this House majority is 
the majority that is working for the people and their future and their 
jobs, for a clean economy. We are taking the necessary steps to get it 
done.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
remember and to be reminded about where it will come down today with 
this vote. I urge them to vote ``yes.'' I urge them to vote for our 
future. I urge them to vote for our innovation capabilities from the 
United States of America.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. TRAHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to offer my strong support for the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr. Lamb.
  The world desperately needs a new source of energy that has zero-
carbon emissions. Such a technological breakthrough is absolutely vital 
to combating climate change and meeting our growing energy demands.
  One such promising technology is fusion energy.
  When commercialized, fusion will accelerate the transformation of 
America's energy system, providing the foundation for our zero-carbon 
energy economy of the future.
  My colleague's amendment, which I'm pleased to co-sponsor, would 
provide the basis for the United States to maximize its resources, both 
public and private, to demonstrate and commercialize fusion energy.
  His amendment would support public-private partnerships to make 
fusion energy a reality by building full-scale demonstration 
facilities--and creating new companies and more jobs here at home.
  This is a race against time--not only to prevent the worst 
catastrophes that we're beginning to see due to climate change, but 
also ensuring adequate funds so that the United States is the global 
leader in fusion.
  As Professor Dennis Whyte of MIT wrote last year in The Washington 
Post, ``This is a critical moment for such funding decisions. Other 
governments are investing billions in fusion.''
  The pending amendment's milestone-based funding program will support 
the development of a U.S.-based fusion power industry by providing 
funds to stimulate R&D and eventual commercialization of this new 
energy source.
  Each private sector participant will need to meet milestones agreed-
upon in partnership with the Department of Energy in order to receive 
the public funds.
  Federal assistance would be made only upon completion of agreed-upon 
milestones.
  I urge support for the amendment as well as the underlying bill.
  Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment to the 
``Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act'', H.R. 4447.
  I thank my colleague from California, Congressman Lowenthal--the 
chairman of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources--for his support as the amendment's cosponsor.
  I also want to commend Congressman Pallone--the chairman of the 
Energy and Commerce Committee--for his leadership with the omnibus 
clean energy bill before the House today.
  The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act subjects offshore mineral or 
energy development to U.S. jurisdiction, including the Constitution and 
applicable federal laws.
  Specifically, this 1953 law applies the civil and political 
jurisdiction of the United States to installations on the Outer 
Continental Shelf in the United States' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) 
at sea.
  Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the U.S. Department of 
the lnterior--acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management--
conducts lease sales for offshore development of mineral and energy 
resources, indulging wind lease sales.
  The Energy Policy Act of 2005 established the Secretary of the 
Interior's exclusive offshore wind leasing and permitting authority 
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
  Our amendment simply clarifies that lease sales for energy 
development on the Outer Continental Shelf from non-minerals--sources 
other than oil and natural gas such as wind, hydrokinetic, or ocean 
thermal energy conversion--are indeed subject to U.S. jurisdiction, 
including federal laws affording labor and environmental protections.
  Congress clearly intended U.S. law to apply to any form of 
exploration, development, production, transportation, and transmission 
of energy resources under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
  Again, all our amendment does is clarify that all forms of offshore 
energy development are indeed subject to the same U.S. laws that 
currently apply to the offshore oil and gas industry.
  In the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives passed our 
amendment language, nearly verbatim, by voice vote as the ``POWER Act'' 
(H.R. 2360).
  According to an April 2018 study by the Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory, offshore wind along the Eastern Seaboard of the United 
States has the potential to eclipse all current land-based wind 
development.
  Demand for offshore wind projects in federal waters is strong, as the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sets record lease sales in

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the Atlantic, to the benefit of American taxpayers.
  In short order, we may see similar demand for federal lease sales for 
offshore wind elsewhere in the country, including off the West Coast or 
the U.S. territories.
  Offshore wind development will play a central part in our nation's 
transition to a clean energy economy powered by renewables.
  As we welcome this burgeoning industry, Congress must act decisively 
to clarify that any offshore wind development on the Outer Continental 
Shelf--including exploration, production, transportation, and 
transmission--is indeed subject to the same federal laws that already 
apply to offshore oil and gas development or underwater mining.
  This is the clear and obvious intent of Congress, and my amendment 
simply updates the underlying federal law to reflect this reality.
  As the former Deputy Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton 
Administration, I am a long-time proponent of all forms of renewable 
energy to help meet the global challenge of man-made climate change, 
including offshore wind development.
  I urge my colleagues to support this critical amendment, simply 
updating the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to reflect clear 
Congressional intent and provide legal certainty for offshore wind 
projects to proceed in accordance with federal law.
  Lastly, adopting our amendment to the ``Clean Economy Jobs and 
Innovation Act'' (H.R. 4447) will set the House on strong footing for 
any Energy Bill conference next Congress, with the Murkowski-Manchin 
bill expected to be passed by the Senate.
  I hope this amendment will pass by voice vote as it did on December 
7, 2011, during the 112th Congress.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of two 
amendments to H.R. 4447, the Clean Energy Jobs and Innovation Act. I am 
honored to represent Virginia's 3rd Congressional District, which is on 
the front lines of sea-level rise. Recognizing the urgent action needed 
to mitigate the worst of the climate crisis, I am pleased that this 
bill includes support for climate-informed building codes to improve 
energy efficiency as well as resilience, issues on which Norfolk, 
Virginia is leading the way. My district is also home to the Port of 
Virginia and other facilities--as well as workers--that played a 
critical role in installing the first offshore wind turbines in federal 
waters this summer. On and offshore, wind energy presents an incredible 
opportunity to generate clean, renewable energy, and to create good, 
green, family-sustaining jobs in Hampton Roads and across the country.
  I was pleased to submit an amendment encouraging the use of modeling 
and simulation technologies in wind energy, along with Representative 
Stephanie Murphy. As co-chairs of the Congressional Modeling and 
Simulation Caucus, we submitted this amendment to support the 
development and deployment of modeling and simulation tools to aid in 
rapidly transitioning our economy away from fossil fuels. Modeling and 
simulation have been very thoughtfully incorporated into many aspects 
of this bill--ensuring technologies are effectively deployed, risks to 
our electric grid are understood, and community resilience is enhanced. 
Modeling and simulation technologies also have incredible potential to 
contribute to every step of wind energy generation: the design and 
siting of turbines, wind power forecasting, construction of turbines, 
and even projecting the need for turbine maintenance and repair. I urge 
my colleagues to support this amendment to increase our understanding 
of each of these areas.
  I also rise in support of my amendment which would support research 
into rethinking, reducing, and reusing critical materials in wind 
energy. The widespread deployment of current wind energy technology 
requires aluminum and rare-earth elements. The increasing demand for 
these elements and issues within their supply chains is a concern for 
all of us concerned about the environment, human rights, and our clean 
energy future to action. For years, the Department of Energy has 
acknowledged that ``supply challenges'' for certain rare earth metals 
could negatively affect clean energy technology development. The United 
States is currently largely dependent on other nations, especially 
China, for rare earth minerals. These minerals may not be quite as 
finite as their name implies; however, they are generally difficult to 
mine and require extensive processing. In some places, the industry 
lacks protections for workers and the environment, jeopardizing 
communities' drinking water and soil. We can alleviate these concerns 
by investing in research to rethink turbine design, reduce the use of 
such materials, and reuse products which are no longer need.
   Wind energy prices have fallen significantly fallen in the past 
decade. The levelized cost, which does not account for federal tax 
credits, decreased from about $90 per megawatt-hour to $30 per 
megawatt-hour last year. This is an exciting and encouraging trend for 
consumers, our climate, and communities, like Hampton Roads, that are 
both threatened by climate change and poised to create good green wind 
energy jobs. This amendment would facilitate research on the reuse of 
such materials and the design of turbines that require less of these 
materials, ensuring that this trend towards more affordable wind energy 
continues. In addition to creating jobs here in the United States, 
supporting the future of wind energy ensures that Americans will have 
increasing access to energy that is clean, renewable, reliable, and 
affordable.
  I urge my colleagues to support these amendments.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).
  The question is on the amendments en bloc.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Ms. STEVENS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question 
are postponed.


      Amendments En Bloc No. 2 Offered by Ms. DeGette of Colorado

  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I have amendments en bloc at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en 
bloc.
  Amendments en bloc No. 2 consisting of amendment Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 
7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 
43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 
75, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 93, 95, 96, and 97, printed in part 
B of House Report 116-528, offered by Ms. DeGette of Colorado:


         amendment no. 2 offered by ms. barragan of california

       At the end of title III, add the following:

                    Subtitle D--Climate Smart Ports

     SEC. 3401. CLIMATE SMART PORTS GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
     of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
     establish a program to award grants to eligible entities to 
     purchase, and as applicable install, zero emissions port 
     equipment and technology.
       (b) Use of Grants.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible entity may use a grant awarded 
     under this section to purchase, and as applicable install, 
     zero emissions port equipment and technology.
       (2) Prohibited use.--
       (A) In general.--An eligible entity may not use a grant 
     awarded under this section to purchase or install fully 
     automated cargo handling equipment or terminal infrastructure 
     that is designed for fully automated cargo handling 
     equipment.
       (B) Human-operated zero emissions port equipment and 
     technology.--Nothing in subparagraph (A) prohibits an 
     eligible entity from using a grant awarded under this section 
     to purchase human-operated zero emissions port equipment and 
     technology or infrastructure that supports such human-
     operated zero emissions port equipment and technology.
       (3) Cost share.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an 
     eligible entity may not use a grant awarded under this 
     section to cover more than 70 percent of the cost of 
     purchasing, and as applicable installing, zero emissions port 
     equipment and technology.
       (B) Certain grants.--With respect to a grant in an amount 
     equal to or greater than $3,000,000, an eligible entity may 
     use such grant to cover not more than 85 percent of the cost 
     of purchasing and installing zero emissions port equipment 
     and technology if such eligible entity certifies to the 
     Administrator that--
       (i) such grant will be used, at least in part, to employ 
     laborers or mechanics to install zero emissions port 
     equipment and technology; and
       (ii) such eligible entity is a party to a project labor 
     agreement or requires that each subgrantee of such eligible 
     entity, and any subgrantee thereof at any tier, that performs 
     such installation participate in a project labor agreement.
       (4) Project labor.--An eligible entity that uses a grant 
     awarded under this section to install zero emissions port 
     equipment and technology shall ensure, to the greatest extent 
     practicable, that any subgrantee of such eligible entity, and 
     any subgrantee thereof at any tier, that carries out such 
     installation employs laborers or mechanics for such 
     installation that--
       (A) are domiciled not further than 50 miles from such 
     installation;
       (B) are members of the Armed Forces serving on active duty, 
     separated from active duty, or retired from active duty;
       (C) have been incarcerated or served time in a juvenile 
     detention facility; or

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       (D) have a disability.
       (c) Wages.--
       (1) In general.--All laborers and mechanics employed by a 
     subgrantee of an eligible entity, and any subgrantee thereof 
     at any tier, to perform construction, alteration, 
     installation, or repair work that is assisted, in whole or in 
     part, by a grant awarded under this section shall be paid 
     wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 
     construction, alteration, installation, or repair work in the 
     locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
     accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code.
       (2) Labor standards.--With respect to the labor standards 
     in this subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the 
     authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
     section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.
       (d) Application.--
       (1) In general.--To be eligible to be awarded a grant under 
     this section, an eligible entity shall submit to the 
     Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, 
     and containing such information as the Administrator may 
     require.
       (2) Priority.--The Administrator shall prioritize awarding 
     grants under this section to eligible entities based on the 
     following:
       (A) The degree to which the proposed use of the grant 
     will--
       (i) reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
       (ii) reduce emissions of any criteria pollutant and 
     precursor thereof;
       (iii) reduce hazardous air pollutant emissions; and
       (iv) reduce public health disparities in communities that 
     receive a disproportionate quantity of air pollution from a 
     port.
       (B) The amount of matching, non-Federal funds expected to 
     be used by an applicant to purchase, and as applicable 
     install, zero emissions port equipment and technology.
       (C) Whether the applicant will use such grant to purchase, 
     and as applicable install, zero emissions port equipment and 
     technology that is produced in the United States.
       (D) As applicable, whether the applicant will meet the 
     utilization requirements for registered apprentices 
     established by the Secretary of Labor or a State 
     Apprenticeship Agency.
       (E) As applicable, whether the applicant will recruit and 
     retain skilled workers through a State-approved joint labor 
     management apprenticeship program.
       (e) Outreach.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after funds are 
     made available to carry out this section, the Administrator 
     shall develop and carry out an educational outreach program 
     to promote and explain the grant program established under 
     subsection (a) to prospective grant recipients.
       (2) Program components.--In carrying out the outreach 
     program developed under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
     shall--
       (A) inform prospective grant recipients how to apply for a 
     grant awarded under this section;
       (B) describe to prospective grant recipients the benefits 
     of available zero emissions port equipment and technology;
       (C) explain to prospective grant recipients the benefits of 
     participating in the grant program established under this 
     section; and
       (D) facilitate the sharing of best practices and lessons 
     learned between grant recipients and prospective grant 
     recipients with respect to how to apply for and use grants 
     awarded under this section.
       (f) Reports.--
       (1) Report to administrator.--Not later than 90 days after 
     the date on which an eligible entity uses a grant awarded 
     under this section, such eligible entity shall submit to the 
     Administrator a report containing such information as the 
     Administrator shall require.
       (2) Annual report to congress.--Not later than January 31, 
     2021, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit 
     to Congress and make available on the website of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency a report that includes, with 
     respect to each grant awarded under this section during the 
     preceding calendar year--
       (A) the name and location of the eligible entity that was 
     awarded such grant;
       (B) the amount of such grant that the eligible entity was 
     awarded;
       (C) the name and location of the port where the zero 
     emissions port equipment and technology that was purchased, 
     and as applicable installed, with such grant is used;
       (D) an estimate of the impact of such zero emissions port 
     equipment and technology on reducing--
       (i) greenhouse gas emissions;
       (ii) emissions of criteria pollutants and precursors 
     thereof;
       (iii) hazardous air pollutant emissions; and
       (iv) public health disparities; and
       (E) any other information the Administrator determines 
     necessary to understand the impact of grants awarded under 
     this section.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2021 through 2030.
       (2) Nonattainment areas.--To the extent practicable, at 
     least 25 percent of amounts made available to carry out this 
     section in each fiscal year shall be used to award grants to 
     eligible entities to provide zero emissions port equipment 
     and technology to ports that are in nonattainment areas.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Active duty.-- The term ``active duty'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 101 of title 10, United States 
     Code.
       (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (3) Alternative emissions control technology.--The term 
     ``alternative emissions control technology'' means a 
     technology, technique, or measure that--
       (A) captures the emissions of nitrogen oxide, particulate 
     matter, reactive organic compounds, and greenhouse gases from 
     the auxiliary engine and auxiliary boiler of an ocean-going 
     vessel at berth;
       (B) is verified or approved by a State or Federal air 
     quality regulatory agency;
       (C) the use of which achieves at least the equivalent 
     reduction of emissions as the use of shore power for an 
     ocean-going vessel at berth;
       (D) the use of which results in reducing emissions of the 
     auxiliary engine of an ocean-going vessel at berth to a rate 
     of less than--
       (i) 2.8 g/kW-hr for nitrogen oxide;
       (ii) 0.03 g/kW-hr for particulate matter 2.5; and
       (iii) 0.1 g/kW-hr for reactive organic compounds; and
       (E) reduces the emissions of the auxiliary engine and 
     boiler of an ocean-going vessel at berth by at least 80 
     percent of the default emissions rate, which is 13.8 g.
       (4) Criteria pollutant.--The term ``criteria pollutant'' 
     means each of the following:
       (A) Ground-level ozone.
       (B) Particulate matter.
       (C) Carbon monoxide.
       (D) Lead.
       (E) Sulfur dioxide.
       (F) Nitrogen dioxide.
       (5) Distributed energy resource.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``distributed energy resource'' 
     means an energy resource that--
       (i) is located on or near a customer site;
       (ii) is operated on the customer side of the electric 
     meter; and
       (iii) is interconnected with the electric grid.
       (B) Inclusions.--The term ``distributed energy resource'' 
     includes--
       (i) clean electric generation;
       (ii) customer electric efficiency measures;
       (iii) electric demand flexibility; and
       (iv) energy storage.
       (6) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a port authority;
       (B) a State, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has 
     jurisdiction over a port authority or a port;
       (C) an air pollution control district or air quality 
     management district; or
       (D) a private or nonprofit entity, applying for a grant 
     awarded under this section in collaboration with another 
     entity described in subparagraphs (A) through (C), that owns 
     or uses cargo or transportation equipment at a port.
       (7) Energy storage system.--The term ``energy storage 
     system'' means a system, equipment, facility, or technology 
     that--
       (A) is capable of absorbing energy, storing energy for a 
     period of time, and dispatching the stored energy; and
       (B) uses a mechanical, electrical, chemical, 
     electrochemical, or thermal process to store energy that--
       (i) was generated at an earlier time for use at a later 
     time; or
       (ii) was generated from a mechanical process, and would 
     otherwise be wasted, for delivery at a later time.
       (8) Fully automated cargo handling equipment.--The term 
     ``fully automated cargo handling equipment'' means cargo 
     handling equipment that--
       (A) is remotely operated or remotely monitored; and
       (B) with respect to the use of such equipment, does not 
     require the exercise of human intervention or control.
       (9) Nonattainment area.--The term ``nonattainment area'' 
     has the meaning given such term in section 171 of the Clean 
     Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7501).
       (10) Port.--The term ``port'' includes a maritime port and 
     an inland port.
       (11) Port authority.--The term ``port authority'' means a 
     governmental or quasi-governmental authority formed by a 
     legislative body to operate a port.
       (12) Project labor agreement.--The term ``project labor 
     agreement'' means a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement 
     with one or more labor organization that establishes the 
     terms and conditions of employment for a specific 
     construction project and is described in section 8(f) of the 
     National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)).
       (13) Registered apprentice.--The term ``registered 
     apprentice'' means a person who is participating in a 
     registered apprenticeship program.
       (14) Registered apprenticeship program.--The term 
     ``registered apprenticeship program'' means a program 
     registered pursuant to the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly 
     known as the ``National Apprenticeship Act''; 50 Stat. 664, 
     chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.).
       (15) Shore power.--The term ``shore power'' means the 
     provision of shoreside electrical power to a ship at berth 
     that has shut down main and auxiliary engines.
       (16) State apprenticeship agency.--The term ``State 
     Apprenticeship Agency'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 29.2 of

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     title 29, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
     January 1, 2020).
       (17) Zero emissions port equipment and technology.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``zero emissions port equipment 
     and technology'' means equipment and technology, including 
     the equipment and technology described in subparagraph (B), 
     that--
       (i) is used at a port; and
       (ii) (I) produces zero exhaust emissions of--
       (aa) any criteria pollutant and precursor thereof; and
       (bb) any greenhouse gas, other than water vapor; or

       (II) captures 100 percent of the exhaust emissions produced 
     by an ocean-going vessel at berth.

       (B) Equipment and technology described.--The equipment and 
     technology described in this subparagraph is the following:
       (i) Any equipment that handles cargo.
       (ii) A drayage truck that transports cargo.
       (iii) A train that transports cargo.
       (iv) Port harbor craft.
       (v) A distributed energy resource.
       (vi) An energy storage system.
       (vii) Electrical charging infrastructure.
       (viii) Shore power or an alternative emissions control 
     technology.
       (ix) An electric transport refrigeration unit.


         amendment no. 3 offered by ms. barragan of california

       Page 784, line 22, strike ``$10,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$50,000,000''.


         amendment no. 4 offered by ms. barragan of california

       Page 131, line 12, strike ``$310,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$410,000,000''.
       Page 131, line 13, strike ``$330,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$430,000,000''.
       Page 131, line 14, strike ``$350,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000''.
       Page 131, line 15, strike ``$350,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000''.
       Page 131, line 16, strike ``$350,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$450,000,000''.


         amendment no. 5 offered by ms. barragan of california

       Page 745, after line 15, insert the following:
       (29) Climate justice.--The term ``climate justice'' means 
     the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all 
     individuals, regardless of race, color, culture, national 
     origin, educational level, or income, with respect to the 
     development, implementation, and enforcement of policies and 
     projects that address climate change, a recognition of the 
     historical responsibilities for climate change, and a 
     commitment that the people and communities least responsible 
     for climate change, and most vulnerable to the impacts of 
     climate change, do not suffer disproportionately as a result 
     of historical injustice and disinvestment.
       (30) Natural infrastructure.--The term ``natural 
     infrastructure'' means infrastructure that uses, restores, or 
     emulates natural ecological processes and--
       (A) is created through the action of natural physical, 
     geological, biological, and chemical processes over time;
       (B) is created by human design, engineering, and 
     construction to emulate or act in concert with natural 
     processes; or
       (C) involves the use of plants, soils, and other natural 
     features, including through the creation, restoration, or 
     preservation of vegetated areas using materials appropriate 
     to the region to manage stormwater and runoff, to attenuate 
     flooding and storm surges, and for other related purposes.
       Page 812, after line 17, insert the following:

     SEC. 11017. CLIMATE JUSTICE GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--The Administrator shall establish a 
     program under which the Administrator shall provide grants to 
     eligible entities to assist the eligible entities in--
       (1) building capacity to address issues relating to climate 
     justice; and
       (2) carrying out any activity described in subsection (d).
       (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     subsection (a), an eligible entity shall be a tribal 
     government, local government, or nonprofit, community-based 
     organization.
       (c) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit to the 
     Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, 
     and containing such information as the Administrator may 
     require, including--
       (1) an outline describing the means by which the project 
     proposed by the eligible entity will--
       (A) with respect to climate justice issues at the local 
     level, increase the understanding of the environmental 
     justice community at which the eligible entity will conduct 
     the project;
       (B) improve the ability of the environmental justice 
     community to address each issue described in subparagraph 
     (A);
       (C) facilitate collaboration and cooperation among various 
     stakeholders (including members of the environmental justice 
     community); and
       (D) support the ability of the environmental justice 
     community to proactively plan and implement climate justice 
     initiatives,
       (2) a proposed budget for each activity of the project that 
     is the subject of the application;
       (3) a list of proposed outcomes with respect to the 
     proposed project;
       (4) a description of the ways by which the eligible entity 
     may leverage the funds of the eligible entity, or the funds 
     made available through a grant under this subsection, to 
     develop a project that is capable of being sustained beyond 
     the period of the grant; and
       (5) a description of the ways by which the eligible entity 
     is linked to, and representative of, the environmental 
     justice community at which the eligible entity will conduct 
     the project.
       (d) Use of Funds.--An eligible entity may only use a grant 
     under this subsection to carry out culturally and 
     linguistically appropriate projects and activities that are 
     driven by the needs, opportunities, and priorities of the 
     environmental justice community at which the eligible entity 
     proposes to conduct the project or activity to address 
     climate justice concerns of the environmental justice 
     community, including activities--
       (1) to create or develop collaborative partnerships;
       (2) to educate and provide outreach services to the 
     environmental justice community on climate justice;
       (3) to identify and implement projects to address climate 
     justice concerns, including community solar and wind energy 
     projects, energy efficiency, home and building 
     electrification, home and building weatherization, energy 
     storage, solar and wind energy supported microgrids, battery 
     electric vehicles, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, 
     natural infrastructure, and climate resilient infrastructure.
       (e) Limitations on Amount.--The amount of a grant under 
     this section may not exceed $2,000,000 for any grant 
     recipient.
       (f) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Administrator shall submit to the Committees on Energy and 
     Commerce and Natural Resources of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public 
     Works and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report 
     describing the ways by which the grant program under this 
     subsection has helped eligible entities address issues 
     relating to energy and climate justice.
       (2) Public availability.--The Administrator shall make each 
     report required under paragraph (1) available to the public 
     (including by posting a copy of the report on the website of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency).
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this subsection 
     $1,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025. 
     The Administrator may not use more than 2 percent of the 
     amount appropriated for each fiscal year for administrative 
     expenses, including outreach and technical assistance to 
     eligible entities.


         amendment no. 6 offered by ms. barragan of california

       Page 222, line 14, strike ``$200,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$250,000,000''.


       amendment no. 7 offered by ms. blunt rochester of delaware

       Add at the end of title XII the following:

                      Subtitle G--Open Back Better

     SEC. 12701. FACILITIES ENERGY RESILIENCY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
     building project at an eligible facility that--
       (A) increases--
       (i) resiliency, including--

       (I) public health and safety;
       (II) power outages;
       (III) natural disasters;
       (IV) indoor air quality; and
       (V) any modifications necessitated by the COVID-19 
     pandemic;

       (ii) energy efficiency;
       (iii) renewable energy; and
       (iv) grid integration; and
       (B) may have combined heat and power and energy storage as 
     project components.
       (2) Early childhood education program.--The term ``early 
     childhood education program'' has the meaning given the term 
     in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1003).
       (3) Elementary school.--The term ``elementary school'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       (4) Eligible facility.--The term ``eligible facility'' 
     means a public facility, as determined by the Secretary, 
     including--
       (A) a public school, including an elementary school and a 
     secondary school;
       (B) a facility used to operate an early childhood education 
     program;
       (C) a local educational agency;
       (D) a medical facility;
       (E) a local or State government building;
       (F) a community facility;
       (G) a public safety facility;
       (H) a day care center;
       (I) an institution of higher education;
       (J) a public library; and
       (K) a wastewater treatment facility.
       (5) Environmental justice community.--The term 
     ``environmental justice community'' means a community with 
     significant representation of communities of color, low 
     income communities, or Tribal and indigenous communities, 
     that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, higher or 
     more adverse human health or environmental effects.
       (6) Institution of higher education.--The term 
     ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
     U.S.C. 1001).

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       (7) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational 
     agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     7801).
       (8) Low income.--The term ``low income'', with respect to a 
     household, means an annual household income equal to, or less 
     than, the greater of--
       (A) 80 percent of the median income of the area in which 
     the household is located, as reported by the Department of 
     Housing and Urban Development; and
       (B) 200 percent of the Federal poverty line.
       (9) Low income community.--The term ``low income 
     community'' means a census block group in which not less than 
     30 percent of households are low income.
       (10) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 
     and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       (11) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (12) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given the 
     term in section 3 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6202).
       (13) State energy program.--The term ``State Energy 
     Program'' means the State Energy Program established under 
     part D of title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 6321 et seq.).
       (14) Tribal organization.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``tribal organization'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 3765 of title 38, United 
     States Code.
       (B) Technical amendment.--Section 3765(4) of title 38, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 4(l) of 
     the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 450b(l))'' and inserting ``section 4 of the Indian 
     Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
     5304)''.
       (b) State Programs.--
       (1) Establishment.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall distribute 
     grants to States under the State Energy Program, in 
     accordance with the allocation formula established under that 
     Program, to implement covered projects.
       (2) Use of funds.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), grant funds 
     under paragraph (1) may be used for technical assistance, 
     project facilitation, and administration.
       (B) Technical assistance.--A State may use not more than 10 
     percent of grant funds received under paragraph (1) to 
     provide technical assistance for the development, 
     facilitation, management, oversight, and measurement of 
     results of covered projects implemented using those funds.
       (C) Environmental justice and other communities.--To 
     support communities adversely impacted by the COVID-19 
     pandemic, a State shall use not less than 40 percent of grant 
     funds received under paragraph (1) to implement covered 
     projects in environmental justice communities or low income 
     communities.
       (D) Private financing.--A State receiving a grant under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (i) to the extent practicable, leverage private financing 
     for cost-effective energy efficiency, renewable energy, 
     resiliency, and other smart-building improvements, such as by 
     entering into an energy service performance contract; but
       (ii) maintain the use of grant funds to carry out covered 
     projects with more project resiliency, public health, and 
     capital-intensive efficiency and emission reduction 
     components than are typically available through private 
     energy service performance contracts.
       (E) Guidance.--In carrying out a covered project using 
     grant funds received under paragraph (1), a State shall, to 
     the extent practicable, adhere to guidance developed by the 
     Secretary pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
     Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 115) relating to 
     distribution of funds, if that guidance will speed the 
     distribution of funds under this subsection.
       (3) No matching requirement.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, a State receiving a grant under paragraph 
     (1) shall not be required to provide any amount of matching 
     funding.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which 
     grants are distributed under paragraph (1), and each year 
     thereafter until the funds appropriated under paragraph (5) 
     are no longer available, the Secretary shall submit a report 
     on the use of those funds (including in the communities 
     described in paragraph (2)(C)) to--
       (A) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (B) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and 
     Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (E) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (5) Funding.--In addition to any amounts made available to 
     the Secretary to carry out the State Energy Program, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
     $18,000,000,000 to carry out this subsection, to remain 
     available until September 30, 2025.
       (6) Supplement, not supplant.--Funds made available under 
     paragraph (5) shall supplement, not supplant, any other funds 
     made available to States for the State Energy Program or the 
     weatherization assistance program established under part A of 
     title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6861 et seq.).
       (c) Federal Energy Management Program.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use the funds 
     appropriated under paragraph (4) to provide grants under the 
     AFFECT program under the Federal Energy Management Program of 
     the Department of Energy to implement covered projects.
       (2) Private financing.--A recipient of a grant under 
     paragraph (1) shall--
       (A) to the extent practicable, leverage private financing 
     for cost-effective energy efficiency, renewable energy, 
     resiliency, and other smart-building improvements, such as by 
     entering into an energy service performance contract; but
       (B) maintain the use of grant funds to carry out covered 
     projects with more project resiliency, public health, and 
     capital-intensive efficiency and emission reduction 
     components than are typically available through private 
     energy service performance contracts.
       (3) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which 
     grants are distributed under paragraph (1), and each year 
     thereafter until the funds appropriated under paragraph (4) 
     are no longer available, the Secretary shall submit a report 
     on the use of those funds to--
       (A) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (B) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and 
     Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (E) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (4) Funding.--In addition to any amounts made available to 
     the Secretary to carry out the AFFECT program described in 
     paragraph (1), there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Secretary $500,000,000 to carry out this subsection, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025.
       (d) Tribal Organizations.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the head 
     of the Office of Indian Energy, shall distribute funds made 
     available under paragraph (3) to tribal organizations to 
     implement covered projects.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which 
     funds are distributed under paragraph (1), and each year 
     thereafter until the funds made available under paragraph (3) 
     are no longer available, the Secretary shall submit a report 
     on the use of those funds to--
       (A) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (B) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and 
     Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (C) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (E) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (3) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the 
     Secretary $1,500,000,000 to carry out this subsection, to 
     remain available until September 30, 2025.
       (e) Use of American Iron, Steel, and Manufactured Goods.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), none 
     of the funds made available by or pursuant to this section 
     may be used for a covered project unless all of the iron, 
     steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are 
     produced in the United States.
       (2) Exceptions.--The requirement under paragraph (1) shall 
     be waived by the head of the relevant Federal department or 
     agency in any case or category of cases in which the head of 
     the relevant Federal department or agency determines that--
       (A) adhering to that requirement would be inconsistent with 
     the public interest;
       (B) the iron, steel, and manufactured goods needed for the 
     project are not produced in the United States--
       (i) in sufficient and reasonably available quantities; and
       (ii) in a satisfactory quality; or
       (C) the inclusion of iron, steel, and relevant manufactured 
     goods produced in the United States would increase the 
     overall cost of the project by more than 25 percent.
       (3) Waiver publication.--If the head of a Federal 
     department or agency makes a determination under paragraph 
     (2) to waive the requirement under paragraph (1), the head of 
     the Federal department or agency shall publish in the Federal 
     Register a detailed justification for the waiver.
       (4) International agreements.--This subsection shall be 
     applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the 
     United States under all applicable international agreements.
       (f) Wage Rate Requirements.--

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       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and 
     subcontractors on projects funded directly or assisted in 
     whole or in part by the Federal Government pursuant to this 
     section shall be paid wages at rates not less than those 
     prevailing on projects of a similar character in the 
     locality, as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
     accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, 
     United States Code (commonly known as the ``Davis-Bacon 
     Act'').
       (2) Authority.--With respect to the labor standards 
     specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Labor shall have 
     the authority and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
     Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and 
     section 3145 of title 40, United States Code.

     SEC. 12702. PERSONNEL.

       (a) In General.--To carry out section 12701, the Secretary 
     of Energy shall hire within the Department of Energy--
       (1) not less than 300 full-time employees in the Office of 
     Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
       (2) not less than 100 full-time employees, to be 
     distributed among--
       (A) the Office of General Counsel;
       (B) the Office of Procurement Policy;
       (C) the Golden Field Office;
       (D) the National Energy Technology Laboratory; and
       (E) the Office of the Inspector General; and
       (3) not less than 20 full-time employees in the Office of 
     Indian Energy.
       (b) Timeline.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
       (1) hire all personnel under subsection (a); or
       (2) certify that the Secretary is unable to hire all 
     personnel by the date required under this subsection.
       (c) Contract Hires.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary makes a certification 
     under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary may hire on a contract 
     basis not more than 50 percent of the personnel required to 
     be hired under subsection (a).
       (2) Duration.--An individual hired on a contract basis 
     under paragraph (1) shall have an employment term of not more 
     than 1 year.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section 
     $84,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2031.
       (e) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 years, 
     the Secretary shall submit a report on progress made in 
     carrying out subsection (a) to--
       (1) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (2) the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and 
     Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (3) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (5) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
     Representatives.


            amendment no. 8 offered by mr. brown of maryland

       Page 2, after the item relating to section 1602, insert the 
     following:

Sec. 1603. Prohibition on category 1 respiratory sensitizers.
       At the end of subtitle F of title I, insert the following:

     SEC. 1603. PROHIBITION ON CATEGORY 1 RESPIRATORY SENSITIZERS.

       Thermal insulating materials for building elements 
     including walls, floors, ceilings, attics and roofs 
     insulation, used for ``Low Income Home Energy Assistance'' 
     and ``Weatherization Assistance Program'' shall not contain 
     any substance that is a Category 1 respiratory sensitizer as 
     defined in Appendix A to section 1910.1200 of title 29, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, (specifically, Appendix A.4, 
     ``Respiratory or Skin Sensitization''), if such substance was 
     intentionally added or is present at greater than 0.1 percent 
     (1000 ppm) by weight in the product.


            amendment no. 9 offered by mr. burgess of texas

       Add at the end of subtitle F of title XII the following:

     SEC. 12607. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall not 
     take effect until the date on which the Secretary of Energy 
     submits to Congress a certification that implementation of 
     this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, will not 
     reduce the energy security or energy independence of the 
     United States.


            amendment no. 10 offered by mr. burgess of texas

       Add at the end of subtitle F of title XII the following:

     SEC. 12607. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall not 
     take effect until the date on which the Secretary of Energy 
     submits to Congress a certification that implementation of 
     this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, will not 
     increase electric rates or gasoline prices outside of normal 
     market factors.


            amendment no. 11 offered by mr. burgess of texas

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12____. REPORT ON MINING OF CRITICAL MINERALS USING 
                   FORCED LABOR IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with 
     the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and 
     the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Congress a report 
     evaluating the use of child labor, slavery, or human 
     trafficking to mine or otherwise obtain one or more of the 
     minerals listed in the Notice of the Department of the 
     Interior entitled ``Final List of Critical Minerals 2018'' 
     (83 Fed. Reg. 23295), or in any successor notice updating 
     such Final List, for export to the United States.


           amendment no. 16 offered by ms. clarke of new york

       At the end of title VI, add the following:

            Subtitle G--Clean Refrigerated Vehicles Program

     SEC. 6701. PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF CERTAIN 
                   REFRIGERATED VEHICLES.

       (a) Establishment of Pilot Program.--The Administrator 
     shall establish and carry out a pilot program to award funds, 
     in the form of grants, rebates, and low-cost revolving loans, 
     as determined appropriate by the Administrator, on a 
     competitive basis, to eligible entities to carry out projects 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Projects.--An eligible entity receiving an award of 
     funds under subsection (a) may use such funds only for one or 
     more of the following projects:
       (1) Transport refrigeration unit replacement.--A project to 
     retrofit a heavy-duty vehicle by replacing or retrofitting 
     the existing diesel-powered transport refrigeration unit in 
     such vehicle with an electric transport refrigeration unit 
     and retiring the replaced unit for scrappage.
       (2) Shore power infrastructure.--A project to purchase and 
     install shore power infrastructure or other equipment that 
     enables transport refrigeration units to connect to electric 
     power and operate without using diesel fuel.
       (c) Maximum Amounts.--The amount of an award of funds under 
     subsection (a) shall not exceed--
       (1) for the costs of a project described in subsection 
     (b)(1), 75 percent of such costs; and
       (2) for the costs of a project described in subsection 
     (b)(2), 55 percent of such costs.
       (d) Applications.--To be eligible to receive an award of 
     funds under subsection (a), an eligible entity shall submit 
     to the Administrator--
       (1) a description of the air quality in the area served by 
     the eligible entity, including a description of how the air 
     quality is affected by diesel emissions from heavy-duty 
     vehicles;
       (2) a description of the project proposed by the eligible 
     entity, including--
       (A) any technology to be used or funded by the eligible 
     entity; and
       (B) a description of the heavy-duty vehicle or vehicles of 
     the eligible entity, that will be retrofitted, if any, 
     including--
       (i) the number of such vehicles;
       (ii) the uses of such vehicles;
       (iii) the locations where such vehicles dock for the 
     purpose of loading or unloading; and
       (iv) the routes driven by such vehicles, including the 
     times at which such vehicles are driven;
       (3) an estimate of the cost of the proposed project;
       (4) a description of the age and expected lifetime control 
     of the equipment used or funded by the eligible entity; and
       (5) provisions for the monitoring and verification of the 
     project including to verify scrappage of replaced units.
       (e) Priority.--In awarding funds under subsection (a), the 
     Administrator shall give priority to proposed projects that, 
     as determined by the Administrator--
       (1) maximize public health benefits;
       (2) are the most cost-effective; and
       (3) will serve the communities that are most polluted by 
     diesel motor emissions, including communities that the 
     Administrator identifies as being in either nonattainment or 
     maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards for 
     a criteria pollutant, particularly for--
       (A) ozone; and
       (B) particulate matter.
       (f) Data Release.--Not later than 120 days after the date 
     on which an award of funds is made under this section, the 
     Administrator shall publish on the website of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, on a downloadable electronic 
     database, information with respect to such award of funds, 
     including--
       (1) the name and location of the recipient;
       (2) the total amount of funds awarded;
       (3) the intended use or uses of the awarded funds;
       (4) the date on which the award of funds was approved;
       (5) where applicable, an estimate of any air pollution or 
     greenhouse gas emissions avoided as a result of the project 
     funded by the award; and
       (6) any other data the Administrator determines to be 
     necessary for an evaluation of the use and effect of awarded 
     funds provided under this section.
       (g) Reports to Congress.--

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       (1) Annual report to congress.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of the establishment of the pilot program under this 
     section, and annually thereafter until amounts made available 
     to carry out this section are expended, the Administrator 
     shall submit to Congress and make available to the public a 
     report that describes, with respect to the applicable year--
       (A) the number of applications for awards of funds received 
     under such program;
       (B) all awards of funds made under such program, including 
     a summary of the data described in subsection (f);
       (C) the estimated reduction of annual emissions of air 
     pollutants regulated under section 109 of the Clean Air Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 7409), and the estimated reduction of greenhouse 
     gas emissions, associated with the awards of funds made under 
     such program;
       (D) the number of awards of funds made under such program 
     for projects in communities described in subsection (e)(3); 
     and
       (E) any other data the Administrator determines to be 
     necessary to describe the implementation, outcomes, or 
     effectiveness of such program.
       (2) Final report.--Not later than 1 year after amounts made 
     available to carry out this section are expended, or 5 years 
     after the pilot program is established, whichever comes 
     first, the Administrator shall submit to Congress and make 
     available to the public a report that describes--
       (A) all of the information collected for the annual reports 
     under paragraph (1);
       (B) any benefits to the environment or human health that 
     could result from the widespread application of electric 
     transport refrigeration units for short-haul transportation 
     and delivery of perishable goods or other goods requiring 
     climate-controlled conditions, including in low-income 
     communities and communities of color;
       (C) any challenges or benefits that recipients of awards of 
     funds under such program reported with respect to the 
     integration or use of electric transport refrigeration units 
     and associated technologies;
       (D) an assessment of the national market potential for 
     electric transport refrigeration units;
       (E) an assessment of challenges and opportunities for 
     widespread deployment of electric transport refrigeration 
     units, including in urban areas; and
       (F) recommendations for how future Federal, State, and 
     local programs can best support the adoption and widespread 
     deployment of electric transport refrigeration units.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (2) Diesel-powered transport refrigeration unit.--The term 
     ``diesel-powered transport refrigeration unit'' means a 
     transport refrigeration unit that is powered by an 
     independent diesel internal combustion engine.
       (3) Electric transport refrigeration unit.--The term 
     ``electric transport refrigeration unit'' means a transport 
     refrigeration unit in which the refrigeration or climate-
     control system is driven by an electric motor when connected 
     to shore power infrastructure or other equipment that enables 
     transport refrigeration units to connect to electric power, 
     including all-electric transport refrigeration units, hybrid 
     electric transport refrigeration units, and standby electric 
     transport refrigeration units.
       (4) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a regional, State, local, or Tribal agency, or port 
     authority, with jurisdiction over transportation or air 
     quality;
       (B) a nonprofit organization or institution that--
       (i) represents or provides pollution reduction or 
     educational services to persons or organizations that own or 
     operate heavy-duty vehicles or fleets of heavy-duty vehicles; 
     or
       (ii) has, as its principal purpose, the promotion of air 
     quality;
       (C) an individual or entity that is the owner of record of 
     a heavy-duty vehicle or a fleet of heavy-duty vehicles that 
     operates for the transportation and delivery of perishable 
     goods or other goods requiring climate-controlled conditions;
       (D) an individual or entity that is the owner of record of 
     a facility that operates as a warehouse or storage facility 
     for perishable goods or other goods requiring climate-
     controlled conditions; or
       (E) a hospital or public health institution that utilizes 
     refrigeration for storage of perishable goods or other goods 
     requiring climate-controlled conditions.
       (5) Heavy-duty vehicle.--The term ``heavy-duty vehicle'' 
     means--
       (A) a commercial truck or van--
       (i) used for the primary purpose of transporting perishable 
     goods or other goods requiring climate-controlled conditions; 
     and
       (ii) with a gross vehicle weight rating greater than 6,000 
     pounds; or
       (B) an insulated cargo trailer used in transporting 
     perishable goods or other goods requiring climate-controlled 
     conditions when mounted on a semitrailer.
       (6) Shore power infrastructure.--The term ``shore power 
     infrastructure'' means electrical infrastructure that 
     provides power to the electric transport refrigeration unit 
     of a heavy-duty vehicle when such vehicle is stationary on a 
     property where such vehicle is parked or loaded, including a 
     food distribution center or other location where heavy-duty 
     vehicles congregate.
       (7) Transport refrigeration unit.--The term ``transport 
     refrigeration unit'' means a climate-control system installed 
     on a heavy-duty vehicle for the purpose of maintaining the 
     quality of perishable goods or other goods requiring climate-
     controlled conditions.
       (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     carry out this section $10,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.
       (2) Administrative expenses.--The Administrator may use not 
     more than 1 percent of amounts made available pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) for administrative expenses to carry out this 
     section.


           amendment no 17 offered by mr. cleaver of missouri

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12607. TREE PLANTING GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible cost.--The term ``eligible cost'' means, with 
     respect to a project--
       (A) the cost of implementing the project, including--
       (i) planning and designing the planting activity;
       (ii) purchasing trees; and
       (iii) preparing the site and conducting planting, including 
     the labor and cost associated with the use of machinery;
       (B) the cost of maintaining and monitoring planted trees 
     for a period of up to 3 years to ensure successful 
     establishment of the trees;
       (C) the cost of training activities associated with the 
     project; and
       (D) any other relevant cost, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (2) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a State agency;
       (B) a local governmental entity;
       (C) an Indian Tribe;
       (D) a nonprofit organization; and
       (E) a retail power provider.
       (3) Energy burden.--The term ``energy burden'' means the 
     percentage of household income spent on home energy bills.
       (4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 5304).
       (5) Local governmental entity.--The term ``local 
     governmental entity'' means any municipal government or 
     county government with jurisdiction over local land use 
     decisions.
       (6) Nonprofit organization.--The term ``nonprofit 
     organization'' means an organization that--
       (A) is described in section 170(h)(3) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986; and
       (B) operates in accordance with 1 or more of the purposes 
     described in section 170(h)(4)(A) of that Code.
       (7) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the grant program 
     established under subsection (b)(1).
       (8) Project.--The term ``project'' means a tree planting 
     project carried out by an eligible entity using grant funds 
     awarded under the Program.
       (9) Retail power provider.--The term ``retail power 
     provider'' means any entity authorized under applicable State 
     or Federal law to generate, distribute, or provide retail 
     electricity, natural gas, or fuel oil service.
       (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (b) Establishment.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the 
     Forest Service, shall establish a program under which the 
     Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities to conduct 
     tree planting projects in accordance with this section.
       (2) Tree planting.--Subject to the availability of 
     appropriations, in carrying out the Program, the Secretary 
     shall, to the maximum extent practicable, award sufficient 
     grants each year to plant not less than 300,000 trees each 
     year.
       (c) Applications.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible entity that seeks to receive a 
     grant under the Program shall submit an application to the 
     Secretary at such time, in such form, and containing such 
     information as the Secretary may require, including the 
     information described in paragraph (2).
       (2) Contents.--An application submitted under paragraph (1) 
     shall include--
       (A) a description of how the project will reduce 
     residential energy consumption;
       (B) an estimate of the expected reduction in residential 
     energy consumption;
       (C) a description of the total eligible costs of the 
     project and sources of funding for the project;
       (D) a description of the anticipated community and 
     stakeholder engagement in the project;
       (E) a description of the tree species to be planted and how 
     that species is suitable for the local environmental 
     conditions and climate; and
       (F) any other relevant information required by the 
     Secretary.
       (d) Priority.--In awarding grants under the Program, the 
     Secretary shall give priority to projects that--
       (1) provide the largest potential reduction in residential 
     energy consumption for households with a high energy burden;
       (2) are located in a neighborhood with lower tree canopy 
     cover and higher maximum daytime summer temperatures;

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       (3) are located in a neighborhood with high amounts of 
     senior citizens or children;
       (4) will collaboratively engage neighbors and community 
     members that will be closely affected by the tree planting; 
     and
       (5) will employ a substantial percentage of the workforce 
     locally, with a focus on engaging unemployed and 
     underemployed persons.
       (e) Costs.--
       (1) Federal share.--The Secretary shall award a grant to an 
     eligible entity under the Program in an amount equal to not 
     more than 75 percent of the eligible costs of the project, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (2) Matching requirement.--As a condition of receiving a 
     grant under the Program, an eligible entity shall provide, in 
     cash or through in-kind contributions from non-Federal 
     sources, matching funds in an amount equal to not less than 
     25 percent of the eligible costs of the project, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out the Program $50,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.


          amendment no. 19 offered by ms. degette of colorado

       Add at the end of title XI the following:

     SEC. 11017. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR COMMUNITIES 
                   OVERBURDENED BY ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS.

       (a) Identification of Communities.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of enactment of this section, the 
     Administrator shall, in consultation with the Advisory 
     Council and co-regulators in State and local agencies, 
     identify at least 100 communities--
       (1) that are environmental justice communities; and
       (2) in which there have been over the previous 5 years a 
     number of violations of environmental law that the 
     Administrator determines to be greater than the national 
     average of such violations.
       (b) Analysis and Recommendations.--Not later than 1 year 
     after the enactment of this section, with respect to each 
     community identified under subsection (a), and in 
     consultation with the Advisory Council, the Administrator 
     shall--
       (1) undertake an analysis of the conditions which have led 
     to the number of violations identified under subsection 
     (a)(1), including through community-based science implemented 
     through engagement with the residents of each such community;
       (2) identify the root cause of the number of violations 
     described under subsection (a)(1); and
       (3) recommend measures that the Administrator shall take, 
     in coordination with co-regulators in State and local 
     agencies, to reduce the number of violations of environmental 
     law to a number that the Administrator determines to be 
     significantly below the national average.
       (c) Implementation.--Not later than 2 years after the date 
     of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall 
     complete the implementation of the measures identified under 
     subsection (b)(3).


          amendment no. 20 offered by mr. delgado of new york

       At the end of part 2 of subtitle A of title XII, add the 
     following:
       (h) Monitoring.--The Secretary of Labor, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Energy, shall collect data to monitor 
     current and future trends and shortages within the clean 
     energy technology industry, which includes skilled technical 
     personnel, electric power engineers, transmission engineers, 
     and other occupations or fields of work under--
       (1) the agriculture and forestry industry;
       (2) the electric utility industry;
       (3) the manufacturing industry;
       (4) the wholesale trade industry;
       (5) the professional and business services industry; and
       (6) the manufacturing and operation and maintenance 
     industries for component parts of clean energy technologies.
       (i) Report on Current Trends and Shortages.--Not later than 
     120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and on a 
     quarterly basis thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
     Congress, based on the data collected under subsection (h), a 
     report on--
       (1) trends and shortages as of the date of such report, and 
     recommendations to prepare the workforce to address such 
     trends and shortages to meet the demands of a clean energy 
     economy; and
       (2) other recommendations the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.
       (j) Report on Future Trends and Shortages.--Not later than 
     1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
     shall submit to Congress, based on the data collected under 
     subsection (h), a report on--
       (1) trends and shortages projected in the next 10 years, 
     and recommendations to address such trends and shortages to 
     prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy 
     economy; and
       (2) other recommendations the Secretary determines 
     appropriate.


        amendment no. 21 offered by mr. desaulnier of california

       Page 830, after line 5, insert the following:

     SEC. 12114. RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSITION GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a grant program 
     for local governments for the purpose of developing a plan to 
     transition workers from employment in fossil fuel industries 
     to employment in sustainable industries.
       (b) Eligibility.--The Secretary of Energy may award grants 
     under subsection (a) to local governments--
       (1) that establish industry or sector partnerships (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
     Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102));
       (2) that are in localities that the Secretary of Energy 
     determines to have a percentage of traditional energy sector 
     jobs that is average or above average relative to the United 
     States.
       (c) Determination of Percentage of Traditional Energy 
     Sector Jobs.--In making the determination under subsection 
     (b)(2), the Secretary of Energy shall take into consideration 
     information from the report entitled ``U.S. Energy and 
     Employment Report'' issued by the Secretary in January, 2017.
       (d) Use of Funds.--Funds under subsection (a) may be used 
     for the following purposes:
       (1) To develop a transition plan described in subsection 
     (a).
       (2) To develop an apprenticeship program to train 
     individuals employed in fossil fuel industries and 
     individuals who are new to the workforce for jobs in 
     sustainable industries.
       (e) Transition Plan Requirements.--A transition plan funded 
     under subsection (a) shall include a plan for unemployment 
     insurance, job transition training, and community services 
     for the communities affected by the transition.
       (f) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     such sums as necessary to carry out this section.
       On page 9, after the matter relating to section 12113, 
     insert the following:

Sec. 12114. Renewable energy transition grant program


          amendment no. 22 offered by mrs. dingell of michigan

       At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 1806. WATER HEATERS.

       (a) Definition of Water Heater.--Section 321 of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6291) is amended by 
     striking paragraph (27) and inserting the following:
       ``(27) Water heater.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `water heater' means a product 
     that utilizes oil, gas, or electricity to heat potable water 
     for use outside the heater on demand, including--
       ``(i) storage type units that heat and store water at a 
     thermostatically controlled temperature, including--

       ``(I) gas storage water heaters with an input of 75,000 Btu 
     per hour or less, including heat pump type units that meet 
     the current and voltage limits under clause (iii);
       ``(II) oil storage water heaters with an input of 105,000 
     Btu per hour or less; and
       ``(III) electric storage water heaters with an input of 12 
     kilowatts or less, including heat pump type units that meet 
     the current and voltage limits under clause (iii);

       ``(ii)(I) instantaneous type units that heat water but 
     contain not more than 1 gallon of water per 4,000 Btu per 
     hour of input; and

       ``(II) in the case of--

       ``(aa) gas instantaneous water heaters, have an input of 
     200,000 Btu per hour or less and are designed and marketed to 
     provide outlet hot water at a thermostatically controlled 
     temperature of less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit;
       ``(bb) oil instantaneous water heaters, have an input of 
     210,000 Btu per hour or less; and
       ``(cc) electric instantaneous water heaters, have an input 
     of 12 kilowatts or less;
       ``(iii) heat pump type units (including add-on heat pumps, 
     integrated heat pumps with storage, split-system heat pumps 
     that consist of a separate heat pump and storage tank that 
     are designed and marketed to operate together, and all 
     ancillary equipment, such as fans, storage tanks, pumps, 
     electric resistance heating elements, or controls necessary 
     for the device to perform its function) that--

       ``(I) have a maximum current rating of 24 amperes at a 
     voltage not greater than 250 volts; and
       ``(II) are designed to transfer thermal energy from 1 
     temperature level to a different temperature level for the 
     purpose of heating water;

       ``(iv) solar thermal-assisted electric storage units; and
       ``(v) solar thermal-assisted fossil fuel storage units.
       ``(B) Exclusions.--Unless otherwise determined by the 
     Secretary under section 325(e)(7)(B), the term `water heater' 
     does not include--
       ``(i) electric storage type units described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(III) that--

       ``(I) are designed and marketed exclusively for commercial 
     building applications; and
       ``(II)(aa) are designed, constructed, inspected, tested, 
     and stamped in accordance with Section IV, Part HLW, or 
     Section X of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code promulgated 
     by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers;

       ``(bb) exclusively use 3-phase electricity, are designed 
     and marketed to provide outlet hot water at a 
     thermostatically controlled temperature of 180 degrees 
     Fahrenheit or greater, and operate only at rated voltages of 
     not less than 208 volts; or
       ``(cc) exclusively use single-phase electricity, are 
     designed and marketed to provide outlet hot water at a 
     thermostatically controlled temperature of 180 degrees 
     Fahrenheit or greater, and operate only at a rated voltage of 
     277 volts; or
       ``(ii) gas storage type units described in subparagraph 
     (A)(i)(I) that--

       ``(I) are designed and marketed exclusively for commercial 
     building applications; and

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       ``(II) are designed, constructed, inspected, tested, and 
     stamped in accordance with Section IV, Part HLW, of the 
     Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code promulgated by the American 
     Society of Mechanical Engineers.

       ``(C) Multi-input electric storage water heater.--The term 
     `multi-input electric storage water heater' means a product 
     that--
       ``(i) is not a heat pump type unit described in 
     subparagraph (A)(iii); and
       ``(ii) is designed, marketed, or shipped from the 
     manufacturer with a capability of operating or being 
     configured to operate at inputs greater than, equal to, or 
     below 12 kilowatts.
       ``(D) Solar thermal-assisted electric storage unit.--The 
     term `solar thermal-assisted electric storage unit' means a 
     unit that--
       ``(i) has an input of 12 kilowatts or less;
       ``(ii) has at least 2 dedicated ports in addition to the 
     ports used for introduction and delivery of potable water for 
     the supply and return of water or a heat transfer fluid 
     heated externally by solar panels;
       ``(iii) does not have electric resistance heating elements 
     located in the lower half of the storage tank;
       ``(iv) has the temperature sensing device that controls the 
     auxiliary electric heat source located in the upper half of 
     the storage tank; and
       ``(v) has a ratio of less than 0.70 for the proportion that 
     the certified first hour rating bears to the nominal volume 
     of the storage tank.''.
       (b) Standards for Water Heaters.--Section 325(e) of the 
     Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(e)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) Exempted water heaters.--
       ``(A) Definition of exempted water heater.--In this 
     paragraph, the term `exempted water heater' means a water 
     heater described in section 321(27)(B).
       ``(B) Monitoring of shipments.--
       ``(i) Submission of data.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of enactment of this paragraph, and not later than May 1 
     of each year thereafter, the Secretary shall require each 
     manufacturer of water heaters to report to the Secretary the 
     quantity of exempted water heaters, in each category of 
     exempted water heaters, that the manufacturer shipped in the 
     preceding calendar year.
       ``(ii) Confidentiality requirements.--The Secretary shall 
     treat shipment data reported by manufacturers under clause 
     (i) as confidential business information subject to 
     appropriate confidential data safeguards.
       ``(iii) Publication.--

       ``(I) Baseline shipment data.--Not later than 120 days 
     after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary 
     shall publish an analysis of the data collected under clause 
     (i) for public comment, subject to applicable confidentiality 
     safeguards, which shall serve as the baseline data for the 
     analysis described in subclause (II)(bb).
       ``(II) Percentage growth from baseline.--Not later than 
     June 1 of each year after the year in which the Secretary 
     publishes data under subclause (I), the Secretary shall 
     publish--

       ``(aa) an analysis of the data collected under clause (i) 
     for public comment, subject to applicable confidentiality 
     safeguards;
       ``(bb) the percentage growth in the number of shipments 
     within each category of exempted water heater relative to the 
     baseline data described in subclause (I); and
       ``(cc) the determination of the Secretary as to whether the 
     number of shipments for any category of exempted water heater 
     have increased by more than 25 percent compared to the 
     baseline data for that category.
       ``(C) Inclusion of exempted water heaters.--
       ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall, by regulation, 
     revise the definition of water heater under section 321(27) 
     to include an exempted water heater under subparagraph (A) of 
     that section if the Secretary makes an affirmative 
     determination under subparagraph (B)(iii)(II)(cc) for that 
     category of exempted water heater.
       ``(ii) Energy conservation standards.--Any category of 
     exempted water heater included in the definition of water 
     heater under clause (i) shall be required to meet the energy 
     conservation standards applicable to an electric or gas 
     storage type water heater under this part.
       ``(iii) Effective date.--For any category of exempted water 
     heater, the Secretary shall carry out clause (i), and require 
     compliance under clause (ii), not later than 1 year after the 
     date on which the Secretary makes the affirmative 
     determination described in clause (i) for that category.
       ``(8) Standards for multi-input electric storage water 
     heaters.--A multi-input electric storage water heater shall 
     be subject to the test procedures, energy conservation 
     standards, labeling (if applicable), and certification 
     requirements--
       ``(A) for electric storage water heaters under this part; 
     and
       ``(B) for storage water heaters under part C.
       ``(9) Technology-neutral electric storage water heater 
     standards.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     the Secretary may not create separate product classes for 
     heat pump water heaters and other electric storage water 
     heaters.''.
       (c) Definition of Commercial Water Heater.--Section 340 of 
     the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6311) is 
     amended by striking paragraph (12) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(12)(A) Storage water heater.--
       ``(i) In general.--The term `storage water heater' means a 
     water heater that--

       ``(I) heats and stores water within an appliance at a 
     thermostatically controlled temperature for delivery on 
     demand; and
       ``(II) is not a water heater described in section 
     321(27)(A).

       ``(ii) Exclusion.--The term `storage water heater' does not 
     include a unit with an input rating of 4,000 Btu per hour or 
     more per gallon of stored water.
       ``(B) Instantaneous water heater.--The term `instantaneous 
     water heater' means a water heater that--
       ``(i) has an input rating of at least 4,000 Btu per hour 
     per gallon of stored water; and
       ``(ii) is not a water heater described in section 
     321(27)(A).
       ``(C) Unfired hot water storage tank.--The term `unfired 
     hot water storage tank' means a tank used to store water that 
     is heated externally.''.
       (d) Labeling Requirements.--Section 344 of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6315) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(l) Labels for Certain Commercial Water Heaters.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this section, water heaters described in section 321(27)(B) 
     shall be required to bear a permanent label, applied at the 
     point of manufacture, that, subject to paragraph (3), 
     satisfies the requirements described in paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Requirements.--A label required under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       ``(A) be made of material not adversely affected by water;
       ``(B) be attached by means of nonwater-soluble adhesive; 
     and
       ``(C) bear the following notice printed in 16.5 point Arial 
     Narrow Bold font: `IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Exclusively 
     intended for commercial installations. This model is not 
     certified by the U.S. Department of Energy as a residential 
     water heater. This model does not have a certified First Hour 
     or UEF rating.'.
       ``(3) Revision upon petition.--On receipt of a petition by 
     an interested party, the Secretary may conduct a rulemaking 
     to revise the scope and requirements of the label required 
     under paragraph (1).''.
       (e) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act.


           amendment no. 25 offered by ms. finkenauer of iowa

       Page 9, after the item relating to section 12606, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. 12607. Labor Standards.
       At the end of subtitle F, insert the following:

     SEC. 12607 LABOR STANDARDS.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
     any construction or maintenance projects, including 
     installation or removal of applicable infrastructure, 
     assisted in whole or in part by funds appropriated under 
     sections 1203, 1221, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 2122, 2401, 
     2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2542, 2543, 
     2544, 2545, 2547, 2552, 2553, 2561, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 
     3106, 3107, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3201, 4101, 4202, 5101, 
     5301, 5302, 5321, 5322, 5323, 5324, 5341, 5342, 6201, 6301, 
     6502, 6512, 7001, 8101, 8102, 8206, 8304, 9105, 9302, 9304, 
     10121, and 12401 of this Act and including 42 U.S.C. 17011 
     and 42 U.S.C. 16061, without regard to the form or type of 
     Federal assistance provided under such section or part, shall 
     comply with labor standards under this section. Compliance 
     with labor standards under this section shall also apply to 
     entities that are awarded permits, leases or enter into 
     agreements with the Federal Government under subtitle F of 
     Title II of this Act.
       (b) Certification of Qualified Entities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Labor shall establish a 
     process for certifying entities that submit an application 
     under paragraph (2) as qualified entities with respect to 
     construction and maintenance projects funded in part or whole 
     under sections 1203, 1221, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 2122, 
     2401, 2502, 2503, 2504, 2505, 2522, 2523, 2524, 2525, 2542, 
     2543, 2544, 2545, 2547, 2552, 2553, 2561, 3102, 3103, 3104, 
     3105, 3106, 3107, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3201, 4101, 4202, 
     5101, 5301, 5302, 5321, 5322, 5323, 5324, 5341, 5342, 6201, 
     6301, 6502, 6512, 7001, 8101, 8102, 8206, 8304, 9105, 9302, 
     9304, 10121, and 12401 of this Act and including 42 U.S.C. 
     17011 and 42 U.S.C. 16061.
       (2) Application process.--An entity seeking certification 
     as a qualified entity under this section shall submit an 
     application to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such 
     manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
     reasonably require, including information to demonstrate 
     compliance with the requirements under subsection (c).
       (3) Requests for additional information.--Not later than 1 
     year after receiving an application from an entity under 
     paragraph (2)--
       (A) the Secretary of Labor may request additional 
     information from the entity in order to determine whether the 
     entity is in compliance with the requirements under 
     subsection (c); and
       (B) the entity shall provide such additional information 
     within 30 days of the Secretary of Labor's request under 
     subparagraph (A).
       (4) Determination deadline.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
     make a determination on whether to certify an entity under 
     this section not later than--
       (A) in a case in which the Secretary requests additional 
     information described in

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     paragraph (3), 1 year after the Secretary receives such 
     additional information from the entity, or
       (B) in a case that is not described in paragraph (3)(A), 1 
     year after the date on which the entity submits the 
     application under paragraph (2).
       (5) Precertification remedies.--The Secretary shall 
     consider any corrective actions taken by an entity seeking 
     certification under this subsection to remedy an 
     administrative merits determination, arbitral award or 
     decision, or civil judgment identified under subsection 
     (c)(3) and shall impose as a condition of certification any 
     additional remedies necessary to avoid further or repeated 
     violations.
       (c) Labor Standards Requirements.--The Secretary of Labor 
     shall require an entity, as a condition of certification 
     under this section, to satisfy each of the following 
     requirements:
       (1) The entity shall ensure that all laborers and mechanics 
     employed by contractors and subcontractors in the performance 
     of any construction or maintenance project shall be paid 
     wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of 
     a similar character in the locality as determined by the 
     Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of 
     chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as 
     the ``Davis-Bacon Act'').
       (2) In the case of any construction or maintenance project, 
     the cost of which exceeds $25,000,000, the entity shall be a 
     party to, or require contractors and subcontractors in the 
     performance of such construction or maintenance project to 
     consent to, a covered project labor agreement.
       (3) The entity, and all contractors and subcontractors in 
     performance of any construction or maintenance project, shall 
     represent in the application submitted under subsection 
     (b)(2) (and periodically thereafter during the performance of 
     the construction or maintenance project as the Secretary of 
     Labor may require) whether there has been any administrative 
     merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil 
     judgment, as defined in guidance issued by the Secretary of 
     Labor, rendered against the entity in the preceding 3 years 
     (or, in the case of disclosures after the initial disclosure, 
     during such period as the Secretary of Labor may provide) for 
     violations of--
       (A) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
     seq.);
       (B) the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
     U.S.C. 651 et seq.);
       (C) the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection 
     Act (29 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.);
       (D) the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et 
     seq.);
       (E) subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
     Code (commonly known as the ``Davis-Bacon Act'');
       (F) chapter 67 of title 41, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Service Contract Act'');
       (G) Executive Order 11246, as amended (relating to equal 
     employment opportunity);
       (H) section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
     U.S.C. 793);
       (I) section 4212 of title 38, United States Code;
       (J) the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
     2601 et seq.);
       (K) title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
     2000e et seq.);
       (L) the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
     12101 et seq.);
       (M) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 
     U.S.C. 621 et seq.);
       (N) Executive Order 13658, dated February 2014, (entitled 
     ``Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors''); or
       (O) equivalent State laws, as defined in guidance issued by 
     the Secretary of Labor.
       (4) The entity, and all contractors and subcontractors in 
     the performance of construction or maintenance project, shall 
     not require arbitration for any dispute involving an employee 
     described in paragraph (5) engaged in a service for the 
     entity or any contractor and subcontractor, or enter into any 
     agreement with such employee requiring arbitration of any 
     such dispute, unless such employee is covered by a collective 
     bargaining agreement that provides otherwise.
       (5) For purposes of compliance with the National Labor 
     Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.), and the 
     requirements under this section, the entity, and all 
     contractors and subcontractors in the performance of any 
     construction or maintenance project, shall consider an 
     individual performing any service in such performance as an 
     employee (and not an independent contractor) of the entity, 
     contractor, or subcontractor, respectively, unless--
       (A) the individual is free from control and direction in 
     connection with the performance of the service, both under 
     the contract for the performance of the service and in fact;
       (B) the service is performed outside the usual course of 
     the business of the entity, contractor, or subcontractor, 
     respectively; and
       (C) the individual is customarily engaged in an 
     independently established trade, occupation, profession, or 
     business of the same nature as that involved in such service.
       (6) The entity shall prohibit all contractors and 
     subcontractors in the performance of any construction or 
     maintenance project from hiring employees through a temporary 
     staffing agency unless the relevant State workforce agency 
     certifies that temporary employees are necessary to address 
     an acute, short-term labor demand.
       (7) The entity shall require all contractors, 
     subcontractors, successors in interest of the entity, and 
     other entities that may acquire the entity, in the 
     performance or acquisition of any construction or maintenance 
     project, to have and abide by an explicit neutrality policy 
     on any issue involving the exercise by employees of the 
     entity as described in paragraph (5), and of all contractors 
     and subcontractors in the performance of any construction or 
     maintenance project, of the right to organize and bargain 
     collectively through representatives of their own choosing.
       (8) The entity shall require all contractors and 
     subcontractors to participate in a registered apprenticeship 
     program for each skilled craft employed on any construction 
     or maintenance project.
       (9) The entity, and all contractors and subcontractors in 
     the performance of any construction or maintenance project, 
     shall not request or otherwise consider the criminal history 
     of an applicant for employment before extending a conditional 
     offer to the applicant, unless--
       (A) a background check is otherwise required by law;
       (B) the position is for a Federal law enforcement officer 
     (as defined in section 115(c)(1) of title 18, United States 
     Code) position; or
       (C) the Secretary of Labor, after consultation with the 
     Secretary of Energy, certifies that precluding criminal 
     history prior to the conditional offer would pose a threat to 
     national security.
       (d) Davis-Bacon Act.--The Secretary of Labor shall have, 
     with respect to the labor standards described in subsection 
     (d)(1), the authority and functions set forth in 
     Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 
     U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United States 
     Code.
       (e) Period of Validity for Certifications.--A certification 
     made under this section shall be in effect for a period of 5 
     years. An entity may reapply to the Secretary of Labor for an 
     additional certification under this section in accordance 
     with the application process under subsection (b)(2).
       (f) Revocation of Qualified Entity Status.--The Secretary 
     of Labor may revoke the certification of an entity under this 
     section as a qualified entity at any time in which the 
     Secretary reasonably determines the entity is no longer in 
     compliance with the requirements of subsection (c).
       (g) Certification May Cover More Than 1 Substantially 
     Similar Project.--The Secretary of Labor may make 
     certifications under this section which apply with respect to 
     more than 1 project if the projects to which such 
     certification apply are substantially similar projects which 
     meet the requirements of this section. Such projects shall be 
     treated as a specific construction or maintenance project for 
     purposes of subsection (h)(2).
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered project labor agreement.--The term ``covered 
     project labor agreement'' means a project labor agreement 
     that--
       (A) binds all contractors and subcontractors on the 
     construction project through the inclusion of appropriate 
     specifications in all relevant solicitation provisions and 
     contract documents;
       (B) allows all contractors and subcontractors to compete 
     for contracts and subcontracts without regard to whether they 
     are otherwise a party to a collective bargaining agreement;
       (C) contains guarantees against strikes, lockouts, and 
     other similar job disruptions;
       (D) sets forth effective, prompt, and mutually binding 
     procedures for resolving labor disputes arising during the 
     covered project labor agreement; and
       (E) provides other mechanisms for labor-management 
     cooperation on matters of mutual interest and concern, 
     including productivity, quality of work, safety, and health.
       (2) Project labor agreement.--The term ``project labor 
     agreement'' means a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement 
     with one or more labor organizations that establishes the 
     terms and conditions of employment for a specific 
     construction project and is described in section 8(f) of the 
     National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)).
       (3) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means 
     an applicant for certification under subsection (b) that the 
     Secretary of Labor certifies as a qualified entity in 
     accordance with subsection (b).
       (i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this such sums as necessary 
     for fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter.


            amendment no. 27 offered by mr. golden of maine

       Page 202, line 24, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
       Page 203, line 2, strike the semicolon and insert ``; 
     and''.
       Page 203, after line 2, insert the following:
       (iv) biomass systems with an efficiency of 60 percent or 
     greater;
       Page 203, line 8, strike ``; or'' and insert a semicolon.
       Page 203, line 11, strike the period at the end and insert 
     ``; or''.
       Page 203, after line 11, insert the following:
       (F) to provide thermal energy to meet heating and cooling 
     loads and for industrial processes.
       Page 716, line 21, insert ``, including the potential use 
     of biomass CHP systems'' before the semicolon.

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       Page 717, line 1, insert ``biomass CHP,'' after 
     ``technologies,''.
       Page 717, line 6, insert ``and communities'' after 
     ``organizations''.
       Page 717, line 10, insert ``, communities,'' after 
     ``companies''.
       Page 821, line 15, insert ``biomass,'' after ``wind,''.
       Page 824, line 23, insert ``biomass,'' after 
     ``hydropower,''.


         amendment no. 31 offered by ms. haaland of new mexico

       Page 391, line 10, strike ``or''.
       Page 391, line 12, strike ``entities;'' and insert 
     ``entities; or''.
       Page 391, after line 12 insert:
       (E) that does not require extraction of uranium or 
     development of uranium from lands managed by the Federal 
     Government, cause harm to the natural or cultural resources 
     of Tribal communities or sovereign Native Nations, or result 
     in degraded ground or surface water quality on publicly 
     managed or privately owned lands;


         amendment no. 35 offered by mrs. hayes of connecticut

       Page 536, lines 1 through 15, amend subsection (e) to read 
     as follows:
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Subsection (f), as 
     redesignated, of section 741 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (42 U.S.C. 16091) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this 
     section, to remain available until expended, $130,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, of which--
       ``(1) not less than $100,000,000 for each such fiscal year 
     shall be used for awards under this section to eligible 
     recipients proposing to replace school buses with zero-
     emission school buses; and
       ``(2) not less than $52,000,000 for each such fiscal year 
     shall be used for awards under this section to eligible 
     recipients proposing to replace or retrofit school buses to 
     serve a community of color, indigenous community, low-income 
     community, or any community located in an air quality area 
     designated pursuant to section 107 of the Clean Air Act (42 
     U.S.C. 7407) as nonattainment.''.


         amendment no. 36 offered by mrs. hayes of connecticut

       Page 9, after the item relating to section 12606, insert 
     the following:

Sec. 12607. Affirming Protections for Children and Workers.
       At the end of subtitle F of Title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12607. AFFIRMING PROTECTIONS FOR CHILDREN AND WORKERS.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the safety 
     and wellbeing of children in the carrying out of projects, 
     programs, and other applicable items in this Act nor to 
     undermine or affect the enforcement of laws relating to 
     protections against child labor and forced labor, including--
       (1) the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
     seq.);
       (2) title 29, subtitle B, chapter V, Subchapter A, Part 
     570, the Child Labor Regulations, Orders, and Statements of 
     Interpretation;
       (3) article 3 of the International Labor Organization 
     Convention concerning the prohibition and immediate action 
     for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor 
     (December 2, 2000), or in violation of human rights;
       (4) number 182 of the International Labor Organization 
     Convention, entitled ``Worst Forms of Child Labour 
     Convention'' (1999);
       (5) number 105 of the International Labor Organization 
     Convention, entitled ``Abolition of Forced Labour 
     Convention'' (1957);
       (6) applicable trade laws, including trade preference 
     programs, trade agreements and Section 307 of the Tariff Act 
     of 1930; and
       (7) Executive Order 13126, dated June 12, 1999, (entitled 
     ``Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced 
     or Indentured Child Labor'').


         amendment no. 37 offered by mr. huffman of california

       At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 2208. KLAMATH HYDROELECTRIC SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT TRIBAL 
                   FAIRNESS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Facility.--The term ``facility'' means 1 or more of the 
     following hydropower facilities (including appurtenant works 
     licensed to PacifiCorp) within the jurisdictional boundary of 
     the Klamath Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2082 (as 
     applicable):
       (A) Iron Gate Dam.
       (B) Copco No. 1 Dam.
       (C) Copco No. 2 Dam.
       (D) J.C. Boyle Dam.
       (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission.
       (3) Harmed indian tribes.--The term ``harmed Indian 
     Tribes'' means--
       (A) the Klamath Tribes; and
       (B) such other Indian Tribes that are located downstream of 
     the Klamath Hydroelectric Project.
       (4) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian Tribe'' has the 
     meaning given the term ``Indian tribe'' in section 4 of the 
     Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
     U.S.C. 5304).
       (5) Licensee.--The term ``licensee'' means the owner and 
     licensee of the facility (as of the date of enactment of this 
     Act).
       (b) In General.--In light of the specific facts and 
     circumstances of the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement 
     Agreement that anticipated dam removal to commence in 2020, 
     and to mitigate the historic and ongoing damages caused by 
     the facility to aquatic and Tribal trust resources, the 
     Commission shall not issue any annual license for the 
     facility under section 15(a)(1) of the Federal Power Act (16 
     U.S.C. 808(a)(1)) unless the Commission has provided harmed 
     Indian Tribes and the States of California and Oregon the 
     opportunity to recommend terms and conditions under section 
     4(e), section 10, and section 18 of the Federal Power Act (16 
     U.S.C. 797(e), 803, and 811), including any conditions 
     providing for fishways or fish recovery.
       (c) Studies.--Upon approval of an annual license pursuant 
     to subsection (b), the Commission shall require the licensee 
     to provide to the Commission the following:
       (1) A study describing the impacts of the facility during 
     the previous year on instream flows, water use, water 
     temperature, and water quality.
       (2) A study describing the impacts of the facility during 
     the previous year on fish and wildlife resources, including 
     river fisheries, reservoir fisheries, anadromous fish, and 
     any marine species listed as a threatened species or 
     endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
     (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) including Southern Resident killer 
     whales (Orcinus orca).
       (3) A study describing the impacts of the facility during 
     the previous year on sediment transport.
       (4) A study forecasting the impacts of climate change to 
     power generation at the facility.
       (5) A certification from the California Department of Water 
     Resources, Division of Safety of Dams, following one or more 
     comprehensive studies of the stability and safety of the 
     facility that are funded by the licensee, that each element 
     of the facility meets all current Federal and State seismic, 
     stability, and safety standards and that there will be no 
     significant risk of dam failure during the term of the 
     license.
       (6) A report, to be made publicly available by the 
     Commission, on the financial status of the facility, 
     including--
       (A) an analysis comparing the cost of power generated at 
     the facility to revenue attributable to the facility during 
     the preceding year;
       (B) a projection of the cost of power generated at the 
     facility and the revenue attributable to the facility during 
     the 5-year period beginning on the date of the license;
       (C) an explanation of whether the financial terms of the 
     Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement, as amended, have 
     been met; and
       (D) a detailed description of the annual costs associated 
     with the facility that are passed through to the ratepayers 
     of the licensee.
       (d) Exception.--The requirements of this section shall not 
     apply to any entity filing a surrender application as 
     specified in the Commission's order relating to the facility 
     dated July 16, 2020 (172 FERC 61,062).
       (e) Legal Claims.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to adversely affect any legal claims of harmed 
     Indian Tribes, including claims for violations of any 
     Executive Order pertaining to one or more Indian Tribes, any 
     treaty between the United States and one or more Indian 
     Tribes, or for damages caused by the facility under the 
     Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) or 
     the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 
     seq.). Such claims shall not be limited by any statute of 
     limitations.


        amendment no. 38 offered by ms. kuster of new hampshire

       Page 823, line 21, strike ``$20,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$40,000,000''.


             amendment no. 43 offered by mrs. lee of nevada

       Amend subtitle C of title II to read as follows:

                Subtitle C--Distributed Renewable Energy

     SEC. 2301. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Authority having jurisdiction.--The term ``authority 
     having jurisdiction'' means any State, county, local, or 
     Tribal office or official with jurisdiction--
       (A) to issue permits;
       (B) to conduct inspections to enforce the requirements of a 
     relevant code or standard; or
       (C) to approve the installation of, or the equipment and 
     materials used in the installation of, qualifying distributed 
     energy systems.
       (2) Distributed energy system installer.--The term 
     ``distributed energy system installer'' means an entity or 
     individual--
       (A) with knowledge and skills relating to--
       (i) the construction and operation of the equipment used in 
     qualifying distributed energy systems; and
       (ii) the installation of qualifying distributed energy 
     systems; and
       (B) that has employed safety training to recognize and 
     avoid the hazards involved in constructing, operating, and 
     installing qualifying distributed energy systems.
       (3) Qualifying distributed energy system.--The term 
     ``qualifying distributed energy system'' means any equipment 
     or materials installed in, on, or near a residential, 
     commercial, or industrial building to support onsite or local 
     energy use, including--

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       (A) to generate electricity from distributed renewable 
     energy sources, including from--
       (i) solar photovoltaic modules or similar solar energy 
     technologies;
       (ii) wind power systems; and
       (iii) hydrogen electrolysis and fuel cell systems;
       (B) to store and discharge electricity from batteries with 
     a capacity of at least 2 kilowatt hours;
       (C) to charge a plug-in electric drive vehicle at a power 
     rate of at least 2 kilowatts;
       (D) to refuel a fuel cell electric vehicle; or
       (E) to generate electricity from fuel cell systems with a 
     capacity of at least 2 kilowatt hours.
       (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.

     SEC. 2302. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM TO FACILITATE VOLUNTARY 
                   STREAMLINED PROCESS FOR LOCAL PERMITTING OF 
                   QUALIFYING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with 
     trade associations and other entities representing 
     distributed energy system installers and organizations 
     representing State, local, and Tribal governments engaged in 
     permitting, shall establish and carry out a program to 
     establish a voluntary streamlined permitting process for 
     local permitting and inspection of qualifying distributed 
     energy systems, in concert with relevant national consensus-
     based codes and specifications and standards referenced 
     therein.
       (b) Activities of the Program.--In carrying out the program 
     established under subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (1) facilitate the development and maintenance of a 
     streamlined permitting process that includes a national 
     online permitting platform for expediting, standardizing, and 
     streamlining permitting, that authorities having jurisdiction 
     may use to receive, review, and approve permit applications 
     relating to qualifying distributed energy systems;
       (2) establish a model expedited permit-to-build protocol 
     for qualifying distributed energy systems;
       (3) provide technical assistance to authorities having 
     jurisdiction on using and adopting--
       (A) the streamlined permitting process described in 
     paragraph (1); and
       (B) the model expedited permit-to-build protocol described 
     in paragraph (2);
       (4) develop and maintain a voluntary national inspection 
     protocol integrated with the national online permitting 
     system described in paragraphs (1) and (2) and related tools 
     to expedite, standardize, and streamline the inspection of 
     qualifying distributed energy systems, including--
       (A) by investigating the potential for using remote 
     inspections; and
       (B) by investigating the potential for sample-based 
     inspection for distributed energy system installers with a 
     demonstrated track record of high-quality work; and
       (5) take any other action to expedite, standardize, 
     streamline, or improve the process for permitting, 
     inspecting, or interconnecting qualifying distributed energy 
     systems.
       (c) Support Services.--The Secretary shall--
       (1) provide technical assistance to authorities having 
     jurisdiction, any administrator of a national online 
     permitting platform, government software providers, and any 
     other entity determined appropriate by the Secretary in 
     carrying out the activities described in subsection (b); and
       (2) provide such financial assistance as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate from any funds appropriated to carry 
     out this subtitle.

     SEC. 2303. DISTRIBUTED ENERGY OPPORTUNITY COMMUNITIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary shall recognize and certify 
     certain communities as ``Distributed Energy Opportunity 
     Communities''.
       (b) Qualifications.--The Secretary may certify a State, 
     local community, or Tribe as a ``Distributed Energy 
     Opportunity Community'' if that State, local community, or 
     Tribe has adopted and implemented the model expedited permit-
     to-build protocol established under the program established 
     under section 2302.
       (c) Process.--The Secretary may confer a certification 
     under subsection (a) through existing programs of the 
     Department of Energy.
       (d) Grants.--The Secretary may award competitive grants, 
     using funds appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this 
     subtitle, to encourage communities to adopt the model 
     expedited permit-to-build protocol and the standardized 
     inspection process established under the program established 
     under section 2302.

     SEC. 2304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to 
     carry out this subtitle $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
     2021 through 2025.


           amendment no. 44 offered by mr. levin of michigan

       Page 543, line 5, strike ``or'' at the end.
       Page 543, after line 5, insert the following:
       (B) a community in which climate change, pollution, or 
     environmental destruction have exacerbated systemic racial, 
     regional, social, environmental, and economic injustices by 
     disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, communities 
     of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, 
     depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, 
     women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities, 
     or youth; or
       Page 543, line 6, strike ``(B)'' and insert ``(C)''.
       Page 544, line 17, strike ``equipment.'' and insert 
     ``equipment, including accessibility in compliance with the 
     Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et 
     seq.).''.
       Page 546, line 14, strike ``and'' at the end.
       Page 546, after line 14, insert the following:
       (v) an identification of any existing electric vehicle 
     supply equipment that--

       (I) is available to the public for a minimum of 12 hours 
     per day; and
       (II) is not further than 50 miles from the global 
     positioning system location identified under clause (iii); 
     and

       Page 546, line 15, strike ``(v)'' and insert ``(vi)''.
       Page 561, beginning on line 6, strike ``electric vehicles 
     nationwide;'' and insert ``electric vehicles nationwide, 
     taking into consideration range anxiety and the location of 
     charging infrastructure to ensure an electric vehicle can 
     travel throughout the United States without losing a 
     charge;''.
       Page 567, line 23, strike ``including commercial vehicles; 
     and'' and insert ``including commercial vehicles, to an 
     extent that such electric vehicles can travel throughout the 
     State without running out of a charge; and''.
       Page 567, line 24, strike ``electric grid'' and insert 
     ``electric grid, including through the use of renewable 
     energy sources to power the electric grid,''.


           amendment no. 45 offered by mr. levin of michigan

       Page 830, after line 5, insert the following:

             PART 3--MEASURING GREEN COLLAR JOB DEVELOPMENT

     SEC. 12121. MEASURING GREEN JOBS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Labor, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Energy, and acting through the Bureau 
     of Labor Statistics, where appropriate, shall collect and 
     analyze labor market data to track workforce trends resulting 
     from renewable energy and energy efficiency technology 
     initiatives carried out under this section. Activities 
     carried out under this section shall include the following:
       (1) Tracking and documentation of academic and occupational 
     competencies as well as future skill needs with respect to 
     renewable energy and energy efficiency technology.
       (2) Tracking and documentation of occupational information 
     and workforce training data with respect to renewable energy 
     and energy efficiency technology.
       (3) Collaborating with State agencies, workforce 
     investments boards, industry, organized labor, and community 
     and nonprofit organizations to disseminate information on 
     successful innovations for labor market services and worker 
     training with respect to renewable energy and energy 
     efficiency technology.
       (4) Serving as a clearinghouse for best practices in 
     workforce development, job placement and collaborative 
     training partnerships.
       (5) Encouraging the establishment of workforce training 
     initiatives with respect to renewable energy and energy 
     efficiency technologies.
       (6) Linking research and development in renewable energy 
     and energy efficiency technology with the development of 
     standards and curricula for current and future jobs.
       (7) Assessing new employment and work practices including 
     career ladder and upgrade training as well as high 
     performance work systems.
       (8) Providing technical assistance and capacity building to 
     national and State energy partnerships, including industry 
     and labor representatives.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for 
     each fiscal years 2021 through 2025.
       Page 9, after the matter relating to section 12113, insert 
     the following

             Part 3--Measuring Green Collar Job Development

Sec. 12121. Measuring green jobs


            amendment no. 48 offered by mr. loebsack of iowa

       Add at the end of part 3 of subtitle A of title I the 
     following:

     SEC. 1122. GRANTS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS AND 
                   RENEWABLE ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS AT PUBLIC SCHOOL 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
     consortium of--
       (A) one local educational agency; and
       (B) one or more--
       (i) schools;
       (ii) nonprofit organizations;
       (iii) for-profit organizations; or
       (iv) community partners that have the knowledge and 
     capacity to partner and assist with energy improvements.
       (2) Energy improvements.--The term ``energy improvements'' 
     means--
       (A) any improvement, repair, or renovation, to a school 
     that will result in a direct reduction in school energy costs 
     including but not limited to improvements to building 
     envelope, air conditioning, ventilation, heating system, 
     domestic hot water heating, compressed air systems, 
     distribution systems, lighting, power systems and controls;
       (B) any improvement, repair, renovation, or installation 
     that leads to an improvement in teacher and student health 
     including but not limited to indoor air quality,

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     daylighting, ventilation, electrical lighting, and acoustics; 
     and
       (C) the installation of renewable energy technologies (such 
     as wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal systems, 
     geothermal energy, hydrogen-fueled systems, biomass-based 
     systems, biofuels, anaerobic digesters, and hydropower) 
     involved in the improvement, repair, or renovation to a 
     school.
       (b) Authority.--From amounts made available for grants 
     under this section, the Secretary of Energy shall provide 
     competitive grants to eligible entities to make energy 
     improvements authorized by this section.
       (c) Priority.--In making grants under this section, the 
     Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that have 
     renovation, repair, and improvement funding needs and are--
       (1) a high-need local educational agency, as defined in 
     section 2102 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 6602); or
       (2) a local educational agency designated with a 
     metrocentric locale code of 41, 42, or 43, as determined by 
     the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), in 
     conjunction with the Bureau of the Census, using the NCES 
     system for classifying local educational agencies.
       (d) Competitive Criteria.--The competitive criteria used by 
     the Secretary shall include the following:
       (1) The fiscal capacity of the eligible entity to meet the 
     needs for improvements of school facilities without 
     assistance under this section, including the ability of the 
     eligible entity to raise funds through the use of local 
     bonding capacity and otherwise.
       (2) The likelihood that the local educational agency or 
     eligible entity will maintain, in good condition, any 
     facility whose improvement is assisted.
       (3) The potential energy efficiency and safety benefits 
     from the proposed energy improvements.
       (e) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
     this section, an applicant must submit to the Secretary an 
     application that includes each of the following:
       (1) A needs assessment of the current condition of the 
     school and facilities that are to receive the energy 
     improvements.
       (2) A draft work plan of what the applicant hopes to 
     achieve at the school and a description of the energy 
     improvements to be carried out.
       (3) A description of the applicant's capacity to provide 
     services and comprehensive support to make the energy 
     improvements.
       (4) An assessment of the applicant's expected needs for 
     operation and maintenance training funds, and a plan for use 
     of those funds, if any.
       (5) An assessment of the expected energy efficiency and 
     safety benefits of the energy improvements.
       (6) A cost estimate of the proposed energy improvements.
       (7) An identification of other resources that are available 
     to carry out the activities for which funds are requested 
     under this section, including the availability of utility 
     programs and public benefit funds.
       (f) Use of Grant Amounts.--
       (1) In general.--The recipient of a grant under this 
     section shall use the grant amounts only to make the energy 
     improvements contemplated in the application, subject to the 
     other provisions of this subsection.
       (2) Operation and maintenance training.--The recipient may 
     use up to 5 percent for operation and maintenance training 
     for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements (such 
     as maintenance staff and teacher training, education, and 
     preventative maintenance training).
       (3) Audit.--The recipient may use funds for a third-party 
     investigation and analysis for energy improvements (such as 
     energy audits and existing building commissioning).
       (4) Continuing education.--The recipient may use up to 1 
     percent of the grant amounts to develop a continuing 
     education curriculum relating to energy improvements.
       (g) Contracting Requirements.--
       (1) Davis-bacon.--Any laborer or mechanic employed by any 
     contractor or subcontractor in the performance of work on any 
     energy improvements funded by a grant under this section 
     shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing 
     on similar construction in the locality as determined by the 
     Secretary of Labor under subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
     40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Davis-
     Bacon Act).
       (2) Competition.--Each applicant that receives funds shall 
     ensure that, if the applicant carries out repair or 
     renovation through a contract, any such contract process--
       (A) ensures the maximum number of qualified bidders, 
     including small, minority, and women-owned businesses, 
     through full and open competition; and
       (B) gives priority to businesses located in, or resources 
     common to, the State or the geographical area in which the 
     project is carried out.
       (h) Reporting.--Each recipient of a grant under this 
     section shall submit to the Secretary, at such time as the 
     Secretary may require, a report describing the use of such 
     funds for energy improvements, the estimated cost savings 
     realized by those energy improvements, the results of any 
     audit, the use of any utility programs and public benefit 
     funds and the use of performance tracking for energy 
     improvements (such as the Department of Energy: Energy Star 
     program or LEED for Existing Buildings).
       (i) Best Practices.--The Secretary shall develop and 
     publish guidelines and best practices for activities carried 
     out under this section.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.


          amendment no. 52 offered by mr. lujan of new mexico

       After section 2401 insert the following:

     SEC. 2402. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY SOLAR PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(21) Community solar programs.--Each electric utility 
     shall offer a community solar program that provides all 
     ratepayers, including low-income ratepayers, equitable and 
     demonstrable access to such community solar program. For the 
     purposes of this paragraph, the term `community solar 
     program' means a service provided to any electric consumer 
     that the electric utility serves through which the value of 
     electricity generated by a community solar facility may be 
     used to offset charges billed to the electric consumer by the 
     electric utility. A `community solar facility' is--
       ``(A) a solar photovoltaic system that allocates 
     electricity to multiple electric consumers of an electric 
     utility;
       ``(B) connected to a local distribution of the electric 
     utility;
       ``(C) located either on or off the property of the electric 
     consumers; and
       ``(D) may be owned by an electric utility, an electric 
     consumer, or a third party.''.
       (b) Compliance.--
       (1) Time limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(8)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
     of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with 
     respect to each electric utility for which the State has 
     ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility 
     shall commence consideration under section 111, or set a 
     hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard 
     established by paragraph (21) of section 111(d).
       ``(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
     this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect 
     to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking 
     authority), and each nonregulated electric utility shall 
     complete the consideration and make the determination under 
     section 111 with respect to the standard established by 
     paragraph (21) of section 111(d).''.
       (2) Failure to comply.--
       (A) In general.--Section 112(c) of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is 
     amended--
       (i) by striking ``such paragraph (14)'' and all that 
     follows through ``paragraphs (16)'' and inserting ``such 
     paragraph (14). In the case of the standard established by 
     paragraph (15) of section 111(d), the reference contained in 
     this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that 
     paragraph (15). In the case of the standards established by 
     paragraphs (16)''; and
       (ii) by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of 
     the standard established by paragraph (21) of section 111(d), 
     the reference contained in this subsection to the date of 
     enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to 
     the date of enactment of that paragraph (21).''.
       (B) Technical correction.--
       (i) In general.--Section 1254(b) of the Energy Policy Act 
     of 2005 (Public Law 109-58; 119 Stat. 971) is amended--

       (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (II) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).

       (ii) Treatment.--The amendment made by paragraph (2) of 
     section 1254(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 
     109-58; 119 Stat. 971) (as in effect on the day before the 
     date of enactment of this Act) is void, and section 112(d) of 
     the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
     2622(d)) shall be in effect as if those amendments had not 
     been enacted.
       (3) Prior state actions.--
       (A) In general.--Section 112 of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Prior State Actions.--Subsections (b) and (c) shall 
     not apply to the standard established by paragraph (21) of 
     section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State 
     if, before the date of enactment of this subsection--
       ``(1) the State has implemented for the electric utility 
     the standard (or a comparable standard);
       ``(2) the State regulatory authority for the State or the 
     relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a 
     proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a 
     comparable standard) for the electric utility; or
       ``(3) the State legislature has voted on the implementation 
     of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric 
     utility.''.
       (B) Cross-reference.--Section 124 of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act of

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     1978 (16 U.S.C. 2634) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following: ``In the case of the standard established by 
     paragraph (21) of section 111(d), the reference contained in 
     this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
     deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that 
     paragraph (21).''.
       Page 562, line 3, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 563, line 18, strike ``(8)'' and insert ``(9)''.
       Page 563, line 25, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 564, line 8, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 564, line 14, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 564, line 22, strike ``(h)'' and insert ``(i)''.
       Page 564, line 24, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 565, line 20, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.
       Page 565, line 24, strike ``(21)'' and insert ``(22)''.


         amendment no. 55 offered by mr. norcross of new jersey

       At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 1806. REBATE PROGRAM FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT 
                   ELECTROTECHNOLOGIES.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Energy efficient electrotechnology.--The term ``energy 
     efficient electrotechnology'' means--
       (A) any electric technology that, when used instead of a 
     fossil fuel-fired technology in an industrial process results 
     in--
       (i) energy efficiency, or production efficiency, gains; or
       (ii) environmental benefits; or
       (B) any electric technology that, when used instead of a 
     fossil fuel-fired technology in an industrial application 
     results in--
       (i) improvements in on-site logistics or material handling; 
     and
       (ii) energy efficiency gains and environmental benefits.
       (2) Qualified entity.--The term ``qualified entity'' means 
     an industrial or manufacturing facility, commercial building, 
     or a utility or energy service company.
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (b) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     program to provide rebates in accordance with this section.
       (c) Rebates.--The Secretary may provide a rebate under the 
     program established under subsection (b) to the owner or 
     operator of a qualified entity for expenditures made by the 
     owner or operator of the qualified entity for an energy 
     efficient electrotechnology that is used to replace a fossil 
     fuel-fired technology.
       (d) Requirements.--To be eligible to receive a rebate under 
     this section, the owner or operator of a qualified entity 
     shall submit to the Secretary an application demonstrating--
       (1) that the owner or operator of the qualified entity 
     purchased an energy efficient electrotechnology;
       (2) the energy efficiency gains, production efficiency 
     gains, and environmental benefits, as applicable, resulting 
     from use of the energy efficient electrotechnology--
       (A) as measured by a qualified professional or verified by 
     the energy efficient electrotechnology manufacturer, as 
     applicable; or
       (B) as determined by the Secretary;
       (3) that the fossil fuel-fired technology replaced by the 
     energy efficient electrotechnology has been permanently 
     decommissioned and scrapped; and
       (4) that all laborers and mechanics who were involved in 
     the installation or maintenance, or construction or 
     renovation to support such installation or maintenance, of 
     the energy efficient electrotechnology, or the 
     decommissioning and scrapping of the fossil fuel-fired 
     technology replaced by the energy efficient 
     electrotechnology, and who were employed by the owner or 
     operator of the qualified entity, or contractors or 
     subcontractors at any tier thereof, were paid wages at rates 
     not less than those prevailing on projects of a character 
     similar in the locality as determined by the Secretary of 
     Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 
     40, United States Code (commonly referred to as the ``Davis-
     Bacon Act'').
       (e) Limitation.--The Secretary may not provide a rebate 
     under the program established under subsection (b) to an 
     owner or operator of a qualified entity for expenditures made 
     by the owner or operator of the qualified entity for an 
     energy efficient electrotechnology that is used to replace a 
     fossil fuel-fired technology if the Secretary determines that 
     such expenditures were necessary for the owner or operator to 
     comply with Federal or State law.
       (f) Authorized Amount of Rebate.--The amount of a rebate 
     provided under this section shall be not less than 30 
     percent, and not more than 50 percent, of the overall cost of 
     the energy efficient electrotechnology, including 
     installation costs.
       (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.


         amendment no. 56 offered by mr. norcross of new jersey

       Page 36, line 5, strike ``and'' at the end.
       Page 36, strike line 13, and insert ``(including 
     multifamily buildings); and''.
       Page 36, after line 13, insert the following:
       ``(F) to make an addition or alteration to, or to install, 
     replace, or provide maintenance to, an air filtration and 
     purification system of an HVAC system to meet exigencies 
     related to the airborne epidemic transmissions of SARS-4CoV-2 
     or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).''.
       Page 37, line 1, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(f)''.
       Page 36, after line 25, insert the following:
       ``(e) Prevailing Wages.--All laborers and mechanics 
     employed by contractors or subcontractors in the performance 
     of construction, alteration, or repair work assisted, in 
     whole or in part, by a grant under this section shall be paid 
     wages at rates not less than those prevailing on similar 
     construction in the locality as determined by the Secretary 
     of Labor in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of 
     title 40. With respect to the labor standards in this 
     subsection, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority 
     and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 14 of 
     1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 
     40.''.


         amendment no. 58 offered by mr. o'halleran of arizona

       Add at the end of subtitle F of title XII the following:

     SEC. 12607. RURAL AND REMOTE COMMUNITIES ELECTRIFICATION 
                   GRANTS.

       (a) In General.--Section 609 of the Public Utility 
     Regulatory Policies Act (7 U.S.C. 918c) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or municipality'' and 
     inserting ``, municipality, or Indian Tribe'';
       (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``10,000'' and inserting 
     ``20,000''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(6) The term `economically distressed community' means a 
     unit of local government, an Indian Tribe, or a political 
     subdivision thereof, that is significantly impacted by the 
     closure occurring on or after January 1, 2010, of an electric 
     generating station that primarily consumes coal as a fuel 
     source, including by the loss of--
       ``(A) employment directly from or associated with the 
     electric generating station, including an associated mine;
       ``(B) tax revenue, lease payments, or royalties directly 
     from or associated with the electric generating station; or
       ``(C) access to affordable energy.'';
       (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or economically 
     distressed communities'' after ``rural areas'' each place it 
     appears; and
       (3) in subsection (d)--
       (A) by striking ``$20,000,000'' and inserting 
     ``$50,000,000''; and
       (B) by striking ``2006 through 2012'' and inserting ``2021 
     through 2025''.


         amendment no. 59 offered by mr. o'halleran of arizona

       Add at the end of subtitle F of title XII the following:

     SEC. 12607. COAL COMMUNITY RESOURCE CLEARINGHOUSE.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     publish, maintain, and make publicly available a 
     clearinghouse, to be known as the ``Coal Community Resource 
     Clearinghouse'', on the website of the Department of Energy 
     for the purpose of increasing awareness of Federal and State 
     programs, grants, loans, loan guarantees, and other 
     assistance resources the Secretary determines will assist 
     economic development activities in economically distressed 
     communities.
       (b) Periodic Updates.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall, not less frequently than once per calendar 
     year, update the Coal Community Resource Clearinghouse to 
     address changes to the needs of economically distressed 
     communities.
       (c) Economically Distressed Community Defined.--The term 
     ``economically distressed community'' means a unit of local 
     government, an Indian Tribe, or a political subdivision 
     thereof, that is significantly impacted by the closure 
     occurring on or after January 1, 2010, of an electric 
     generating station that primarily consumes coal as a fuel 
     source, including by the loss of--
       (1) employment directly from or associated with the 
     electric generating station, including an associated mine;
       (2) tax revenue, lease payments, or royalties directly from 
     or associated with the electric generating station; or
       (3) access to affordable energy.


           amendment no. 60 offered by ms. omar of minnesota

       Add at the end of title XII the following:

  Subtitle G--Zeroing Excess, Reducing Organic Waste, and Sustaining 
                          Technical Expertise

     SEC. 12701. GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator shall establish and 
     carry out a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, 
     to eligible entities for projects that are consistent with 
     zero-waste practices.
       (b) Grant Use.--
       (1) Organics recycling infrastructure.--An eligible entity 
     receiving a grant under this subtitle may use grant funds to 
     carry out a project relating to organics recycling 
     infrastructure, including facilities, machinery, equipment, 
     and other physical necessities required for organics 
     collection or processing on a city-wide or county-wide scale, 
     provided that--

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       (A) implementation of such project--
       (i) results in increased capacity for residential and 
     commercial source separated organics streams; and
       (ii) generates a usable product that has demonstrable 
     environmental benefits when compared to the input materials, 
     such as compost with added nutritional content; and
       (B) such project does not include mixed-waste composting.
       (2) Electronic waste reuse and recycling.--An eligible 
     entity receiving a grant under this subtitle may use grant 
     funds to carry out a project relating to electronic waste 
     reuse or recycling, including infrastructure and technology, 
     research and development, and product refurbishment, provided 
     that such project--
       (A) does not include an electronic waste ``buy-back'' 
     program that provides compensation for used electronics where 
     such compensation is applied as a credit toward the purchase 
     of additional electronics; and
       (B) is carried out by an organization certified in 
     sustainable electronic waste standards by an organization 
     accredited by the National Accreditation Board of the 
     American National Standards Institute & The American Society 
     of Quality, or another accrediting body as determined 
     appropriate by the Administrator.
       (3) Source reduction.--An eligible entity receiving a grant 
     under this subtitle may use grant funds to carry out a 
     project relating to source reduction, and such project may 
     include--
       (A) educational programming and outreach activities to 
     encourage behavioral changes in consumers that result in 
     source reduction; and
       (B) product or manufacturing redesign or redevelopment to 
     reduce byproducts, packaging, and other outputs if--
       (i) the applicable manufacturer--

       (I) is domestically-owned and operated; and
       (II) pays a living wage; and

       (ii) the redevelopment or redesign does not result in 
     higher toxicity of the product or byproducts, more 
     complicated recyclability of the product or byproducts, or 
     increased volume of byproducts compared with the original 
     practice.
       (4) Market development.--An eligible entity receiving a 
     grant under this subtitle may use grant funds to carry out a 
     project relating to market development with respect to source 
     reduction and waste prevention, including by creating demand 
     for sorted recyclable commodities and refurbished goods and 
     promoting domestically-owned and operated manufacturing for 
     projects relating to source reduction or waste prevention, 
     provided that such project--
       (A) targets easily or commonly recycled materials which are 
     disproportionately disposed of in landfills or incinerated;
       (B) addresses the reduction of the volume, weight, or 
     toxicity of waste and waste byproducts; and
       (C) does not conflict with--
       (i) minimum-content laws, such as post-consumer recycled 
     content requirements;
       (ii) beverage container deposits;
       (iii) programs funded through retail fees for specific 
     products or classes of products that use such fees to 
     collect, treat, or recycle such products; or
       (iv) any applicable recycled product procurement laws and 
     expanded sustainable government purchasing requirements, as 
     identified by the Administrator.

     SEC. 12702. GRANT AWARDS.

       (a) Application.--
       (1) Criteria for all applicants.--To be eligible to receive 
     a grant under this subtitle, an eligible entity shall submit 
     to the Administrator an application at such time and in such 
     form as the Administrator requires, demonstrating that the 
     eligible entity--
       (A) has set specific source reduction or waste prevention 
     targets;
       (B) will carry out such project in communities that are in 
     the 80th percentile or higher for one or more pollutants as 
     noted in the EJSCREEN tool, or any successor system, of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency; and
       (C) will carry out a project that meets the applicable 
     project requirements under section 12701(b).
       (2) Additional application criteria for nonprofit 
     organization.--In the case of an application from an eligible 
     entity that is a nonprofit organization, the application 
     shall include a letter of support for the proposed project--
       (A) from--
       (i) a local unit of government; or--
       (ii) a nonprofit organization that--

       (I) has a demonstrated history of undertaking work in the 
     geographic region where the proposed project is to take 
     place; and
       (II) is not involved in the project being proposed; and

       (B) containing such information as the Administrator may 
     require.
       (b) Priority Factors.--
       (1) In general.--In awarding grants under this subtitle, 
     the Administrator shall give priority to eligible entities 
     that--
       (A) have statutorily committed to implementing zero-waste 
     practices;
       (B) demonstrate how the project to be carried out with 
     grant funds could lead to the creation of new jobs that pay a 
     living wage, with preference for projects that create jobs 
     for individuals with barriers to employment, as determined by 
     the Administrator;
       (C) will use grant funds for source reduction or waste 
     prevention in schools;
       (D) will use grant funds to employ adaptive management 
     practices to identify, prevent, or address any negative 
     environmental consequences of the proposed project;
       (E) have a demonstrated need for additional investment in 
     infrastructure and projects to achieve source reduction and 
     waste prevention targets set by the local unit of government 
     that is responsible for waste and recycling projects in the 
     geographic area;
       (F) will use grant funds to develop innovative or new 
     technologies and strategies for source reduction and waste 
     prevention;
       (G) demonstrate how receiving the grant will encourage 
     further investment in source reduction and waste prevention 
     projects; or
       (H) will incorporate multi-stakeholder involvement, 
     including nonprofit, commercial, and public sector partners, 
     in carrying out a project using grant funds.
       (2) Zero-waste hierarchy.--In determining priority between 
     multiple eligible entities who qualify for priority under 
     paragraph (1), the Administrator shall grant first priority 
     to an eligible entity that can demonstrate how the zero-waste 
     hierarchy was considered with respect to the project to be 
     carried out with grant funds.

     SEC. 12703. REPORTING.

       An eligible entity receiving a grant under this subtitle 
     shall report to the Administrator, at such time and in such 
     form as the Administrator may require, on the results of the 
     project carried out with grant funds and any relevant data 
     requested by the Administrator to track the effectiveness of 
     the program established under section 12701(a).

     SEC. 12704. ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

       In each of calendar years 2022 through 2027, the 
     Administrator shall convene an annual conference for eligible 
     entities, including eligible entities that have received a 
     grant under this subtitle, and other stakeholders as 
     identified by the Administrator, to provide an opportunity 
     for such eligible entities and stakeholders to share 
     experience and expertise in implementing zero-waste 
     practices.

     SEC. 12705. DEFINITIONS.

       In this subtitle:
       (1) Adaptive management practices.--The term ``adaptive 
     management practices'' means, with respect to a project, the 
     integration of project design, management, and monitoring to 
     identify project impacts and outcomes as they arise and 
     adjust behaviors to improve outcomes.
       (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (3) Domestically-owned and operated.--The term 
     ``domestically-owned and operated'' means, with respect to a 
     business, a business with--
       (A) headquarters located within the United States; and
       (B) primary operations carried out in the United States.
       (4) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a single unit of State, local, or Tribal government;
       (B) a consortium of multiple units of State, local, or 
     Tribal government;
       (C) one or more units of State, local, or Tribal government 
     in coordination with for-profit or nonprofit organizations; 
     or
       (D) one or more incorporated nonprofit organizations.
       (5) Embodied energy.--The term ``embodied energy'' means 
     energy that was used to create a product or material.
       (6) Living wage.--The term ``living wage'' means the 
     minimum income necessary to allow a person working 40 hours 
     per week to afford the cost of housing, food, and other 
     material necessities.
       (7) Organics recycling.--The term ``organics recycling'' 
     means the biological processes by which organics streams are 
     converted to compost which is not harmful to humans, plants, 
     or animals.
       (8) Recycling.--The term ``recycling''--
       (A) means the mechanical processing of material that has 
     reached the end of its current use into material to be used 
     in the production of new products;
       (B) does not include incineration or any other energy 
     recovery process; and
       (C) does not include depolymerization or a similar process.
       (9) Reuse.--The term ``reuse''--
       (A) means--
       (i) using a product, packaging, or resource more than once 
     for the same or a new function with little to no processing; 
     or
       (ii) repairing a product so it can be used longer, sharing 
     or renting it, or selling or donating it to another party; 
     and
       (B) does not include incineration.
       (10) Source reduction.--The term ``source reduction''--
       (A) includes--
       (i) activities that reduce consumption of products or 
     services that create physical outputs, such as packaging, 
     that is secondary to the intended use of the item being 
     consumed;
       (ii) measures or techniques that reduce the amount of waste 
     generated during production processes; and
       (iii) the reduction or elimination of the use of materials 
     which are not able to be recycled without degrading the 
     quality of the material; and
       (B) does not include incineration.
       (11) Source separated.--The term ``source separated''--

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       (A) means the separation of a stream of recyclable 
     materials at the point of waste creation before the materials 
     are collected and centralized; and
       (B) does not include technologies that sort mixed municipal 
     solid waste into recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
       (12) Waste prevention.--The term ``waste prevention'' 
     includes reuse, recycling, and other methods to reduce the 
     amount of materials disposed of in landfills or incinerated.
       (13) Zero-waste.--The term ``zero-waste'' means the 
     conservation of all resources by means of responsible 
     production, consumption, reuse, and recovery of products, 
     packaging, and materials without burning or otherwise 
     destroying embodied energy, with no discharges to land, 
     water, or air that threaten the environment or human health.
       (14) Zero-waste practice.--The term ``zero-waste practice'' 
     means a practice used to help achieve zero-waste, including 
     source reduction and waste prevention.

     SEC. 12706. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
     to carry out this subtitle $250,000,000 for the period of 
     fiscal years 2021 through 2028.


           amendment no. 61 offered by ms. omar of minnesota

       Add at the end of subtitle F of title XII the following:

     SEC. 12607. REPORT ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES.

       The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with other 
     relevant departments and agencies, shall submit to Congress a 
     report that contains--
       (1) an identification of any existing fossil fuel 
     production subsidies not eliminated by this Act, or the 
     amendments made by this Act; and
       (2) a quantification of the economic costs of such 
     subsidies.


          amendment no. 65 offered by mr. peters of california

       At the end of title III, add the following:

  Subtitle D--Interagency Task Force on Short-Lived Climate Pollutant 
                               Mitigation

     SEC. 3401. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE ON SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE 
                   POLLUTANT MITIGATION.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish a 
     task force, to be known as the Interagency Task Force on 
     Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Mitigation.
       (b) Membership.--The members of the Task Force shall 
     include the head (or a designee thereof) of each of--
       (1) the Department of Agriculture;
       (2) the Department of Commerce;
       (3) the Department of Defense;
       (4) the Department of Energy;
       (5) the Department of Health and Human Services;
       (6) the Department of the Interior;
       (7) the Department of State;
       (8) the Department of Transportation;
       (9) the Environmental Protection Agency;
       (10) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
       (11) the Council on Environmental Quality;
       (12) the United States Agency for International 
     Development; and
       (13) any other Federal agency the President determines 
     appropriate.
       (c) Duties.--The Task Force shall--
       (1) review the policy recommendations made by--
       (A) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change;
       (B) the United States Climate Alliance;
       (C) the Interagency Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions;
       (D) the Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience; and
       (E) the Clean Cooking Alliance;
       (2) develop an action plan to reduce short-lived climate 
     pollutants that incorporates any appropriate proposals or 
     recommendations made by the entities referred to in paragraph 
     (1) that are relevant to short-lived climate pollutants;
       (3) identify any Federal program that is, or could be, 
     relevant to reducing short-lived climate pollutants--
       (A) in the United States; or
       (B) worldwide;
       (4) identify overlapping and duplicative Federal programs 
     addressing short-lived climate pollutants that would benefit 
     from consolidation and streamlining;
       (5) identify gaps and serious deficiencies in Federal 
     programs targeted at short-lived climate pollutants, 
     including gaps and deficiencies that can be addressed through 
     a combination of assessment, scientific research, monitoring, 
     and technological development activities, with an emphasis 
     on--
       (A) industry standards; and
       (B) public-private partnerships;
       (6) in developing recommendations, consult with affected 
     stakeholders in private industry; and
       (7) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
     the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
     and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the 
     findings and recommendations resulting from the activities 
     described in paragraphs (1) through (6).


          amendment no. 66 offered by mr. peters of california

       At the end of title III, add the following:

                        Subtitle D--Black Carbon

     SEC. 3401. REDUCTION OF BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS.

       (a) Comprehensive Plan.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Administrator''), in consultation with the Secretary of 
     Energy, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Transportation, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Commandant 
     of the Coast Guard, shall develop a comprehensive plan to 
     reduce black carbon emissions from ships based on appropriate 
     emissions data from oceangoing vessels. The plan shall 
     provide for such reduction through--
       (A) a clean freight partnership;
       (B) limits on black carbon emissions; and
       (C) efforts that include protection of access to critical 
     fuel shipments and emergency needs of coastal communities.
       (2) Roadmap.--A principal objective of the plan developed 
     pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be the establishment, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, of a roadmap for 
     helping countries to reduce fine-particle (PM2.5) and black 
     carbon emissions in the shipping sector through--
       (A) the installation of advanced emissions controls;
       (B) the reduction of sulfur content in fuels; and
       (C) the adoption of black carbon control policies.
       (b) Black Carbon Emissions Reduction Goals.--The 
     Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 
     and other relevant Federal agencies, shall--
       (1) lead an effort to reduce black carbon through an 
     Arctic-wide aspirational black carbon goal; and
       (2) encourage observers of the Arctic Council (including 
     India and China) to adopt mitigation plans consistent with 
     the findings and recommendations of the Arctic Council's 
     Framework for Action on Black Carbon and Methane.
       (c) Climate and Clean Air Coalition.--The Administrator, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, is encouraged to 
     work with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce 
     Short-Lived Climate Pollutants to craft specific financing 
     mechanisms for the incremental cost of international black 
     carbon mitigation activities.
       (d) Black Carbon Mitigation Activities.--
       (1) Prioritization.--The Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development, in cooperation with the 
     Administrator, shall--
       (A) encourage black carbon mitigation activities as part of 
     official development assistance and programmatic activities;
       (B) give special emphasis to projects that produce 
     substantial environmental, gender, livelihood, and public 
     health benefits, including support for clean-burning 
     cookstoves and fuels; and
       (C) work with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to 
     help developing nations establish thriving markets for clean 
     and efficient cooking solutions.
       (2) Emissions reductions.--The Secretary of State, in 
     collaboration with the Administrator, the Secretary of 
     Energy, and the Secretary of Transportation, shall provide 
     aid to international efforts to reduce black carbon emissions 
     from diesel trucks and ships, 2-stroke engines, diesel 
     generators, and industrial processes by providing technical 
     assistance--
       (A) to help developing nations lower the sulfur content of 
     diesel fuels;
       (B) to expand access to diesel particulate filters;
       (C) to provide vehicle manufacturers with low- and zero-
     emission engine designs;
       (D) to deploy on-road, off-road, and shore-side 
     infrastructure to support zero-emission engine technologies;
       (E) to develop other mitigation activities, including 
     energy efficiency alternatives for generators and industrial 
     processes; and
       (F) to reduce ammonia emissions from agriculture.


          amendment no. 67 offered by mr. peters of california

       Add after section 12606 the following:

     SEC. 12607. PUBLICATION OF INTERCONNECTIONS SEAMS STUDY.

       Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress 
     and make publicly available on the website of the Department 
     a report on the results of the Interconnections Seam Study 
     conducted by the Department.
       Page 9, after the matter relating to section 12606, insert 
     the following:

Sec. 12607. Publication of Interconnections Seams Study.


       amendment no. 70 offered by ms. plaskett of virgin islands

       At the end of title II, add the following subtitle:

               Subtitle G--Renewable Energy Grant Program

     SEC. 2701. RENEWABLE ENERGY GRANT PROGRAM.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     renewable energy program (in this section referred to as the 
     ``program'') under which the Secretary may award grants to 
     covered entities to facilitate projects, in territories of 
     the United States, described in subsection (c).
       (b) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under the 
     program, a covered entity shall submit to the Secretary an 
     application at such time, in such form, and containing

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     such information as the Secretary may require.
       (c) Grant Uses.--
       (1) In general.--A covered entity receiving a grant under 
     the program may use grant funds for a project, in territories 
     of the United States--
       (A) to develop or construct a renewable energy system;
       (B) to carry out an activity to increase energy efficiency;
       (C) to develop or construct an energy storage system or 
     device for--
       (i) a system developed or constructed under subparagraph 
     (A); or
       (ii) an activity carried out under subparagraph (B);
       (D) to develop or construct--
       (i) a smart grid; or
       (ii) a microgrid; or
       (E) to train residents of territories of the United States 
     to develop, construct, maintain, or operate a renewable 
     energy system.
       (2) Limitation.--A covered entity receiving a grant under 
     the program may not use grant funds to develop or construct a 
     facility that generates electricity using energy derived 
     from--
       (A) fossil fuels; or
       (B) nuclear power.
       (d) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     Department of Energy national laboratories offer to provide 
     technical assistance to each covered entity carrying out a 
     project assisted with a grant under the program.
       (e) Report.--Not later than two years after the 
     establishment of the program, and on an annual basis 
     thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
     containing--
       (1) an estimate of the amount of funds disbursed under the 
     program;
       (2) an estimate of the energy conservation achieved as a 
     result of the program;
       (3) a description of challenges encountered in implementing 
     projects described in subsection (c)(1); and
       (4) recommendations as to additional legislative measures 
     to increase the use of renewable energy in territories of the 
     United States, as appropriate.
       (f) GAO Study and Report.--
       (1) Study and report.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of 
     the United States shall--
       (A) conduct a study regarding renewable energy and energy 
     efficiency in territories of the United States; and
       (B) submit to Congress a report containing--
       (i) the findings of the study; and
       (ii) related recommendations.
       (2) Components.--The study conducted under paragraph (1) 
     shall consider, in relation to territories of the United 
     States, the potential--
       (A) to modify existing electric power systems to use 
     renewable energy sources;
       (B) to expand the use of microgrids; and
       (C) to improve energy resiliency.
       (g) Definitions.--In this section, the following 
     definitions apply:
       (1) Covered entity.--The term ``covered entity'' means a 
     not-for-profit organization determined eligible by the 
     Secretary for purposes of this section.
       (2) Department of energy national laboratories.--The term 
     ``Department of Energy national laboratories'' has the same 
     meaning as the term ``National Laboratory'' under section 2 
     of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15801).
       (3) Microgrid.--The term ``microgrid'' means an electric 
     system--
       (A) that serves the local community with a power generation 
     and distribution system; and
       (B) that has the ability--
       (i) to disconnect from a traditional electric grid; and
       (ii) to operate autonomously when disconnected.
       (4) Renewable energy; renewable energy system.--The terms 
     ``renewable energy'' and ``renewable energy system'' have the 
     meanings given those terms in section 415(c) of the Energy 
     Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6865(c)).
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (6) Smart grid.--The term ``smart grid'' means an 
     intelligent electric grid that uses digital communications 
     technology, information systems, and automation to, while 
     maintaining high system reliability--
       (A) detect and react to local changes in usage;
       (B) improve system operating efficiency; and
       (C) reduce spending costs.
       (7) Territory.--The term ``territory'' means the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin 
     Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands.
       (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
     this section.


           amendment no. 71 offered by mr. pocan of wisconsin

       At the end of title XII of the committee print, add the 
     following new subtitle:

              Subtitle G--Radon Abatement Reauthorization

     SEC. 12701. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON PROGRAMS 
                   REAUTHORIZED.

       Section 305(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
     U.S.C. 2665(e)) is amended by striking ``1989, 1990, and 
     1991'' and inserting ``2021, 2022, and 2023''.

     SEC. 12702. GRANT ASSISTANCE TO STATES FOR RADON PROGRAMS 
                   REAUTHORIZED.

       Section 306(j) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
     U.S.C. 2666(j)) is amended by striking ``1989, 1990, and 
     1991'' and inserting ``2021, 2022, and 2023''.

     SEC. 12703. REGIONAL RADON TRAINING CENTERS REAUTHORIZED.

       Section 308(f) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 
     U.S.C. 2668(f)) is amended by striking ``1989, 1990, and 
     1991'' and inserting ``2021, 2022, and 2023''.


          amendment no. 73 offered by mr. quigley of illinois

       After the item in the table of contents relating to section 
     5101, insert the following:
Sec. 5102. Definitions.
Sec. 5103. Power system modeling reform and updates to grid services 
              and grid operator software.
Sec. 5104. Advanced energy and grid efficiency studies and report.
       Page 436, after line 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 5102. DEFINITIONS.

       In sections 5103 and 5104:
       (1) Advanced energy technology.--The term ``advanced energy 
     technology'' means any energy generation, load-modifying 
     transmission, or storage technology with zero or minimal 
     greenhouse gas emissions that is connected--
       (A) to the distribution system;
       (B) to the transmission system; or
       (C) behind the meter.
       (2) Advisory committee.--The term ``Advisory Committee'' 
     means the advisory committee established under section 
     5103(a)(2)(A).
       (3) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
     Energy Regulatory Commission.
       (4) Electric utility.--The term ``electric utility'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Federal Power 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 796).
       (5) Grid operator.--The term ``grid operator'' means--
       (A) a Transmission Organization, including--
       (i) an Independent System Operator; and
       (ii) a Regional Transmission Organization;
       (B) a public utility; and
       (C) an electric utility.
       (6) Independent system operator.--The term ``Independent 
     System Operator'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 
     of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).
       (7) Initiative.--The term ``Initiative'' means the Advanced 
     Energy Technology Research Initiative established under 
     section 5103(a)(1).
       (8) Public utility.--The term ``public utility'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 201(e) of the Federal Power 
     Act (16 U.S.C. 824(e)).
       (9) Regional transmission organization.--The term 
     ``Regional Transmission Organization'' has the meaning given 
     the term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
     796).
       (10) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Energy.
       (11) Transmission organization.--The term ``Transmission 
     Organization'' has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 
     the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).

     SEC. 5103. POWER SYSTEM MODELING REFORM AND UPDATES TO GRID 
                   SERVICES AND GRID OPERATOR SOFTWARE.

       (a) Advanced Energy Technology Research Initiative.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission, in coordination with 
     the Secretary, shall establish an initiative, to be known as 
     the ``Advanced Energy Technology Research Initiative'', to 
     research and provide recommendations on how to improve the 
     modeling, operational, and planning practices used for the 
     bulk electric system.
       (2) Advisory committee.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Commission, in coordination with 
     the Secretary, shall establish an advisory committee to 
     research, report on, and provide recommendations on matters 
     relating to the Initiative, including--
       (i) whether the existing modeling and long-term and short-
     term planning practices used by grid operators for power 
     systems, including power markets, adequately incorporate 
     expected integration with respect to advanced energy 
     technologies;
       (ii) whether the methods used to determine future 
     transmission and capacity needs and make reliability-related 
     determinations use the right data to adequately forecast and 
     model the integration of advanced energy technology into 
     electric power systems;
       (iii) whether the modeling and planning practices described 
     in clause (i) and the methods described in clause (ii) need 
     to be updated to better account for the integration of 
     advanced energy technology into electric power systems;
       (iv) any undue barriers to the adoption of advanced energy 
     technology presented by--

       (I) existing modeling, operational, and planning practices; 
     and
       (II) State estimation tools for planning and reliability;

       (v) any need to develop emerging technologies or software 
     for use in improving modeling, planning, and operations in 
     wholesale electricity markets to resolve computational or 
     technical barriers to the adoption of advanced energy 
     technology, including software relating to--

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       (I) the use of big data, artificial intelligence, and 
     probabilistic methods to predict, in near-real-time--

       (aa) energy generation from variable and distributed 
     resources;
       (bb) load profiles; and
       (cc) consumption and congestion; and

       (II) the use of artificial intelligence to improve the 
     responsiveness of energy system operations;

       (vi) whether existing and future grid reliability service 
     definitions and the modeling techniques, operational 
     processes, and planning processes used to procure grid 
     reliability services--

       (I) appropriately account for the technical and operational 
     characteristics of advanced energy technologies;
       (II) allow for the use of those advanced energy 
     technologies to provide grid reliability services; and
       (III) include appropriate cybersecurity safeguards; and

       (vii) any rulemaking, technical conference, or policy 
     statement that, in the determination of the Advisory 
     Committee, the Commission should consider.
       (B) Composition.--The Advisory Committee shall consist of--
       (i) not fewer than 1 representative from each of--

       (I) the Commission;
       (II) the Department of Energy;
       (III) the Electric Reliability Organization (as defined in 
     section 215(a) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)));
       (IV) an Independent System Operator or a Regional 
     Transmission Organization;
       (V) an entity generating electric power that is not 
     affiliated with a transmission-owning public or nonpublic 
     utility;
       (VI) an environmental organization with expertise on the 
     bulk electric system; and
       (VII) an institution of higher education with expertise on 
     the bulk electric system;

       (ii) not fewer than 2 designees of the National Association 
     of Regulatory Utility Commissioners;
       (iii) not fewer than 3 representatives from public 
     utilities or electric utilities in areas not serviced by an 
     Independent System Operator or a Regional Transmission 
     Organization; and
       (iv) not fewer than 2 representatives from private and 
     nonprofit associations with expertise in the development, 
     deployment, and use of advanced energy technologies.
       (C) Reports.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter for 10 
     years, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Committee 
     on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the Initiative, including the 
     findings or recommendations of the Advisory Committee with 
     respect to the matters described in clauses (i) through (vii) 
     of subparagraph (A).
       (b) Advanced Energy Technology and Grid Services Program.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a 
     competitive financial assistance program, to be known as the 
     ``Advanced Energy Technology and Grid Services Program'', 
     under which the Secretary shall enter into Federal financial 
     assistance agreements with eligible entities described in 
     paragraph (2) for the purpose of increasing the market 
     penetration of advanced energy technology through advanced 
     research and development and pilot demonstrations of--
       (A) software upgrades, including upgrades to the software 
     platforms used to operate wholesale energy markets;
       (B) updated power system planning;
       (C) new power system (including power market) modeling 
     platforms;
       (D) cybersecurity and physical security upgrades; and
       (E) resilience upgrades.
       (2) Eligible entities described.--An eligible entity 
     referred to in paragraph (1) is--
       (A) a grid operator;
       (B) a State public utility commission;
       (C) an energy cooperative;
       (D) a municipality;
       (E) an electric utility;
       (F) a gas utility; or
       (G) a State energy office.
       (3) Eligible activities.--The Secretary may enter into a 
     financial assistance agreement under this subsection for--
       (A) software upgrades by grid operators;
       (B) new power system (including power market) modeling 
     platforms;
       (C) enhancements to cybersecurity safeguards; or
       (D) updated power system (including power market) planning, 
     updated power system (including power market) modeling, or 
     updated reliability planning and modeling by grid operators.
       (4) Cost sharing.--In awarding Federal financial assistance 
     (including grants, loans, and any other form of financial 
     assistance) to fund eligible activities under this 
     subsection, the Secretary shall require cost sharing in 
     accordance with section 988 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
     (42 U.S.C. 16352).
       (5) Coordination.--In carrying out the Advanced Energy 
     Technology and Grid Services Program established under this 
     subsection, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, 
     shall coordinate with existing programs of the Department of 
     Energy that focus on grid modernization efforts.

     SEC. 5104. ADVANCED ENERGY AND GRID EFFICIENCY STUDIES AND 
                   REPORT.

       (a) Studies.--
       (1) Advanced energy study.--The Secretary, in coordination 
     with the Commission, shall carry out a study of the costs and 
     benefits to consumers of updating power system planning, 
     modeling, and operational practices, including reliability-
     related planning, and energy market participation rules on 
     advanced energy technologies and resources, including 
     distributed energy technologies and resources, such as--
       (A) energy storage technologies;
       (B) energy efficiency and transmission efficiency 
     technologies;
       (C) distributed solar and wind energy generation;
       (D) fuel cells;
       (E) smart thermostats and smart building technologies;
       (F) demand response technologies, including natural gas 
     demand response technologies;
       (G) advanced metering technologies;
       (H) electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging 
     infrastructure;
       (I) any aggregation of the distributed energy technologies 
     and resources described in subparagraph (A) or (C); and
       (J) any other advanced energy technologies, as determined 
     by the Secretary.
       (2) Grid efficiency study.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary, in coordination with the 
     Commission, shall carry out a study of the barriers and 
     opportunities for advanced energy technologies that provide 
     increased, more efficient, or more effective delivery over 
     the existing transmission network.
       (B) Requirements.--The study under subparagraph (A) shall 
     include--
       (i) an examination of--

       (I) the reliability, resilience, and economic benefits of 
     technologies such as power flow control, topology 
     optimization, and dynamic line ratings;
       (II) the costs, benefits, and challenges associated with 
     deployment of the advanced energy technologies described in 
     subparagraph (A); and
       (III) the impact of grid efficiency improvements on 
     wholesale and retail electricity rates; and

       (ii) an analysis of the role of financial and regulatory 
     incentives in the deployment of advanced energy technologies, 
     as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives a report describing the results of the 
     studies under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).


          amendment no. 74 offered by mr. rouda of california

       Add at the end of subtitle H of title I the following:

     SEC. 1806. REMOVING BARRIERS TO EFFICIENCY.

       (a) In General.--Section 327 of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6297) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(h) Suspension of Preemption.--This section shall not 
     apply to a covered product during any period that--
       ``(1) begins on the date that is 8 years after the date on 
     which the energy conservation standard was established under 
     section 325 for the covered product; and
       ``(2) ends on the effective date of an energy conservation 
     standard established after the date described in paragraph 
     (1) under section 325 for the covered product, that is 
     equivalent to, or more stringent than, the standard described 
     in such paragraph.
       ``(i) No Preemption Absent a Federal Standard.--
       ``(1) Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this part, this section does not apply to any State 
     regulation insofar as the State regulation applies to any 
     product not subject to an energy conservation standard 
     established under section 325.
       ``(2) Compliance period.--Any State regulation prescribed 
     or enacted for a covered product before the date on which an 
     energy conservation standard is established under section 325 
     for the covered product shall not be preempted until the 
     effective date of an equivalent or more stringent energy 
     conservation standard under section 325 for the covered 
     product.''.
       (b) ASHRAE Products.--Section 345(b)(2) of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6316(b)(2)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a standard 
     prescribed or established under section 342(a) shall not 
     supersede any State or local regulation concerning the energy 
     efficiency or energy use of a product for which a standard is 
     prescribed or established pursuant to such section during any 
     period that--
       ``(i) begins on the date that is 8 years after the date on 
     which such standard was prescribed or established; and
       ``(ii) ends on the effective date of a standard prescribed 
     or established after the date described in clause (i) under 
     section 342(a) for the product, that is equivalent to, or 
     more stringent than, the standard described in such 
     clause.''.


            amendment no. 75 offered by mr. rush of illinois

       At the end of part 2 of subtitle A of title XII, add the 
     following new section:

     SEC. 12114. ENERGY JOBS COUNCIL AND ANNUAL ENERGY EMPLOYMENT 
                   REPORT.

       (a) Energy Jobs Council.--
       (1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the

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     Secretary of Energy (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Secretary'') shall establish a council, to be known as the 
     ``Energy Jobs Council'' (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Council'').
       (2) Membership.--The Council shall be comprised of--
       (A) to be appointed by the Secretary--
       (i) one or more representatives of the Energy Information 
     Administration; and
       (ii) one or more representatives of a State energy office 
     that are serving as members of the State Energy Advisory 
     Board established by section 365(g) of the Energy Policy and 
     Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6325(g));
       (B) to be appointed by the Secretary of Commerce--
       (i) one or more representatives of the Department of 
     Commerce; and
       (ii) one or more representatives of the Bureau of the 
     Census;
       (C) one or more representatives of the Bureau of Labor 
     Statistics, to be appointed by the Secretary of Labor; and
       (D) one or more representatives of any other Federal agency 
     the assistance of which is required to carry out this Act, as 
     determined by the Secretary, to be appointed by the head of 
     the applicable agency.
       (b) Survey and Analysis.--
       (1) In general.--The Council shall--
       (A) conduct a survey of employers in the energy, energy 
     efficiency, renewable energy, and motor vehicle sectors of 
     the economy of the United States; and
       (B) perform an analysis of the employment figures and 
     demographics in those sectors, including the number of 
     personnel in each sector who devote a substantial portion of 
     working hours, as determined by the Secretary, to compliance 
     matters.
       (2) Methodology.--In conducting the survey and analysis 
     under paragraph (1), the Council shall employ a methodology 
     that--
       (A) was approved in 2016 by the Office of Management and 
     Budget for use in the document entitled ``OMB Control Number 
     1910-5179'';
       (B) uses a representative, stratified sampling of 
     businesses in the United States; and
       (C) is designed to elicit a comparable number of responses 
     from businesses in each State and with the same North 
     American Industry Classification System codes as were 
     received for the 2016 and 2017 reports entitled ``U.S. Energy 
     and Employment Report''.
       (3) Consultation.--In conducting the survey and analysis 
     under paragraph (1), the Council shall consult with key 
     stakeholders, including--
       (A) as the Council determines to be appropriate, the heads 
     of relevant Federal agencies and offices, including--
       (i) the Secretary of Commerce;
       (ii) the Secretary of Transportation;
       (iii) the Director of the Bureau of the Census;
       (iv) the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 
     and
       (v) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency;
       (B) States;
       (C) the State Energy Advisory Board established by section 
     365(g) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6325(g)); and
       (D) energy industry trade associations.
       (c) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary 
     shall--
       (A) make publicly available on the website of the 
     Department of Energy a report, to be entitled the ``U.S. 
     Energy and Employment Report'', describing the employment 
     figures and demographics in the energy, energy efficiency, 
     and motor vehicle sectors of the United States based on the 
     survey and analysis conducted under subsection (b); and
       (B) subject to the requirements of the Confidential 
     Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 
     (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107-347), make the data 
     collected by the Council publicly available on the website of 
     the Department of Energy.
       (2) Contents.--
       (A) In general.--The report under paragraph (1) shall 
     include employment figures and demographic data for--
       (i) the energy sector of the economy of the United States, 
     including--

       (I) the electric power generation and fuels sector; and
       (II) the transmission, storage, and distribution sector;

       (ii) the energy efficiency sector of the economy of the 
     United States; and
       (iii) the motor vehicle sector of the economy of the United 
     States.
       (B) Inclusion.--With respect to each sector described in 
     subparagraph (A), the report under paragraph (1) shall 
     include employment figures and demographic data sorted by--
       (i) each technology, subtechnology, and fuel type of those 
     sectors; and
       (ii) subject to the requirements of the Confidential 
     Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 
     (44 U.S.C. 3501 note; Public Law 107-347)--

       (I) each State;
       (II) each territory of the United States;
       (III) the District of Columbia; and
       (IV) each county (or equivalent jurisdiction) in the United 
     States.


         amendment no. 83 offered by mr. thompson of california

       Add at the end of title II the following:

                           Subtitle G--Other

     SEC. 2701. AMENDMENT TO ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 DEFINITION 
                   OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.

       (a) In General.--Section 203 of the Energy Policy Act of 
     2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``generated'' and 
     inserting ``produced''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 
     subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (B) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``For purposes'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Separate calculation.--
       ``(A) In general.--For purposes of determining compliance 
     with the requirement of this section, any energy consumption 
     that is avoided through the use of geothermal energy shall be 
     considered to be renewable energy produced.
       ``(B) Efficiency accounting.--Energy consumption that is 
     avoided through the use of geothermal energy that is 
     considered to be renewable energy under this section shall 
     not be considered energy efficiency for the purpose of 
     compliance with Federal energy efficiency goals, targets, and 
     incentives.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2410q(a) of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by striking ``section 
     203(b)(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
     15852(b)(2))'' and inserting ``section 203(b) of the Energy 
     Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b))''.


           amendment no. 84 offered by ms. tlaib of michigan

       Page 894, after line 6, insert the following:

     SEC. 12606. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF EMISSIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL 
                   FACILITIES.

       (a) Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator shall conduct a study to 
     evaluate the effect of emissions from fossil fuel facilities 
     on the health of environmental justice communities, including 
     such effects on the environment or that result in adverse 
     human health for such communities.
       (2) Inclusion.--In evaluating effects under paragraph (1), 
     the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
     shall consider the distance between fossil fuel facilities 
     and environmental justice communities.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to 
     Congress a report that summarizes the study conducted under 
     subsection (a).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (2) Environmental justice community.--The term 
     ``environmental justice community'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 11001.
       (3) Fossil fuel facility.--The term ``fossil fuel 
     facility'' has the meaning given such term by the 
     Administrator for purposes of the National Emissions 
     Inventory.
       Page 894, line 7, strike ``12606'' and insert ``12607''.


           amendment no. 85 offered by mr. tonko of new york

       Page 593, after line 17, insert the following new subtitle:

                      Subtitle G--Low-carbon Fuels

     SEC. 6701. STUDY BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency, after consultation with the Secretary of 
     Energy and the Secretary of Agriculture, shall seek to enter 
     into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences (or, 
     if the Academy declines, another appropriate entity) under 
     which the Academy (or other appropriate entity) agrees to--
       (1) assess current methods for life cycle greenhouse gas 
     emissions analyses for low-carbon transportation fuels in the 
     United States; and
       (2) develop a framework for assessing broader environmental 
     implications of low-carbon transportation fuels in addition 
     to greenhouse gas emissions.
       (b) Timing of Agreement.--The Administrator shall seek to 
     enter into the agreement described in subsection (a) not 
     later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (c) Assessment.--The assessment pursuant to subsection 
     (a)(1) shall examine methods for calculating life cycle 
     greenhouse gas emissions associated with transportation fuels 
     (liquid and nonliquid), including--
       (1) direct greenhouse gas emissions, including all stages 
     of fuel and feedstock production, distribution, and use; and
       (2) potentially significant indirect greenhouse gas 
     emissions.
       (d) Framework.--The framework pursuant to subsection (a)(2) 
     shall include a recommended framework and approaches for 
     detailed quantitative assessments of the comparative 
     environmental implications of low-carbon transportation fuels 
     (liquid and nonliquid), including--
       (1) life cycle implications for air, water, land, and 
     ecosystems in different regions of the United States and over 
     time; and
       (2) potential environmental implications over the life 
     cycle of transportation fuels for low-income and 
     disadvantaged communities and communities of color.
       (e) Reports.--The agreement under subsection (a) shall 
     provide for the publication by the Academy (or other 
     appropriate entity) of--
       (1) not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, a report--

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       (A) describing the results of the assessment under 
     subsection (a)(1); and
       (B) recommending a standardized approach to calculating 
     life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from low-carbon 
     transportation fuels (liquid and nonliquid); and
       (2) not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, a report providing recommendations for a framework 
     to assess environmental implications, in addition to 
     greenhouse gas emissions, of low-carbon transportation fuels 
     (liquid and nonliquid).
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Academy.--The term ``Academy'' means the National 
     Academy of Sciences.
       (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (3) Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions.--The term ``life 
     cycle greenhouse gas emissions'' means the aggregate quantity 
     of greenhouse gas emissions (including direct emissions and 
     significant indirect emissions such as significant emissions 
     from land use changes), as determined by the Academy (or 
     other appropriate entity) over the full life cycle of the 
     respective greenhouse gases, across all stages of a given 
     fuel's supply chain, where the mass values for all greenhouse 
     gases are adjusted to account for their relative global 
     warming potential and residence time.
       (4) Other appropriate entity.--The term ``other appropriate 
     entity'' means the other appropriate entity with which the 
     agreement under subsection (a) is entered into if the Academy 
     declines to enter into the agreement.


          amendment no. 86 offered by ms. waters of california

       Page 557, line 24, strike ``and''.
       Page 558, line 6, strike ``census tracts.'' and insert 
     ``census tracts; and''.
       Page 558, after line 6, insert the following:
       (vi) identify the potential for, and obstacles to, 
     recruiting and entering into contracts with locally-owned 
     small and disadvantaged businesses, including women- and 
     minority-owned businesses, to deploy electric vehicle 
     charging infrastructure in underserved or disadvantaged 
     communities in major urban areas and rural areas.


          amendment no. 87 offered by ms. waters of california

       Page 41, line 7, strike ``and''.
       Page 41, line 13, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
       Page 41, after line 13, insert the following:
       (7) to identify diverse candidates and firms when procuring 
     for the design and construction of training and assessment 
     centers.


          amendment no. 88 offered by ms. waters of california

       Page 664, line 21, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
       Page 664, line 23, strike the period at the end and insert 
     ``; and''.
       Page 664, after line 23, insert the following:
       (E) whether the project will be of benefit or use to 
     diverse and underserved communities.


          amendment no. 89 offered by ms. waters of california

       Page 101, line 10, after ``means'' insert ``a manufactured 
     home (as such term is defined in section 603 of the National 
     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 
     1974 (42 U.S.C. 5402)), or''.
       Page 103, after line 20, insert the following:
       (16) Multifamily building.--The term ``multifamily 
     building'' means a structure with 5 or more tenant-occupied 
     residential dwelling units that--
       (A) is located in the United States;
       (B) was constructed before the date of enactment of this 
     Act; and
       (C) is occupied at least 6 months out of the year.
       (17) Multifamily building owner.--The term ``multifamily 
     building owner'' means the owner of a tenant-occupied 
     multifamily building.
       Page 106, line 12, before the semicolon insert ``, 
     including energy audits and assessments relevant to 
     multifamily buildings''.
        Page 106, line 13, after ``home'' insert ``and multifamily 
     building''.
        Page 112, line 5: after ``homeowner'' insert ``or 
     multifamily building owner''.
        Page 112, line 10, before the semicolon insert ``or the 
     household living in a multifamily building''.
        Page 112, line 13, after ``homeowner'' insert ``or the 
     household living in a multifamily building''.
       Page 114, line 11, after ``home'' insert ``of a homeowner 
     or household living in a multifamily building''.
       Page 114, line 22, before the semicolon insert ``or the 
     applicable multifamily building owner has signed and 
     submitted an agreement with the contractor to provide whole-
     building aggregate information about the building's energy 
     use''.
       Page 115, line 1, after ``home'' insert ``of a homeowner or 
     for the household living in a multifamily building''.
       Page 115, line 10, after ``homeowner'' insert ``or 
     multifamily building owner''.
        Page 115, line 24: after ``homeowners'' insert ``and 
     multifamily building owners''.
       Page 116, line 9, after ``homeowner'' insert ``or 
     multifamily building owner''.
       Page 125, line 24, before ``is moderate'' insert ``or that, 
     in the case of a multifamily building, the majority of 
     households in the building''.
        Page 126, line 2, strike ``of homeowners''.
        Page 126, lines 18 and 19, strike ``of homeowners''.
       Page 127, line 1, after ``homeowner'' insert ``or the 
     household living in a multifamily building''.
       Page 127, line 5, after ``homeowner'' insert ``or the 
     household living in a multifamily building''.
       Page 128, line 4, before ``that are certified'' insert ``or 
     multifamily building owners''.
       Page 128, line 12, before the first comma insert ``and 
     owners''.
       Page 130, line 6, strike ``$1,200,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$1,600,000,000''.


          amendment no. 90 offered by ms. wild of pennsylvania

       Page 830, after line 5, insert the following:

                 PART 3--CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WORKFORCE

     SEC. 12121. CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY WORKFORCE PROGRAM.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Coal-related facility.--The term ``coal-related 
     facility'' includes a coal mine or coal-fueled electric 
     generating facility.
       (2) Coal-related generating facility.--The term ``coal-
     related industrial facility'' includes a facility in the 
     manufacturing and transportation supply chains of a coal-
     related facility.
       (3) Eligible entity.--The term ``eligible entity'' means a 
     National Laboratory, business, or labor organization that 
     demonstrates success in placing graduates of pre-
     apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs in jobs relevant to 
     such programs and--
       (A) is directly involved with zero-emission electricity 
     technology, energy efficiency, or other activity that results 
     in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by 
     the Secretary;
       (B) works on behalf of a business or labor organization 
     that is directly involved with zero emission electricity 
     technology, energy efficiency, or other activity that results 
     in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, as determined by 
     the Secretary;
       (C) provides services related to--
       (i) zero emission electricity technology deployment and 
     maintenance and energy efficiency;
       (ii) grid modernization; or
       (iii) reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through the use 
     of zero-emission energy technologies;
       (D) has knowledge of technician workforce needs of a 
     National Laboratory or covered facility of the National 
     Nuclear security Administration and the associated security 
     requirements of such laboratory or facility;
       (E) demonstrates experience in implementing and operating 
     apprenticeship programs or pre-apprenticeship programs that 
     provide a direct pathway to an energy-related career; or
       (F) demonstrates success in placing graduates of pre-
     apprenticeship or apprenticeship programs in jobs relevant to 
     such programs.
       (4) Energy transition worker.--The term ``Energy Transition 
     Worker'' means a worker, including workers employed by 
     contractors or subcontractors, terminated, laid off from 
     employment, or whose work hours have been reduced, on or 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, from a coal-related 
     facility, coal-related industrial facility or other energy 
     related entity.
       (5) National laboratory.--The term ``National Laboratory'' 
     means any of the following laboratories owned by the 
     Department of Energy:
       (A) Ames Laboratory.
       (B) Argonne National Laboratory.
       (C) Brookhaven National Laboratory.
       (D) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
       (E) Idaho National Laboratory.
       (F) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
       (G) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
       (H) Los Alamos National Laboratory.
       (I) National Energy Technology Laboratory.
       (J) National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
       (K) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
       (L) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
       (M) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
       (N) Sandia National Laboratories.
       (O) Savannah River National Laboratory.
       (P) Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
       (Q) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
       (6) Program.--The term ``program'' means the program 
     established under subsection (b).
       (b) Establishment.--The Secretary of Energy, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a 
     program to provide competitively awarded cost shared grants 
     to eligible entities to pay for pre-apprenticeship training 
     for individuals or on-the-job training of a new or existing 
     employee--
       (1) to work in zero emission electricity generation, energy 
     efficiency, or grid modernization;
       (2) to work otherwise on the reduction of greenhouse gas 
     emissions; or
       (3) to participate in a pre-apprenticeship program that 
     provides a direct pathway to an energy-related career in 
     construction through one or more apprenticeship programs.
       (c) Grants.--
       (1) In general.--An eligible entity desiring a grant under 
     the program shall submit to the Secretary of Energy an 
     application at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
     information a the Secretary of Energy may require.
       (2) Priority for targeted communities.--In providing grants 
     under the program, the

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     Secretary of Energy shall give priority to an eligible entity 
     that--
       (A) recruits employees--
       (i) from the 1 or more communities that are served by the 
     eligible entity; and
       (ii) that are minorities, women, veterans, individuals from 
     Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, or energy transition 
     workers;
       (B) provides trainees with the opportunity to obtain real-
     world experience; or
       (C) has fewer than 100 employees; and
       (D) in the case of a pre-apprenticeship program, 
     demonstrates--
       (i) a multi-year record of successfully recruiting energy 
     transition workers, minorities, women, and veterans for 
     training and supporting such individuals to a successful 
     completion of a pre-apprenticeship program; and
       (ii) a successful multi-year record of placing the majority 
     of pre-apprenticeship program graduates into apprenticeship 
     programs in the construction industry.
       (3) Use of grant for federal share.--
       (A) In general.--An eligible entity shall use a grant 
     received under the program to--
       (i) pay the Federal share of the cost of providing pre-
     apprenticeship training or on-the-job training for an 
     individual, in accordance with subparagraph(B); or
       (ii) in the case of a pre-apprenticeship program--

       (I) recruiting minorities, women, and veterans for 
     training;
       (II) supporting those individuals in the successful 
     completion of the pre-apprenticeship program; and
       (III) carrying out any other activity of the pre-
     apprenticeship program, as determined to be appropriate by 
     the Secretary of Labor, in consultation with the Secretary.

       (B) Federal share amount.--The Federal share described in 
     subparagraph (A)(i) shall not exceed--
       (i) in the case of an eligible entity with 20 or fewer 
     employees, 45 percent of the cost of on-the-job-training for 
     an employee;
       (ii) in the case of an eligible entity with not fewer than 
     21 employees and not more than 99 employees, 37.5 percent of 
     the cost of on-the-job-training for an employee;
       (iii) in the case of an eligible entity with not fewer than 
     100 employees, 20 percent of the cost of on-the-job-training 
     for an employee; and
       (iv) in the case of an eligible entity that administers a 
     pre-apprenticeship program, 75 percent of the cost of the 
     pre-apprenticeship program.
       (4) Employer payment of non-federal share.--
       (A) In general.--The non-Federal share of the cost of 
     providing on-the-job training for an employee under a grant 
     received under the program shall be paid in cash or in kind 
     by the employer of the employee receiving the training or by 
     a nonprofit organization.
       (B) Inclusions.--The non-Federal share described in 
     subparagraph (A) may include the amount of wages paid by the 
     employer to the employee during the time that the employee is 
     receiving on-the-job training, as fairly evaluated by the 
     Secretary of Labor.
       (5) Construction.--In providing grants under the program 
     for training, recruitment, and support relating to 
     construction, eligible entities shall only include pre-
     apprenticeship programs that have an articulation agreement 
     with one or more apprenticeship programs.
       (6) Grant amount.--An eligible entity may not receive more 
     than $1,000,000 per fiscal year in grant funds under the 
     program.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated $25,000,000 to the Secretary of Energy to 
     carry out the program for each of the fiscal years 2021 
     through 2030.
       Page 9, after the matter relating to section 12113, insert 
     the following:

                 Part 3--Clean Energy Economy Workforce

Sec. 12121. Clean Energy Economy Workforce Program.


          Amendment No. 93 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer of Oregon

       Page 403, after line 21, insert the following:
       (3) Report.--The Secretary shall submit annually a public 
     report to the Congressional Committees of Jurisdiction 
     documenting funds spent under the program, including those 
     that could benefit the entirety of the existing reactor 
     fleet, such as with respect to aging management and related 
     sustainability concerns, and identifying funds awarded to 
     private entities.
       Page 407, line 11, insert ``In carrying out this paragraph, 
     the Secretary shall convene an advisory committee of such 
     individuals and such committee shall submit annually a report 
     to the relevant committees of Congress with respect to the 
     progress of the program.''


       Amendment No. 95 Offered by Mr. Krishnamoorthi of Illinois

       Page 192, beginning on line 4, strike ``eligible entity is 
     located'' and insert ``eligible entity is located, which 
     campaign shall include providing projected environmental 
     benefits achieved under the project, where to find more 
     information about the program established under this section, 
     and any other information the Secretary determines 
     necessary''.


         Amendment No. 96 Offered by Ms. Clark of Massachusetts

       At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

     SECTION 3115. CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL TASK FORCE AND REPORT.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Energy (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Secretary''), in consultation with 
     the head of any other relevant Federal agency, shall prepare 
     a report that--
       (1) estimates the magnitude of excess carbon dioxide in the 
     atmosphere that will need to be removed by 2050 to achieve 
     net-zero emissions and stabilize the climate;
       (2) inventories current and emerging approaches of carbon 
     dioxide removal and evaluates the advantages and 
     disadvantages of each such approach; and
       (3) identifies recommendations for legislation, funding, 
     rules, revisions to rules, financing mechanisms, or other 
     policy tools that the Federal Government can use to 
     sufficiently advance the deployment of carbon dioxide removal 
     projects in order to meet, in the aggregate, the magnitude of 
     needed removals estimated under paragraph (1), including 
     policy tools such as--
       (A) grants;
       (B) loans or loan guarantees;
       (C) public-private partnerships;
       (D) direct procurement;
       (E) incentives, including subsidized Federal financing 
     mechanisms available to project developers;
       (F) advance market commitments;
       (G) regulations; and
       (H) and any other policy mechanism determined by the 
     Secretary to be beneficial for advancing carbon dioxide 
     removal methods and the deployment of carbon dioxide removal 
     projects.
       (b) Submission; Publication.--The Secretary shall submit 
     the report prepared under subsection (a) to the Committee on 
     Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, and 
     as soon as practicable, make the report publicly available.
       (c) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall--
       (1) not later than 2 years after the publication of the 
     report under subsection (a), and every 2 years thereafter, 
     evaluate the findings and recommendations of the report, 
     taking into consideration any issues and recommendations 
     identified by the task force established under subsection 
     (d); and
       (2) after each evaluation under paragraph (1), revise the 
     report as necessary and submit to the Committee on Energy and 
     Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce of the House of Representatives an updated 
     report.
       (d) Task Force.--
       (1) Establishment and duties.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
     establish a task force to--
       (A) identify barriers to advancement of carbon dioxide 
     removal methods and the deployment of carbon dioxide removal 
     projects;
       (B) inventory existing or potential Federal legislation, 
     rules, revisions to rules, financing mechanisms, or other 
     policy tools that are capable of advancing carbon dioxide 
     removal methods and the deployment of carbon dioxide removal 
     projects;
       (C) assist in drafting the report described in subsection 
     (a) and any updates thereto; and
       (D) advise the Secretary on matters pertaining to carbon 
     dioxide removal.
       (2) Members and selection.--The Secretary shall--
       (A) develop criteria for the selection of members to the 
     task force; and
       (B) select members for the task force in accordance with 
     the criteria developed under subparagraph (A).
       (3) Meetings.--The task force shall meet not less than once 
     each year.
       (4) Evaluation.--Not later than 7 years after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall--
       (A) reevaluate the need for the task force; and
       (B) submit to Congress a recommendation as to whether the 
     task force should continue.
       (e) Carbon Dioxide Removal Definition.--In this section, 
     the term ``carbon dioxide removal'' means the capture of 
     carbon dioxide directly from ambient air or, in dissolved 
     form, from seawater, combined with the sequestration of such 
     carbon dioxide, including through direct air capture and 
     sequestration, enhanced carbon mineralization, bioenergy with 
     carbon capture and sequestration, forest restoration, soil 
     carbon management, and direct ocean capture.


      Amendment No. 97 Offered by Ms. Blunt Rochester of Delaware

       Add at the end of title VI the following:

             Subtitle G--Climate Action Planning for Ports

     SEC. 6701. GRANTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AT 
                   PORTS.

       (a) Grants.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
     Protection Agency may award grants to eligible entities--
       (1) to implement plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 
     at one or more ports or port facilities within the 
     jurisdictions of the respective eligible entities; and
       (2) to develop climate action plans described in subsection 
     (b)(2).
       (b) Application.--
       (1) In general.--To seek a grant under this section, an 
     eligible entity shall submit an application to the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency at such 
     time, in such manner, and containing such information and 
     assurances as the Administrator may require.
       (2) Climate action plan.--At a minimum, each such 
     application shall contain--

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       (A) a detailed and strategic plan, to be known as a climate 
     action plan, that outlines how the eligible entity will 
     develop and implement climate change mitigation or adaptation 
     measures through the grant; or
       (B) a request pursuant to subsection (a)(2) for funding for 
     the development of a climate action plan.
       (3) Required components.--A climate action plan under 
     paragraph (2) shall demonstrate that the measures proposed to 
     be implemented through the grant--
       (A) will reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the port or 
     port facilities involved pursuant to greenhouse gas emission 
     reduction goals set forth in the climate action plan;
       (B) will reduce other air pollutants at the port or port 
     facilities involved pursuant to criteria pollutant emission 
     reduction goals set forth in the climate action plan;
       (C) will implement emissions accounting and inventory 
     practices to determine baseline emissions and measure 
     progress; and
       (D) will ensure labor protections for workers employed 
     directly at the port or port facilities involved, including 
     by--
       (i) demonstrating that implementation of the measures 
     proposed to be implemented through the grant will not result 
     in a net loss of jobs at the port or port facilities 
     involved;
       (ii) ensuring that laborers and mechanics employed by 
     contractors and subcontractors on construction projects to 
     implement the plan will be paid wages not less than those 
     prevailing on similar construction in the locality, as 
     determined by the Secretary of Labor under sections 3141 
     through 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40, United States Code; 
     and
       (iii) requiring any projects initiated to carry out the 
     plan with total capital costs of $1,000,000 or greater to 
     utilize a project labor agreement and not impact any 
     preexisting project labor agreement.
       (4) Other components.--In addition to the components 
     required by paragraph (3), a climate action plan under 
     paragraph (2) shall demonstrate that the measures proposed to 
     be implemented through the grant will do at least 2 of the 
     following:
       (A) Improve energy efficiency at a port or port facility, 
     including by using--
       (i) energy-efficient vehicles, such as hybrid, low-
     emission, or zero-emission vehicles;
       (ii) energy efficient cargo-handling, harbor vessels, or 
     storage facilities such as energy-efficient refrigeration 
     equipment;
       (iii) energy-efficient lighting;
       (iv) shore power; or
       (v) other energy efficiency improvements.
       (B) Deploy technology or processes that reduce idling of 
     vehicles at a port or port facility.
       (C) Reduce the direct emissions of greenhouse gases and 
     other air pollutants with a goal of achieving zero emissions, 
     including by replacing and retrofitting equipment (including 
     vehicles onsite, cargo-handling equipment, or harbor vessels) 
     at a port or port facility.
       (5) Prohibited use.--An eligible entity may not use a grant 
     provided under this section--
       (A) to purchase fully automated cargo handling equipment;
       (B) to build, or plan to build, terminal infrastructure 
     that is designed for fully automated cargo handling 
     equipment;
       (C) to purchase, test, or develop highly automated trucks, 
     chassis, or any related equipment that can be used to 
     transport containerized freight; or
       (D) to extend to any independent contractor, independent 
     owner, operator, or other entity that is not using employees 
     for the sake of performing work on terminal grounds.
       (6) Coordination with stakeholders.--In developing a 
     climate action plan under paragraph (2), an eligible entity 
     shall--
       (A) identify and collaborate with stakeholders who may be 
     affected by the plan, including local environmental justice 
     communities and other near-port communities;
       (B) address the potential cumulative effects of the plan on 
     stakeholders when those effects may have a community-level 
     impact; and
       (C) ensure effective advance communication with 
     stakeholders to avoid and minimize conflicts.
       (c) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
     Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall 
     give priority to applicants proposing--
       (1) to strive for zero emissions as a key strategy within 
     the grantee's climate action plan under paragraph (2);
       (2) to take a regional approach to reducing greenhouse gas 
     emissions at ports;
       (3) to collaborate with near-port communities to identify 
     and implement mutual solutions to reduce air pollutants at 
     ports or port facilities affecting such communities, with 
     emphasis given to implementation of such solutions in near-
     port communities that are environmental justice communities;
       (4) to implement activities with off-site benefits, such as 
     by reducing air pollutants from vehicles, equipment, and 
     vessels at sites other than the port or port facilities 
     involved; and
       (5) to reduce localized health risk pursuant to health risk 
     reduction goals that are set within the grantee's climate 
     action plan under paragraph (2).
       (d) Model Methodologies.--The Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency shall--
       (1) develop model methodologies which grantees under this 
     section may choose to use for emissions accounting and 
     inventory practices referred to in subsection (b)(3)(C); and
       (2) ensure that such methodologies are designed to measure 
     progress in reducing air pollution at near-port communities.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency.
       (2) The term ``cargo-handling equipment'' includes--
       (A) ship-to-shore container cranes and other cranes;
       (B) container-handling equipment; and
       (C) equipment for moving or handling cargo, including 
     trucks, reachstackers, toploaders, and forklifts.
       (3) The term ``eligible entity'' means--
       (A) a port authority;
       (B) a State, regional, local, or Tribal agency that has 
     jurisdiction over a port authority or a port;
       (C) an air pollution control district; or
       (D) a private entity (including any nonprofit organization) 
     that--
       (i) applies for a grant under this section in collaboration 
     with an entity described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) ; 
     and
       (ii) owns, operates, or uses a port facility, cargo 
     equipment, transportation equipment, related technology, or a 
     warehouse facility at a port or port facility.
       (4) The term ``environmental justice community'' means a 
     community with significant representation of communities of 
     color, low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
     communities, that experiences, or is at risk of experiencing, 
     higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects.
       (5) The term ``harbor vessel'' includes a ship, boat, 
     lighter, or maritime vessel designed for service at and 
     around harbors and ports.
       (6) The term ``inland port'' means a logistics or 
     distribution hub that is located inland from navigable 
     waters, where cargo, such as break-bulk cargo or cargo in 
     shipping containers, is processed, stored, and transferred 
     between trucks, rail cars, or aircraft.
       (7) The term ``port'' includes an inland port.
       (8) The term ``stakeholder'' means residents, community 
     groups, businesses, business owners, labor unions, commission 
     members, or groups from which a near-port community draws its 
     resources that--
       (A) have interest in the climate action plan of a grantee 
     under this section; or
       (B) can affect or be affected by the objectives and 
     policies of such a climate action plan.
       (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--To carry out this subtitle, there is 
     authorized to be appropriated $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
     years 2021 through 2025.
       (2) Development of climate action plans.--In addition to 
     the authorization of appropriations in paragraph (1), there 
     is authorized to be appropriated for grants pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(2) to develop climate action plans $50,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette) and the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. Walden) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Colorado.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, this en bloc amendment contains a number of important 
amendments from within the jurisdiction of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee that will improve the underlying bill. I know some of the 
sponsors will be here to talk about their amendments in particular. I 
rise today in support of my amendments to H.R. 4447.
  Mr. Speaker, as Members of Congress, we have a responsibility to 
ensure that every man, woman, and child in this country has access to 
clean air to breathe and safe water to drink. We also have a 
responsibility to help lead this Nation in doing its part to stave off 
the worst impacts of the climate crisis.
  For far too long now, we as a body have failed at those 
responsibilities, and, as a result, millions of Americans are living in 
areas that are suffering from large amounts of pollution, and the 
threat that we face from climate change is growing day by day.
  Right in my district, I have communities like Swansea, Elyria, and 
Globeville, where residents have been suffering for years from large 
amounts of pollution that are produced by nearby plants. These 
communities, at-risk communities, environmental justice communities, 
are bearing the brunt of our failures.

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  And so the amendments that I am introducing today seek to address 
this injustice.

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  The first amendment would require the EPA to identify 100 communities 
across this country most affected by nearby sources of pollution and 
work to clean them up.
  The second amendment that I have included in the bill would limit the 
amount of methane gas that oil drillers are allowed to release into our 
atmosphere from public lands. When we, as a nation, fail to enact 
measures like these, it is often the poorest among us who suffer the 
most.
  Therefore, I urge my colleagues to do the right thing, to help 
address these crises by supporting my amendments and all of the rest of 
the amendments included in this en bloc amendment.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  Many of these amendments reflect, frankly, the costly Green New Deal 
policies of the Progressive left. We think they mandate dramatic and, 
frankly, unrealistic changes to our energy and transportation systems 
with little to no consideration for affordability, or especially the 
reliability of energy for Americans, or our growing dependence on China 
for critical minerals.
  That China supply chain is something I think we could find common 
ground on at some point, and we must, as a country.
  The bill ignores hardworking blue-collar workers and rewards so-
called green-collar workers instead.
  Provisions that we thought we had reached common ground on in the 
Energy and Commerce Committee were stripped out.
  These amendments will provide billions of dollars of additional 
grants and assistance to cities in urban areas, but at the expense of 
rural America. We are one country, and we should be united in assisting 
our people, regardless of where they live.
  The amendments expand rebate programs and create a patchwork of new 
energy-efficiency standards, raising costs for consumers.
  If there is one thing I hear most, it is people are concerned about 
how costs are going up, especially during this period.
  They provide even more green giveaways, things like appliances and 
vehicles, at a time when most Americans are struggling with the 
economic fallout from this pandemic.
  Clearly, Democrats want to spend the taxpayers' dollars on their 
Green New Deal wish list, following the lead of California, who has had 
its own set of problems with reliability on its energy grid.
  None of these issues raised by these amendments have gotten a hearing 
or debate in committee. One of them, dealing with the Klamath River 
Dams around my district, would short circuit the public licensing 
process at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. It steps all over 
this public process that is enshrined in law.
  It is a blatant attempt to legislate the removal of these dams, and 
wherever you are on that issue--for or against removing the dams--we 
think this sets a dangerous precedent by rolling back the longstanding 
protections and due process afforded through the well-established 
Federal licensing process. So both sides should be concerned about that 
amendment in this bill.
  Republicans offered amendments to lower the cost of energy. We 
offered amendments to develop innovative new technologies, and we 
offered amendments to reduce permitting delays.
  Unfortunately, Democrats refuse to let those amendments be debated on 
this House floor or voted on this House floor.
  The Democratic amendments we are all debating today will not result 
in meaningful reforms to the permitting and licensing process so we can 
rebuild our economy and recover from the COVID pandemic.
  So I have to urge my colleagues to join me in opposing these 
amendments and the underlying bill.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. Wild).
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, I support H.R. 4447 which, in broad strokes, 
would reform U.S. energy policy by making investments in energies that 
will reduce our carbon footprint.
  My amendment is offered, not as a critique of the underlying bill, 
but to fulfill a promise made to constituents in my community that we 
can simultaneously invest in cleaner energy and in our workforce.
  My amendment creates opportunities for workers at risk of being 
displaced so that they can begin or continue a career in construction.

  For those in coal or other related industries, this amendment offers 
cost-shared grants to pay for pre-apprenticeship training in cleaner 
energy career paths. My amendment prioritizes grants to entities that 
have a successful history of placing pre-apprentice graduates into full 
apprenticeship programs or into gainful employment, and it supports 
local businesses by creating a sliding scale of Federal cost sharing, 
devoting a greater percentage of resources to small, local businesses 
rather than to larger businesses that already have the financial 
wherewithal to transition workers.
  I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I have one more speaker who wanted to speak, 
but he is not here.
  I apparently have the right to close, so if the gentlewoman would 
like to go ahead while we wait for our other Member, I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I would just say that the debate has been 
brief, but the substance of this en bloc amendment is large--many 
amendments designed in totality to deal with climate change to help our 
environment and to help make sure that we support disadvantaged 
communities in this country and communities affected by environmental 
justice issues.
  So I would just urge a ``yes'' vote on this en bloc amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  In closing, and I, again, I think I outlined pretty clearly some of 
our concerns with this measure. I think there is a lot we could find 
common ground on in the energy picture, certainly for working Americans 
and especially those dealing with the pandemic. But raising costs and 
increasing delays is not part of what we can support.
  I urge opposition, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong 
support of my amendment to H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and 
Innovation Act.
  This commonsense amendment clarifies that energy saved through the 
use of geothermal pumps qualifies as renewable energy produced for the 
purposes of this bill.
  Battling climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions will 
require an innovative, multi-pronged approach.
  And geothermal pump technology must be a tool available for us to 
use.
  Geothermal pumps work to reduce energy consumption by transferring 
and concentrating heat energy absorbed from the earth.
  These installations can reduce energy use in buildings by over 40 
percent.
  My amendment clarifies that these energy savings count as renewable 
energy produced, recognizing that geothermal pumps remain a critical 
part of our effort to reduce emissions and defeat climate change.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette).
  The question is on the amendments en bloc.
  The en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider laid on the table.


     Amendments En Bloc No. 3 Offered by Mr. Pallone of New Jersey

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I have amendments en bloc at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DelBene). The Clerk will designate the 
amendments en bloc.
  Amendments en bloc No. 3 consisting of amendment Nos. 12, 13, 28, 30, 
51 and 91, printed in part B of House Report 116-528, offered by Mr. 
Pallone of New Jersey:


            Amendment No. 12 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12607. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

       The Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress on the 
     effect of variable and distributed energy resources on the 
     reliability

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     of the electric grid, specifically pertaining to natural 
     disasters and physical or cyber attacks on the grid 
     infrastructure.


            Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Burgess of Texas

       Add after section 12606 the following:

     SEC. 12607. REPORT ON DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AMONG APPLIED 
                   ENERGY PROGRAMS.

       Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Energy shall report to Congress 
     that includes the following:
       (1) A description of potential duplication of research 
     efforts among the applied energy programs of the Department 
     of Energy.
       (2) An evaluation of the opportunity costs associated with 
     such duplication.
       (3) Recommendations on how to streamline the research grant 
     process.
       (4) A description of the effects of combining projects that 
     are duplicative with one another.
       Page 9, after the matter relating to Section 12606, insert 
     the following:
Sec. 12607. Report on duplication of efforts among applied energy 
              programs.


          Amendment No. 28 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana

       Page 236, line 4, strike ``and''.
       Page 236, after line 4, insert the following:
       (ii) the ability to domestically source necessary critical 
     mineral necessary for solar production; and
       Page 236, line 5, strike ``(ii)'' and insert ``(iii)''.


          Amendment No. 30 Offered by Mr. Graves of Louisiana

       Page 466, line 23, after ``program'' insert ``including 
     increases or decreases in net imports of critical minerals as 
     a result of activities carried out under this section''.


           Amendment No. 51 Offered by Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma

       At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 126__. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that in order to reduce global 
     emissions and meet 100 percent of the power demand in the 
     United States through clean, renewable, or zero emission 
     energy sources while maintaining U.S. competitiveness in 
     science and technology, the United States must prioritize 
     investment in domestic energy sources and supply chains, as 
     well as investment in the research and development of 
     exportable next-generation energy technologies.


        Amendment No. 91 Offered by Mr. Wilson of South Carolina

       Page 425, line 20, strike ``and''.
       Page 426, line 14, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
       Page 426, after line 14, insert the following:
       ``(11) evaluate potential demonstration sites across the 
     Department of Energy complex.''.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) and the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. Walden) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I intend to speak in opposition to the 
amendment, so I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in support of these amendments which are 
focused on ways to improve options and reduce the cost of energy for 
American consumers. Our amendments put consumers first.
  These amendments also address important issues such as grid 
reliability--that means when you flip the light switch, the lights come 
on consistently; streamlining research at the Department of Energy to 
promote innovation and technological development and nuclear research 
for advanced nuclear power.
  There are also much-needed efforts to reduce our reliance on critical 
minerals, especially from China. Republicans have been sounding the 
alarm about our growing reliance on critical minerals and their use in 
all sorts of energy technologies. This is how we make batteries, 
windmills, and solar panels and we have become too dependent on foreign 
countries for those critical minerals.
  We are also very concerned that the underlying bill, which is based 
on the Green New Deal, will trade away our energy independence and make 
us more reliant on countries like China and their abysmal record on 
human rights, environment, and trade.
  So, Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting 
these commonsense amendments to H.R. 4447, and I reserve the balance of 
my time.

                              {time}  1200

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume. I will be speaking in opposition to this bloc of amendments.
  My colleagues on the other side of the aisle have argued that this 
legislation picks winners and losers, and that amendments such as these 
might help level the playing field. But I don't think that is the case.
  The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act authorizes investments in a 
broad range of programs to unleash American energy innovation and 
reform outdated policies that govern how we produce, distribute, and 
consume energy. Rather than picking winners and losers, this bill takes 
a portfolio approach to supporting the transition to a clean energy 
economy--a transition that is already underway, but not at the pace 
needed to avoid the worst and most costly consequences of climate 
change.
  For years, rapidly declining costs for solar, wind, storage, and 
other technologies have made them cost-competitive with and, in many 
cases, more cost-effective than conventional technologies.
  The Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act doubles down on these 
market trends, providing the tools, investments, and policy reforms 
needed for the United States to lead the world in transitioning to a 
cleaner future.
  At the same time, the legislation invests in research, development, 
and deployment of technologies to reduce emissions from traditional 
sources of pollution. Importantly, it invests in carbon capture, 
utilization, and storage to help reduce emissions from existing 
facilities that are particularly challenging to decarbonize, especially 
in the industrial sector.
  So rather than picking winners and losers, the Clean Economy Jobs and 
Innovation Act includes a broad array of tools to modernize our energy 
system. Taken together, these tools will help make our energy system 
cleaner, more efficient, more resilient, and more reliable.
  That is why many pieces of this legislation have enjoyed such strong 
bipartisan support, because they are commonsense investments that will 
create jobs, protect consumers, and reduce pollution.
  But these proposed amendments are not good faith efforts to build on 
this bipartisan foundation. They are an attempt to water down this 
legislation and slow the transition to a clean economy.
  When we look across the globe, we see that this transition is already 
underway, but that the United States is falling behind. The real 
question is whether we want to regain our competitive edge and global 
leadership in technology and innovation or whether we cede to the 
competition.
  I urge my colleagues not to be distracted by talking points about 
picking winners and losers and focus on who actually wins when we 
invest in innovation. Consumers win, workers win, and our environment 
wins.
  For these reasons, Madam Speaker, I oppose the en bloc amendments, 
and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lucas), who is the top Republican on the Science, Space, 
and Technology Committee and the former chairman of the Agriculture 
Committee.
  Mr. LUCAS. Madam Speaker, my amendment contained within this en bloc 
emphasizes a critical priority for House Republicans. It expresses the 
sense of Congress that the United States must prioritize investment in 
domestic energy sources and supply chains, as well as in research and 
development of exportable next-generation energy technologies.
  This is absolutely necessary if we are going to maintain U.S. 
competitiveness in science and technology while reducing emissions. 
These priorities should play a key role in any realistic and 
responsible global clean energy strategy.
  With the current public health crisis, the need for sustainable 
domestic energy chains has never been more important. Whether it is 
medical supplies or energy sources, we need to be able to depend on our 
own resources if foreign supply is voluntarily or involuntarily cut 
off. That requires us to invest in basic research, which drives 
breakthrough technologies.
  For example, due in part to Federal investment in R&D that has led to 
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horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technology, the American 
shale revolution has led the U.S. to be a net exporter of natural gas 
since 2018. This is how basic research results in energy independence, 
an achievement our Nation must prioritize for long-term success.
  Basic research is also instrumental in the fight against climate 
change. For emissions reduction technologies like carbon capture, 
storage, and utilization to be effective, they must be used globally.
  Over the past 20 years, Asia has accounted for 90 percent of all 
coal-fired capacity built worldwide, and these plants have potentially 
long operational lifetimes ahead of them. We can't force them to change 
their energy profile and amount of emissions, but we can make cleaner 
energy technology appealing by making it efficient, inexpensive, and 
commercially marketable.
  If fundamental clean energy research is conducted here in the United 
States and developed into deployable technology, we can export the 
resulting knowledge, tools, and energy itself, as I mentioned with 
natural gas. By investing in this way, we can grow U.S. industry, 
reduce our reliance on foreign countries for innovation, and, most 
importantly, make a significant impact on mitigating the effects of 
global climate change.
  If we want to innovate, and we want to export our technologies, we 
have to focus on breakthrough science, not on propping up mature energy 
technologies and slowing the development of new ones.
  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this position, my 
amendment, and this en bloc.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I include in the Record letters that we received in 
support of the legislation from U.S. PIRG and the League of 
Conservation Voters.
       Dear Katie: On behalf of the U.S. Public Interest Research 
     Group, Environment America and our tens of thousands of 
     members, we urge you to support the Clean Economy Jobs and 
     Innovation Act (H.R. 4447). U.S. PIRG and Environment America 
     will consider scoring final passage and certain amendments on 
     our annual scorecard.
       The American West is on fire, East Coast and Midwest 
     communities are facing major flooding, and southern states 
     are being battered with hurricanes. The climate crisis is 
     here and if we want to have any chance of avoiding its worst 
     impacts, it is imperative that we take swift action. The 
     ``Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act'' marks significant 
     progress in the transition to a clean energy future and in 
     the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
       Among the most impactful pieces, the legislation includes 
     provisions that:
       Phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are 
     extraordinarily potent climate pollutants, with hundreds to 
     thousands of times the heat-trapping power of CO2;
       Reauthorize the Energy Efficiency Conservation and Block 
     Grant (EECBG) program, which provides $17.5 billion in 
     funding for schools, homes, government buildings, and 
     manufacturing facilities to improve efficiency and deploy 
     energy-efficient technologies;
       Invest over $36 billion for transportation electrification, 
     including grants and rebates to deploy electric vehicles and 
     related charging infrastructure;
       Direct DOE to establish new model building codes for states 
     to improve energy efficiency;
       Preserve a policy that will eliminate all fossil fuel-
     generated energy from federal buildings by the year 2030.
       In addition to supporting the overarching bill, U.S. PIRG 
     and Environment America urge the following votes on 
     amendments:
       Yes on Amendment 32. This amendment, sponsored by Reps. 
     Haaland, Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez increases authorizations for 
     renewable energy R&D accounts by 50% and adds an 
     authorization for total funding for research, development, 
     demonstration and commercialization activities for energy 
     efficiency and renewable energy R&D.
       Yes on En Bloc 1, Yes on En Bloc 2, No on En Bloc 3, YES on 
     En Bloc 4.
           Sincerely,
     Katie Murtha,
       Vice President of Government Affairs, U.S. PIRG and 
     Environment America.
                                  ____



                                                          LCV,

                           Washington, DC, September 24, 2020.

     Re Support H.R. 4447 and its pro-environment amendments.

       Dear Representative: The League of Conservation Voters 
     (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national 
     priorities. Each year, LCV publishes the National 
     Environmental Scorecard, which details the voting records of 
     members of Congress on environmental legislation. The 
     Scorecard is distributed to LCV members, concerned voters 
     nationwide, and the media.
       As the House debates H.R. 4447, the Clean Economy Jobs and 
     Innovation Act, LCV urges you to support the pro-environment 
     amendments and reject weakening or anti-environment 
     amendments, as listed below, and vote YES on final passage. 
     This bill includes many great provisions to develop and 
     deploy renewable and distributed energy resources; improve 
     the efficiency of our homes, schools, and businesses; 
     electrify our transportation sector; modernize the grid and 
     enhance its resiliency; prioritize the needs of environmental 
     justice communities; reduce climate pollution from industrial 
     and traditional sources, and from ambient air. Though we do 
     not support increased funding for projects that could extend 
     the life of fossil fuel-burning power plants or aging nuclear 
     power infrastructure or prop up undemonstrated new nuclear 
     projects, many of the amendments would improve those areas 
     and build upon the significant positive environmental aspects 
     of the bill. We urge support for amendments listed below 
     offered singly or en bloc that will make the bill even 
     stronger by protecting our communities and environment while 
     investing in clean energy research, development, and 
     deployment. And we urge you to reject anti-environment 
     amendments listed below offered singly or en bloc.


                   Pro-environment Amendments Include

     Haaland (NM), Tlaib (MI), Ocasio-Cortez (NY) #169
       This amendment would increase the authorization amounts for 
     renewable energy research and development by 50 percent such 
     that the total renewable energy innovation funding in the 
     package would exceed that of fossil fuel programs authorized 
     in the bill.


                               En Bloc #1

     94. DeGette (CO) #122--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require that the Bureau of Land 
     Management (BLM) update its rules regarding methane emissions 
     from oil and gas wells leased on public lands and that 
     operators capture 85 percent of leaked methane--an air 
     pollutant and climate super-pollutant--within 3 years.
     24. Escobar (TX) #77--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require that the DOE give special 
     consideration to institutions of higher education that serve 
     communities of color, so-called minority serving 
     institutions, in choosing entities for grants, contracts, or 
     cooperative agreements related to solar energy research and 
     development.
     52. Lujan (NM), Castor (FL) #110--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would make community solar projects more 
     accessible for all consumers and encourage states to set in 
     place policies to advance community solar.
     72. Quigley (IL) #13--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would direct the General Services 
     Administration, as feasible, to employee technologies and 
     strategies to reduce bird collisions at public buildings.


                               En bloc #2

     2. Barragan (CA), Beyer (VA), Lee, Barbara (CA), et al. #57--
         Vote Yes.
       This amendment would establish a Climate Smart Ports 
     program at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with a 
     $1B/year authorization. The program would provide grants for 
     deploying zero emissions technologies and clean energy 
     microgrids at ports and with port users.
     3. Barragan (CA) #59--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would increase by $40M per year the 
     authorization for EPA's Environmental Justice Small Grants 
     and Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreements 
     Programs, and Community Action for a Renewed Environment 
     (CARE) I and II grants.
     93. Blumenauer (OR) #152--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require DOE to compile and report upon 
     funding provided to the Light Water [nuclear] Reactor 
     Program, and establish an advisory committee to report on 
     this annually.
     7. Blunt Rochester (DE) #44--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would provide $18B to upgrade energy 
     efficiency and install clean energy systems in critical 
     public buildings like schools and hospitals.
     16. Clarke, Yvette (NY) #2--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would establish an EPA pilot program to 
     provide grants, rebates and low-cost revolving loans to 
     projects that replace an existing diesel-powered 
     refrigeration unit in a heavy-duty vehicle with an electric 
     unit or install electric shore power infrastructure to 
     decrease idling of refrigerated trucks.
     25. Finkenauer (IA) #131--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require certain labor standards, 
     including prevailing wages, for projects getting funding from 
     provisions in the bill.
     35. Hayes (CT), Cardenas (CA) #71--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would set aside $100M of the $130M/year 
     reauthorization of EPA's Clean School Bus Program for grants 
     to replace existing fossil fuel-powered school buses with 
     zero emission school buses.
     61. Omar (MN) #172--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require that the U.S. Treasury 
     identify and quantify the economic cost of any fossil fuel 
     subsidies not eliminated by this bill or its amendments.

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     74. Rouda (CA) #11--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would allow states to set appliance energy 
     efficiency standards if the Department of Energy (DOE) missed 
     statutory deadlines to review and issue new standards.
     88. Waters (CA) #103--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require that the DOE analyze state 
     grants on smart manufacturing to see if they benefit diverse 
     communities.


                               En bloc #4

     34. Harder (CA) #135--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would require institutions of higher 
     education in the Centers of Excellence program to consider 
     the public health effects of wildfire smoke on outdoor 
     workers and improves required outreach and collaboration with 
     states, tribes, and local government and other institutions.
     46. Levin, Mike (CA), Bonamici (OR), Neguse (CO) #37--Vote 
         Yes.
       This amendment would create a program to improve wildfire 
     smoke modeling and predictions of smoke severity and direct 
     the EPA to better research the negative health effects from 
     wildfire smoke.
     68. Pingree (ME), Spanberger (VA) #29--Vote Yes.
       This amendment would add agricultural, grazing, and 
     forestry practices to DOE's priorities in its carbon removal 
     research and development, in order to advance natural 
     systems' ability to capture and store carbon.


                  Anti-Environment Amendments Include

                               En Bloc #3

     91. Wilson, Joe (SC) #40--Vote No.
       This amendment would require DOE to evaluate potential 
     sites in the DOE footprint for advanced nuclear research and 
     demonstration programs.
       We urge you to SUPPORT H.R. 4447 and the pro-environment 
     amendments listed above, and oppose anti-environment 
     amendments. We will strongly consider including votes on this 
     legislation in the 2020 Scorecard. If you need more 
     information, please call my office at (202) 785-8683 and ask 
     to speak with a member of our government relations team.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Gene Karpinski,
                                                        President.

  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I wanted to reference some parts of this.
  With regard to the League of Conservation Voters, they specifically 
say that, with regard to H.R. 4447, they urge support for the 
legislation in general and specifically ask that we reject weakening 
the antienvironmental amendments as listed below, and that includes 
this amendment en bloc No. 3. They say that we should vote ``no'' 
because the amendment would require the Department of Energy to 
evaluate potential sites in the DOE footprint for advanced nuclear 
research and demonstration programs.
  In addition to that, in the letter from U.S. PIRG, it says: ``On 
behalf of the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Environmental 
America, and our tens of thousands of members, we urge you to support 
the Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act.''
  It talks about how the West is on fire and the hurricanes. ``The 
climate crisis is here, and if we want to have any chance of avoiding 
its worst impacts, it is imperative that we take swift action. The 
Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act marks significant progress in the 
transition to a clean energy future and in the reduction of greenhouse 
gas emissions.''
  It goes on to talk about the various provisions and how they are 
helpful during the climate crisis. Then, it also specifically asks and 
urges a ``no'' vote on this en bloc amendment No. 3 because they do not 
consider that useful in terms of addressing the climate crisis, and it 
is actually counter to environmental concerns.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I just want to say in response to my friend and the 
words that he read, the groups he has identified, the notion that they 
would have these statements about wildfires in the West when, for 20 
years, I have battled them to try to get more active forest management 
in our Western forests, and they oppose nearly everything we have tried 
to do to get our forests back into balance with nature. It is just a 
bit absurd today, as someone who has seen the devastation, and then 
seeing their politics and the fundraising they do off this and the 
scare tactics they level, and then the destruction that occurs to 
habitats, wildlife, forests, and forested communities. And they stand 
in the way of it all. So the gentleman can have them.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. 
Johnson).
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak about a 
missed opportunity, a missed opportunity to deliver for the American 
people an energy strategy that advances America's exceptionalism. 
Instead, while this energy package isn't quite the radical left's Green 
New Deal, it is certainly inspired by it.
  Madam Speaker, you have heard about the dozens of other amendments 
Republicans offered to show our vision for America's energy future, 
including two of mine that would break down regulatory barriers to 
export more American LNG and advance America's nuclear power 
technology. But those amendments were ruled out of order by the 
majority.
  What we are left with is unserious legislation that picks winners and 
losers, throws billions of taxpayer dollars at green pet projects, and 
lacks the needed regulatory reforms to bring America's energy economy 
into the 21st century.
  Energy dominance is key for America to remain at the head of the 
global leadership table. Unfortunately, today was a missed opportunity 
to strengthen America's position, an exercise in futility since the 
Senate will not consider this bill, nor should it.
  Madam Speaker, while I support this Republican en bloc of amendments, 
I urge my colleagues to oppose the underlying bill.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, may I ask how much time each side has 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New Jersey has 6 minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, first of all, I wanted to rebut what was just said by 
my colleague on our committee from the other side. The reality is that 
this bill is designed with the hope that we can come to a consensus on 
an energy package with the Senate on a bipartisan basis.
  In fact, Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Joe Manchin are putting 
together an emergency package, which is not exactly the same as this, 
but the idea would be that we would have some kind of informal 
conference and actually adopt a bill that we have a consensus on before 
the end of this session. I will point out that we actually worked very 
hard to try to do that 2 years ago and came very close to accomplishing 
it.
  So I don't want anyone here to think that this is a message vehicle. 
This is a vehicle that is exactly designed to try to reach an agreement 
on an energy package, albeit not a big one, that we could actually get 
signed into law by the end of the year.
  Madam Speaker, I also want to rebut the idea--somehow there is always 
this suggestion that when you do anything on our side of the aisle that 
it is not helping create more jobs. The reality is this bill is 
designed to do exactly that, to create more jobs. The bill supports the 
energy industry by providing resources for projects, jobs, and 
technology interests, which are looking forward and necessary for the 
energy transition.
  Clean energy, renewables, and energy efficiency sectors employ 
millions of Americans. As demand for these technologies increases and 
as prices decrease, these sectors will continue to grow. However, 
COVID-19 has harmed energy jobs across the board. Delayed or canceled 
projects, as well as social distancing, have particularly affected 
clean energy jobs and energy efficiency jobs. So this bill supports the 
necessary sectors by investing in technologies and jobs that are 
future-looking and can meet the challenge of climate change.
  My colleagues on the other side keep thinking of the energy sector as 
something that is totally oriented toward fossil fuels. The reality is 
that other countries, and us, we have to move toward a clean energy 
economy that creates jobs. This bill includes workforce provisions that 
help provide training and transition resources for the energy sector.

  The bill includes Chairman Rush's Blue Collar to Green Collar Jobs 
Development Act that establishes a nationwide program at the Department 
of Energy to improve education and energy-

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related industries. It trains underserved groups, including women, 
minorities, veterans, and unemployed energy workers, for energy 
careers. It supports the industries and jobs we need to navigate the 
energy transition.
  Again, I am not someone who says that we are only going to have 
certain energy sectors. We are going to need everything. But the bottom 
line is, we do have to think that, in the future, there is going to be 
a lot more in the clean energy sector than solar and wind. If we don't 
start investing in and promoting the technologies, we are going to be 
left behind, and we are going to lose jobs. This helps us gain those 
jobs.
  I reserve the balance of my time, Madam Speaker.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the comments of my friend from New 
Jersey, the chairman of our committee. Unfortunately, however, the fact 
of the matter on the blue collar to green collar jobs program is that 
the workforce training program would open the door for grants to help 
Americans get the education resources they need to be able to work in 
these areas. We had agreed that both those who worked in coal jobs and 
those who worked in nuclear jobs would be eligible for those grants as 
well.
  The underlying proposal that came out of our committee provided for 
workforce training for those men and women who work in coal-related 
jobs as well as in nuclear, but that got stripped out.
  So, Madam Speaker, if you are working in the nuclear energy industry 
or you are somehow connected to the coal industry, you have just been 
taken out of the mix to get additional grants for workforce training.
  Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. 
Graves).

                              {time}  1215

  Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from Oregon 
for yielding.
  Madam Speaker, first of all, I respond to comments earlier from my 
friend from New Mexico (Mr. Lujan), who noted that the Congressional 
Budget Office's score on this bill was zero.
  Madam Speaker, as we all know, this bill authorizes $135 billion in 
new programs. And so if my friend from New Mexico is suggesting that 
this whole thing is a charade and that my friends across the aisle do 
not anticipate actually seeking appropriations for this legislation, 
then it would be very interesting to hear those comments, but I think 
to suggest that the bill does not implicate appropriations is simply 
misleading, and I would urge that we have more transparency in this 
process.
  Madam Speaker, we have two amendments that are in this en bloc, and 
what they do is, they focus on the critical minerals, the rare Earth 
minerals that are important components of renewable energy. It is what 
is used in solar panels. It is what is used in energy storage 
technology. You can't suddenly say, Hey, we are going to use 
renewables, and not address this component.
  What happens is the United States has become energy independent, and 
we have done that because of the policies that have been enacted over 
the last few years. What this bill does is, by not addressing the 
critical minerals, we become energy dependent again. We become 
dependent upon China, dependent upon Africa, and other nations where 
China controls the resources. Why would we do that to ourselves?
  So we have an amendment in this en bloc that helps to address that 
because we have those minerals right here in the United States. Why in 
the world would we go mine them in other countries that have lower 
environmental standards to where you have a net adverse impact on the 
global environment?
  Madam Speaker, this is trying to nationalize California policy--the 
8th worst emissions in the United States is in California, twice the 
electricity costs of my home State of Louisiana. Why would we want to 
do that to Americans, disproportionately impacting the poor?
  So we set up this farce process where this amendment goes down to 
where we miss the opportunity to ensure that we truly advance an 
America-first independent energy policy.
  Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to this underlying legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, what I get from the other side of the aisle is that 
somehow they think we are going to live in splendid isolation here. I 
mean, that might have been nice in the 19th century or the 18th 
century, or whenever, but that is not the reality of today. The reality 
is we are in constant competition around the world.
  And while other countries move towards a clean economy--whether it is 
Europe, Japan, whatever it is--they are then investing--not just them, 
China, India--they are then investing in these new technologies. And if 
I could use solar energy as an example: If we had taken the initiative 
a few years ago to actually invest in solar panels and wind turbines 
and the technologies that were coming about, we would have been able to 
sell a lot more of those panels and those turbines around the world and 
also use them for our own clean economy or clean initiatives.
  Instead, we didn't, and now most of the solar panels are built in 
China, exported to the United States.
  You cannot fall behind. If you fall behind in these technologies, 
then you are not going to be competitive, and you are going to lose out 
on this race, and you are going to have fewer jobs. You can't just put 
your head in the sand, like some kind of ostrich, and say to the rest 
of the world, We don't care, it doesn't matter. It does matter.
  And all we are saying in this bill--and this is not the type of 
overall major climate bill that we would have to do eventually--this is 
a down payment. And the idea is to look at certain things that we can 
do now to invest in technology, to look at innovation so that we don't 
fall behind, and we create the clean jobs of the future.
  In addition to that, the bill deals with energy efficiency, which is 
something that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have never 
opposed--more resiliency. These are things that are important to deal 
with the climate changes that have occurred, to deal with the 
wildfires, to deal with the hurricanes, so that our grid and everything 
is more resilient and we can deal with the impact of the climate 
crisis.
  Madam Speaker, I know that I am not going to be able to convince most 
Republicans to support this. I am hoping that some will, and I am 
hoping that when we get this passed and we have conversations with the 
Senate, that we can actually do some kind of down payment in terms of 
creating the clean jobs of the future. And then in the next session of 
Congress, we will do a much larger initiative dealing with climate 
change.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much each side has 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 1\1/2\ minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 30 seconds remaining.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I am prepared to close, and I yield myself 
such time as I may consume.
  Madam Speaker, the chairman and I have had a wonderful working 
relationship during our time on the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  I understand where he is headed with this. I just wish some of the 
things had been agreed to in a bipartisan way and the committee would 
have held firm as we moved forward with energy legislation. Everybody 
has got to do it their own way.
  I always figured that if I could come out of the House with a 300- or 
400-vote margin and a big bipartisan push, we would have a lot more 
leverage with our friends in the Senate, regardless of who controlled 
the Senate. But a different path has been chosen here.

  Part of what we are concerned about on the Republican side is this 
supply chain vulnerability. And what we are arguing here is that we 
have witnessed what happens when we have a supply chain vulnerability 
during this pandemic. In fact, the very face mask that we are wearing--
this one, actually, my wife made--we couldn't get because China locked 
it down.
  We have seen that play out. Heck, you couldn't even get toilet paper 
and

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paper towels. Now that wasn't necessarily a China problem, but supply 
chains matter. Reliability on supply chains matters.
  And we have, as a country, locked up access to many of our areas on 
mining where you would get critical minerals. And we have relied on 
other countries and now, principally, China for our critical mineral 
supply chain. And you have to have that for our mobile phones, you have 
to have it for batteries. And a lot of things, frankly, we all agree 
on, is the future for technology requires critical minerals.
  And meanwhile, China has gone around the world and locked up these 
resources in Africa and elsewhere, and as a result, they are really 
dominant in this space. And I don't want us to be reliant on any other 
country, if we can avoid it. I realize we are global and there are 
things we don't have here that we need to acquire elsewhere.
  Madam Speaker, we offered up these amendments and we look forward to 
further debate.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Madam Speaker, I am certainly sympathetic to this idea that we have 
to do more manufacturing here and not rely on overseas, but I believe 
very strongly that is what this bill is all about. It accomplishes the 
goal of moving forward with clean energy innovation and technology and 
bringing more manufacturing here. And I believe the amendment, this en 
bloc amendment, will not help in that regard and, in fact, makes this a 
bill less prone to accomplish the goal of clean energy and job 
creation.
  Madam Speaker, I would urge opposition to the en bloc amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).
  The question is on the amendments en bloc.
  The en bloc amendments were rejected.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


                Amendment No. 32 Offered by Ms. Haaland

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 
32 printed in part B of House Report 116-528.
  Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 4, in the table of contents, after the matter relating 
     to section 2562, insert the following:

Part 5--Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research and Development

Sec. 2571. Authorization of appropriations.
       Page 241, strike lines 21 through 25 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) $441,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       (2) $463,050,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       (3) $486,202,500 for fiscal year 2023;
       (4) $510,512,625 for fiscal year 2024; and
       (5) $536,038,257 for fiscal year 2025.
       Page 254, strike lines 4 through 8 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) $163,800,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       (2) $171,990,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       (3) $180,589,500 for fiscal year 2023;
       (4) $189,618,975 for fiscal year 2024; and
       (5) $199,099,923 for fiscal year 2025.
       Page 275, strike lines 4 through 8 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(1) $182,062,500 for fiscal year 2021;
       ``(2) $199,125,000 for fiscal year 2022;
       ``(3) $216,187,500 for fiscal year 2023;
       ``(4) $225,750,000 for fiscal year 2024; and
       ``(5) $227,812,500 for fiscal year 2025.''.
       Strike page 295, line 23, through page 296, line 18, and 
     insert the following:
       ``(1) $229,125,000 for fiscal year 2021, including 
     $168,870,000 for marine energy and $60,255,000 for hydropower 
     research, development, and demonstration activities;
       ``(2) $236,517,450 for fiscal year 2022, including 
     $174,454,800 for marine energy and $62,062,650 for hydropower 
     research, development, and demonstration activities;
       ``(3) $244,187,873 for fiscal year 2023, including 
     $180,263,343 for marine energy and $63,924,530 for hydropower 
     research, development, and demonstration activities;
       ``(4) $252,147,209 for fiscal year 2024, including 
     $186,304,944 for marine energy and $65,842,265 for hydropower 
     research, development, and demonstration activities; and
       ``(5) $260,406,837 for fiscal year 2025, including 
     $192,589,304 for marine energy and $67,817,533 for hydropower 
     research, development, and demonstration activities.''.
       Page 299, after line 8, insert the following:

PART 5--ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

     SEC. 2571. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Energy or their designee to carry out research, development, 
     demonstration, and commercial application activities under 
     the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy--
       (1) $3,228,500,000 for fiscal year 2021;
       (2) $3,250,775,500 for fiscal year 2022;
       (3) $3,291,488,750 for fiscal year 2023;
       (4) $3,334,238,188 for fiscal year 2024; and
       (5) $3,379,125,097 for fiscal year 2025.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland) and a Member opposed each 
will control 5 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New Mexico.
  Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, I rise today to offer this amendment with 
my cosponsors, Representatives Tlaib and Ocasio-Cortez, in order to 
speed us along the path to a renewable energy future.
  Our amendment increases the authorization levels for solar, wind, 
geothermal and water-based energy research and development programs by 
50 percent over the levels currently in the bill for each of the 5 
years the bill covers.
  The amendment also adds an overall authorization level for research, 
development, deployment, and commercial application activities within 
DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. For each of the 
5 years in the bill, those authorization levels are 110 percent of the 
funding levels for the carbon pollution reduction R&D activities in the 
bill.
  Technological innovation has long been seen as an important part of 
our efforts to take on climate change, increase access to energy, and 
reduce air pollution. Increasing the efficiency of solar cells of wind 
turbines, developing new marine hydrokinetic generation technologies 
and lighter electric motors, and improving the storage capacity and 
lifetime of batteries are just some of the innovations that will help 
us get to a 100 percent clean energy system.
  But according to the International Energy Agency's Global Status of 
Clean Energy Innovation Report for 2020, research and development 
spending on clean energy by its member countries has been relatively 
flat since 2012, after a doubling spurt between 2000 and 2012. Despite 
that doubling, IEA member country public spending on R&D remains below 
the levels it was in the 1980s.
  Private sector spending has fluctuated with economic cycles--while 
there have been some growth years, the 2007-2008 financial crisis and 
the 2014 oil price crash led to slowdowns in corporate clean energy 
R&D, and the share of global early stage venture capital investment 
going into clean energy has halved since 2012.
  And now, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic negative impact on 
private sector funding for clean energy innovation, which is likely to 
cause setbacks in the timeline for developing and improving clean 
energy technologies.
  The pandemic will also hurt demonstration projects and early adoption 
of technologies that provide essential opportunities for us to ``learn 
by doing'' and figure out how to overcome practical obstacles to 
widespread deployment of new technologies.
  The timing is extremely unfortunate because, as the IEA report makes 
clear, we need to be accelerating clean energy innovation to give the 
world the best chance to achieve our climate goals, and without strong 
sustained investment, our chances of success are dwindling.
  Madam Speaker, that is why our amendment is so important. With 
climate change accelerating, we can't afford to wait. We need to 
develop and deploy renewable energy widely soon, and to do that, the 
Federal Government needs to invest in R&D and in deployment and the 
technology maturation needed to enable widespread adoption of 
renewables and their integration into our energy system.
  This clean energy investment will be good for our planet and good for 
taxpayers. Public renewable energy R&D in the United States has 
delivered a 27 percent return on investment since 1975, with the 
benefit-to-cost ratio of 33-1. By making these investments, we are 
sending the message that renewable energy is our future, and we are 
committing to making that a reality.

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  Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join us in sending that 
message by voting for our amendment, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber), the distinguished member of the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for 
yielding.
  Madam Speaker, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  We have heard the same sensible logic from our side of the aisle 
countless times over the past 24 hours as we have debated this bill and 
these amendments. The package is over-funded, incorrectly prioritized, 
and a partisan process nightmare.
  So in a way, I guess it is fitting that this is the only standalone 
amendment we will consider today. It is one that is seeking even more 
funding for one of this bill's most misguided priorities.

                              {time}  1230

  The United States Chamber of Commerce said it best when they penned 
that this bill needed to avoid ``contentious and extraneous issues'' 
for this bill to be supported.
  Let me tell you, the Democrats' unyielding focus on massive increases 
to applied energy and, in particular, for the DOE's already well-funded 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the most 
contentious issue here.
  By now, I am sure you can all say it along with me, but I cannot 
stress it enough: It is basic research, not applied energy, that will 
put us in the best global position to develop the long-term clean 
energy solutions to address our changing climate and, yes, lay the 
foundation for our clean and affordable energy future for generations 
to come.
  The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has grown 
considerably, starting with what was supposed to be a temporary 
recovery in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 
Remember that? Temporary.
  What was it President Reagan said? There is nothing more permanent on 
Earth than a temporary government program. Here is a great example. 
Today it is funded at $2.8 billion, with a B, which is more than DOE's 
research in fossil energy, nuclear energy, electricity, and 
cybersecurity combined. And let me just say, there is no clean energy 
future without nuclear energy.
  H.R. 4447, just the base text, would spend more than $3.7 billion on 
the EERE programs. Really? This amendment, which seeks to increase 
authorizations by an additional 50 percent, can only be labeled as 
irresponsible.
  This is a contentious and extraneous issue. The country doesn't have 
unlimited Federal research funds. It just doesn't. I am sorry to 
disappoint y'all. It doesn't.
  Look, it is difficult, but we must set priorities and invest 
strategically. That is our job, folks. That is our job. This amendment 
does exactly the opposite.
  As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy of the House 
Science Committee, I support an all-of-the-above energy strategy, and, 
yes, that includes renewable energy. Texas is number one in wind 
energy. But supporting an all-of-the-above energy strategy does not 
mean increasing Federal investment for every R&D program in perpetuity.
  What did Reagan say? Closest thing to eternity.
  I would like to ask my friends on the other side of the aisle, when--
w-h-e-n--do we let the mature technologies of wind--w-i-n-d--and solar 
stand up on their own in the market without continued funding to 
``reduce market barriers''? Market barriers? The only barrier is 
commonsense thinking that we don't need to increase that funding. That 
is the barrier we are struggling against here.
  When do we acknowledge that the solar industry has an average annual 
growth rate of--check this out--49 percent? And wind power has tripled 
over the past decades, Texas being the leader. These industries don't 
need our support for deployment. They are already in the market and 
growing, for Pete's sake.
  This kind of duplicative and shortsighted strategy, while it may 
result in politically expedient talking points--I give y'all that.
  Madam Speaker, I hope that we will vote against this. I hope you will 
help us, Madam Speaker.
  Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, in closing, I would just like to say it 
again: Technological innovation has long been seen as an important part 
of our efforts to take on climate change and increase access to energy, 
and my amendment will strengthen our investment in innovation.
  I urge my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland).
  The question is on the amendment.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appear to have it.
  Ms. HAALAND. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question 
are postponed.


                         Parliamentary Inquiry

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, point of parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I thought we had gotten past where we 
couldn't reconsider, that was part of the motion, and so a recorded 
vote was not in order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The yeas and nays were ordered on the 
amendment, and further proceedings were postponed pursuant to clause 8 
of rule XX.


      Amendments En Bloc No. 4 Offered by Mr. Levin of California

  Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam Speaker, as the designee of Chairman 
Pallone, pursuant to House Resolution 1129, I offer amendments en bloc.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendments en 
bloc.
  Amendments en bloc 4 consisting of amendment Nos. 33, 34, 46, 53, 62, 
63, 68, 76, 82, and 92, printed in part B of House Report 116-528, 
offered by Mr. Levin of California:

          Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Harder of California

       Redesignate section 12606 as section 12607.
       Insert after section 12605 the following new section:

     SEC. 12606. WILDFIRE HAZARD SEVERITY MAPPING FOR ELECTRIC 
                   TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE.

       (a) Map Required.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy 
     shall--
       (1) use the most recent LANDFIRE data to generate a 
     geospatial map for the conterminous United States that 
     depicts wildfire risk to electric utilities that--
       (A) manage electric transmission infrastructure or rights-
     of-ways on public lands; and
       (B) maintain equipment that is at risk of igniting or being 
     impacted by wildland fire; and
       (2) disseminate the information generated under paragraph 
     (1) in an appropriate format for use by electric utilities in 
     order to--
       (A) improve understanding of wildfire risk;
       (B) identify areas and assets at the highest risk;
       (C) prioritize infrastructure maintenance and vegetation 
     management;
       (D) identify opportunities for energy storage and microgrid 
     projects; and
       (E) develop plans for regular and emergency access to 
     manage and mitigate wildfire risk.
       (b) Consultation.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of Energy shall consult with--
       (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief 
     of the Forest Service;
       (2) the Secretary of the Interior;
       (3) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
     Agency;
       (4) other appropriate Federal agencies;
       (5) States;
       (6) relevant colleges, universities, and institutions of 
     higher education with relevant expertise; and
       (7) other entities, as appropriate.
       (c) Electric Utility Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``electric utility'' means--
       (1) a rural electric cooperative;
       (2) a political subdivision of a State, such as a 
     municipally owned electric utility, or

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     any agency, authority, corporation, or instrumentality of one 
     or more State political subdivisions; and
       (3) an investor-owned utility.


          Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Harder of California

       Page 891, line 12, insert ``(as defined in section 101(a) 
     of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)))'' 
     after ``education''.
       Page 891, line 15, insert ``, outreach, and community 
     engagement,'' after ``research''.
       Page 891, line 16, insert ``, including the health of 
     outdoor workers,'' after ``public health''.
       Page 891, after line 20, insert the following (and 
     redesignate the subsequent subparagraph accordingly):
       (B) Priority.--In selecting institutions of higher 
     education at which to establish a center under subparagraph 
     (A), the Administrator shall give priority to institutions 
     that--
       (i) have established expertise or dedicated centers for air 
     quality research;
       (ii) have experience with relevant outreach and extension 
     work;
       (iii) have established relationships with relevant Federal, 
     State, and local agencies, community organizations, and 
     Indian Tribes; and
       (iv) are located in an area that is economically or 
     environmentally impacted by wildfire smoke.
       Page 893, line 18, strike ``require.'' and insert 
     ``require, which shall include plans to collaborate with a 
     public institution of higher education or other research 
     institution that--''.
       Page 893, after line 18, insert the following:
       (A) has established expertise or dedicated centers for air 
     quality research;
       (B) has experience with relevant outreach and extension 
     work;
       (C) has established relationships with relevant Federal, 
     State, and local agencies, community organizations, and 
     Indian Tribes; and
       (D) is located in an area that is economically or 
     environmentally impacted by wildfire smoke.


          Amendment No. 46 Offered by Mr. Levin of California

       Redesignate section 12606 as section 12608.
       Page 894, after line 6, insert the following new sections:

     SEC. 12606. WILDFIRE SMOKE EMISSIONS MODELING AND FORECASTING 
                   IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Administrator of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration, in collaboration with other 
     Federal agencies and such academic entities as the 
     Administrator considers appropriate, shall maintain a program 
     to improve wildfire smoke emissions modeling and develop 
     smoke forecasts.
       (b) Goal.--The goal of the program under subsection (a) 
     shall be to develop and extend accurate wildfire smoke 
     forecasts and impact-based decision support services in order 
     to reduce loss of life, injury, and damage to the economy 
     with a focus on--
       (1) improving modeling of wildfire smoke emissions, 
     transport, mixing, and chemical transformations through 
     advanced modeling approaches;
       (2) developing and disseminating smoke forecasts; and
       (3) incorporating risk communication research in developing 
     smoke forecasts and fire weather warning products.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the Administrator of the National 
     Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to carry out this 
     section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 
     2025.

     SEC. 12607. EXPOSURE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE AND AIR POLLUTION.

       (a) Impacts of Acute Exposure to Wildifre Smoke and COVID-
     19.--The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
     Agency, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for 
     Disease Control and Prevention, and other Federal agencies as 
     appropriate, shall coordinate data collection and 
     epidemiological analysis of the impacts of acute air 
     pollution exposure from wildfires in the context of the 
     COVID-19 pandemic.
       (b) Chronic Air Pollution Exposure.--The Administrator of 
     the Environmental Protection Agency, acting through the 
     Assistant Administrator for Research and Development, shall 
     coordinate with academic institutions and other research 
     organizations to conduct research to estimate the impacts of 
     chronic exposure to air pollutants, and other pertinent 
     variables, in the context of responding to the COVID-19 
     pandemic.


         Amendment No. 53 Offered by Mr. McNerney of California

       Page 46, after line 3, insert the following:

         PART 4--NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY

     SEC. 1122. RESEARCH FOR EFFECTIVENESS AND STANDARDS.

       The Director of the National Institute of Standards and 
     Technology shall--
       (1) collect data following wildfires in the wildland-urban 
     interface related to the influence of building materials on 
     structural fires and how wind, terrain, and moisture affect 
     wildland fires; and
       (2) contribute to the scientific basis for analyzing 
     economic outcomes of wildland-urban interface fire mitigation 
     by conducting research on and developing metrics for the--
       (A) relative contribution of moisture, weather, terrain, 
     and infrastructure;
       (B) losses and erosion of the forest floor resulting from 
     wildfires in the wildland urban interface; and
       (C) the performance of current designs, materials, and 
     technologies used for--
       (i) residential structures;
       (ii) public and Federal government buildings;
       (iii) electric grid infrastructure; and
       (iv) other critical infrastructure.


         Amendment No. 62 Offered by Mr. Panetta of California

       Page 521, after line 10, insert the following:
       ``(h) Critical Infrastructure and Microgrid Research 
     Program.--The Secretary shall establish a research, 
     development, and demonstration program to improve the energy 
     resilience of critical infrastructure, including through the 
     use of microgrids, during extreme weather events including 
     extreme heat and wildfires. This program shall focus on 
     developing technologies that--
       ``(1) improve the energy resilience and meet the power 
     needs of critical infrastructure, including through the use 
     of microgrids, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and on-
     site storage;
       ``(2) improve the energy efficiency of critical 
     infrastructure;
       ``(3) decrease the size and cost of on-site backup 
     generators for critical infrastructure;
       ``(4) provide on-site back-up power with renewable and low-
     carbon liquid fuels; and
       ``(5) ensure the safe power up and power down of critical 
     infrastructure when necessary, as well as the transfer to 
     backup sources of power for uninterrupted electricity supply, 
     including the use of microgrids.''.
       Page 499, line 20, strike ``and''.
       Page 499, line 21, insert ``, and wildfires'' after 
     ``disasters''.


         Amendment No. 63 Offered by Mr. Panetta of California

       Page 135, line 3, strike ``and''.
       Page 135, line 14, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
       Page 135, after line 14 insert the following new paragraph:
       ``(6) to enhance or expand the use of materials that are 
     resistant to high heat and fire in dwellings occupied by low-
     income persons in areas at risk from drought and wildfires.
       Page 136, line 12, strike ``and''.
       Page 136, line 17, insert ``and'' after the semicolon.
       Page 136, after line 17 insert the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(E) implement measures to enhance health and safety 
     through use of materials that are resistant to high heat and 
     fire in areas at risk from drought and wildfires;


            Amendment No. 68 Offered by Ms. Pingree of Maine

       Page 361, line 24, strike ``and''.
       Page 362, line 2, strike the period and insert a semicolon.
       Page 362, after line 2, insert the following:
       ``(3) the activities described in subsection (a)(4), acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture; and
       ``(4) the activities described in subsection (a)(5), acting 
     through the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.''.


           Amendment No. 76 Offered by Mr. Schrader of Oregon

       At the end of subtitle H of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 1806. HOME WILDFIRE RISK REDUCTION REBATE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Energy shall establish a 
     program, to be known as the ``Home Wildfire Risk Reduction 
     Rebate Program'', to provide rebates to homeowners to defray 
     the costs of retrofitting an existing home to be wildfire-
     resistant.
       (b) Amount of Rebate.--In carrying out the Home Wildfire 
     Risk Reduction Rebate Program, the Secretary shall provide a 
     homeowner a rebate of up to--
       (1) $10,000 for the retrofitting of roof features, 
     including the roof covering, vents, soffit and fascia, and 
     gutters, to be wildfire-resistant;
       (2) $20,000 for the retrofitting of exterior wall features, 
     including sheathing and siding, doors, and windows, to be 
     wildfire-resistant;
       (3) $5,000 for the retrofitting of a deck, including the 
     decking, framing, and fascia, to be wildfire-resistant; and
       (4) $1,500 for the retrofitting of near-home landscaping, 
     including mulch and landscape fabric in a 5-foot zone 
     immediately around the home and under all attached decks, to 
     be wildfire-resistant.
       (c) Inclusion.--For purposes of this section, the cost of a 
     retrofit shall include all costs associated with the 
     retrofit, including the purchase and installation of 
     wildfire-resistant products and components.
       (d) Limitation.--The amount of the rebate under this 
     section shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the 
     retrofit.
       (e) Process.--
       (1) Forms; rebate processing system.--Not later than 90 
     days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, 
     in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall--
       (A) develop and make available rebate forms required to 
     receive a rebate under this section;
       (B) establish a Federal rebate processing system which 
     shall serve as a database and

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     information technology system that will allow homeowners to 
     submit required rebate forms; and
       (C) establish a website that provides information on 
     rebates provided under this section, including how to 
     determine whether particular measures qualify for a rebate 
     under this section and how to receive such a rebate.
       (2) Submission of forms.--In order to receive a rebate 
     under this section, a homeowner shall submit the required 
     rebate forms, and any other information the Secretary 
     determines appropriate, to the Federal rebate processing 
     system established under paragraph (1).
       (f) Moderate-income Households.--
       (1) Certifications.--The Secretary shall establish 
     procedures for certifying that the household of a homeowner 
     is moderate-income for purposes of this section.
       (2) Limitation for moderate income households.--
     Notwithstanding subsection (d), for households of homeowners 
     that are certified pursuant to the procedures established 
     under paragraph (1) as moderate-income, the amount of the 
     rebate under this section shall not exceed 80 percent of the 
     cost of the retrofit.
       (3) Outreach.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
     to--
       (A) provide information to households of homeowners that 
     are certified pursuant to the procedures established under 
     paragraph (1) as moderate-income regarding other programs and 
     resources relating to assistance for upgrades of homes, 
     including the weatherization assistance program implemented 
     under part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and 
     Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861 et seq.); and
       (B) refer such households, as applicable, to such other 
     programs and resources.
       (g) Definition.--In this section, the term ``wildfire-
     resistant'' means meeting or exceeding the specifications of 
     the International Code Council's 2018 International Wildland-
     Urban Interface Code (IWUIC).
       (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for 
     each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.


         Amendment No. 82 Offered by Mr. Thompson of California

       Add at the end of title V the following:

             Subtitle E--Utility Resilience and Reliability

     SEC. 5501. RELIABILITY OF BULK-POWER SYSTEM IN CHANGING 
                   CONDITIONS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this paragraph, the Electric Reliability 
     Organization shall file with the Federal Energy Regulatory 
     Commission a proposed reliability standard, under section 
     215(d) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(d)), that 
     addresses the reliability of the bulk-power system and 
     suggestions for how to--
       (1) prepare for and adapt to changing conditions; and
       (2) withstand and rapidly recover from disruptions, 
     including disruptions caused by extreme weather conditions.
       (b) Regional Differences.--The proposed reliability 
     standard filed under subsection (a) shall take into account 
     regional differences.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``bulk-power 
     system'', ``Electric Reliability Organization'', and 
     ``reliability standard'' have the meanings given those terms 
     in section 215 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o).

     SEC. 5502. ELECTRIC GRID RESILIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary of Energy shall 
     establish a program to provide information and 
     recommendations to States and electric utilities on how to 
     improve the resilience of electric grids in regards to 
     climate change and extreme weather events.
       (b) Electric Utility Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``electric utility'' has the meaning given such term in 
     section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).

     SEC. 5503. REPORT ON PLANNED ELECTRIC POWER OUTAGES DUE TO 
                   EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     section, the Secretary of Energy shall submit to Congress a 
     report, and publish such report on the website of the 
     Department of Energy, that provides recommendations on how to 
     minimize the need for, effects of, and duration of, planned 
     electric power outages that are due to extreme weather 
     conditions, including such conditions under which the 
     National Weather Service issues a red flag warning.


           Amendment No. 92 Offered by Mr. Bera of California

       Page 500, after line 13, insert the following (and 
     redesignate subsections (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (d), 
     (e), and (f), respectively):
       (g) Concurrent and Co-located Disasters.--In carrying out 
     the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall support 
     research and development on tools, techniques, and 
     technologies for improving electric grid and energy sector 
     safety and resilience in the event of multiple simultaneous 
     or co-located weather or climate events leading to extreme 
     conditions, such as extreme wind, wildfires, and extreme 
     heat.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Levin) and the gentleman from Oregon 
(Mr. Walden) each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam Speaker, all we have to do is look at 
the last few weeks in my great State of California and see record 
wildfires, 3.6 million acres and counting. And we have seen this all 
throughout the Western United States, truly unprecedented.
  And we also have seen smoke. All I had to do a few weeks ago is just 
open the window, even though I am miles away from the center of any of 
the wildfires, and we could see the thick, dark smoke, gray and orange. 
We saw the pictures in the city of San Francisco. It is truly 
unprecedented in our great State of California.
  The amendment that we are offering will hopefully uncover the true 
cost of this smoke. We must figure out exactly what type of health 
impacts wildfire smoke is having, not just in California, but 
everywhere where this has impacted our communities throughout the 
Western United States.
  So we are also going to need to develop better smoke forecasts. This 
amendment would do that. And it directs the EPA to collect data and 
coordinate research on the impacts of acute air pollution exposure from 
wildfires. It is $100 million that I think is well spent.
  An article published just a few days ago, September 19, in the Los 
Angeles Times, is titled, ``How Bad Is All That Wildfire Smoke to Our 
Long-Term Health? `Frankly, We Don't Really Know.' '' We don't really 
know, and that is why we need this research, this funding.
  A good friend of mine from Stanford University, my alma mater, an 
economist named Marshall Burke, has done great work on the cost of 
climate change and the cost of inaction. He has estimated that between 
1,000 and 3,000 excess deaths--think of that number, 1,000 and 3,000 
excess deaths--will be caused by the smoke from these wildfires. Five 
thousand extra visits to the emergency room in California will be 
caused by these wildfires.
  And we know from other research at Harvard University and elsewhere 
that short-term changes in particulate matter of 2.5, and other 
criteria air pollutants, dramatically increase mortality.
  It is very clear: Wildfire smoke is a dominant source of air 
pollution in the United States in some years. Health costs associated 
with wildfire exposure are greater than we thought, previously.
  The more we learn about this, the more we recognize just what a 
significant toll this is taking on our health, on our ability to deal 
with the economic impacts that this causes. And we have seen, in 
California, some of the studies on things like preterm birth, this has 
had an impact even on preterm birth.
  And, of course, as is so often the case, when we talk about 
environmental issues, environmental justice is key here. We know that 
the poor and communities of color have been impacted most by this as 
well.
  In my district, we have got the University of California at San 
Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and I am very proud of all 
of the work they are doing.
  One of the researchers there recently made the link between air 
pollution and increased risk of COVID-19 and, specifically, the 
severity of symptoms that one would get if they were to have COVID-19 
and if they were to be impacted by wildfire smoke. It could exacerbate 
the degree to which COVID-19 causes more serious conditions.
  As that researcher said: ``I really hope I am wrong, but what we may 
expect to see in the next few weeks is an increase in the fatality rate 
from COVID-19.''
  So we know that wildfire smoke is here. This is not theoretical. 
Oftentimes, when we talk about climate change, we think of something in 
the future; we think of something theoretical.
  One of the things that I so appreciate about this legislation, and 
specifically about this amendment and the series of amendments from Mr. 
Schrader and my friends from California--Josh Harder, Ami Bera,   Mike 
Thompson, and   Jimmy Panetta--is that all of these amendments are 
things that impact us in the here and now.
  Wildfire smoke is not some far-off, theoretical thing that may or may 
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happen in the future. We know that it is happening, and happening right 
now.
  So, as I mentioned, in addition to our amendment, which establishes a 
program to improve wildfire smoke emissions modeling and to develop 
smoke forecasts and directs EPA to collect data and coordinate research 
on the impacts of acute air pollution exposure from wildfires, Mr. 
Schrader of Oregon has an amendment that would establish the home 
wildfire risk reduction rebate program to provide rebates to homeowners 
to defray the cost of retrofitting an existing home to be wildfire 
resistant.
  Of course, we are thinking of all of our friends throughout the 
Pacific Northwest. We have family in Oregon and Washington that have 
been so dramatically impacted by all of this.
  As I mentioned, my friends Josh Harder, Ami Bera, and   Mike 
Thompson, all fantastic Representatives from northern California--and 
they have really borne the brunt of the wildfires throughout 
California--have offered amendments that, among other things, create a 
geospatial map that depicts wildfire risk around utilities to allow for 
better planning, for grid hardening, vegetation management, emergency 
access points, and more.
  Their amendments also establish an electricity reliability standard 
regarding extreme weather events and direct the Department of Energy to 
help States and local utilities on ways to improve the resiliency of 
their electrical grids. It is so important that we study these 
wildfires and we understand the impact on our electricity grid.
  My friend Representative Panetta offers several amendments, including 
one that expands weatherization assistance for low-income families and 
enhancement in innovation to cover the use of materials that are 
resistant to high heat and fire in dwellings occupied by low-income 
persons in areas at risk from drought and wildfires.
  I think it is important to just mention we are not talking about 
wildfires in a vacuum. We have seen record drought and record 
temperatures, and those conditions create the environment that we now 
have seen that creates these wildfire risks.
  Finally, my friend Representative Bera has an amendment that directs 
the Secretary of Energy to support R&D on tools and technologies for 
improving the electric grid and the energy sector for safety and 
resilience during concurrent or colocated severe weather events.

                              {time}  1245

  I am extremely proud at the support that we have been able to achieve 
for these amendments, and for the package for H.R. 4447. It is a 
comprehensive bill that we really do need to move forward on.
  It has been a dozen years, a dozen years, since we have been able to 
update the structure and the authorizations of critical clean energy 
research and demonstration programs at the Department of Energy, and we 
have learned so much about our environment, about climate change.
  I graduated from law school in 2005, and I became an environmental 
attorney and a clean energy advocate working in a variety of clean 
energy organizations, businesses, and now as a legislator. And what I 
can tell you is that between the time I graduated from law school in 
2005 and today, we know significantly more, and much different 
information about climate change than we did back then. Yet, we have 
not updated the research and development now for 12 years, it is simply 
unacceptable.
  So our amendment and the other amendments that I discussed will go a 
long way, and I hope we can achieve bipartisan consensus in this, and 
in the months and years ahead to actually tackle these problems as they 
face Californians.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I appreciate my friend from California's 
comments, especially about the smoke and his sympathy for the folks all 
across the West, and especially in the Pacific Northwest. I am a native 
Oregonian and, tragically, we have been choking on smoke for a very 
long time, for decades and decades, as these forest fires have burned 
unnaturally because fuel concentrations are unnatural.
  You know, we did a great job as Americans with Smokey the Bear and 
putting out fires. For 100 years we have fought fire. The problem is 
that in the last 50 years there have been court decisions, lots of 
litigation, lawsuits to stop active forest management. We lost tens of 
thousands of jobs that used to take place in our rural forested 
communities of people that would go out and tend to our forests. When 
they would harvest, they would replant. If there was a fire, they were 
on the scene to help put it out. All that went away through litigation 
and lawsuits.
  In the early 2000s, I worked with then-President Bush to pass the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act, to allow us to get in, at least in the 
wildland-urban interface, and thin out these unnatural stands, get them 
back in balance with nature. The Forest Service tells us today 63 
million acres of our national forests, America's people's forests, are 
at high risk of fire. It is out of balance. We have 7 million of those 
acres in my home State of Oregon. 7 million acres. We treat something 
like 2 million a year.
  Under President Trump and his administration, they have taken this 
seriously and they have increased the amount of thinning that is going 
on out there to reduce the fuel load by 20 to 25 percent over what it 
was when he took office.
  Timber harvest is up, too, but you can't catch up at that rate 
because forests are very dynamic, they continue to grow, they continue 
to die. I have forest scientists who will tell me in some parts of my 
State there are literally 1,000 trees on an acre, where in historic 
times there might have been 10 or 12.
  See, fire naturally would come through and thin out on a regular 
basis, and then humans interceded, and said, Well, we are going to stop 
fire. And for a long time, they weed-managed it and thinned the forest, 
and now all that kind of went by the wayside as well. And, tragically, 
now the U.S. Forest Service budget, more than half of it goes to fight 
fire. We have had to set up enormous funds to fight fire. It didn't 
used to be that way, and now our citizens suffer from the smoke.
  In my home State of Oregon, the 10 worst air quality cities in the 
world were in Oregon. Oregon. The smoke was so bad when I drove from 
southern Oregon, where tragically, one of these fires--it was not a 
forest fire, it was a grass and brush fire that got away with an 
unusually strong wind, and it just became a blowtorch, and most likely 
was started by arson. That fire destroyed more than 2,600 housing units 
and deeply, sadly, most of these were mobile homes, mobile home parks, 
and low-income housing. The poorest of the poor got hit the hardest.
  This was not forest, this was between a freeway and a highway, and it 
just took off. It was dry, because, you know, in the West we dry out in 
the summer, unlike back here where they get rain with a thunderstorm. 
But this wasn't even lightning-caused.
  Meanwhile, in the canyons off the great Cascade Mountains, fire 
started up there, we don't know how and, in some cases, again, this 
high wind may have triggered it with power lines or something of that 
nature. People lost their homes, habitat destroyed, communities that 
had been there forever, wiped out, lives lost.
  So, indeed, we have this situation where, with climate change, 
drought, disease, bug infestation, and a neglected forest, conditions 
are ripe for destruction. They are ripe for fires like this. But if you 
care about--and I think we all do--about the planet and about the 
climate and about reducing emissions, then it is a failure of this 
Congress, under Democrat rule, to not move forward with the legislation 
our colleague, a Yale forestry graduate, Bruce Westerman, has put 
forward, to go in and more actively treat these forests to get them 
back in balance with nature.
  And, more importantly, when 70 percent of the carbon emissions from a 
fire occur afterwards from the dead and decaying material that is left 
behind, we should be going in like Tribal governments do, county and 
State governments do, they go in and manage their forests by removing 
the burned, dead debris, where it makes sense, and while it still has 
value, and they replant a new, healthy forest. I think we can all 
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  Science is on our side in this matter, but the politics have not been 
on our side in the West. So we have not been able to make progress on 
changing Federal law that would actually make our forests and forest 
communities healthier and safer, more economically dynamic, and reduce 
emissions and fire and smoke.

  I have choked on that smoke the last 10 days, as have my constituents 
and, sadly, we sent that smoke all the way to Europe and around the 
globe, and none of us wants to repeat that.
  So, hopefully, we can put old battles behind us. We can do something 
to treat American's great forests and get them back in balance. We can 
go in and remove burned debris while it has value, creating jobs in our 
most impoverished counties, and plant new, green, healthy forests for 
the next generation. Indeed, that is our obligation and our duty, and 
we should do more.
  Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam Speaker, it is my honor to yield 1 
minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the 
distinguished Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for his leadership 
on this important issue. He has brought his experience in the private 
sector, and the nonprofit sector to Congress to effectively address the 
climate crisis that we are facing.
  Madam Speaker, I join the distinguished ranking member of the 
committee in supporting this en bloc, and remind him that in 2018 we 
did have the fire budget act that readjusted--enabling us to spend 
money for fire prevention, and that was bipartisan.
  I welcome your support for the en blocs and work to address this. The 
description that you make of the fire impacts on the communities is a 
very, very serious one. We see it in California, but we have seen it a 
few years ago and before. Unless you have seen it, you cannot really 
realize how destructive it is. It just obliterates the area.
  And then the smoke from those fires, as we say, the smoke from those 
fires is not stronger than the love that we have for each other to come 
back from all of this. But this legislation and these amendments will 
be helpful, and I thank the gentleman for his strong leadership on 
this.
  The threat of wildfires in our communities and the ability to create 
clean energy jobs and innovation is an opportunity that we have here 
today.
  Across the country, extreme weather and climate events are being 
unleashed on our communities leaving tragedy and devastation in their 
wake. From wildfires in the West--which the distinguished ranking 
member referenced and that we have experienced--that are described as 
apocalyptic, which have killed at least 35 people, blanketed the entire 
country in haze, and burned an historic 3.7 million acres, more than 20 
times the amount last year.
  Horrific hurricanes in the Gulf Coast, some of the most severe to hit 
the southern States. I spoke to the Governor of Louisiana, he told me 
that the hurricane that hit Louisiana was the most severe in the 
history of Louisiana. I said, Even more so than Katrina? He said, Yes. 
Katrina's damage sprang from the hurricane, but also the levees 
collapsing. This is about the severity of the hurricane. And then 
frequency, they have had more hurricanes since then. They are running 
out of names to label them. They said they may have to go to the Greek 
alphabet.
  Heat waves across America, with this summer being the hottest ever 
summer recorded in the northern hemisphere, and the second hottest 
summer around the planet. Scientists tell us that 2020, a year filled 
with climate disasters, will be among the two hottest years ever 
recorded.
  Madam Speaker, Mother Nature is sending us a message, a clear sign 
that the climate crisis is real, it is deadly, and it is accelerating.
  The American people elected a Democratic House majority that would 
honor the science and honor our obligation to build a more resilient, 
green, and sustainable economy, not only for future generations 
tomorrow, but for our children today.
  I am proud of the work that Democrats have taken since day one to 
combat the climate crisis in a way that creates jobs and advances 
environmental justice. This has been an all-caucus effort reflecting 
the energy of our freshmen, the expertise of our chairs, and the will 
of the American people, including: The Climate Action Now Act, keeping 
us in the Paris accords; the Moving Forward Act, making a strong 
downpayment in a clean energy future; the Great American Outdoors Act, 
the most significant conservation bill in a generation, strongly 
bipartisan; Solving the Climate Crisis, our congressional action plan 
led by Chairwoman Kathy Castor, the most detailed, sweeping climate 
plan in American history, which endorses a national goal with net-zero 
pollution as soon as possible, 2050 at the latest. This plan protects 
American workers, safeguards vulnerable communities, grows the economy, 
and advances our preeminence in green technologies.

  Now, today, we are taking the next step with the Clean Economy Jobs 
and Innovation Act. And, Madam Speaker, I say the next step. This is 
not exhaustive of our solutions, and we have a lot of ideas in our 
caucus to debate and to prioritize, but this is an important next step.
  I salute all the committees of jurisdiction and chairs for their 
strategic, science-based leadership on the bills in this package. 
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone; Science, Space, and 
Technology Chairwoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson; Natural Resources 
Chairman Raul Grijalva, along with Congressmen McEachin and Ruiz, for 
their collaborative efforts to include a transformative environmental 
justice title; Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, Kathy Castor; 
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, chairwoman on the Subcommittee of Health in 
Energy and Commerce, leading the legislation to study the direct 
connection of wildfire smoke on public health, as you suggested. And 
also, Members from the West for offering amendments, including the ones 
under consideration now, to improve wildfire research, resilience, and 
protect homes, communities, and public health.
  Again, I salute Congressman   Mike Levin for his leadership in this 
very important area. His election to Congress took us way down the path 
in this fight to preserve the planet. Thank you, Mr. Levin.
  The legislation advances public health, financial, and national 
security, and environmental justice. It takes actions that scientists, 
researchers, and experts tell us is needed:
  By launching the research and development needed to unleash a clean 
energy revolution and reduce pollution in our communities; making a 
bold downpayment for future climate action by modernizing America's 
energy innovation infrastructure; phasing down dangerous HFCs, known as 
super pollutants, which many experts believe is the single biggest 
action that the world can take to reduce global warming; putting our 
country on the path to net-zero pollution no later than 2050; and, 
critically protecting local communities by requiring Federal agencies 
to better understand the impact of new projects on public health and 
the environment, and to provide meaningful participation for indigenous 
and environmental communities. This is so absolutely important to have 
our Indian Country involved in these decisions.

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  As the League of Conservation Voters wrote today: ``This bill 
includes many great provisions to develop and deploy renewable and 
distributed energy resources; improve the efficiency of our homes, 
schools, and businesses; electrify our transportation sector; modernize 
the grid and enhance its resilience; prioritize the needs of 
environmental justice in communities; reduce climate pollution from 
industrial and traditional sources, and from ambient air.''
  Then they go on to say: ``Though we do not support increased funding 
for projects that could extend the life of fossil fuel-burning power 
plants or aging nuclear power infrastructure or prop up undemonstrated 
new nuclear projects, many of the amendments would improve those areas 
and build upon the significant positive environmental aspects of the 
bill.'' This is very important, ``build upon the significant positive 
environmental aspects of the bill.''
  ``We urge support for the amendments . . . that will make the bill 
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stronger by protecting our communities and environment while investing 
in clean energy research, development, and deployment.''
  This important legislation is an important step--I keep saying it is 
not everything; it is a step--to advance climate action. But much more 
is needed.
  Unfortunately, many in our government continue to deny the science 
and refuse to act. As seen earlier this month, when I hosted the G7 
Speakers' Meeting on ``Addressing the Climate Crisis With Economic and 
Environmental Justice for All,'' no other country in that mix of the G7 
and the President of the European Union, who was also participating, no 
other country is in denial about the climate crisis and the impact that 
human activity has on it.
  Sadly, only in America is there contempt for science, public health, 
and the role of government.
  Madam Speaker, when I first became Speaker in 2007, the first bill we 
put on the floor was to establish a Select Committee on Climate and 
Energy. We passed that bill working with President Bush. It was the 
biggest energy bill in the history of our country. It was the 
equivalent of taking millions of cars off the road. We came to terms 
with an agreement, and he was delighted to have a signing ceremony for 
this bill.
  Since then, there has been denial about the climate crisis. After 
becoming Speaker again in this Congress, I established a Select 
Committee on the Climate Crisis, which Kathy Castor chairs.
  So this has been a very high priority. It is a high priority for 
public health, clean air, clean water, ending the pollutants, 
diminishing the pollutants.
  Secondly, it is a jobs issue. Jobs, jobs, jobs, clean energy jobs 
making us preeminent in the world.
  It is a national security issue. Our security experts tell us that 
drought and famine, so much is caused by the climate crisis. Increased 
competition for habitat, resources, and the rest cause mass migrations. 
It is a national security issue.
  It is a moral issue. If you believe, as I do, that this planet is 
God's creation, we have a moral responsibility to be good stewards of 
it. This is believed by many in the evangelical community. But even if 
you don't share this belief from a religious standpoint, from a moral 
standpoint, we have a responsibility to pass the planet on to future 
generations as best we can.
  Again, the American people, including young people, scientists, faith 
leaders, grassroots environmental justice advocates, are demanding 
climate action now to protect their lives and protect their 
livelihoods.
  I urge Members, including the Republicans whose bills are included in 
this package, to listen to the public and pass this commonsense and 
science-based legislation and redouble our efforts to combat the 
climate crisis.
  Heed the message that Mother Earth is sending us. Lives are at stake. 
We have no time to waste. I urge an ``aye'' vote on these en bloc 
amendments and on final passage of the legislation.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman from California 
has expired.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time is 
remaining.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Oregon has 4\1/2\ minutes 
remaining.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. LaMalfa), my friend and colleague, a real leader on 
natural resource issues.
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Oregon for 
yielding and for his leadership on this bill today. I appreciate the 
work in this current bloc on forestry as Oregon, California, and so 
much of the West is experiencing yet another year of such devastating 
fire.
  I want to hearken back to a previous bloc here while I have the 
opportunity. It has to do with the Klamath dams that are owned by 
PacifiCorp in northern California and Oregon.
  Now, there is the need to continue those dams' ability to operate. 
Unfortunately, my California colleague on the other side of the aisle 
is insisting on an amendment that would make it impossible to continue 
that operation even during a time of uncertainty as to the efficacy of 
dam removal or whatever the disposal of those will be. It is up in the 
air. The science is not clear.
  The amendment that is being proposed might be the worst attempt at a 
veiled threat that I have seen in a long time on threatening a company 
in the operation of current dams. Rather than work with PacifiCorp, the 
hope seems to be that the House of Representatives can be used in this 
en bloc for a personal vendetta in defying the will of the people in 
the area.
  The owner of these dams has signed on to both agreements that 
contemplated removal under the right conditions. Congress didn't bring 
an agreement up for consideration. Local voters overwhelmingly rejected 
the dam removal. The corporation that my colleague is attempting to 
attack has been supportive for nearly 15 years.

  Under the guise of what my colleague would call ``more stringent 
reporting requirements,'' this amendment would directly increase power 
costs on tens of thousands of rural Americans across the West, 
requiring six new studies, reports, and disclosures every year at the 
cost of PacifiCorp. Complying with all of this will not be free. 
Regular families will see their power costs go up at a time when our 
power grid in California especially is in big trouble. This is wrong-
headed.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from California for 
his remarks.
  Madam Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  I want to go back to the issue underlying this, which is wildfires 
and smoke. When I chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, I held 
hearings each year, which have been continued under Chairman Pallone, 
looking at the health impacts of wildfire smoke on our citizens in 
America as relates to the Clean Air Act.
  I remember we had a gentleman from southern Oregon who had sent me a 
photo of his CPAP, his air-breathing filter, that had turned dark 
within a day or two. We had county commissioners tell me that when they 
opened their windows at night, the smoke alarm went off in their house. 
It was that bad.
  We continue to have that, and it has been going on for a very long 
time. It is sad we had to get to this point for many to recognize who 
don't have to live with that as we all have to.
  There is so much more we can and should do, and I appreciate Speaker 
Pelosi's comments about fixing the fire borrowing problem. We did that 
jointly and in a bipartisan, bicameral way. It was long overdue.
  But I am just going to close by saying you still have 60, 70 million 
acres of lands out there that we have responsibility for. They are the 
public's lands that are completely out of balance. Nature tells us 
that. Scientists reinforce that. And we need to do something about 
that.
  Hopefully--I am leaving Congress at the end of this year--future 
Congresses will figure a way through this thicket because if we don't 
act, you won't have forests left, and a whole generation will never 
know what we have had the great joy to see, big healthy tree stands and 
habitat, freshwater and fish, and all of that that is the Northwest. It 
is going away in large measure every summer, and it will be a 
generation before you can drive over the Cascade Mountains on these 
routes and see what we got to see for our generation as it burns up and 
goes away.
  We need to take out the burned, dead material while it has value. We 
need to plant green, new trees. We need to fully understand the impacts 
of smoke and then do everything in our power to minimize these fires 
and their devastating, tragic, and deadly effects.
  Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support 
of my amendment.
  This amendment requires the establishment of a reliability standard, 
within the Federal Power Act, relating to extreme weather events. It 
directs the Department to create a program and publish a report, on 
ways to improve the resiliency of electrical grids.
  Over the past year my District and others across the State of 
California have experienced many of these power shutoffs due to extreme 
weather events--such as wildfires. These shutoffs hurt local 
businesses, leave thousands in the dark, and put the medically 
vulnerable at great risk.
  The federal government must step up to ensure the U.S. electrical 
grid is more resilient. We must provide states and local utilities the

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resources they need to reliably provide power to our communities.
  I urge an Aye vote on this amendment to help communities like mine 
and all the others affected by severe weather.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 1129, the 
previous question is ordered on the amendments en bloc offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Levin).
  The question is on the amendments en bloc.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appear to have it.
  Mr. LEVIN of California. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and 
nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question 
are postponed.
  The Chair understands that amendment No. 57 will not be offered.


      Amendments En Bloc No. 1 Offered by Ms. Stevens of Michigan

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the question on amendments en bloc No. 1, 
printed in part B of House Report 116-528, on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendments en bloc 
offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Stevens).
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 235, 
nays 172, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 202]

                               YEAS--235

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gibbs
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--172

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gianforte
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Torres Small (NM)
     Turner
     Upton
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Abraham
     Brady
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Cheney
     Crawford
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Gaetz
     Graves (GA)
     Holding
     Marchant
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Riggleman
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Tiffany
     Waltz
     Wilson (SC)
     Wright
     Yoho

                              {time}  1405

  Mr. JACOBS changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


   members recorded pursuant to house resolution 965, 116th congress

     Bishop (GA) (Fudge)
     Chu, Judy (Takano)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Hayes (Courtney)
     Huffman (Thompson (CA))
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Cooper)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Pingree (Clark (MA))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Richmond (Fudge)
     Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Tlaib (Dingell)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Adams)


                Amendment No. 32 Offered by Ms. Haaland

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cuellar). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 
XX, the unfinished business is the question on amendment No. 32, 
printed in part B of House Report 116-528, on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendment offered by 
the gentlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Haaland).
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 235, 
nays 173, not voting 22, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 203]

                               YEAS--235

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper

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     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Upton
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--173

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Van Drew
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--22

     Abraham
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Cheney
     Crawford
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Gaetz
     Graves (GA)
     Holding
     Marchant
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Riggleman
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Tiffany
     Waltz
     Wilson (SC)
     Wright
     Yoho

                              {time}  1453

  Mrs. HARTZLER changed her vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


   members recorded pursuant to house resolution 965, 116th congress

     Bishop (GA) (Fudge)
     Chu, Judy (Takano)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Hayes (Courtney)
     Huffman (Thompson (CA))
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Cooper)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Pingree (Clark (MA))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Richmond (Fudge)
     Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Tlaib (Dingell)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Adams)


      Amendments En Bloc No. 4 Offered by Mr. Levin of California

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, the 
unfinished business is the question on amendments en bloc No. 4, 
printed in part B of House Report 116-528, on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the yeas and nays were ordered.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendments en bloc.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendments en bloc.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the amendments en bloc 
offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Levin).
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 273, 
nays 132, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 204]

                               YEAS--273

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amodei
     Axne
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Buchanan
     Burchett
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Graves (LA)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Joyce (OH)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Norcross
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Walden
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters

[[Page H4947]]


     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                               NAYS--132

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (UT)
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     DesJarlais
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Flores
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Hollingsworth
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Johnson (OH)
     Jordan
     Joyce (PA)
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Norman
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Shimkus
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Steube
     Stewart
     Taylor
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Turner
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walker
     Walorski
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Young
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Abraham
     Bishop (NC)
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Cheney
     Crawford
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Gaetz
     Graves (GA)
     Holding
     Kuster (NH)
     Marchant
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Riggleman
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Sensenbrenner
     Tiffany
     Waltz
     Wilson (SC)
     Wright
     Yoho

                              {time}  1542

  Messrs. GRAVES of Louisiana and McCARTHY changed their vote from 
``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the en bloc amendments were agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.


   members recorded pursuant to house resolution 965, 116th congress

     Bishop (GA) (Fudge)
     Chu, Judy (Takano)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Hayes (Courtney)
     Huffman (Thompson (CA))
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Cooper)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Pingree (Clark (MA))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Richmond (Fudge)
     Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Tlaib (Dingell)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Adams)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The previous question is ordered on the 
bill, as amended.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                           Motion to Recommit

  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, I am opposed in its current form.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:
       Mr. Lucas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4447 to the 
     Committee on Energy and Commerce with instructions to report 
     the same back to the House forthwith, with the following 
     amendment:

       At the end of the bill, insert the following:

    Subtitle G--Prohibition on the Transfer of Intellectual Property

     SEC. 12701. STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES PROHIBITION.

       (a) Innovate in America.--None of the funds authorized or 
     made available by this Act, or the amendments made by this 
     Act, may be used in awarding a grant, loan, or demonstration 
     project to an entity that fails to certify that resulting 
     intellectual property, technologies, and data, for the 
     purpose authorized, will not be transferred to any other 
     entity that--
       (1) is determined to be of risk by the Secretary of Energy 
     in consultation with the Under Secretary for Science; the 
     Under Secretary of Energy; the Under Secretary for Nuclear 
     Security; and the Department of Energy's Office of 
     Intelligence and Counterintelligence;
       (2) is identified as a nonmarket economy country (in 
     accordance with section 771(18) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
     U.S.C. 1677(18))) as of the date of enactment of this Act; or
       (3) was identified by the United States Trade 
     Representative in the most recent report submitted under 
     section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) as a 
     priority foreign country under subsection (a)(2) of such 
     section.
       (b) International Agreements.--This section shall be 
     applied in a manner consistent with the obligations of the 
     United States under international agreements.

       Page 9, in the table of contents, after the matter relating 
     to section 12606, insert the following:

    Subtitle G--Prohibition on the Transfer of Intellectual Property

Sec. 12701. State-owned enterprises prohibition.
  Mr. LUCAS (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
to dispense with the reading.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Oklahoma?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Oklahoma is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, my motion will ensure that none of the $135 
billion in taxpayer funds authorized in H.R. 4447 will be used to build 
up foreign countries' intellectual property and technology at the 
expense of our own.
  Specifically, in order to receive Federal grants, loans, or 
demonstration money through H.R. 4447, organizations must certify that 
the results of that funding, whether technology, intellectual property, 
or data, will not become the property of a foreign state-owned 
enterprise.
  Mr. Speaker, China has made it an explicit goal to surpass the United 
States as the global frontrunner in science and technology. The Chinese 
Communist Party's Made in 2025 initiative outlines a clear strategy to 
get ahead of us in critical technologies and industries of the future.
  Part of the CCP strategy is acquiring U.S. technology and 
intellectual property, whether through investment, coercion, or theft.
  Let me repeat that: through investment, coercion, or, yes, even 
theft.
  This isn't a hypothetical situation. Already, China has recruited 
U.S.-funded researchers for things like the Thousand Talents program.
  This is much more than a single recruitment program or an exchange of 
knowledge. Researchers joining the Thousand Talents program sign 
legally binding contracts that require them to transfer information and 
property to China.
  We have seen a consistent pattern where China expresses interest in a 
specific technology and then the U.S. experiences intellectual property 
theft in that same technology.
  The full scope of the CCP's influence and presence in the U.S. is not 
entirely known to the public, but FBI Director Christopher Wray has 
said that the Bureau is opening a new China-related counterintelligence 
case about every 10 hours.
  Simply put, we are spending the time, the money, and the effort to 
plant the seeds of new technologies, but China is the one harvesting 
the crop. We cannot afford to spend $135 billion in taxpayers' funds on 
technologies that China will then steal and use to compete against us. 
We must protect our Nation's research and intellectual property.
  The Trump administration has taken good steps towards protecting 
American IP from Chinese aggression, but we must do more to work 
together to protect sensitive American research while maintaining the 
spirit of open science that has fueled, literally, generations of 
discoveries.
  Mr. Speaker, this motion provides commonsense, practical protections 
for taxpayer-funded research and the incalculable innovations it 
creates. I urge my colleagues to support this motion and ensure that we 
are not spending billions of dollars on research that China will then 
use to outcompete us.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Ms DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to the motion to 
recommit.

[[Page H4948]]

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I have reviewed the motion to recommit, and 
I must say to the gentleman, I certainly agree with the concept that 
the gentleman from Oklahoma says is in this motion to recommit, but, 
tragically, a reading of the motion shows that that is just not true.
  The gentleman says that he is trying to stop foreign powers from 
getting control over our intellectual property, but if you look at this 
amendment, it basically gives ultimate power to the administration to 
decide who is at risk and who shall not be or shall be allowed to be 
certified.
  Section A(1) here says these technologies will not be transferred if 
it is determined to be at risk to the Secretary of Energy in 
consultation with others.
  At risk for what? At risk to whom? We simply don't know by reading 
this. And what it could do is it could exempt entities that, for 
example, have investments by U.S. Government officials or relatives of 
U.S. Government officials. We just don't know. And what it is is just a 
power grab by the administration.
  We agree with the concept. We shouldn't be allowing intellectual 
property to be transferred to foreign governments, but that is not what 
this motion to recommit does. That is why we should all oppose the 
motion to recommit, and we should, of course, all vote ``yes'' on the 
Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act.
  What this bill does is it makes long-overdue reforms to U.S. energy 
policy, and it authorizes major investments in the transition to a low-
carbon future, which we so desperately need.
  We saw from all of the amendments that we passed, Democratic and 
Republican amendments that we passed today, how this bill, together, 
can really usher in a new era for American innovation, serve as a down 
payment on comprehensive climate action, and can also create jobs and 
stimulate our economy.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of our Members to take a close look at this 
motion to recommit and see what the real damage it could do will be.
  Vote ``no'' on the motion to recommit, and vote ``yes'' for clean 
energy jobs and innovation.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. LUCAS. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 193, 
nays 214, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 205]

                               YEAS--193

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DeFazio
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Estes
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Golden
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Katko
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Murphy (FL)
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pappas
     Pence
     Perry
     Peterson
     Posey
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spanberger
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Torres Small (NM)
     Turner
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Zeldin

                               NAYS--214

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Amash
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sires
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Abraham
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Cheney
     Crawford
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Gaetz
     Graves (GA)
     Marchant
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Riggleman
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Shimkus
     Tiffany
     Waltz
     Wilson (SC)
     Wright
     Yoho
     Young

                              {time}  1648

  Messrs. CORREA, RICHMOND, VARGAS, and VELA changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. TURNER, FORTENBERRY, PAPPAS, and McHENRY changed their vote 
from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


   members recorded pursuant to house resolution 965, 116th congress

     Bishop (GA) (Fudge)
     Chu, Judy (Takano)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Hayes (Courtney)
     Huffman (Thompson (CA))
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Cooper)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Pingree (Clark (MA))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Richmond (Fudge)
     Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Speier (Scanlon)

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     Tlaib (Dingell)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Adams)
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. DelBene). The question is on the passage 
of the bill.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the ayes appeared to have it.
  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 
965, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, 
nays 185, not voting 25, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 206]

                               YEAS--220

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Axne
     Bacon
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brindisi
     Brown (MD)
     Brownley (CA)
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     DeSaulnier
     Deutch
     Dingell
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Evans
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Haaland
     Harder (CA)
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Huffman
     Jackson Lee
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (TX)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     Kirkpatrick
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Lamb
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Lieu, Ted
     Lipinski
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Sean
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Mfume
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Norcross
     O'Halleran
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Perlmutter
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Rice (NY)
     Richmond
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Speier
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Visclosky
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Welch
     Wexton
     Wild
     Wilson (FL)
     Yarmuth
     Young

                               NAYS--185

     Aderholt
     Allen
     Amash
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bergman
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Bishop (UT)
     Bost
     Brady
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budd
     Burchett
     Calvert
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chabot
     Cline
     Cloud
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Cook
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     Davidson (OH)
     Davis, Rodney
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Doggett
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Fleischmann
     Flores
     Foxx (NC)
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garcia (CA)
     Garcia (IL)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Gohmert
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gooden
     Gosar
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hagedorn
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hern, Kevin
     Herrera Beutler
     Hice (GA)
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill (AR)
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Keller
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Latta
     Lesko
     Levin (MI)
     Long
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Marshall
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     Meng
     Meuser
     Miller
     Moolenaar
     Mooney (WV)
     Nadler
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunes
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Olson
     Omar
     Palazzo
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Posey
     Pressley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (SC)
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose, John W.
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Sensenbrenner
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spano
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Steube
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Taylor
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Timmons
     Tipton
     Tlaib
     Turner
     Upton
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walorski
     Watkins
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Zeldin

                             NOT VOTING--25

     Abraham
     Burgess
     Byrne
     Cheney
     Crawford
     Dunn
     Ferguson
     Gaetz
     Granger
     Graves (GA)
     Marchant
     Mitchell
     Mullin
     Murphy (NC)
     Riggleman
     Rogers (AL)
     Rooney (FL)
     Rutherford
     Shimkus
     Tiffany
     Walker
     Waltz
     Wilson (SC)
     Wright
     Yoho

                              {time}  1728

  Mr. GROTHMAN changed his vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
  Stated against:
  Ms. GRANGER. Madam Speaker, I missed votes due to circumstances 
beyond my control. Had I been present, I would have voted nay on 
rollcall No. 206.


   members recorded pursuant to house resolution 965, 116th congress

     Bishop (GA) (Fudge)
     Chu, Judy (Takano)
     DeSaulnier (Matsui)
     Frankel (Clark (MA))
     Grijalva (Garcia (IL))
     Hastings (Wasserman Schultz)
     Hayes (Courtney)
     Huffman (Thompson (CA))
     Jayapal (Raskin)
     Kaptur (Dingell)
     Kim (Davids (KS))
     Kirkpatrick (Gallego)
     Langevin (Lynch)
     Lawson (FL) (Evans)
     Lieu, Ted (Beyer)
     Lipinski (Cooper)
     Lofgren (Jeffries)
     Lowenthal (Beyer)
     Lowey (Tonko)
     Meng (Clark (MA))
     Moore (Beyer)
     Mucarsel-Powell (Wasserman Schultz)
     Napolitano (Correa)
     Payne (Wasserman Schultz)
     Pingree (Clark (MA))
     Pocan (Raskin)
     Porter (Wexton)
     Richmond (Fudge)
     Roybal-Allard (Cardenas)
     Rush (Underwood)
     Serrano (Jeffries)
     Speier (Scanlon)
     Tlaib (Dingell)
     Watson Coleman (Pallone)
     Welch (McGovern)
     Wilson (FL) (Adams)

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