[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H351-H422]
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                   STRATEGIC PRODUCTION RESPONSE ACT


                             General Leave

  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that 
all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their 
remarks on the legislation and to insert extraneous material on H.R. 
21.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from Washington?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 5 and rule 
XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 21.
  The Chair appoints the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Rouzer) to 
preside over the Committee of the Whole.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the state of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 21) to provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and 
gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in 
conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, with Mr. Rouzer in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read the 
first time.
  General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed 1 
hour equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and the 
minority leader, or their respective designees.
  The gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers) and the gentleman from 
New Jersey (Mr. Pallone) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 21, the Strategic Production 
Response Act.
  Two weeks ago, this body sent a strong message that we must ensure 
our Nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve will not advance the energy 
interests of China over the energy security interests of Americans.
  This bill today will help ensure this vital American energy asset and 
American security interests will not be drained away for nonemergency, 
political purposes. This bill is about restoring America's energy 
security. It provides a path towards making energy more affordable for 
Americans who are looking to us to help ease the pain at the pump.
  H.R. 21 does this by preserving the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for 
its vital and central purpose: to provide the oil supplies Americans 
need during true emergencies--emergencies like supply disruptions that 
threaten the Nation's economy, or the loss of oil production due to 
hurricanes and other disasters.
  Put simply, under this bill, if an administration chooses to use the 
reserve for nonemergency political purposes, it will first have to 
develop a plan that an equal amount would be reinstated from American 
energy resources.
  The SPR should be used as a tool of last resort. This is sensible 
energy policy. It is also urgent policy. At present, the SPR's ability 
to protect Americans has been put at risk. More than 250 million 
barrels of oil, approximately 40 percent of the reserve, has been drawn 
down in less than 2 years. This is more than all of the former 
Presidents in history combined. It is all to cover up historically high 
gas prices in an election year. This is irresponsible.
  The Biden administration has undermined our Nation's ability to 
respond to true energy emergencies by mismanaging our Nation's 
strategic energy stockpile. At the same time, the administration has 
taken every action to suppress America's mighty energy production 
abilities. Unbelievably, the Biden administration has turned to 
Venezuela and Saudi Arabia to pump more oil instead of working to lift 
their regulatory restraints on American energy producers.
  America's oil production and refining capacity remains 1 million 
barrels below peak levels during the prior administration. We have the 
world's most abundant resources and the capacity to produce millions 
more barrels per day.
  America should never be at the mercy of OPEC or Russia. Energy 
security is economic security and it is national security. It is all 
connected. It is foundational to everything. We should be unleashing 
American energy on all fronts.
  Don't forget, Mr. Chair, the United States has some of the highest 
environmental and labor standards in the world. We have been the leader 
in bringing down carbon emissions. We did this by embracing innovation 
and our abundant natural resources, not by shutting down entire 
industries.
  Right now, America is suffering through the worst energy crisis in 
decades, and gas prices are still surging upwards. Now, President 
Biden's and the Democrats' radical rush-to-green agenda has made life 
unaffordable for people across the country. It has driven up inflation, 
it has strained household budgets, and it has weakened our electric 
grid.
  Gas prices have risen to the highest levels in history. Some have 
been forced to pay more than $6 a gallon. Gas prices are still 40 
percent higher today, and diesel prices are up almost $2 a gallon more 
than when President Biden took office.
  It is time to flip the switch. It is time to end the politically 
motivated abuse of the SPR and focus on American energy and American 
security. Let's send a strong signal this Congress that we stand for 
energy security, preserving the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, restoring 
America's energy dominance, and providing for the prosperity of all 
Americans.
  Mr. Chair, I urge support of H.R. 21, and I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 21. Once again, House 
Republicans are showing their true colors--bringing a bill to the floor 
that helps their Big Oil friends and hurts hardworking Americans.
  This is a reckless and extreme bill. It will hamstring the single 
most important tool the Biden administration has used to fight Putin's 
price hike on gasoline. The chairwoman mentioned affordability, but by 
releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Biden 
administration helped bring down gas prices by over $1.50 per gallon. 
Republicans call that politicizing

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the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. I call that providing real relief to 
the American people at the gas pump.
  Again, Democrats are addressing affordability trying to bring down 
high gas prices; and now, after promising to lower costs for American 
families, House Republicans want to pass this bill that will raise gas 
prices at the pump.
  Make no mistake, Mr. Chair, that is exactly what this bill would do. 
It would prevent the Department of Energy from using the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve to respond to price hikes until Big Oil is given open 
access to drill on public lands.
  Restricting the Federal Government's best tool for decreasing gas 
prices in the middle of a global energy crisis defies any logic. After 
all, this is a tool that administrations of both parties--Democrat and 
Republican--have successfully used in the past.
  It is baffling to me to see Republicans oppose President Biden's 
release of oil from the reserve considering that in recent years, 
Republican administrations withdrew even more due to oil sales that 
they themselves mandated when they were in control of Congress. House 
Republicans have also used the reserve as a piggy bank to withdraw 
nearly 300 million barrels of oil to pay for their priorities. Yet now 
they want to feign outrage that President Biden withdrew fewer barrels 
to lower prices at the pump.
  This is not serious legislation, Mr. Chair, but instead a political 
stunt. Republicans are just upset that President Biden stood up and 
actually used all the tools at his disposal to fight back against high 
gas prices for American families.
  This bill actually fights against American families and against 
addressing affordability.
  The Secretary of Energy was clear in a letter she wrote to Chair 
Rodgers and me last week.
  Mr. Chair, I include in the Record the text of that letter.

                                      The Secretary of Energy,

                                 Washington, DC, January 18, 2023.
     Hon. Cathy McMorris Rodgers,
     Chair, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
     Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr.,
     Ranking Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of 
         Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Chair Rodgers and Ranking Member Pallone: 
     Congratulations again on your re-elections to Congress and 
     selections as Chair and Ranking Member of the House Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce. I look forward to working closely 
     with you in the 118th Congress.
       I write to express the Department of Energy's serious 
     concerns about H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response 
     Act. From responding swiftly to natural disasters to 
     executing a historic release of oil in response to Putin's 
     invasion of Ukraine, the Administration's use of the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has been critical to 
     ensuring adequate oil supply and lowering gasoline prices for 
     American families. This bill would significantly weaken this 
     critical energy security tool, resulting in more oil supply 
     shortages in times of crisis and higher gasoline prices for 
     Americans.
       Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine created the worst 
     global energy crisis in decades. The President took 
     unprecedented action with allies and partners, releasing oil 
     from our strategic reserves, to stabilize global oil supply 
     and gasoline prices. We have heard directly from industry 
     over the last several months that these actions were 
     essential to maintaining supply.
       And Americans see the results for themselves at the pump. 
     Today, gasoline prices are down by $1.70 per gallon from 
     their peak this summer. In fact, gasoline prices are now 
     below where they were before Russia's invasion. That was far 
     from a foregone conclusion a year ago. The Treasury 
     Department estimates that the Administration's SPR actions 
     reduced prices for American consumers at the pump by as much 
     as 40 cents per gallon. In addition to saving Americans 
     money, the SPR releases should provide a good deal for 
     taxpayers, by selling oil at a high price, with a planned 
     refill of the SPR at lower prices.
       If enacted, H.R. 21 would make it harder to take such 
     action quickly to increase supply when the market needs it 
     most--driving up prices during crises. H.R. 21 would 
     significantly interfere with the United States' ability to 
     release oil collectively through the International Energy 
     Agency during an emergency supply shortage, as was done in 
     early March 2022. And H.R. 21 would severely restrict the 
     Department's ability to lend oil when disruptions occur due 
     to natural disasters or pipeline outages. Just last month, 
     when the Keystone Pipeline was suddenly shut down, refiners 
     in Texas and Louisiana were sent scrambling to keep 
     facilities running. This Administration--like those of both 
     parties have previously--quickly lent out oil to help 
     maintain operations, avoid shortages, and prevent further 
     price spikes. H.R. 21 would undermine our ability to take 
     such decisive action in response to future disruptions.
       I believe it is essential that the SPR can continue to 
     address supply disruptions by rapidly providing oil in 
     response to emergencies. Arbitrarily requiring the completion 
     of reports related to energy production on Federal lands--a 
     matter which the Department of Energy does not control--would 
     only delay such critical action and increase prices for 
     Americans when energy disruptions occur.
       Today, there is nothing standing in the way of domestic oil 
     production. In fact, oil production is up by 1 million 
     barrels per day under President Biden and is on track to 
     reach a new record high this year. Oil and gas companies are 
     currently sitting on approximately 9,000 approved but unused 
     permits to drill, and billions in record profits. They do not 
     need another giveaway.
       I appreciate your consideration of these concerns, and I 
     hope we can work together on strategies to ensure American 
     energy productivity, security, and affordability.
           Sincerely,
                                             Jennifer M. Granholm.

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, in that letter, Secretary Granholm wrote that 
by hamstringing the administration, this bill will result in ``more oil 
supply shortages in times of crisis and higher gasoline prices for 
Americans.''
  The President also recognizes this bill is a bad deal for the 
American people, and that is why he said that he would veto it if it 
ever got to his desk.
  Mr. Chair, I also include in the Record the text of the Statement of 
Administration Policy.

                   Statement of Administration Policy


H.R. 21--Strategic Production Response Act--Rep. McMorris Rodgers, R-WA 
                           and 31 Cosponsors

       The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 21, the Strategic 
     Production Response Act. The bill would significantly weaken 
     a critical energy security tool, resulting in more oil supply 
     shortages and higher gas prices for working families.
       This Administration's use of the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve (SPR) has been essential to protecting our energy 
     security and to lowering gas prices for Americans. Following 
     Putin's further invasion of Ukraine last year, President 
     Biden authorized the largest-ever emergency release from the 
     SPR, in coordination with historic releases from allies and 
     partners. The results speak for themselves: today, gasoline 
     prices are $1.60 per gallon lower than their peak this summer 
     and below their pre-invasion levels. That was far from a 
     foregone conclusion: the Treasury Department estimates that 
     SPR actions reduced prices at the pump by as much as 40 cents 
     per gallon.
       If enacted, H.R. 21 would significantly weaken America's 
     ability to take such decisive action to increase supply and 
     lower prices in times of crisis. Putin has tried to use 
     energy supply and high prices as a strategy to weaken the 
     United States and Europe's resolve to defend Ukraine. By 
     interfering with the United States' ability to release, oil 
     collectively, this legislation would help Putin's war aims. 
     In addition, H.R. 21 would severely restrict the 
     Administration's ability to increase oil supply and prevent 
     price spikes in response to natural disasters or pipeline 
     outages-as Administrations of both parties have done.
       By arbitrarily requiring completion of a report related to 
     energy production on Federal lands, H.R. 21 makes it harder 
     to provide relief to Americans during energy disruptions 
     globally and at home. Moreover, there is nothing currently 
     standing in the way of domestic oil production. Production is 
     up by more than 1 million barrels per day under President 
     Biden and is on track to reach a new record this year. Oil 
     and gas companies are currently sitting on thousands of 
     unused but approved permits that they can use to further 
     increase production right now.
       Because H.R. 21 will jeopardize our energy security and 
     increase gas prices for working families, the Administration 
     strongly opposes the bill.
       If Congress were to pass this bill, the President would 
     veto it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, it is, frankly, stunning that after about 2 
years of Republicans talking such a big game on energy security and 
energy independence, that one of the Republicans' first bills this 
Congress is a proposal that would seriously undermine both.
  The truth is that Republicans' decades-old drill-baby-drill mentality 
is outdated, it is reckless, and it simply cannot and will not protect 
Americans from the volatile price movements of a global commodity. Our 
country has adopted this mentality for decades, and it just doesn't 
work.
  The United States is already the world's top producer of both oil and 
gas, and the fossil fuel industry already controls large portions of 
U.S. public lands and waters, and it isn't using most of it. Right now, 
fossil fuel companies control over 26 million acres of U.S. public 
lands, half of which is going unused.

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  The problem is not a shortage of land or leases.
  Republicans only want the American people to think that that is the 
case because they want to keep doing the bidding of Big Oil. But the 
bottom line is, Big Oil doesn't want to pump oil because that would 
lower prices. They don't want to do it. They don't want to address the 
issue of affordability with gas prices. They don't want to pump more 
oil.
  No matter how much we drill anyway, doubling down on our fossil fuel 
dependency is exactly what has kept us dependent on the global market, 
and this global market where we have oil from other countries is 
largely controlled by dictators and adversaries on the other side of 
the world.
  So, Mr. Chair, this bill is not serious. It is yet another old, 
tired, one-page bill that shows just how antiquated and misplaced 
Republican priorities are. We should be spending our time on serious, 
thoughtful proposals that actually address our energy challenges and 
opportunities, that lower gas prices as opposed to raising them, and to 
ensure that Americans and their jobs don't get left behind as the rest 
of the world transitions to clean energy.
  Mr. Chair, if you really care about bringing down gas prices, you 
would oppose this bill.
  Mr. Chair, I strongly urge my colleagues to oppose this bill, and I 
reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson), who is a leader on the Energy and 
Commerce Committee.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I thank the chairwoman for yielding.
  Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 21, the Strategic 
Production Response Act. Instead of unleashing America's vast domestic 
energy resources, President Biden has hobbled our Nation's energy 
production, resulting in fuel shortages and rising energy costs for all 
American families.
  He went so far as begging foreign dictators for oil instead of 
uplifting America's economy. It is worth noting that just a few short 
years ago, America was energy independent.
  House Republicans have made it clear that we are going to hold the 
Biden administration accountable for its actions.
  As we sit here today, President Biden is draining around 40 percent 
of our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The reserve was established to be 
used for national emergencies, not for cheap political points or Band-
Aids for failed policies.
  The Strategic Production Response Act would require the Biden 
administration to replenish and maintain the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, and this legislation would require the Secretary of Energy to 
come up with a plan to replenish the reserve if oil is taken for 
nonemergency reasons.
  The President has ample solutions in front of him to fix America's 
energy crisis. In fact, Republicans have been offering up long-term 
energy solutions to the Biden administration, but they refuse to 
listen. Instead, they have given in to the demands of left-wing special 
interests and radical environmental groups and have left the American 
people stranded.
  In America, we do our part in making sure that the energy we produce 
is done in a cleaner and safer way than any other country on Earth.
  Unleashing American energy is the solution to our Nation's energy 
crisis.
  My message to President Biden is simple: The days of taking shortcuts 
to cover up major policy failures are over. H.R. 21 is an important 
step in holding the administration accountable for their actions, and I 
am proud to support this legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), who is the ranking member of the Natural 
Resources Committee and who has worked so hard on clean energy issues.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 21, and I urge all my colleagues 
to oppose this big giveaway to Big Oil.
  The bill before us today is yet another effort to open our public 
lands and waters to major new oil and gas extraction. This is despite 
the fact that oil companies already control huge amounts of our public 
lands and waters, most of which they don't even use.
  Right now, oil and gas companies have about 9,000 approved but unused 
permits across 26 million acres of public land. Right now, offshore 
they have 2,000 active leases covering 12 million acres, three-quarters 
of which aren't being used.
  This bill asks us to give them even more land--an area three times 
the size of California, or more than 300 million additional acres. Big 
Oil has more public land than they can use. They could expand 
production today if they really wanted to. Instead, they lobby Congress 
to open up even more lands to extraction, to lower environmental 
standards, and to give them more taxpayer-funded subsidies. And in the 
process, they lock out public land and public access from other 
essential uses that would contribute to the American people and 
contribute to the mitigation and remediation and the climate action 
that is required around the issue of climate and the climate crisis.

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  To add insult to injury, this bill would actually make it harder to 
help everyday Americans. It would prevent the President's ability to 
keep down gas prices.
  Last year, President Biden took decisive action, allowing releases 
from the reserve to lower prices at the pump. Under this bill, if the 
President needed to act again to keep prices low, he would first have 
to pay off Big Oil by opening up our public lands.
  This bill does not protect the American people, and it certainly 
doesn't protect our climate or environment.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no.''
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Walberg), a leader on the Energy and 
Commerce Committee.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I support H.R. 21.
  Michiganians are facing hardships due to President Biden and 
Secretary Granholm's war on American energy. My constituents are 
struggling to afford to fill up their tanks and heat their homes.
  Instead of abandoning his failed progressive policies and unleashing 
domestic energy production to lower costs for hardworking Americans, 
the Biden administration decided to use America's Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve as a political Band-Aid.
  President Biden has sold off over 250 million barrels of oil, 
draining our SPR to its lowest level since 1983. America's Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve is to be used in cases of national emergency, not 
political emergencies. Energy security is national security.
  H.R. 21 is a commonsense measure to ensure that our SPR remains ready 
for when we face global supply disruptions that threaten our economy 
and prevents politically motivated withdrawals. Let's pass it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Florida (Ms. Castor), the former chair of the Select Committee on the 
Climate Crisis who has done so much on clean energy issues.
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 21.
  The Republican bill would cause higher gas prices. It would hamstring 
the ability of the President to respond to a crisis. It also would open 
up areas to drilling and pollution that should be off-limits, and it 
would exacerbate climate pollution and the costly related impacts 
ripping through America.
  After Putin invaded Ukraine and American consumers were grappling 
with higher gas prices, President Biden was right to release oil from 
the strategic reserve to cushion the economic blow to American 
families. It was a commonsense strategy that helped lower gas prices 
for Americans. Now, Republicans want to tie the hands of the President 
to act when necessary.
  There are too many contingencies in the world--war, supply chain 
issues, natural disasters--to irrationally tie the hands of the 
Commander in Chief to use the strategic reserve when needed.
  This bill also opens up areas to drilling and pollution that should 
be off-limits, like the coast of Florida. It could wreck our economy, 
our beautiful coastal waters and beaches, and areas that the Department 
of Defense needs for military training. Plus, it is completely 
unnecessary.

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  The oil and gas industry already controls large portions of public 
lands and waters. They aren't using it. They are sitting on 
approximately 9,000 approved but unused permits for drilling.
  Finally, this is dangerous and costly and will exacerbate the climate 
crisis. The top scientists say we have a rapidly closing window to 
reduce climate pollution and avoid the worst impacts, but Republicans 
have abdicated their responsibility to keep these costs in check for 
everyday Americans.
  True energy security and independence will come through clean energy, 
efficiency, and innovation. Twenty percent of electricity net 
generation in the U.S. right now comes from renewable sources. With the 
Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law, we are 
on track now to lower costs, to create good-paying jobs, and to build 
safer, healthier, more resilient communities across the country.
  This bill is an outrageous handout to polluters that will cost 
families and weaken energy security for America. In this Republican 
House, I guess Big Oil and the wealthy, powerful special interests win 
while everyday Americans will pay more.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. Lesko).
  Mrs. LESKO. Mr. Chairman, our energy security is under attack. This 
administration has drained our Strategic Petroleum Reserve, selling off 
40 percent of the reserve in just the last 2 years.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is now at its lowest level in 40 
years, posing a threat to our country in the event of a real emergency. 
Yet, this administration has failed to implement even a simple plan to 
replace the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That is what this bill does.
  With the Strategic Production Response Act, Republicans are stepping 
up to the plate to ensure any nonemergency release is accompanied by a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands and water leased for 
oil and gas exploration.
  This is responsible. This is common sense. This bill is a critical 
step in unleashing our domestic energy production, increasing our 
emergency supply, and delivering on our promise to protect our Nation's 
energy security.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Cardenas), a member of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. CARDENAS. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 21.
  If the beautiful, wonderful Marvin Gaye were with us today, he would 
say, ``What's going on?'' much more beautifully than I could say it.
  This is what is going on: This legislation is bad policy that will 
severely increase the price of gas at the pump, destroy our 
environment, and pollute and poison the air that our children and 
grandchildren deserve to breathe. It will only help the rich get 
richer.

  This bill could require the U.S. to open up over 300 million acres of 
Federal lands for new oil and gas drilling. To put that into scale, 
that is three times the size of the State of California.
  Rather than curbing our dependence on fossil fuels and making America 
more energy independent, my Republican colleagues are pushing 
legislation that will only increase our resilience on fossil fuels. 
This bill is incredibly foolish and does nothing to address the real 
problems.
  What are they really up to? They want to put money into the pockets 
of Big Oil executives while taking it out of the pockets of everyday 
Americans.
  So, I ask, what is the true intention of this legislation? Who does 
this help? Well, I just told you. It helps Big Oil and hurts everyday 
Americans because I know for damn sure it doesn't help the working 
families across our great country.
  I remind my colleagues and all of us that we were elected to come 
here to this body to represent all Americans, not just special 
interests.
  Your bill will only line the pockets of your fossil fuel friends 
while making gas more expensive for everyday Americans.
  This bill is shameful. It fails our children and grandchildren, and 
it fails to protect the American people.
  The CHAIR. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Pence), a leader on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 21.
  House Republicans are taking our next step to protect the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve and put American energy dominance back on track.
  First, we are going to stop selling a national security tool to 
China, and second, we are going to leverage our domestic natural 
resources to protect against emergency supply disruptions.
  The President's decision to exploit the SPR to cover up his own 
energy crisis was nothing short of a political stunt, and I heard that 
word used when I first walked in.
  After draining 40 percent of our reserve, the President has left 
Hoosiers in Indiana's Sixth District vulnerable in the event of a true 
supply emergency.
  The SPR is critical to helping respond to natural disasters, 
hurricanes, or severe supply disruptions. It was never intended to be a 
solution to the Biden energy crisis facing Hoosiers and all Americans.
  If the President was truly concerned about high energy prices, he 
would work with Republicans to support the domestic resources we 
already have at our disposal.
  H.R. 21 is a clear, simple way to leverage our assets and refocus the 
SPR on its original intent, responding to emergency supply disruptions.
  I look forward to continuing our efforts on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee to hold this administration accountable and reestablish 
American energy dominance.
  Mr. Chair, I urge support for this legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Texas (Mrs. Fletcher), another member of our Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mrs. FLETCHER. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. 21.
  My colleagues on both sides of the aisle know that, as a 
Representative for the energy capital of the world in Houston, I 
support domestic energy production.
  We produce oil and gas better. We have better environmental 
standards, better worker safety standards, and better emission 
reduction efforts and opportunities. We know it is important to produce 
energy domestically for our economy and for our national security.
  We also know that domestic production of oil and gas is a complicated 
system, from upstream exploration and production to downstream refining 
and transportation along the way. That is why I oppose this bill. It 
doesn't reflect the reality of how oil and gas production works or 
solve the problem I think it seeks to solve.
  Oil and gas production is a long and expensive process. Leases are 
executed many years before production begins if it begins at all.
  When we are talking about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, we are 
talking about crude oil that has been produced and stored for emergency 
use. If what we are trying to do is make sure that the SPR is full and 
available, we should pass legislation to require the government to 
replenish it after sales are made, to buy when the price is low. If 
what we are trying to do is increase domestic production, we should be 
working on permitting reform and addressing issues in the capital 
markets that are making investments more difficult. If operators can't 
make the investments, build the infrastructure, and move the product, 
what good is a lease sale?

  Today, we have heard a lot of complaints about President Biden's 
strategic use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has 
successfully lowered the prices at the pump for Americans and weakened 
Russia's ability to fund its unprovoked, unconscionable war against 
Ukraine. It has been a vital tool, as we just heard, for responding to 
natural disasters and energy supply shocks and mitigating hostile 
foreign actors at other times.
  We should support all of these efforts. The response to this effort 
certainly should not be to make it harder to do what we have just 
successfully done.
  That is what this bill does, placing new burdensome requirements to 
offer vast sums of public lands for leasing at any time mandatory sales 
are dictated

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by Congress or exchanges are implemented by the Department of Energy.
  It is not the solution that my friends on the other side of the aisle 
seem to think that it is, and I would be glad to work with anyone here 
to address the real barriers to domestic energy production and support 
smart energy policy.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to 
the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Curtis), the vice chair of the Energy, 
Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. CURTIS. Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of the Strategic 
Production Response Act.
  The President sold an unprecedented amount of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, which was constructed to be used solely during national 
emergencies. I regret that the President has instead used it as a 
political tool to attempt to lower gas prices.
  Perhaps the most frustrating thing is this administration's constant 
demonization not just of fossil fuels but of the very men and women who 
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  It is vital for a business to have regulatory certainty to ensure 
price stability, and President Biden's lack of guidance has created the 
most unclear times for the energy industry in modern history. You can't 
attack the oil and gas industry, say you want to put them out of 
business, and then complain when gas prices go up.
  It is critical for the SPR to be accessible to the most vulnerable 
citizens at times of crisis: wildfires, flooding, tornadoes, and 
hurricanes.
  All over the country, including in my home of Utah, there are 
abundant fossil fuels that can be cleanly and responsibly developed on 
Federal lands that could be used to replenish the SPR for times of real 
crisis.
  This is why I urge my colleagues to support this legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), the ranking member of the Appropriations 
Committee.
  Ms. DeLAURO. Mr. Chairman, I strongly urge my colleagues to vote 
against the so-called Strategic Production Response Act, which would 
significantly weaken our critical energy security.
  This bill before us would result in more oil supply shortages, higher 
gas prices for hardworking, middle-class families, and jeopardize our 
energy security, just so those on the other side of the aisle can do 
the bidding of their friends at Big Oil.
  Big Oil has already received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded 
subsidies. They enjoyed record-shattering profits, and it is all at the 
expense of hardworking families.
  Today, families live paycheck to paycheck; that is the reality. There 
is no thought for what this will do to the prices at the pump for 
families.
  Big Oil has more than 26 million acres under lease, and over 50 
percent are nonproducing. It is not because they are not allowed to 
drill. More than 9,500 permits to extract oil were approved in 2021 
alone. While the administration has paused wasteful lease sales, the 
permitting process for already leased lands continues.
  The greed of Big Oil just never ends. It inflicts pain, and it 
inflicts financial instability on working families. It is a daily 
assault.
  There is an old saying: ``Know where you stand, and stand there.'' 
Well, it is clear where some of my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle stand, and that is protecting Big Oil, which has a monopoly, and 
they can do what they want in terms of raising prices or lowering 
prices--and they never lower prices.
  I will continue to stand with the American people. I urge my 
colleagues to vote against H.R. 21.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 1\1/
2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Joyce), a leader on 
the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for 
yielding.
  This legislation--let's explain this very simply--is necessary 
because we need to install the guardrails to protect the strategic 
reserve.
  Before this administration, it was unimaginable that a President 
would declare war on American energy. That is why we are bringing this 
legislation forward, to ensure that our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is 
being used only for emergencies and not to score cheap political 
points.
  Any plan that uses this reserve outside of a national emergency must 
have a corresponding plan to backfill our stores.
  It is unacceptable to cancel projects like the Keystone XL pipeline, 
strip away American energy jobs, and harass our energy producers while 
also using up our emergency supplies.
  Americans cannot afford for the White House to play political games.
  We need to lower prices at the gas pump for the Pennsylvania families 
that I represent. Using our emergency supplies is unsustainable, and 
actually, it is reckless.
  We cannot afford to waste any more time holding up permits and 
creating complicated regulations that only slow down production.
  It is time to return to American energy dominance and use the 
resources that are under the feet of my constituents.
  I urge all of my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this important 
legislation.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong opposition to H.R. 21.
  A poll was released today that 73 percent of Americans think that the 
Republican leadership has the wrong priorities, and today we consider a 
bill which demonstrates how true those poll results are.
  With this bill, the Republicans are giving a big, wet kiss to Big 
Oil. They are making it more difficult for families to afford gas at 
the pump and rewarding Big Oil with record profits.
  Once again, they are demonstrating they care more about protecting 
the profits of Big Oil than protecting the wallets of hardworking 
Americans.
  This legislation would make it impossible--or nearly impossible--for 
the President to lower gas prices by tying releases from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve to this notion of expanding leasing on Federal lands, 
which would make it almost impossible, as Mrs. Fletcher explained just 
moments ago.
  Linking releases from the reserve to increases in drilling on Federal 
lands will result in higher prices for Americans and an exacerbation of 
the climate crisis already facing our country.
  What is more startling is this isn't even necessary. There are over 
9,000 leases available right now where drilling is not taking place.
  Why?
  Because Big Oil wants to keep the price up high to maximize their 
profits and continue to gouge the American consumers. Let's not 
continue to help them to do that.
  The President was very wise to strategically use that reserve to 
lower the price at the pump.
  I urge all my colleagues not to embrace this crazy idea of protecting 
the profits for Big Oil, gouging our constituents with higher gas 
prices, worsening the climate crisis, and instead, focus on the 
priorities of the American people to lower the cost of goods, to lower 
the cost of gas at the pump, to lower the cost of food at the grocery 
store.
  That is what Republicans ran on, Mr. Chairman, and their first act 
was to gut the IRS to make it harder for people to get their tax 
returns back, and today they are trying to protect Big Oil and make it 
more expensive for our constituents.
  Vote ``no.''
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  When President Biden was inaugurated in January of 2021, gas prices 
were $2.33 a gallon. I doubt you can find that anywhere in America 
today. $2.33 a gallon. They have only gone up since then.
  The war on Ukraine did not cause the energy crisis, it just exposed 
what was going on.
  Refining and production is down a million barrels from when President 
Biden was elected. There has been the shutting down of American energy. 
It is time to unleash American energy.

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  Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Carter), a leader on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 21 
because what President Biden and this administration have done with our 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve is nothing short of abuse.
  What is worse is that the administration has drained our SPR to bribe 
the American people into forgetting about the failure of its policies.
  Since day one, the President and his administration have waged a war 
against our energy independence and security. When, to no one's 
surprise, prices rose to the highest they have been in a generation, 
instead of reversing course, they doubled down and tried to pay off the 
American people by emptying the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  I am proud to be a cosponsor of this bill, and I sincerely hope all 
of my colleagues on the floor support it today.
  This bill not only limits the President's ability to abuse the SPR, 
as he has done in the past 2 years, but it also requires the 
administration to have a plan to increase production if it does pull 
from the SPR outside of our emergencies.
  This is energy security, and it is sorely needed in today's uncertain 
world.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time remains on 
each side?
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has 11 minutes remaining. 
The gentlewoman from Washington has 15 minutes remaining.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
California (Ms. Porter).
  Ms. PORTER. Mr. Chairman, replenishing the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve is in our national security interest, but handing out 10 
percent of our federally protected lands is not the answer.
  Big Oil sits on more than 9,000 unused permits for drilling on public 
lands. That is 9.9 million acres; 7.5 million football fields; more 
land than Maryland and Delaware combined.
  Congress should find the political courage to hold the fossil fuel 
industry accountable. As long as Big Oil holds on to thousands of 
unused permits, it shouldn't get a single acre more of our land.
  We can strengthen our energy independence without another sweetheart 
deal for the fossil fuel industry, which also receives billions in 
subsidies, and without selling out the hunters, fishers, and hikers who 
rely on public lands and contribute 1.9 percent of our GDP.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 21.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Dunn), a leader on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. DUNN of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to stress the 
importance of maintaining our Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  The Biden administration has recklessly handled our SPR and made us 
more vulnerable economically and defensively. They have drained the 
reserve by almost 40 percent with no plan to replenish it, jeopardizing 
our economy and our national security.
  America is currently unprepared for a true emergency, forcing us to 
beg for oil from countries like Venezuela. We are also more vulnerable 
to an energy supply disruption caused by natural disasters like 
hurricanes.
  H.R. 21 would ensure that the administration has a plan in place to 
increase domestic energy production and to replenish the SPR.
  Democrats want you to believe that draining the SPR is the only way 
to combat prices. Wrong. We can produce our own oil and gas.
  Americans have suffered enough under the left's failed Green New 
Deal.
  I encourage my colleagues to support H.R. 21.
  I also encourage them to support Representative Gaetz's amendment to 
ensure the important Gulf Test Range remains a pillar of our military 
readiness.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from 
Ohio (Mrs. Sykes).
  Mrs. SYKES. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 21, the 
Strategic Production Response Act.
  H.R. 21 is unnecessary, and it is harmful legislation that will have 
devastating consequences for hardworking American families, and its 
impact on our environment will resonate for generations to come.
  My district is home to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which 
receives more than 2.2 million visitors every year. Under H.R. 21, this 
irreplaceable national park and others across the Nation could be 
subjected to unnecessary oil and gas drilling, devastating ecosystems, 
our environment, our economy, and our communities.

  Our National Park System plays an essential role in the advancement 
of our communities. They create jobs, strengthen the local economy, 
contribute to local infrastructure development, and help to conserve 
the natural environment, cultural assets, and traditions that we hold 
dear.
  H.R. 21 is not a comprehensive, strategic legislative undertaking 
that puts the needs of hardworking Americans first; in fact, it does 
the opposite. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I cannot support this wholly 
unnecessary and harmful legislation in its current form, and I urge my 
colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote ``no.''
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 30 seconds to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber), a leader on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 21.
  President Biden, true to his word of a war on fossil fuels, sold off 
an unprecedented 250 million barrels of oil in less than 2 years, which 
is more than 40 percent of the stockpile. Two of the four SPR sites 
along the Gulf Coast are now dangerously low on oil, leaving America 
more vulnerable to a true energy supply disruption caused by hurricane 
or natural disaster.
  Mr. Chairman, this issue is very personal to me and to my Gulf Coast 
district. We house 60 percent of the Nation's SPR. So when I say 
``personal,'' I mean it.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all of my colleagues to vote in favor of this 
bill to prevent further abuse of the SPR.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen), a leader on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Chairman, energy security is national security. Both 
sides recognize this, and that is why we have a Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve to begin with.
  The President's idea of strategy means using the SPR to bail him out 
for his disastrous energy policies. In less than 2 years, President 
Biden and his administration have drained 250 million barrels from the 
SPR. You are going to hear that over and over again today.
  Guess what? Gas prices are still over 40 percent higher today than 
they were before the President took office.

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  Americans are suffering through the worst energy crisis in decades. 
To make matters worse, the SPR, once the largest stockpile of fuel 
anywhere in the world, is now at its lowest level since 1984.
  It is time to end this madness and commit to replenishing the SPR, 
and Republicans have a plan to do that.
  Our legislation would tie any future nonemergency drawdowns from the 
SPR to a concrete plan of action to increase oil and gas production on 
Federal lands.
  The bottom line is this administration needs a plan to refill our 
SPR. Quite frankly, it is a dereliction of duty that they do not have a 
plan to restore our energy security.
  The CHAIR. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in 
personalities toward the President.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to 
the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Balderson), a leader on the Energy and 
Commerce Committee.
  Mr. BALDERSON. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 21, the Strategic 
Production Response Act, led by our Energy and Commerce Committee Chair 
McMorris Rodgers.
  I am proud to cosponsor and support this bill, which holds the Biden 
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accountable for misusing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Under President Biden's watch, the stockpile has been depleted by an 
alarming 40 percent, falling to its lowest level since 1984.
  Established in 1975, the SPR was intended to respond to national 
emergencies and to address severe supply disruptions, not to manipulate 
gas prices.
  This bill is quite simple. It requires the Secretary of Energy to 
submit a plan to increase domestic energy production with any 
nonemergency drawdown of the SPR.
  Despite falsehoods from the members of the President's own Cabinet, 
this legislation provides clear exceptions for legitimate energy supply 
interruptions and only applies to nonemergency sales.
  The American people want affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy 
for America, not short-term political gimmicks. Mr. Chairman, I urge my 
colleagues to support H.R. 21.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  I can't help but comment on the fact that my Republican colleagues 
continue to get up and criticize President Biden for releasing crude 
oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  I have to point out that Republican Presidents have done this many 
times in the past, and I think the only reason why they are criticizing 
President Biden is because they know it worked.
  We know that since last June, when the gas prices were at their high 
for the season, since the release, the prices have gone down by $1.50 
per barrel, with all kinds of evidence to show that a significant 
reason for that was because of releasing crude oil from the reserve.
  Now, if you don't feel that is something that we should do, you can 
say it, but the bottom line is, as Democrats, we were trying, and the 
President was trying, to address an affordability issue.
  The American people don't want to have to pay high prices for gas, 
and they should not have to if we can do something about it.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pfluger), a leader on the Energy and Commerce 
Committee.
  Mr. PFLUGER. Mr. Chairman, I rise today on behalf of the 2 million 
hardworking Texans, the 10 million hardworking Americans, that the 
President has told their job doesn't matter, putting food on the table 
doesn't matter, mortgage payments don't matter, grocery bills don't 
matter.
  I am actually shocked that this is a partisan issue, that we have my 
Democrat colleagues that are saying that we don't want to refill an 
SPR, or we don't want to consider it an emergency use, only for 
political emergencies.
  The President campaigned on a promise to end fossil fuels, and he has 
pushed his failed policies from day one, including the cancellation of 
Keystone XL, telling 10 million workers who provide the energy our 
Nation so desperately needs that he doesn't want them to produce.
  In fact, not only does he not want them to produce, he is going 
overseas, begging global oil cartels for more energy.
  These policies are completely disconnected from reality. We are now 
facing rolling blackouts where families, in the middle of the night, 
may not have energy.
  In places like California, that is standard practice. However, now 
you have to consider it in Pennsylvania and Ohio and everywhere else.
  Why? Where are my Democrat colleagues who believe in affordable, 
reliable energy? Where are my colleagues who want to ease the burden of 
inflation that the President has caused?
  This Republican majority knows and is in touch with the reality that 
every family is facing choices, inflationary choices, and it starts 
with energy.
  I am proud to work alongside Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers to restore 
energy security.
  President Biden's use of the SPR for his own political emergencies is 
unacceptable, and we are now standing up to return the SPR to its 
rightful use for national security emergencies, not fabricated 
political emergencies.
  It is time for the President to join the Permian Basin, for the 
President to join every State in using this for what it was designed to 
be used for.
  It is a shame that my Democrat colleagues will not stand up for a 
national security imperative. We must let our producers produce, do 
what they do best, and keep government out of it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  Mr. Chairman, again, in response to the previous speaker who 
criticized the President, the President successfully used the SPR to 
lower prices at the pump and provide relief to American families. Now, 
Republicans want to take away the strategy, which will only result in 
higher gas prices for Americans.

  The President's strategy worked, and thanks largely to his actions, 
gas prices have fallen an average of $1.50 per gallon nationwide since 
their peak in June.
  President Biden's actions also made money for American taxpayers. A 
Wall Street Journal analyst found that the United States made nearly $4 
billion in profit from Biden's sale from the reserves, receiving an 
average of 96 cents per gallon of oil sold from it, well above the 
current market price of approximately $82 per barrel.
  The Department of Energy has already announced plans to purchase oil 
to refill the reserve and will begin making those purchases at a low 
fixed price later this month.
  They have actually made money, lowered prices for the American 
consumer, and are going to be able to fill the SPR at a lower cost.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, if you bought gas recently, 
you would be aware gas prices are up 40 cents just in the last couple 
of weeks. Our reserve is drained. We need to pass this bill.
  Mr. Chair, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Iowa (Mrs. 
Miller-Meeks), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS. Mr. Chair, I thank Chairwoman Rodgers for yielding 
me time.
  I rise in support of H.R. 21, an important and timely bill, and I am 
proud that the new Republican majority made this one of our first 
priorities.
  In less than 2 years, President Biden has drained our Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, putting American energy security at risk.
  Thankfully, House Republicans have a plan to address the issue, 
replenish our reserve, and unleash American energy.
  The President's energy policies have hurt Americans, and I thank my 
colleague on the other side of the aisle. He is correct. In releasing 
oil from the SPR, it may have helped to lower gasoline prices; however, 
it uncloaked the lie that it was price gouging from oil companies that 
caused prices to rise to begin with.
  More supply was needed, that was obvious, and this administration's 
policies had constrained domestic production and supply.
  Approximately 40 percent of the SPR has been drawn down since 
President Biden took office, with no plan to replenish it.
  Instead of working together to address the issue, the President has, 
indeed, chosen to peddle a false narrative about our efforts. The 
President claims our bill, the Strategic Production Response Act, would 
limit the administration's access to the SPR. This is blatantly false. 
Our bill specifically reinforces a President's ability to tap the SPR 
if an energy emergency is declared.
  Our bill would, however, require the Department of Energy to prepare 
a plan to encourage domestic production if the SPR is tapped without a 
declared energy emergency.
  While we may accept the seriousness of climate change, we do not 
accept that U.S. energy transmission and restructuring of the entire 
industrial base is the solution.
  Energy security is national security, and failing to increase energy 
production and replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve puts our 
country at risk. We need to unleash American innovation and energy 
production and set our country on a path to energy independence.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on H.R. 21.

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  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as 
I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, the administration may have temporarily artificially 
reduced gas prices. Up until election day, they were selling a million 
barrels per day out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. They have now 
drained the reserve, leaving us vulnerable, and gas prices are on their 
way up again since Christmas, 40 cents just since Christmas.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute.
  The previous speaker prior to the ranking member mentioned supply, 
and I want to read sections of the letter from Secretary Granholm about 
this that everyone received. She says:
  ``Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine created the worst global 
energy crisis in decades. The President took unprecedented action with 
allies and partners, releasing oil from our strategic reserves, to 
stabilize global oil supply and gasoline prices. We have heard directly 
from industry over the last several months that these actions were 
essential to maintaining supply. . . . If enacted, H.R. 21 would make 
it harder to take such action quickly to increase supply when the 
market needs it most, driving up prices during crises. . . . I believe 
it is essential that the SPR can continue to address supply disruptions 
by rapidly providing oil in response to emergencies. Arbitrarily 
requiring the completion of reports related to Federal lands, a matter 
which the Department of Energy does not control, would only delay such 
critical action and increase prices for Americans when energy 
disruptions occur. Today, there is nothing standing in the way of 
domestic oil production.''
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the 
gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), our majority leader.
  Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and 
for the great job she is doing as chair of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee to bring forward important bills that will increase America's 
national security and energy security.
  There is absolutely no reason that we have to be reliant on foreign 
countries for our energy. We have actually got the energy here in 
America.
  In fact, for those people that are concerned about carbon emissions, 
for all those carbon footprint warriors that got on their private jets 
and flew to Davos last week to lecture the rest of the world about not 
using fossil fuels--they didn't take commercial flights. They had to 
take their private charters, not with solar panels on the wings of 
those airplanes, using jet fuel.

  They lecture the whole world about getting rid of fossil fuels in 
America, not in other countries.
  You saw President Biden himself get on Air Force One and fly to Saudi 
and beg Saudi princes to produce more energy as he is shutting down 
production in America, limiting leases, limiting pipelines, killing 
Keystone and other pipelines, limiting the ability to get permits to do 
basic exploration in America.
  He is green-lighting pipelines in Russia, green-lighting pipelines 
and drilling in other places, urging and begging drilling in other 
places.
  By the way, if you are concerned about the carbon footprint, no 
country in the world that produces energy does it better than America. 
We should want to be doing more in America.
  As production goes up and goes down based on good or bad policies, as 
we are seeing today with bad policies, the Nation back in the 1970s 
said that we are going to have a Strategic Petroleum Reserve--in 
essence, an American piggy bank to protect our country in case there is 
some major disruption in world markets, in energy production in 
America.
  Maybe there is a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico that limits our 
ability to produce energy for a brief period of time. That is why we 
have a Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It is not there to go mask your bad 
policies.
  Yet, that is what we have seen from this President. As you can see, 
this President has raided more than 40 percent of America's strategic 
reserve; our piggy bank. He has just taken it away. In some cases, he 
actually sold that oil to China.
  We came together last week, Republicans and Democrats. The press 
actually said it was going to be a partisan exercise, so why even waste 
the time. What they found out is not only did a Republican say it is 
wrong to raid our piggy bank in America and sell it to China, a 
majority of Democrats actually agreed with us and sent that bill to the 
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  I urge the Senate to take up that bill that is important to America's 
national security.
  But then, today we go even further and say, Mr. President, with this 
bill, H.R. 21, if you are going to raid our reserves, won't you at 
least put forward a plan to show how you will replace it.
  Don't worry. I know the White House gets nervous when you tell them 
that you have got to produce energy in America. They don't have a 
problem, again, with foreign countries producing energy. They just 
don't want it made in America. They use the tagline a lot. You hear it 
all the time, made in America; except when it comes to making energy, 
they don't want to make it in America. They make it harder to make it 
in America. They beg foreign countries to make our energy.
  This bill says--gives an exemption--except in the case of a severe 
energy supply interruption. So the President's still got the ability, 
if there is some actual emergency, to use the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve the way it was intended in the 1970s.
  All this bill says is if your bad policy is leading to higher gas 
prices--and people are getting angry about that, as they should--you 
can't go and raid it unless you show a plan, as the bill says, the 
development of a plan to increase oil and gas production under oil and 
gas leases of Federal lands here.
  So this would make a lot of sense, except if you are at 1600 
Pennsylvania Avenue.
  In fact, yesterday, the President actually issued a veto threat on 
this bill. Now, a veto threat should be a rare exercise that you 
reserve for policy that might hurt the country.
  Well, let's read why the President issued the veto threat. In his 
veto threat he said, the administration's use of the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve has been essential to protecting our energy security 
and to lowering gas prices for Americans.
  I hope I am not the one that breaks this news to the White House, but 
Mr. President, your policies have not lowered gas prices for Americans. 
Maybe the calculator is broken at the White House, but we did the math.
  Let's do some fact-checking. Since Joe Biden took the oath of office, 
gas prices have not lowered; they have increased 50 percent.
  Then the veto threat says, we don't want to do this because our 
policies have lowered gas prices. Maybe the President, when he realizes 
that gas prices have gone up 50 percent--they have not lowered for 
families--he might reverse the veto threat. So we will wait during this 
debate.
  Maybe we will get a reversal of this veto threat once he realizes 
that gas prices have actually gone up, not a little, but a lot, 50 
percent increase for a low-income family who is struggling already 
under the weight of President Biden's spending that has led to 
inflation and higher prices everywhere you go, the grocery store, 
supply chain increases.
  This is crushing middle-class families. It is crushing lower-income 
families. So what we say is, let's just use our resources.
  The President actually goes on to say--and this might be the most 
perplexing part of the President's veto threat; probably explains the 
most why the President is so misguided on energy policy.
  He says, because H.R. 21 will jeopardize our energy security and 
increase gas prices for working families, the administration strongly 
opposes the bill.
  So, somehow, some of the energy experts at the White House, again, 
some of the same people that fly around on private planes to Davos 
telling you not to use fossil fuels, they think that by increasing 
American energy production that will somehow raise gas prices.
  Well, guess what? We have checked the record. These are the same 
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prices, not a little, 50 percent. So the White House has been wrong on 
this issue over and over again, to the point where we had such a strong 
bipartisan vote last week.
  Let's put up another strong bipartisan vote and maybe wake the people 
up at the White House as to what is happening in the real world. When 
families who are struggling go to fill up their gas tanks, they are not 
paying less, as the President suggests.
  Again, the President actually thinks, in his veto threat, that his 
policies have lowered gas prices. A 50 percent increase is not a lower 
gas price. It is actually a kick to the gut of those families who are 
struggling; and we have got to stop having Washington kick them in the 
gut.
  So if you look at the moniker right above the Speaker's rostrum, 
there is a plaque that says, let us develop the natural resources of 
our land.
  Why don't we actually do that? Why don't we actually do what has 
proven to work over and over again?
  If we open up American energy, it is the cleanest in the world. Don't 
beg foreign dictators to do it. They don't do it as clean as us, by the 
way; and it also lowers prices. It also creates good American jobs.
  Let's actually make it in America again and, if you are going to raid 
the piggy bank, at minimum, show the country your plan for how you plan 
to replace it. That is the least this President should do.
  Let's pass this bill with a strong vote over to the Senate and then 
get this on the President's desk, and maybe he will reconsider and 
recognize just what his policies have done to hurt families over these 
last 2 years.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of H.R. 21.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 2 
minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Obernolte), a leader on 
the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. OBERNOLTE. Mr. Speaker, my constituents already pay amongst the 
highest prices for energy in the entire country and yet, this winter, 
their suffering is particularly acute because some of them are being 
forced to pay over twice as much to heat their homes as they were just 
a year ago.

  One of the primary drivers of this spike in energy prices is the 
policies of our own Federal Government which actively restrict the 
production of energy in America.
  Any economist will tell you that when that supply is constrained, 
prices go up and, Mr. Chairman, that is exactly what is occurring this 
winter.
  This bill, H.R. 21, will make a meaningful contribution to fixing 
that problem by requiring the Federal Government to permit new energy 
exploration at least sufficient to replace the petroleum that is being 
released from our Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Mr. Chairman, it is unconscionable to force my constituents to choose 
between heating their homes and putting food on the table for their 
families, and this is exactly what has been happening for the thousands 
of people that I represent.
  This bill is a meaningful step toward solving that problem and will 
improve the lives of people across our country, and I urge its 
adoption.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to yield 3 
minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), the chairman 
of the Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee of the Energy 
and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank the Chairwoman for the time. She 
has done a great job. We look forward to big things on the Energy and 
Commerce Committee.
  Mr. Chairman, I have been watching this debate, and the Democrats are 
having a hard time defending the administration's drawdown of a 
strategic asset for the political reasons to lower gas prices during an 
election year. I mean, it is obvious. The ranking member has been down 
here on the floor, pretty much left alone to debate this piece of 
legislation.
  Even the Biden administration understands that House Democrats will 
have to support this sound energy policy that facilitates oil and gas 
development and has preemptively threatened to veto this legislation.
  The Biden administration has said time and again that there is 
nothing prohibiting energy production in the United States. But we, the 
people, we know better because we lived it. We saw when energy 
production was high in this country under the past administration, gas 
prices were lower.
  Once the Biden administration came in and started stopping oil and 
gas leasing and drilling, gas prices went up, and they felt the 
political pressure. The Biden administration and the House Democrats 
felt the political pressure.
  So what did they do? They tapped into a strategic reserve for 
America. The SPR, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, is set aside for 
emergencies like Hurricane Katrina, for a time of war, for emergencies, 
not for a political maneuver to lower gas prices in an election year.
  I will tell you what: Put your money where your mouth is. Support 
this measure instead of hiding behind the excuse that this bill ties 
the President's hands, which we know isn't true.
  The SPR should never be tapped to offset high consumer prices caused 
by irresponsible energy policies. H.R. 21 calls out what we know: 
Draining the SPR, as it has been drained over the last 15 months, 
acknowledges that getting prices down is about having more supply on 
the market.
  It was a blip. It was a temporary price reduction at home. We need to 
produce here. We need to produce now.
  We have been blessed in this Nation with abundant natural resources, 
but we have been cursed by liberal politicians who don't want us to tap 
into those abundant resources.
  How could anyone believe this administration supports oil and gas 
production when President Biden literally campaigned on ending the 
industry?
  So prove us wrong. Show support for this legislation. Show America 
you support sound energy policy, and vote in support of H.R. 21. Take 
the first step in unleashing American energy production and allow 
America to become energy dominant once again.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how 
much time I have remaining?
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the 
gentleman from New Jersey has 6 minutes remaining.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I am pleased to yield 45 
seconds to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Malliotakis).
  Ms. MALLIOTAKIS. Mr. Chairman, President Biden's dangerous anti-
energy policies have hindered our energy independence. His curbing 
production, sitting on leases and permits, canceling Keystone pipeline, 
they have all led to high gas prices, heating costs, food costs, and 
has the left Northeast heating fuel supply at its lowest point since 
1951.
  Then, to cover up for his failed policies, he raided 266 million 
barrels, or 40 percent of our SPR, meant for real emergencies like 
natural disasters. This was not meant to sell to China.
  It is now at its lowest point in 40 years. We are vulnerable as a 
result of it; and this bill stops the President from depleting our 
resources and pushes him to refill it, not with Russian oil, not with 
Saudi oil, not with Venezuelan oil, and certainly not with Iranian oil, 
but with American oil to protect our national security and the economy.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Soto), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, I am amazed to see, for hours, Republicans 
arguing against President Biden lowering gas prices. That is simply 
fascinating to me.
  President Biden was well within his authority and the law he utilized 
to draw down oil from our strategic reserve. The law is there to help 
prevent disruption.

  There is a war in Ukraine. We rightfully banned Russian oil together. 
That is a disruption, and President Biden acted.
  Maybe you all didn't like that, but he acted. That resulted in 
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American families of $1.69 per gallon since the peak price. So what are 
you all talking about?
  Now, compare President Trump, who used the strategic reserve to help 
pay for the GOP tax scam for the rich.
  So let me get this straight. Republicans think saving American 
families on gas during a war in Europe is wrong, but financing tax cuts 
for fat cat billionaires is okay. That makes no sense.
  Even more incredible, President Biden sold the oil on an open market, 
at a high price, and then he replenished it at a lower price, earning 
$4 billion in profit for American taxpayers. You cannot make this up.
  Then my colleagues across the aisle--how do you like them apples, 
huh?
  Another thing, oil companies already hold leases on 12.6 million 
acres of public lands already, and they are using just about half of 
them.
  So you can spend hours talking about how you oppose Biden's 
successful effort to prevent a disruption in a time of war in Europe 
that we are helping to support to lower gas prices for the American 
people.
  I stand with the President on this, and so do millions of Americans.
  The CHAIR. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the Chair.

                              {time}  1345

  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the 
gentlewoman from Oklahoma (Mrs. Bice).
  Mrs. BICE. Mr. Chair, since President Biden took office, he has waged 
a full-on assault on the oil and gas industry. Instead of unleashing 
American energy production, he has unleashed our energy reserves. Now, 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level in 40 years.
  In an attempt to temporarily lower gas prices leading up to the 2022 
election, President Biden has abused the SPR, which is supposed to be 
used for emergency purposes, and weakened America's energy security.
  Oklahomans and all Americans deserve more than the political games. 
H.R. 21 is a step toward allowing America to produce reliable and 
affordable energy and ensure we are prepared for true energy supply 
emergencies in the future.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my 
time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I yield such time as he may 
consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Arrington).
  Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Chair, Texas is on the front lines of Biden's 
unilateral assault on American energy, which has totally devastated our 
economic recovery efforts and undermined our national security.
  Rather than acknowledge the consequences of his disastrous energy 
policies and change course, Biden has simply doubled down by dipping 
into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is not meant for political 
disasters but for national emergencies.
  Since March of last year, the President sold more than 40 percent of 
our strategic stockpile, bringing the SPR to the lowest levels in four 
decades.
  Even more irresponsibly, this administration has no plan for when and 
how they will replenish our oil reserves, putting America in a 
precarious position of weakness.
  This legislation sends a strong message, Mr. Chair, to this 
administration that they can no longer put their boot on the neck of 
American energy production and then bail themselves out by raiding our 
rainy-day fund, our rainy day reserves.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Chair, today's bill shows that there is no real vision for 
Republican energy policy. They don't have a path forward.
  This was their chance to engage meaningfully on energy policy, to set 
the tone for a new Congress, where we would work together to protect 
American energy interests. Instead, they are reduced to defending their 
oil and gas interests and attacking President Biden's successful 
efforts to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gas prices for 
Americans.
  I have said it before: Republican administrations, Republican 
Presidents have released oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 
the past. I am sure that if we had a Republican President now, they 
would be heralding the fact that he released oil from the reserves in 
order to bring down gasoline prices at the pump.
  I want to mention, again, this letter from Secretary Granholm, our 
Energy Secretary. She states her Department's position on the bill. 
According to her, this bill would severely restrict or threaten the 
administration's ability to respond to emergency situations, such as 
the emergency supply shortage from the one triggered by the war in 
Ukraine. This bill would not only make it so that gas prices go higher 
but make it more difficult for us to address supply problems.
  The Secretary identifies, in my opinion, in irrefutable terms, the 
Biden administration's successful use of the reserve to lower gas 
prices for Americans.
  Now, understand what this bill does. It prohibits the Department of 
Energy from releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until it 
expands oil and gas drilling on Federal lands by the same percentage 
that it releases oil from the reserve.
  The previous speaker, Mr. Soto, pointed out that the fossil fuel 
industry already controls large portions of U.S. public lands and 
waters, and it isn't using most of it. The problem is not a shortage of 
leases or land. The problem is a fossil fuel industry more interested 
in keeping supply artificially low so that prices stay artificially 
high.
  They don't want to pump oil because if they do so, then the gas price 
goes down. That is not what they want. They want to make greater 
profits.
  Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues, please, the House Republicans are 
doing the bidding of their Big Oil friends at Americans' expense while 
threatening the President's ability to take timely actions to lower 
prices for American consumers at the pump.

  This bill is a giveaway to Republicans' fossil fuel friends, who 
already received billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies and 
enjoyed record-shattering profits last year at the expense of working 
families.
  Releasing oil from the reserve in response to Putin's invasion of 
Ukraine was a critical, commonsense strategy that helped lower gas 
prices for American families by a $1.69 per gallon since their peak.
  Restricting the Federal Government's best tools in the middle of a 
global energy crisis with no benefit other than increasing the profits 
of the fossil fuel industry is extreme, and I don't use that word 
loosely.
  This bill is an extreme policy that is going to make it so much more 
difficult for the President to act to deal with the supply chain 
problems and to try to lower prices for average Americans. It is 
extreme in the real sense.
  Mr. Chair, for that reason, I ask my colleagues to vote ``no'' on 
H.R. 21, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, may I inquire as to how much 
time is remaining?
  The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Washington has 15 seconds remaining.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, this is reasonable, 
commonsense legislation that will strengthen America's energy security, 
protect our national security, and preserve our strategic energy 
stockpile for true emergencies. It only addresses the nonemergency 
sales.
  The Biden administration has sold off more than 250 million barrels, 
a million barrels per day up until the election, and more than 40 
percent of our reserve. Put an end to this.
  Mr. Chair, I urge support of H.R. 21, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Chair, today I rise in support of H.R. 21, the 
Strategic Production Response Act.
  President Biden's energy policies that stifle domestic oil and gas 
production have pushed energy prices up and made everything we buy in 
this country more expensive. As a consequence, the president raided our 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve last year in a failed attempt to 
temporarily and artificially lower the price of gas right before the 
mid-term election, putting his personal political self-interest above 
our national security and our national interest. His actions left our 
nation vulnerable to international energy extortion and woefully 
unprepared to respond to certain domestic natural disasters and 
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  The solution to this terrible predicament the president has left us 
in is to enact a policy that requires the Secretary of the Department 
of Energy to submit a plan to increase domestic production every time 
the president chooses to raid our reserves for non-emergency reasons. 
That way, we'll never be left in the position we are left in today. 
That's exactly what the Strategic Production Response Act does.
  Additionally, Mr. Chair, I rise because I am pleased that the new 
Republican majority in the House has brought forth this bill under a 
modified open rule. This will be the first bill considered in this 
chamber under an open modified rule since 2016 and the first time since 
I took office.
  I, along with many of my colleagues who wish to restore the integrity 
of this institution, have long advocated for an open amendment process 
that encourages robust debate. The American people sent us to 
Washington to be their representatives, which means listening to each 
other-even when we disagree--and taking tough votes so that we can 
reach a consensus.
  I am confident that this process will yield greater Member 
participation, a more informed and engaged electorate, and ultimately 
better legislation for the American people.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I rise to speak in support of the Jackson 
Lee Amendments to H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act, which 
will improve the bill.
  As a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security and a 
member representing the 18th Congressional District in Houston, Texas, 
I am well aware of the critical importance of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve to our nation's security.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the world's largest supply of 
emergency crude oil, was established primarily to reduce the impact of 
disruptions in supplies of petroleum products and to carry out 
obligations of the United States under the international energy 
program.
  Following the oil shocks of the late 1970s, the nation prepared to 
secure its energy future by developing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  On August 4, 1980, President Jimmy Carter issued Executive Order 
12231--Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In this action, he transferred the 
functions vested in the President by Section 7430(k) of Title 10 of the 
United States Code to the Secretary of Energy.
  The nation owes a debt of gratitude to President Carter for his 
foresight and willingness to pursue such a bold effort to ensure the 
nation's energy security.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a federally-owned oil stockpile of 
crude oil stored in huge underground salt caverns at four sites along 
the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
  Two Strategic Petroleum Reserve containment facilities are near 
Houston, Texas: the Bryan Mound in Brazoria County and Big Hill in 
Jefferson County.
  Over my tenure in the House of Representatives I have seen the value 
and necessity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  For the past 27 years, I have been Co-Chair of the Energy Braintrusts 
of the Congressional Black Caucus.
  Energy is the Live Blood of the Economy.
  The electricity that powers our cities, heats our homes, fuels 
innovation in businesses, and supports the work of local, state, and 
federal governments to serve the public all depend on low-cost, 
accessible, and available energy.
  Too often, we take for granted how fortunate we are to live in a 
nation and what a rich store of energy in the form of fossil fuels, 
wind, solar, and hydropower.
  I believe in the importance of an innovative and forward-thinking 
energy posture for this nation.
  My work includes hosting Energy Braintrusts designed to bring all 
relevant players ranging from environmentalists to producers of energy 
from various sectors, including coal, electric, natural gas, nuclear, 
oil, and alternative energy sources, as well as producers from Africa.
  The oil and gas industry provides many jobs for many of my 
constituents and opportunities for small businesses in the 18th 
Congressional District of Texas.
  In past Congresses, I have offered bills to promote deficit reduction 
and job creation that could increase leasing of the outer continental 
shelf oil and gas resources under the control of the federal 
government.
  Times change as does the needs of the nation--today our major threat 
is climate change.
  For these reasons, throughout my time in Congress, I have advanced my 
interests in a balance among the sources of home-grown energy sources 
comprised of fossil fuels, natural gas, wind, and solar energy.
  The Jackson Lee Amendments offered for consideration under H.R. 21 
would create avenues for providing access to routine operational 
functions for maintenance of the Petroleum Reserve that is essential to 
operations.
  Mr. Chair, I ask that you consider that the location of the reserves 
and the location of the refineries that produce gasoline, fuel oil, and 
heating oil are highly concentrated along the Upper Texas and Louisiana 
Gulf Coast.
  The strategic importance is not just when gasoline prices might go up 
but when the nation's national interests are threatened.
  Instances of the reserve's oil being used include:
  2011 IEA Coordinated Release
  2005 Hurricane Katrina Sale
  1991 Operation Desert Storm Sale
  1990 Desert Shield Test Sale
  2017 Hurricane Harvey Exchange
  2012 Hurricane Isaac Exchange
  2008 Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Exchanges
  2006 Ship Channel Closure Exchange
  2006 Barge Accident Exchange
  2005 Hurricane Katrina Exchange
  2004 Hurricane Ivan Exchange
  2002 Hurricane Lili Exchange
  2000 Heating Oil Exchange
  2000 Ship Channel Closure Exchange
  1999 Maya Exchange
  1996 Pipeline Blockage Exchange
  If the reserve had not been tapped in each of these instances, the 
consequences to the American public would have been higher fuel prices.
  Shocks to the economy are difficult to weather by those on set 
incomes like retired persons or low-income families.
  Economic harms caused by higher fuel costs are a threat to American 
families and should be considered when considering the national 
interest in using the reserves, which are paid for by the working 
people of this nation.


                      Jackson Lee Amendment No. 35

  This Jackson Lee amendment would continue to allow the Secretary of 
Energy to permit drawdowns of crude from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve to supply refineries should natural or manmade disasters 
disrupt port facilities or transportation systems that disrupt 
deliveries of crude to refineries for the production of gasoline, fuel 
oil, or heating oil.
  An important benefit to having the world's largest crude oil reserve 
occurs following a major hurricane hitting the upper Texas or Southern 
Louisiana Coast when ports and docking facilities may have sustained 
damage that prevents the off-loading of crude to refineries.
  Drawdowns from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to 
disasters does aid the national interest in keeping supplies of 
gasoline, fuel oils, and heating oil flowing to consumers.
  Any disruption in the production of these energy products would 
immediately trigger higher prices that would hit the pocketbooks of 
American families.
  The benefits of providing exchanges of oil from the preserve to 
refiners and having the crude delivered later to replenish what was 
used with additional amounts added to the reserve a few months after 
the drawdown is beneficial to the nation and the oil industry as a 
whole.
  This Jackson Lee Amendment would preserve exchanges that occur and 
protect the nation from gasoline shortages and likely much higher fuel 
prices following natural disasters that impact the Texas and Louisiana 
Gulf Coasts.


                      Jackson Lee Amendment No. 36

  This Jackson Lee amendment would allow the necessary and routine test 
drawdowns that occur as part of the work to maintain the efficiency of 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ensure that it functions as intended 
during an emergency use permissible by law or regulation.
  Tests are essential to the core mission of the preserve and often 
involve 5,000,000 barrels or less being drawn down.
  This Jackson Lee Amendment would provide that Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve tests would not trigger the provisions of this bill.
  The Jackson Lee amendment would ensure that tests can continue 
without delay or suspension out of concern regarding the requirements 
of this bill.
  I ask my colleagues to support both of these Jackson Lee Amendments.
  I understand that the bill's authors have a specific policy objective 
in mind and believe that the legislation will accomplish a minor policy 
change.
  I would offer that sometimes a little change can have severe 
consequences and that we might be far better if bipartisan efforts were 
pursued when it comes to a successful policy accomplishment that is the 
envy of the world and a vital national resource.
  The CHAIR. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the 5-minute rule.
  The bill is considered as read.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                H.R. 21

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Strategic Production 
     Response Act''.

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     SEC. 2. COMPENSATORY PRODUCTION INCREASE PLAN.

       Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(k) Plan.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except in the case of a severe energy 
     supply interruption described in subsection (d), the 
     Secretary may not execute the first drawdown of petroleum 
     products in the Reserve after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection, whether through sale, exchange, or loan, until 
     the Secretary has developed a plan to increase the percentage 
     of Federal lands (including submerged lands of the Outer 
     Continental Shelf) under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, and the Secretary of Defense leased for oil and gas 
     production by the same percentage as the percentage of 
     petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is to be 
     drawn down in that first and subsequent drawdowns, subject to 
     the limitation under paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal 
     lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and gas 
     production in excess of 10 percent.
       ``(3) Consultation.--The Secretary shall prepare the plan 
     required by paragraph (1) in consultation with the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, the Secretary of the Interior, and the 
     Secretary of Defense.''.

  The CHAIR. No amendment shall be in order except those received for 
printing in the portion of the Congressional Record designated for that 
purpose in clause 8 of rule XVIII dated at least 1 day before the day 
of consideration of the amendment; and pro forma amendments described 
in section 5(a) of House Resolution 5. Each amendment so received may 
be offered only by the Member who caused it to be printed or a designee 
and shall be considered as read if printed.
  Are there any amendments to the bill?


                  Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Gaetz

  Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON CERTAIN WITHDRAWALS OF FEDERAL LANDS.

       Nothing in this Act, or any amendments made by this Act, 
     shall affect the Presidential memorandum titled ``Memorandum 
     on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
     Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition'' and dated 
     September 8, 2020.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Chair, I rise at the urging of Republicans in the 
Florida delegation who are overwhelmingly supportive of the underlying 
legislation but who seek to make it a little better by ensconcing some 
of the policy articulations of the Trump administration regarding where 
drilling can and cannot occur offshore into the body of the bill.
  There is no denying that since President Trump left office, Joe Biden 
has overseen a collapse of U.S. energy dominance. This legislation is a 
great first step to fulfill the Republican commitment to attack 
inflation and rising gas prices, and that begins by stopping playing 
politics with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  On September 8, 2020, President Trump issued a memo indicating that 
there would be certain areas off the shore of Florida, Georgia, and 
South Carolina that would not be available for drilling leases. 
Offshore drilling is broadly opposed in coastal communities in these 
areas by local governments, many of which had submitted to President 
Trump previously, and to congressional offices, resolutions indicating 
their opposition to offshore oil drilling. They largely cite two 
reasons: environmental policy and the impact on property values in 
coastal communities. I will speak to the impact of offshore oil 
drilling on the military mission in these areas.
  In the Gulf of Mexico test range, in the 10 years preceding my time 
in Congress, there were about 60 test sorties that the Air Force would 
run off the coast of Florida. Already scheduled for 2024, there will be 
over 240 of those test sorties, and that does not include the 
tremendous amount of testing that also occurs as a consequence of 
actions from the U.S. Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and other 
private-sector partners.
  Moreover, just 6 years ago, off the coast of Florida, one could only 
take a 100-mile shot in air-to-air training, research, development, 
test, and evaluation. Due to the investment we have been able to make 
in the Gulf test range in telemetry systems and radar systems, we can 
now take a 425-mile shot. That is important because we need the 
capability to test component parts of hypersonic weapons systems and 
supersonic weapons systems so that America always holds the high 
ground.
  There is no other place in the world where we do this testing. There 
is exquisite connectivity between offshore test ranges and onshore land 
ranges where we are able to launch missiles and munitions over the sea 
and land them on land. There is nowhere else in the world we have the 
opportunity to do that.
  It is odd that I have to continue to say this on the floor of the 
House, but it is a terrible idea to launch experimental missiles over 
oil rigs and the various ships that traverse back and forth to shore 
for the personnel and for the maintenance that is required to maintain 
those rigs.
  There are a lot of great places where we can unlock the potential of 
our country to ensure that we have a sufficient Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, which is the essence of the bill. This amendment gives my 
colleagues in Florida great comfort that none of the treatment of 
existing moratoriums would in any way harm coastal Florida, coastal 
Georgia, or coastal South Carolina.
  Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of the amendment, and I yield to the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the 
amendment that would maintain current law.
  President Trump imposed a decade-long ban in offshore drilling off 
the coast of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Nothing in the 
underlying bill, H.R. 21, would change that.
  To be clear, nothing in H.R. 21 affects any existing statutory or 
regulatory restrictions that may prohibit offshore oil and gas 
development. The purpose and scope of the bill is limited. It is to 
protect the SPR from politically motivated drawdowns and to ensure the 
American people are protected from true emergencies in energy supply 
disruptions. It would require the Department of Energy to develop a 
plan.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment and the 
underlying bill, H.R. 21.
  Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I don't disagree with the gentleman from 
Florida in terms of prohibiting offshore drilling because I think that 
we should not have any offshore drilling for oil and gas off the 
eastern coast of the United States in the Atlantic and even in some 
other areas.
  I may have been mistaken, but I did not hear him mention the fact 
that his bill also prohibits offshore wind and renewables off the coast 
of Florida. I am totally opposed to the bill for that reason.

  What we need to be doing is to be discouraging fossil fuels and 
encouraging renewables. That is exactly what Democrats did in the 
Inflation Reduction Act when we provided all kinds of incentives for 
renewables, including solar and wind power, including offshore.
  To have an amendment that says that offshore wind is not acceptable 
or should be prohibited flies in the face of what we should be doing to 
address the climate crisis.
  For that reason, even though I may agree to the idea that----
  Mr. GAETZ. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. GAETZ. Is the gentleman concerned about the impact of some of 
those wind farms on migratory bird populations?
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I reclaim my time.
  There is a very easy way, in my opinion, to manage and regulate 
offshore wind. Certainly, it has to be regulated, but the gentleman's 
amendment prohibits it and treats it the same way as he treats offshore 
oil and gas drilling. Those two should not be equated.

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  We need to move forward, and we need to encourage, as we do in the 
Inflation Reduction Act, offshore wind and use of renewables around the 
country.
  Mr. Chair, for that reason, I oppose the amendment, and I reserve the 
balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. The gentleman cannot reserve time. The gentleman can yield 
to someone if he wishes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman 
from Florida (Mr. Gaetz).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                amendment no. 104 offered by mr. pallone

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the North Atlantic Planning Area.''.

  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order 
against the amendment.
  The CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment that would 
exempt from the plan any oil and gas drilling in the North Atlantic 
planning area which extends from New Jersey to Maine.
  I opposed the underlying bill. I think it is poorly drafted and 
extremely problematic, but I must make a point that in the incredibly 
unlikely event that this bill would make it into law, we cannot have 
any plan that considers offshore drilling in the North Atlantic.
  An oil spill off the Atlantic Coast would be devastating to coastal 
communities in New Jersey and up and down the Atlantic.
  The Jersey Shore is home to over $700 billion in coastal properties 
and the tourism industry generates almost half a million jobs, nearly 
10 percent of my State's entire workforce. New Jersey's commercial 
fishing industry generates over $7.9 billion annually and supports over 
50,000 jobs.
  Fortunately, there is widespread consensus that the Atlantic Ocean 
should not be open to oil and gas drilling and put at risk of an oil 
spill.
  There are 259 Atlantic Coast municipalities on the record saying they 
don't want drilling. In addition, 42,000 businesses represented by the 
Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast and 500,000 fishing 
families from Florida to Maine are on record opposing offshore 
drilling. They are right to support a ban. As you know, our coastal 
communities depend upon healthy ocean ecosystems.
  It is vital that the Federal Government protect the roughly 1.75 
million American jobs and $137 billion in GDP that come from activities 
along the Atlantic seaboard in industries such as tourism, recreation, 
and fishing. It would be wrong to risk Atlantic coastal communities' 
key economic engine--a clean ocean--for a roughly 7-month supply of oil 
and a 6-month supply of gas when a spill would leave permanent damage.
  I have been fighting to exempt the waters off the Jersey Shore from 
oil and gas drilling for decades. It was the first bill I introduced in 
Congress when I was first elected.
  While I don't support the bill we are considering today, it certainly 
cannot include any effort to open up our Atlantic Coast to drilling.
  Mr. Chair, I ask all of my colleagues to support this important 
amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Valadao). The gentleman may not reserve his 
time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I do insist on the point of 
order. The amendment amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992. That statute 
is not amended by this bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey has offered amendment 
No. 104.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I withdraw.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in 
opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, this amendment excludes a 
tract of land in the North Atlantic from being included in the leasing 
plan. So virtually all offshore oil and gas leasing occurs in the Gulf 
of Mexico.
  Offshore oil and gas exploration accounts for roughly 15 percent of 
all domestic oil production and 2 percent of domestic natural gas 
production. By further limiting this potentially vast resource, we are 
not going to be able to keep up with demand as it increases.
  H.R. 21 does not require the Department of Energy to drill in any 
specific area. We shouldn't take items off the table before a review 
has been done.
  Moreover, our plan can be changed as new information comes along, 
while the mandate in this amendment is inflexible to fact, science, and 
the needs that may arise from national emergencies.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
will be postponed.


        amendment no. 133 offered by ms. mace of south carolina

  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LEASING RESTRICTIONS.

       Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, 
     shall affect any statutory or regulatory restrictions in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this Act (including any 
     withdrawal of Federal land) that may prohibit oil and gas 
     leasing within the area designated as the South Atlantic 
     Planning Area.

  Mr. PALLONE. I would like to reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman from South Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I rise today to offer my amendment No. 133, and 
I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this 
amendment.
  I thank Chairwoman Rodgers for introducing this legislation today and 
working with me, and our staff working together as well to support this 
amendment.
  It will not only benefit our environment and the Lowcountry of South 
Carolina, but our world-class tourism economy as well. This is the 
first time in 7 years that Congress has had this modified open rule to 
allow legislators to provide and put forth amendments on a piece of 
legislation like this.
  Before I ever came to Congress, I was a State lawmaker, and on my 
fourth day in I filed my first piece of legislation which was a 
resolution to ban offshore drilling off of South Carolina's coast, a 
completely bipartisan issue in the State legislature of South Carolina. 
It was something our Governor also supported.
  Our beaches are clean, our water is clean, our air is clean. Our 
beaches are lined with gold, and South Carolina as a State does not 
want to see any opportunity for drilling off of its coast.
  It is a passion of mine, a policy that I have worked on for a number 
of years as a State lawmaker, and now in Congress I have the 
opportunity to continue this body of work. The tourism industry really 
relies on a great, clean and healthy environment in South Carolina. In 
fact, it contributes over $20 billion a year to our economy. It 
provides thousands of jobs. The Lowcountry in South Carolina is really 
such an enormous part of our economy.
  In 2020, the Department of the Interior issued a 10-year moratorium 
on offshore drilling in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
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Florida. In fact, I was there that day in Jupiter, Florida, when the 
former President announced this 10-year moratorium. It is so important. 
Lindsey Graham and I and many, many others were there in attendance 
supporting that moratorium.
  This amendment is simple. It ensures that the moratorium is not 
affected by the underlying language in the legislation. It protects 
South Carolina's coastline, which every South Carolinian and visitor to 
our State knows is vital to our livelihoods and our economy.
  Mr. Chair, I yield to Chairwoman Rodgers.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentlewoman 
from South Carolina informing us of what the current law states.
  I just want to confirm that the bill has no effect on these current 
laws and regulations. It is a good amendment and I support it.
  Ms. MACE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition, although I am 
not opposed to it.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentleman withdraw his reservation?
  Mr. PALLONE. Yes, I withdraw the reservation of a point of order.
  The CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn.
  Without objection, the gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I do think actually that any amendment that 
comes from either side of the aisle that would prohibit offshore 
drilling off the coast of the Atlantic I would support. I think it 
makes sense.
  We have had this policy now in terms of the moratorium for a number 
of years along the Atlantic and it should continue.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from South Carolina (Ms. Mace).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South 
Carolina will be postponed.


            Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida

  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of 
     Florida Planning Area, or the in any area of the Eastern Gulf 
     of Mexico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the Gulf 
     of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.''.

  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 unnecessarily opens large 
swaths of public lands and waters to oil and gas drilling, including 
the coast of Florida. This would really jeopardize Florida's fragile 
offshore waters, our beautiful beaches. Clean water, clean air, clean 
beaches are central to our way of life, and are the cornerstone of our 
economy.
  For many years, the State of Florida has enjoyed a moratorium on 
drilling because leaders at the national level recognized that Florida 
beaches and our offshore waters were a national resource.
  That moratorium expired last year, unfortunately. So now with H.R. 
21, Florida is at risk again. My amendment would reinstitute that 
moratorium. In fact, it would permanently ban drilling off of the coast 
of Florida.
  This has enjoyed bipartisan support here in the Congress and back 
home. How do Floridians feel about drilling off of our beaches?
  Well, we passed a constitutional amendment in 2018 that passed by 
almost 70 percent of the vote in the State of Florida. Democrats, 
Republicans, Independents, everyone values our way of life.
  Why?
  Because we are also keenly aware of how dirty it is, how risky it is. 
The impacts of oil drilling off our coast really came home to roost in 
2010 after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil blowout severely affected the 
Gulf Coast marine ecosystems.
  Do you all remember that disaster, watching it day after day, month 
after month, after oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico?
  At that time we were pretty fortunate on the West Coast of Florida, 
we didn't have oil that washed up on the beaches, but we were just 
coming out of the Great Recession. It was a hammer down on small 
business owners at that time. People were not coming to the Sunshine 
State. It caused enormous environmental impacts. I remember so well, 
holding in my arms and looking into the eyes of these small, mom and 
pop owners of motels and hotels and beach businesses, they were just 
devastated.
  We cannot put our economic and environment at risk again. It was a 
wake-up call.

                              {time}  1415

  The eastern Gulf of Mexico also is an important military testing 
range. The Department of Defense has said they oppose oil drilling off 
the coast of Florida along the west coast because they do so many 
military training exercises.
  There are so many reasons that we need to act to protect our way of 
life, our environment, and our economy. It is what we sing about when 
we sing about protecting the Gulf Stream waters. This land is your 
land, this land is my land. They are not to be pillaged by the greed of 
the Big Oil companies.
  We are poised to make important progress on the health of our oceans 
and our economy. We are about to unleash the clean energy economy to 
create jobs, to lower costs for families, to build safer, healthier, 
and more resilient communities. We do not need to put our economy and 
our way of life at risk.
  So for all those reasons, I hope that all of the colleagues can join 
together to support the Castor amendment and permanently ban oil 
drilling off of the beautiful coastline of the State of Florida.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in 
opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, this amendment really 
duplicates an amendment that we just passed, if you think about the 
amendment that was offered by Congressman Matt Gaetz. President Trump 
imposed a decade-long ban on oil drilling off the coast of Florida, 
Georgia, and South Carolina; and nothing in this legislation--nothing 
in H.R. 21--will change that.
  If my colleagues across the aisle are concerned about drilling off 
the coast of Florida, I would just note that. To be clear, nothing in 
H.R. 21 affects any existing statutory or regulatory restrictions that 
may prohibit offshore oil and gas development.
  The purpose of the underlying bill is limited. It is to protect the 
SPR from politically motivated drawdowns and to ensure the American 
people are protected in times of true emergencies when the energy 
supply is disrupted.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve has enjoyed bipartisan support for 
years. This administration decided to draw it down unilaterally leading 
up to the election. It has been drawn down 40 percent.
  The underlying bill would ensure that we can take the steps necessary 
through domestic energy production to refill SPR. The amendment that 
was introduced by my colleague on the Energy and Commerce Committee is 
really unnecessary. It goes beyond the scope of H.R. 21.
  Mr. Chair, I urge opposition, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Florida.

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  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida 
will be postponed.


            Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia

  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I have amendment No. 2 at the desk.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, beginning on line 9, strike ``Except in the case of 
     a severe energy supply interruption described in subsection 
     (d), the'' and insert ``The''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, before I discuss the details of my 
amendment, I want to applaud the new Republican majority for giving 
Members the opportunity to offer amendments in a more open process. The 
people's House has been broken for far too long, and I look forward to 
working with my colleagues in an open process for the remainder of this 
Congress.
  I also want to thank Chairwoman McMorris-Rodgers for her leadership 
on this issue to put American energy first. I cosponsored this 
legislation because I believe it puts America back on track to regain 
energy independence.
  This is such an important issue and critical piece of legislation 
that I believe we cannot stop short. We need to chart a path back to 
energy independence and ensure President Biden is not able to sell our 
critical oil supplies to China or any other rogue nation. President 
Biden used emergency authorities to sell hundreds of millions of 
barrels of oil to our enemies.
  My amendment would prevent President Biden from claiming an emergency 
to further reduce our strategic oil supplies. This is why I filed 
impeachment articles last Congress against President Biden on the 
grounds that he endangered, compromised, and undermined the energy 
security of the United States by selling oil from the United States' 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve to foreign nations. President Biden has 
demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the national security of 
our country.
  No President in the history of the United States has ordered a 
liquidation of the SPR on this scale. He sold 40 percent of our 
critical oil supply to trick and deceive the American people before the 
election. Rather than unleashing American energy here at home, he has 
robbed our country.
  When President Biden took office in 2021, the SPR contained 638 
million barrels of oil. Since then, he has slashed our oil inventory to 
371 million barrels. He has decimated the SPR to the lowest level since 
December, 1983, before some Members of this body were even born. He 
shredded the offers from oil companies to resupply the reserve. He gave 
away 7 million barrels of our oil to a Communist Chinese state-run 
energy firm. The CCP had 1.2 billion barrels when Biden took office, 
they have even more now.
  I cannot believe our President did that.
  If we let President Biden continue to run our oil this way, we will 
have nothing left.
  This has destroyed America's oil production. President Biden shut 
down the Keystone XL pipeline, destroying hundreds of thousands of 
American jobs.
  President Biden has allowed the least amount of federal land for 
drilling since the end of World War II.
  We are now producing 1 million barrels of oil less every day compared 
to when President Trump was in office.
  Every country faces natural disasters.
  Where will we get our oil next time we are in crisis?
  Whom will we have to beg to get our oil?
  China?
  Iran?
  The Saudis?
  Venezuela--like the Biden administration has already done?
  Or maybe even Russia?
  President Biden's actions prove an intentional plot to destroy 
America's oil industry and usher in the climate cult's Green New Deal.
  My amendment would simply strike the exceptions that Biden used to 
sell our oil.
  The American people don't believe that the President should have the 
authority to declare an emergency for any reason and then sell our oil 
to our enemies.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in 
personalities toward the President.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does the gentleman withdraw his reservation?
  Mr. PALLONE. I withdraw the point of order, yes.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn.
  The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I can only characterize this amendment as 
extreme.
  If adopted, this amendment would make an already reckless bill even 
more careless and would weaken our national energy security.
  Now, let me say that I totally disagree with what the gentlewoman 
just said. First of all, what President Biden has done, as we have said 
repeatedly today, is to release crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve in order to bring down gas prices. And he actually accomplished 
that goal. It worked by bringing down prices about a $1.50 per gallon 
since the peak last June.
  In addition to that, we have set forth that this was to address the 
supply chain because we know that with the war in Ukraine, the supply 
chain was severely limited, and one of the purposes of releasing oil 
from the reserve was to have more in the supply chain.
  The gentlewoman also suggested that this administration is 
restricting the use of public lands for drilling. That is simply not 
the case. One-half of the public lands are available for drilling. As I 
have said before, the oil companies simply don't want to drill because 
they want to keep the prices artificially high.
  Now, what the gentlewoman has done--and I just want to explain this 
in a little detail. Right now, the bill before us does have an 
exemption that says that you don't have to drill or put forth a plan to 
drill on public lands if certain criteria are met.
  It says that during a severe energy supply interruption, if the 
President determines that an emergency situation exists and there is a 
significant reduction in supply, a severe increase in the price of 
petroleum products and/or such price increase is likely to cause a 
major adverse impact on the national economy.
  So even under this underlying bill, if those criteria are met, then 
the President can use the SPR and release oil from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve for these reasons.
  What the gentlewoman has done--or tries to do--in this amendment is 
eliminate those exemptions. So essentially what she is saying--this is 
why this is so extreme--is she is saying it doesn't matter if there is 
a problem with high prices. It doesn't matter if there is a problem 
with the supply chain. We are not going to let the President release 
oil from the reserve for any reason whatsoever unless a plan is put 
forward to allow for more drilling on public lands.
  That is extreme. Even the Republican leadership doesn't support that. 
She is saying no exemptions whatsoever.
  Imagine what this would do if we had no flexibility whatsoever no 
matter what the price was, no matter what the supply was, and no matter 
what the emergency is, not allowed. You have got to put together a plan 
which could take years to put forward a way of drilling more on public 
lands before we would be able to use this tool which is so important 
for national security.
  This is really, in my opinion, outrageous and extreme.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose 
the amendment for this reason, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last 
word.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  But in response to the ranking member, I just want to underscore that 
H.R. 21 is designed to stop the abuse of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve for nonemergency political reasons such as President Biden's 
decision to drain the SPR in the days leading up to the election.
  So the other side likes to say: Well, it was the war in Ukraine that 
caused the prices to go up.
  The war in Ukraine just exposed the energy crisis that started on day 
one of the Biden administration.
  Mr. Chair, on day one of the Biden administration, gas prices were 
$2.33 a gallon, and they have just continued to go up, jeopardizing 
reliability and affordability, as well as our national security.
  My concern with the gentlewoman's amendment is that the SPR is one of 
America's most important energy security tools, and we cannot tie the 
hands of the President regardless of which party is in office when we 
have a real emergency like a hurricane, a terrorist attack, or 
something that disrupts our oil supply.
  The underlying bill, H.R. 21, is focused on protecting SPR from 
President Biden's abuse of it.
  H.R. 21 should be a bipartisan bill. It should be a bipartisan bill. 
Just a couple of weeks ago, we passed H.R. 22, Protecting America's 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China Act which gained the support of 
my Democrat colleagues--over 100 Democratic colleagues voting with us 
to ban exports of SPR to China.
  Let's keep the momentum going. Let's send the Senate and the 
President a very strong, bipartisan bill.
  Representative Greene is right that President Biden has abused our 
strategic stockpile, and he has failed to put forward a plan to 
increase domestic energy supply.
  Let's pass the underlying bill and get back to work.
  Mr. Chair, I urge ``no'' on the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia.
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia 
will be postponed.

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            Amendment No. 71 Offered by Ms. Blunt Rochester

  Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, 
amendment No. 71.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO GREENHOUSE GAS 
                   EMISSIONS.

       Nothing in this Act, or the amendment made by this Act, may 
     be construed to controvert the fact that greenhouse gas 
     emissions must be reduced by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 
     levels by 2030, and that net-zero greenhouse gas emissions 
     must be achieved by 2050, if the United States is to satisfy 
     its commitment under the Paris Agreement and avoid the worst 
     impacts of climate change.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Delaware is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment that 
ensures that, under the rule of construction, nothing in this 
legislation may be understood to repudiate the fact that greenhouse gas 
emissions must be reduced significantly in order to meet our global 
agreement under the Paris Agreement.
  Specifically, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by half from 
2005 levels by 2030, and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions must be 
achieved by 2050 to meet this commitment.
  We need legislative action that brings us closer to achieving our 
emissions goals, not further from it. In Delaware, as the State with 
the lowest mean elevation in the country, we feel the impacts of 
climate change every single day.
  From our environmental justice communities in Wilmington, where when 
it rains, it floods; to our farmers, who must adjust to rising 
temperatures and deal with saltwater intrusion; to our coastal 
communities, where a sea level rise is an imminent threat to our homes, 
our economy, and our natural resources, we in Delaware are living among 
the escalating effects of climate change.
  I know Delawareans are not alone in this. Wildfires and drought 
continue to ravage our Western States, and hurricanes are becoming more 
frequent and stronger across the Gulf Coast and East Coast.
  All of us are feeling the impacts of climate change, which is why we 
must all work together to satisfy our commitment under the Paris 
Agreement to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. We need 
legislation that doesn't force us backward but, instead, propels us 
forward to a cleaner, safer, and more sustainable planet.
  Mr. Chair, I urge the support of all of my colleagues on this 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in 
opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, this bill is about 
protecting our strategic reserves and ensuring American energy 
production, which we do cleaner than any other nation in the world.
  If we are serious about addressing global climate risk and preserving 
and expanding the prosperity of the American people, we should focus on 
American security and American energy.
  This amendment is not necessary. I urge opposition. Vote ``no.''
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Delaware (Ms. Blunt Rochester).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Delaware 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 143 Offered by Mr. LaLota

  Mr. LaLOTA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 143.
  The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. NO EFFECT ON EXISTING LEASING RESTRICTIONS.

       Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, 
     shall affect any statutory or regulatory restrictions in 
     effect on the date of enactment of this Act (including any 
     withdrawal of Federal land) that may prohibit oil and gas 
     leasing within the area designated as the North Atlantic 
     Planning Area.

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. LaLOTA. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of H.R. 21.
  Increasing American energy supplies decreases our Nation's reliance 
on our adversaries in the Middle East and Russia and is worthy of 
bipartisan support.
  H.R. 21 helps me keep a promise I made to Long Islanders that I would 
fight to make America energy independent by seeking opportunities to 
safely increase energy production.
  I made another promise, too. I promised to protect Long Island's 
waters, which are home to a vibrant ecosystem and are the foundation of 
an already struggling fishing industry.
  To keep that promise, I have introduced an amendment to H.R. 21. My 
simple amendment, which is less than 100 words, states that H.R. 21 
cannot affect or supersede any existing restrictions on oil and gas 
leases offshore the northeast part of the United States, from the coast 
of Maine to New Jersey.
  Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues for their support of this commonsense, 
pro-energy, pro-worker, pro-environment, and pro-fishing amendment.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. LaLOTA. I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington.

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  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, this amendment is a savings 
clause. It states that nothing in H.R. 21 impacts existing legal 
restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the North Atlantic Planning 
Area. This will ensure that this bill is not interpreted to make 
changes there.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the amendment.
  Mr. LaLOTA. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment, although I do support the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. Is the gentleman withdrawing his reservation?
  Mr. PALLONE. Yes.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn, and without 
objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  There was no objection.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I will be brief. As I said before, I am 
supportive of any amendment that would prohibit oil and gas drilling 
off the coast of the Atlantic as long as it does not also prohibit the 
use of renewable resources such as wind. For that reason, I support the 
amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. LaLota).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Cleaver

  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 8.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike ``and the Secretary of Defense'' and 
     insert ``the Secretary of Defense, the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, and the Director of the 
     Bureau of Indian Affairs''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, this bill requires the Secretary of Energy 
to consult with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
Interior, and the Secretary of Defense to develop a plan to increase 
the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production when 
drawdowns are made on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Should this bill become law, I believe this interagency coordination 
will be paramount to ensuring the Federal lands leasing strategy is 
carried out in a thoughtful and scrupulous way.
  To that end, my amendment will require that the Director of the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency are also formally included in the Energy Secretary's 
consultation process as the leasing plan is formulated.
  Mr. Chair, I hope my colleagues on both sides of the aisle will vote 
with me in favor of this amendment to ensure greater interagency 
collaboration and due diligence on such important matters before us.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in 
opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would 
require the Secretary of Energy to consult with the EPA Administrator 
and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs on the required 
leasing plan. I rise in opposition to the amendment because it expands 
the scope of EPA. EPA does not oversee Federal lands; the Department of 
the Interior does.
  Further, this amendment is duplicative. H.R. 21 already requires the 
Secretary of Energy to consult with the Secretary of the Interior. The 
Bureau of Indian Affairs is in the Department of the Interior and falls 
under the Secretary's purview.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Cleaver).
  The amendment was rejected.


                 Amendment No. 91 Offered by Mr. Clyde

  Mr. CLYDE. I have an amendment at the desk, No. 91.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 15, insert ``and submitted to Congress'' after 
     ``developed''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chair, I rise today to offer an amendment to H.R. 21, 
the Strategic Production Response Act.
  If enacted, my amendment would help hold the Biden administration, 
which has proven to be the least transparent administration in American 
history, accountable.
  Under President Biden's anti-American energy policies and his embrace 
of the radical left's Green New Deal agenda, America's energy 
independence has been severely jeopardized. In response, my amendment 
would require President Biden and his administration to submit their 
plan to Congress addressing his misuse of our Nation's Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve prior to the next drawdown of our reserve.
  My amendment would ensure that the plan the administration develops 
actually addresses our Nation's energy security and shows in writing to 
Congress that it does not sell our country's emergency energy supply to 
our adversaries, including companies aligned with the Chinese Communist 
Party that have direct connections to the President's son.
  Mr. Chair, I urge all of my colleagues to support this commonsense 
amendment to submit the administration's plan to this body so we can do 
the work the American people sent us here to do, which is to restore 
American energy independence, unleash domestic energy production, and 
hold the Biden administration accountable for creating this crisis.
  Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman 
bringing this amendment forward. It would simply require the plan to be 
submitted to Congress. It is a good amendment, and I urge our 
colleagues to support it.
  Mr. CLYDE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Clyde).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Cleaver

  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 9.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 11, insert ``or during the period of a 
     national emergency declared under the National Emergencies 
     Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)'' after ``(d)''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Chairman, as we all know, the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve was established decades ago by our 38th President, Gerald Ford, 
in the aftermath of the oil crisis of the early 1970s.
  Ever since, the reserve has proven to be an incredibly effective tool 
at the President's disposal in instances where the Nation has found 
itself confronted with a crisis. Whether we find ourselves facing a 
catastrophic natural disaster, a substantial spike in global oil 
prices, or an outbreak of international conflict, Presidents have used 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in each of these situations and others 
to ensure the Nation is able to respond swiftly, avoid disruptions to 
vital operations, and minimize the financial pain facing American 
families.
  Tragically, it is not a matter of if but, rather, when the next 
national emergency will occur. I think we can all agree that the last 
thing any of us want is for the President's ability to quickly mobilize 
the Nation's response to be encumbered or hindered by unintentional red 
tape.
  This amendment would straightforwardly, but importantly, avoid that 
potential pitfall by including an exception for national emergencies as 
declared under the National Emergencies Act. We all know how government 
bureaucracies work, and it is always slowly.
  This bill requires the Department of Energy to consult with the 
Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, and the 
Pentagon to develop a

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plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production when drawdowns on the SPR are made.
  While thorough due diligence and interagency coordination are 
absolutely a good and necessary component in any attempt to lease 
Federal lands for oil and gas production, do any of us really believe 
that such consultation and planning between four massive government 
departments can be done expeditiously in a time of war or crisis? This 
amendment would insert an exception clause to ensure this bill does not 
compromise or restrict the President's ability.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in 
opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to 
this amendment.
  This amendment would further allow the President to abuse the SPR by 
draining it without declaring an emergency under the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act. The statute is clear, and emergency triggers to use 
SPRs are well defined. The law requires the President to declare that a 
severe energy supply interruption exists. The statute defines a supply 
interruption as follows:
  One, ``an emergency situation exists and there is a significant 
reduction in supply, which is of significant scope and duration'';
  Two, ``a severe increase in the price of petroleum products has 
resulted from such emergency situation'';
  Three, ``such price increase is likely to cause a major adverse 
impact on the national economy.''
  SPR is a critical national security asset and should only have been 
utilized in accordance with the law. This amendment would create a new 
loophole to allow the President to continue raiding SPR for political 
purposes.
  I urge a ``no'' on the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Cleaver).
  The amendment was rejected.


                Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mrs. Boebert

  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer amendment No. 32.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closed quotation marks and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Submission to congress.--The Secretary shall submit 
     the plan developed under paragraph (1) to the Committees on 
     Armed Services, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Natural 
     Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committees 
     on Energy and Natural Resources, Environment and Public 
     Works, Armed Services, and Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry of the Senate.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is simple and 
straightforward. My amendment simply requires the administration to 
submit their plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal lands 
to the House Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, and Energy and 
Commerce and Natural Resources, as well as the Senate Committees on 
Energy and Natural Resources, Environment and Public Works, Armed 
Services, and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  This simple, good-governance amendment allows Congress to take back 
its Article I authority in our system of checks and balances.
  Without my amendment, the plan to bolster our domestic energy supply 
will be filed away and never seen again. This amendment will provide 
transparency for the administration to carry out its congressionally 
authorized duty.
  More than 55 percent of my Congressional District is Federal land and 
accounts for nearly 44 percent of Colorado's natural gas production. 
The underlying bill requires the administration to be responsible for 
their actions. If Joe Biden and Secretary Granholm continue to dip into 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, they must have a plan in place to 
increase oil and gas production on land that has been locked up and 
overregulated by the Federal Government. That plan should be submitted 
to the congressional committees of jurisdiction.
  By requiring the administration to submit its plan to the people's 
House, we can provide important oversight as to how the administration 
will carry out this plan and provide feedback.
  On the Western Slope of Colorado, we have seen firsthand the harm 
leftist policies have created in our communities, literally regulating 
our communities into poverty. With the stroke of his pen, Joe Biden 
unilaterally locked up Federal lands for oil and gas production and 
development. Colorado's Western Slope used to have a booming energy 
production economy. We used to have 112 drilling rigs on the Western 
Slope, and now we have 4. These extreme leftist policies to lock up 
land have driven away those good-paying jobs and have helped drive up 
gas prices.
  Congress needs to take back its power and advocate for the American 
people they represent. My amendment will ensure those voices do not go 
unheard and that we will hold the administration accountable for the 
responsible energy plan required by this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman cannot reserve.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentlewoman from 
Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).
  Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the 
gentlewoman yielding.
  I appreciate the gentlewoman offering this amendment that I believe 
will actually bring greater transparency and oversight to the plan for 
managing the balance of fuel stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
for domestic emergencies, and I urge support.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman may not reserve her time. Does the 
gentlewoman yield?
  Mrs. BOEBERT: Mr. Chairman, what may the gentlewoman do?
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman can continue to speak for the 
remainder of her time or yield the rest of her time.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                  Amendment No. 44 Offered by Mr. Soto

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, I offer amendment No. 44.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
     the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a 
     certification that, in the opinion of the Secretary, the 
     price of gasoline and diesel fuel will not increase in any 
     Petroleum Administration for Defense District while the 
     Secretary develops the plan described in such paragraph.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, this amendment ensures that this bill, H.R. 
21, will not go into effect until the Department of Energy can certify 
that gas prices won't increase as it develops a plan to expand oil and 
gas drilling on Federal lands by the same percentage that it releases 
oil from the SPR.
  Essentially, if we are going to get more or equal savings from using 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve then we would not be expanding drilling 
on public lands and sell off more lands needlessly.
  In addition, I know I spoke before about some of the issues we had 
with the underlying legislation, but I did want to bring a few more 
facts to bear.
  When President Trump and the Republicans financed the GOP tax scam 
for the rich with similar strategic oil reserves, some of that gas was 
bought by China, by the way. You don't hear about that much, but under 
President Trump and under President Biden, we

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saw China buy some of this gas because it was sold to the overall 
market.
  Now, we came together, Mr. Chairman, in a bipartisan fashion to limit 
that. You don't hear a lot in the debate today that Trump sold gas to 
China or that Trump sold oil to China as so much is talked about 
President Biden.
  Fact number two is President Trump had used the strategic reserve 
when the Saudis and their refineries were attacked. Again, disruption, 
just like we see with us banning Russian oil in a bipartisan fashion 
and just like we see with the oil reserve.
  There is a lot of amnesia here in the Chamber about the historic use 
under two administrations to try to steady out the price of gas for 
everyday Americans.
  Lastly, we opposed for many years eliminating the ability to export 
America's gas and oil abroad. There was a bipartisan deal a few years 
ago where we got the ability to continue the tax credits for solar and 
wind and other renewables, and the Republicans asked us to include an 
elimination of this ban on exporting fuel abroad. That is a big part of 
how this all happened, and that is certainly not an America First 
policy when we hear so much about the debate on the amount of gas and 
the price of gas here.
  I will end where I began, which is President Biden helped lower gas 
prices, and now we are hearing a multihour debate about how they oppose 
that.
  I certainly stand with the President, and I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, this is another tactic to delay 
implementation of the underlying bill.
  Energy security is national security, and if my Democratic colleagues 
recognized this, they wouldn't need to abuse the SPR and attempt to 
offset the high prices caused by their very policies.
  Let's protect our strategic reserves, which is now at the lowest 
level since 1983, and unleash American production.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance 
of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Soto).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will 
be postponed.


                Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mrs. Boebert

  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer amendment No. 33.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 5, strike ``10 percent'' and insert ``15 
     percent''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chairman, this shouldn't be a controversial topic 
and, my hope is that folks on both sides of the aisle will be able to 
support this commonsense amendment.
  House Democrats should support this amendment because it provides the 
White House increased flexibility to tap more oil from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve when necessary.
  House Republicans should support this amendment because this modest 5 
percent increase in flexibility for the SPR also allows a modest 5 
percent increase to responsibly produce American energy on Federal 
lands through the plan required by this bill.
  Having said that, this amendment doesn't mandate increased energy 
production. It just slightly modifies the cap. If the White House still 
only wants to utilize 10 percent from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
and only wants the increase in Federal energy production on Federal 
lands to be 10 percent, this amendment still allows that flexibility.
  It is far past time we stopped begging foreign dictators to produce 
oil and gas for America. America makes the cleanest energy in the 
world. In fact, our natural gas is 42 percent cleaner than Russian 
natural gas.
  American innovation has allowed America to be the global leader in 
reducing emissions since the year 2000. We should be producing the 
energy Americans need right here in the good old U.S. of A. Yet, on 
President Biden's watch, we have seen a 40 percent increase in gas 
prices.
  In order to help combat their significantly flawed energy strategy, 
the White House raided the Strategic Petroleum Reserves by more than 40 
percent.
  My amendment prevents this type of abuse while slightly increasing 
the amount of oil that can be drawn from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve during an actual emergency like President Trump did.
  The root causes of this record-breaking inflation were trillions of 
dollars of wasteful spending federally and unnecessary attacks on 
American energy. The Biden administration waged an all-out war on 
American energy production. Biden shut down the Keystone XL pipeline on 
day one of his administration, imposed new rules to block pipeline 
projects, canceled oil and gas leases on millions of acres in Alaska 
and the Gulf of Mexico, suspended oil drilling leases in a small sliver 
of ANWR, even though Congress passed a law for this very purpose.

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  He imposed a moratorium on new Federal oil and gas leases on Federal 
lands, failed to meet the statutory deadlines for quarterly lease 
sales, and took countless other anti-energy measures that have 
contributed to increased gas prices and inflation reaching record 
levels.
  The only reason oil and gas permits on Federal lands are being 
approved at nearly the same rate during the Biden administration as 
during the Trump administration is because of the permitting reforms 
put in place by the Trump administration. In essence, they had a head 
start.
  This administration also likes to try and take credit for supporting 
oil and gas production, but the reality is this occurred in spite of 
them, not because of them.
  In fact, much of this production has occurred on private lands where 
producers aren't stifled by Federal policies and moratoriums.
  In 2020, the National Ocean Industries Association found that Joe 
Biden's proposal to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in Federal 
waters would kill approximately 200,000 jobs, cost the Federal 
Government billions of dollars of revenue, and push production to 
foreign adversaries.
  Furthermore, and despite the exaggerations from the administration, 
domestic production reached its highest point ever in 2020 while 
President Donald J. Trump was in office with over 13 million barrels of 
oil produced a day.
  We all want clean air. We all want clean water. But we also want 
lower gas prices and good-paying jobs right here in America.
  We can have it all, as responsible energy production and conservation 
are not mutually exclusive goals.
  My amendment strikes the right balance. Again, it allows for 
responsible emergency use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves while 
also allowing for responsible American energy production on Federal 
lands.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of this amendment, and I yield to the 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I have no opposition to this 
amendment. This amendment would increase the percentage cap on Federal 
lands identified in DOE's replacement plan for oil and gas production, 
taking it from 10 percent to 15 percent.
  Mr. Chair, I support this amendment.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. I yield back the balance of my time.


 =========================== NOTE =========================== 

  
  January 26, 2023, on page H369, in the third column, the 
following appeared: Mr. Chairman, I urge adoption of this 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment even 
though I am not opposed to it. The ACTING CHAIR. Without 
objecttion, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. There was 
no objection. Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, this amendment 
would increase the percentage cap on Federal lands identified in 
DOE's replacement plan for oil and gas production, taking it from 
10 percent to 15 percent. Mr. Chair, I support this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. Chairman, I 
urge adoption of this amendment, and I yield to the gentleman from 
Ohio (Mr. JOHNSON). Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chairman, I have no 
opposition to this amendment. This amendment would increase the 
percentage cap on Federal lands identified in DOE's replacement 
plan for oil and gas production, taking it from 10 percent to 15 
percent. Mr. Chair, I support this amendment. Mrs. BOEBERT. I 
yield back the balance of my time.


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  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I claim time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The ACTING CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, again, I don't know how to characterize 
this

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but to say it is extreme. The gentlewoman's amendment would provide an 
even bigger handout to Big Oil, trading away our precious Federal 
lands.
  Now, just so we understand, right now, there is a limitation in the 
underlying bill which, of course, we still oppose because the 
underlying bill says that the plan--in other words, I think we all know 
that this underlying bill says: You can't use the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve unless you open up more Federal or public lands to oil and gas 
drillings.
  But it does have a cap that says the plan required shall not provide 
for a total increase in the percentage of Federal lands described, 
lease for oil and gas, in excess of 10 percent.
  Let me just give you an idea. In the underlying bill, it could result 
in over 300 million acres of Federal lands being opened up for new oil 
and gas drilling, an area equivalent to three times the size of 
California and eight times the amount of Federal lands and waters 
currently available for oil and gas development.
  But the gentlewoman from Colorado says that is not good enough. The 
government has to allow for another 5 percent beyond that, another 50 
percent more than what I described in order for us to use the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve.
  Again, the fossil fuel industry already controls large portions of 
U.S. public lands and waters, and it isn't using most of it. Right now, 
the fossil fuel industry is sitting on approximately 9,000 approved but 
unused permits for drilling on public lands.
  In total, the fossil fuel industry controls over 26 million acres of 
U.S. onshore public lands, half of which is going unused.
  Offshore, the fossil fuel industry has over 2,000 active leases, 
covering 12 million acres of Federal water, 75 percent of which is not 
being used to produce oil or gas.
  So the gentlewoman says that she wants clean air and clean water. 
Well, the consequence of this would be just the opposite. We would be 
polluting the air and probably polluting the water as well, so it makes 
absolutely no sense.
  I mean, right now, there is nothing to stand in the way of 
production, which is up 1 million barrels a day under President Biden, 
not to mention oil and gas companies are sitting on billions of 
dollars.
  They are making huge profits. The oil and gas companies don't want to 
produce more oil here in the United States because that would lower the 
price.
  They are about profits. They are about raising the price of gasoline 
at the pump. By using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, President Biden 
has reduced the price at the pump.
  So what the gentlewoman is proposing is extreme because this even 
allows more public lands to be leased, or require it, that is not going 
to be pumped anyway because the oil companies don't want it, and at the 
same time, prohibit this administration from actually helping the 
American consumer by lowering prices. It is extreme.
  Mr. Chairman, I would urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle 
to oppose it, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 29 Offered by Ms. Spanberger

  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 29.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusion.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located off the coast of Virginia.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Virginia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Chair, as a proud Virginian, I rise today in 
defense of our region's coastal communities, our Nation's military and 
defense equities, the Chesapeake Bay, and the economy of the 
Commonwealth of Virginia.
  I am concerned that the legislation under consideration today would 
open the door to drilling of oil and gas off the shores of Virginia, 
something that has never been done before and something staunchly 
opposed by Virginians.
  Offshore oil and gas drilling poses a grave threat to our economy, 
our natural resources, and America's military infrastructure along 
Virginia's coast.
  Virginia's economy relies heavily on deepwater port commerce, and 
offshore drilling operations would severely impact these industries.
  According to one report, offshore drilling could jeopardize 
approximately 86,000 Virginia jobs, as well as roughly $4.8 billion in 
Virginia's GDP from coastal tourism, commercial fishing, and 
aquaculture alone.
  According to NOAA, in 2016, Virginia's commercial seafood industry 
collected more than 440 million pounds of seafood with a value of close 
to $300 million.
  This driver of Virginia's economy could be threatened under the 
overarching legislation considered here today.
  I also point out that Virginia's Wallops Island could come under 
threat. Wallops Island is home to space infrastructure that enables 
NASA missions, but offshore drilling could undermine decades of 
Federal, State, and local economic development efforts related to our 
space program.
  Virginia's spaceport has bolstered the local economy to the tune of 
$820 million annually, and it has provided thousands of jobs in our 
Commonwealth.
  Back in 2015, NASA raised the alarm bells about offshore drilling, 
releasing a statement that read, ``The presence of either temporary or 
fixed structures at or below the sea surface . . . would have 
significant detrimental effects on our ability to conduct aerospace 
test activities.''
  Offshore drilling in Virginia has been shown to be a critical 
national security risk. According to a study published by the United 
States Department of Defense, any oil and gas leases off the coast of 
Virginia would disrupt military operations, training, and testing 
activities considered to be vital to our United States' national 
security and readiness.
  Finally, I am deeply concerned about the environmental impacts that 
offshore drilling could have in Virginia. As the largest estuary in the 
United States, the Chesapeake Bay has been recognized by Congress as a 
``national treasure'' and has been under federally funded cleanup 
efforts since 1965.
  The Chesapeake Bay is home to more than 3,600 species of plant, fish, 
and animals--several dozen recognized as threatened or endangered.
  Over the last several decades, we have made tremendous progress in 
the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay. Virginians do not want to risk a 
disaster like the Deepwater Horizon spill.
  What is more, I am concerned about more regular releases of crude oil 
that occur in offshore operations. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation 
reports that spills from platforms, pipelines, and other offshore 
infrastructure release, on average, 157,000 barrels of oil annually.
  These releases would destroy many of the environmental gains that 
have helped revitalize Virginia's economy, Virginia's coastal 
communities, and the health of the Chesapeake Bay.
  I urge my colleagues, from those in Virginia to those across the 
country, to vote to protect Virginia's fishermen, farmers, coastal 
towns, beaches, natural beauty, and importantly, our national security 
by voting ``yes'' on this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The ACTING CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits oil and gas

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leasing on any tract of land off the coast of Virginia. Virtually all 
offshore oil and gas leasing occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.


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  January 26, 2023, on page H370, in the third column, the 
following appeared: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I claim time 
in opposition to the amendment, even though I am not opposed to 
it. The ACTING CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is 
recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection. Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits oil and gas
  
  The online version has been corrected to read: Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment. The ACTING 
CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. JOHNSON of 
Ohio. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits oil and gas


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  Offshore oil and gas exploration accounts for roughly 15 percent of 
all domestic oil production and 2 percent of domestic natural gas 
production.
  By further limiting offshore leasing, we will not be able to meet 
demand for oil and gas as it increases.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the amendment 
introduced by my friend and colleague, the gentlelady from Virginia.
  Virginia is blessed with beautiful coastlines. The Atlantic Coast and 
Chesapeake Bay provide critical habitat to marine life and offer 
numerous recreational opportunities to locals and tourists. Virginia's 
coasts are also home to a growing source of clean, affordable, and 
domestic energy thanks to ideal windspeeds, shallow waters, shipping 
lanes free of overhead obstruction, and a talented workforce. Located 
27 miles off the coast, the first two turbines in federal waters are 
not visible from shore. The benefits they generate, however, are 
increasingly being felt on shore as emissions are lowered and good, 
family-sustaining jobs are created.
  These exciting developments are in sharp contrast to what my 
colleagues on the other side of the aisle have planned for our coastal 
communities--an expansion of offshore drilling. We ought to learn from 
the tragic mistakes of our past: Exxon Valdez in the Prince William 
Sound, Santa Barbara off the coast of Southern California, and 
Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico.
  Throughout my career, I have opposed attempts to open Virginia's 
coastline to offshore drilling along with local communities, small 
businesses, scientists, beachgoers, environmentalists, seafood lovers, 
and people of faith. The Virginia Beach Restaurant Association, the 
Virginia Beach Hotel Association, and the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging 
and Travel Association all oppose offshore drilling along with Oceana, 
the Sierra Club, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Surfrider 
Foundation, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light and so many others. 
National security experts also warn that offshore drilling is 
incompatible with military training in the region, not to mention the 
incredible harm a spill would do to military facilities.
  As sea levels in Norfolk and around the world continue to rise, any 
expansion of highly polluting fossil fuel infrastructure is simply a 
bad idea. Virginians are simply not willing to sacrifice the health of 
our climate, marine life, local economies, or coastal ecosystems to 
expand offshore drilling.
  The growth of offshore wind in the region further underscores the 
false choice being presented by my Republican colleagues. Virginians 
are already enhancing our energy security by harnessing the power of 
the wind. Thanks to the investments in the Inflation Reduction Act--
including provisions I introduced with Representatives Pascrell, 
Norcross, Luria, and the late Congressman McEachin--the future of 
offshore wind and domestic offshore wind manufacturing is bright.
  Virginians have repeatedly stood together to protect our coasts and, 
as this amendment demonstrates, we will continue to do so. I urge my 
colleagues to protect Virginia's coasts by supporting this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. SPANBERGER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Virginia 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 137 Offered by Mrs. Boebert

  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 137.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Thompson divide.--As part of the plan developed under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify areas to lease 
     within the approximately 224,793.73 acres, including 
     approximately 200,518.28 acres of National Forest System 
     lands, approximately 15,464.99 acres of public lands, and 
     approximately 8,810.46 acres of reserved Federal mineral 
     interest within the Thompson Divide area in Colorado.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mrs. BOEBERT. Mr. Chair, this amendment seeks to help provide a voice 
for local communities who were ignored and cut out of the process in 
October of last year when the Biden administration unilaterally locked 
up nearly 300,000 acres in Colorado and in my district through the 
stroke of a pen.
  Shamefully, the Biden administration ignored the concerns and 
opposition of impacted communities so he could appease Green New Deal 
extremists through this executive overreach.
  After the proposed land grab was announced, Kathleen Sgamma, 
president of Western Energy Alliance, stated: ``The White House has 
initiated a withdrawal for the Thompson Divide while advancing a false 
narrative that energy development and land protection are mutually 
exclusive.
  ``Oil and natural gas activity has taken place in the Thompson Divide 
area since the 1940s while conserving the land. We can do both: We can 
develop energy while protecting the land.''
  The area remains a vital resource and is located within the second 
largest potential natural gas reserve in the United States.
  ``There's no need to lock away public lands and minerals, especially 
at a time of high energy prices.''
  With gas prices skyrocketing again, and today's national average 
exceeding $3.50 per gallon, it makes even less sense to unilaterally 
lock up hundreds of thousands of acres from responsible energy 
production, especially while local stakeholders are ignored and are 
flatout opposed.
  After the mineral withdrawal and associated national monument were 
announced in October, the Ute Indian Tribe of Utah said: ``The White 
House moved forward with a monument on our homelands without including 
us. They talk about Tribal consultation, but their actions do not match 
their words. We cannot support a monument on our homelands that does 
not include the Tribe. It is a disgrace to our ancestors to exclude the 
Tribe in the care and protection of these burial sites.''
  Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky sent me an email just this 
morning stating, ``President Biden unilaterally acted with an end run 
around Congress. Rather than honoring the 10-year, hard-fought, 
bipartisan support forged by local interests with Garfield County, the 
President placed additional restrictions on future leasing in Thompson 
Divide. This gutted the original bipartisan local support.''
  My amendment requires the Secretary, as part of the plan required by 
this bill, to identify areas for potential responsible energy leasing 
within the second largest potential natural gas reserve in the United 
States in an area where responsible oil and gas production has taken 
place since the 1940s.
  America produces the cleanest energy in the world. In fact, our 
natural gas is 42 percent cleaner than Russian gas.
  American innovation, in particular, fracking, has allowed America to 
be the global leader in reducing emissions since 2000.

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  America should have never been dependent on Russia for significant 
quantities of oil and gas. We need to stop begging OPEC, Venezuela, and 
even Iran, to produce energy for us, and start producing more energy 
responsibly right here in America, where our guys do it better than 
anyone else, more responsibly, and cleaner.
  We have to develop this right here at home, get back to American 
energy independence, and pursue energy dominance.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the gentlewoman's 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to the 
gentlewoman's amendment which would expose historic ranching lands in 
Colorado to oil and gas extraction, extraction the community simply 
does not want.
  Mr. Chairman, the underlying bill we are considering today makes 
clear that some in this Chamber want to see our public lands, lands 
owned by all Americans, open to extensive new oil and gas extraction.

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  As we have already heard, the bill risks opening an area more than 
three times the size of California to new oil and gas development; and 
this, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans, 
including more than two-thirds of western voters, consistently say that 
they would prefer to see public lands protected rather than opened to 
new degradation.
  Protecting these lands supports the climate, outdoor recreation, and 
local economies.
  In the case of this particular amendment, the community in Thompson 
Divide has already been fighting for more than two decades to protect 
this area from new oil and gas drilling.
  Since the early 2000s, the local community, including ranchers, 
farmers, sportsmen, businesspeople, and community leaders, worked 
together to fight for intact forests, big game and endangered species 
habitat, and the region's ranching history.
  Now the people of Thompson Divide have also opposed extraction 
because they have seen its effects firsthand. They have seen how 
companies more concerned with profit than public health polluted their 
streams, leaking toxic chemicals into the groundwater.
  The gentlewoman from Colorado, in the previous amendment, said that 
she wanted clean air and clean water, but that is not the case. That is 
not what is going to happen here with this amendment.
  To stem these impacts, Democratic Members, including my good friend 
and public lands defender, Representative   Joe Neguse, has long 
championed protections for the Thompson Divide.
  Because of these longstanding efforts from the community and those 
who represented them, just last year, President Biden took action to 
protect this landscape from new extraction for the next 20 years. His 
decision to protect the Thompson Divide was cheered by citizens across 
the State of Colorado as an essential protection for an irreplaceable 
landscape.
  This amendment before us would reverse these protections, exposing 
this community again to poisoned wells and degraded forests. It goes 
against the interests of the Thompson Divide community, against the 
interests of Coloradans, and against the interests of the American 
people.
  So I urge all of my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer Tlaib Amendment No. 10 to H.R. 
21.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Environmental reviews.--Before issuing any oil and 
     gas lease or permit pursuant to the plan, the Secretary of 
     the Interior shall complete a separate environmental review 
     for each such lease and permit in accordance with section 
     102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
     (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)).''.

  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order against 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, this is a simple amendment that requires the 
Secretary of the Interior to complete a standard environmental review 
of each individual oil and gas lease before it can be issued.
  Environmental reviews are standard practices that protect every 
single one of our communities. It is transparency. Frankly, these types 
of reviews don't even go far enough to protect the health of our 
resident but at the very least, we must ensure environmental reviews 
are conducted to the highest level.
  I urge all my colleagues to stand up for these critical environmental 
reviews and support this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I do insist on the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state the point of order.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. The amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI of 
the Rules of the House because it is not germane to the underlying 
bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production.
  The amendment requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete a 
separate environmental review for each lease and permit before issuing 
any oil and gas lease or permit.
  Environmental reviews are outside the scope of H.R. 21. The amendment 
is not germane.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the 
amendment?
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I do respectfully disagree with the gentleman. 
I do feel like this is very much germane, but I will respect the 
decision by the Parliamentarian or the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is ready to rule. The gentleman from Ohio 
makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentlewoman 
from Michigan is not germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall 
be admitted under color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production. The amendment addresses issuance of oil and gas 
leases pursuant to the plan. It addresses implementation, not just 
development, of the plan.
  The Chair finds that the amendment goes beyond the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order 
is sustained.


                 Amendment No. 41 Offered by Mr. Perry

  Mr. PERRY. I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman, No. 41.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closed quotation marks and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Requirements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall include a list of parcels planned to be offered for 
     lease, including, for each such parcel--
       ``(A) the size of the parcel, by acre;
       ``(B) the location of the parcel; and
       ``(C) any permits and approvals necessary to access the 
     parcel and produce oil and gas on the parcel.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Pennsylvania is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman from Washington for 
offering this much-needed bill.
  This amendment, Mr. Chairman, is about trust. It is about trust 
because we have been told--the American people have been told--that the 
President is doing all he can to make sure that gas prices are low, 
that your diesel prices are low. That is indeed absolutely not the 
case.
  Of course, using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve reserved for issues 
of national security or natural disaster, instead using it for 
political purposes to drive down the price of gas just prior to the 
election, is not the reason for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, yet 
that is how it was used. So this bill seeks to remedy that.
  We need some teeth in it, Mr. Chairman. We need some evidence from 
the Secretary of Energy that the Secretary will actually support 
increased and Federal lands leased when they draw down on the strategic 
reserve.
  So this amendment requires the plan to include the list of actual 
parcels planned to be offered for lease and, for each parcel, its size, 
location, and any permits and approval necessary for the access and 
production, because we simply can't take their word for it.
  They will tell you, oh, well, we have got 9,000 leases. What are 
y'all complaining about?
  Meanwhile, you can't get a permit for the lease to go on to the 
leased land and actually do the exploration and the operation. You 
can't get a permit, so the lease is meaningless. They never mentioned 
that. The 9,000 leases might as well be meaningless, and that is why 
there is a trust issue here.

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  So this bridges that trust issue and says, well, okay, if you have 
got a plan, and you have got leases, and you have got parcels, that is 
great. Let's see them, and let's see the permits associated with them 
that will actually allow us, in America, to go get our resources, the 
natural resources given to Americans by the good Lord to go use so that 
they can drive down their own prices and live in their communities in a 
way that is affordable.
  This administration tells us all the time they are doing all they 
can, but they are not doing all they can when they tell you they are 
going to outlaw your gas stove and require you to buy an electric 
vehicle, by the way, which they can't support charging, but that is 
another story.
  We need them to provide the permits and the approvals necessary to 
access the land.
  Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Johnson).
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  I urge all Members to support the Perry amendment. While this 
amendment raises an issue that is different from this bill, it is an 
important facet to understanding the seriousness of the Energy 
Secretary's plan.
  This is a perfecting amendment that will enhance public transparency, 
congressional oversight of department plans and operations, and bring 
certainty in planning for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and efforts 
to keep it appropriately filled for emergencies.
  I thank the gentleman for his concern in offering this amendment. 
Again, I have no objection, and I urge a ``yes'' vote.
  Mr. PERRY. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I heard my colleague from our committee 
say that this was a perfecting amendment, and what I see it as is just 
a more bureaucracy amendment.
  The problem here with the underlying bill is that it basically makes 
it impossible for the President to use--to release oil from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve when there is an emergency in order to 
lower prices or to increase the supply.
  What this amendment does is to put even more restrictions or make it 
even more likely that a delay would occur because the gentleman says 
that the plan required would include a list of parcels planned to be 
offered for lease, including for each parcel, the size of the parcel by 
acre, the location of the parcel, any permits and approvals necessary 
to access the parcel, and produce oil and gas on the parcel.
  Look, the bottom line is what it appears the sponsor wants is for the 
Federal Government to spend its limited time during a crisis looking 
over maps of critical public lands and drawing arbitrary lines instead 
of taking rapid actions to lower gas prices for everyday families.
  The underlying bill doesn't work because it puts all kinds of 
restrictions on the President's ability to use the reserve, either to 
lower prices, or to increase the supply in an emergency, and this 
amendment only makes it worse.
  It would throw more barriers to the Secretary using the reserve to 
protect American families and businesses. It is so shortsighted, 
considering how critical the Biden administration's use of the reserve 
has been following Putin's invasion of Ukraine and subsequent global 
gas shortages.
  For a minority so concerned--I should say in this case, for a 
Republican majority so concerned with cutting red tape, this amendment 
would create quite a few unnecessary hoops for the Secretary to jump 
through before taking swift action to help Americans. It just makes no 
sense.
  Again, over the past year, the Biden administration has demonstrated 
that in an emergency, in an energy crisis, strategic use of the reserve 
can bring relief to the pump for millions of Americans, and this 
amendment puts that record of success by the Biden administration in 
jeopardy.
  So I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment and, of course, a ``no'' 
vote on final passage, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry).
  The amendment was agreed to.


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer Tlaib Amendment No. 11 to H.R. 
21
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, insert ``the Administrator of the 
     Environmental Protection Agency, the Council on Environmental 
     Quality,'' before ``and the''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, so let's get this straight. When developing 
H.R. 21's gross drill baby drill plans, the Secretary of Energy is 
required to consult with the Secretaries of Agriculture, Interior, and 
Defense, but not with the Administrator of the EPA or the Chair of the 
Council on Environmental Quality.
  These plans are rigged against frontline communities that I represent 
and, really, around our Nation. The message is clear: When making plans 
to destroy our environment, don't consult the environmental regulators 
because those plans can't be justified.
  So my amendment is a commonsense fix amendment. Include the EPA and 
CEQ in the process in regard to the impacts on our environment.
  I urge my colleagues to, again, please support this amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.

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  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Chair, put plainly, this is not an 
appropriate role for EPA or CEQ, neither of which oversee Federal land.
  The agencies consulted in the plan already must comply with existing 
requirements, so this amendment only serves to obstruct.
  H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by requiring any nonemergency 
use to be accompanied by a plan to produce American oil resources. This 
amendment undermines the purpose of the bill.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Huffman

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I have amendment No. 15 at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the Northern California planning area.''.

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, this amendment would ban leasing for offshore 
oil and gas drilling off the northern California coast.
  Offshore drilling poses unacceptable risks. Where you drill, you 
spill. That is why Republican and Democratic Governors on both the 
Atlantic and Pacific Coasts have voiced their opposition to any new oil 
and gas leasing off their coasts.
  We should not put our oceans, fisheries, coastal communities, 
economies, and planet at risk just to enrich the fossil fuel industry.
  While folks were hurting at the pump, Big Oil companies were raking 
in record profits, and they were sitting on millions of acres of unused 
leases, capitalizing on the war in Ukraine in order to gouge U.S. 
consumers. Giving them even more control over our public lands is not 
necessary, and it won't do a darn thing for consumers.

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  At a time when the climate crisis is ravaging communities across the 
globe, adding new leases on public lands makes no sense unless you 
value Big Oil profits above making sure our children have a livable 
planet.
  Now, the north coast of California is an amazing, pristine place that 
I am privileged to represent. It supports a thriving blue economy, 
including fishing, tourism, and some of the other values that we have 
heard discussed here today. It deserves the same kind of protection 
that President Trump gave reluctantly and very selectively to certain 
communities in Florida and on the East Coast after there was a backlash 
from Republican Members of Congress and Republican Governors to his 
drill everywhere plan.
  The north coast of California deserves at least that same level of 
protection, and by passing this amendment, it will get it.
  Mr. Chair, I thank my friend and colleague, the gentleman from my 
neighboring district, Congressman   Mike Thompson, for joining me on 
this measure.
  Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson).
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chair, I thank Mr. Huffman for doing 
this amendment and for yielding me time.
  Mr. Chair, the northern California coastline includes some of the 
most scenic and biodiverse waters in the world. As one of the five most 
significant upwellings in the world, California's north coast is home 
to nutrient-rich surface waters critical to maintaining vast 
biodiversity.
  This coastline is home to dozens of marine mammals, over a hundred 
species of seabirds and shorebirds, and a tremendous number of fish 
species, which include salmon, striped bass, halibut, tuna, and many 
more.
  An oilspill off this coast could devastate both the marine life and 
the local economy. It would crush the fishing community and local 
tourism. This amendment deserves to be passed.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of a point of 
order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I think we need to remember that H.R. 21 is 
about strengthening the SPR by requiring any nonemergency use to be 
accompanied by a plan to produce American oil resources.
  This amendment undermines the purpose of the bill. It would deprive 
the country of the benefits of secure American supplies of cleanly 
produced fossil energy. We should reject this anti-American energy 
amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. Huffman

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I have amendment No. 65 at the desk.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent, 
     nor shall it include any tract of Federal land where oil and 
     gas leasing would decrease land and water available for 
     outdoor recreation.''.

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, this amendment would block this legislation 
from allowing increased oil and gas leasing on any Federal land where 
outdoor recreation takes place. Our public lands are for the public, 
not for the wealthiest industry in the history of the world to drill 
and to spoil with impunity.
  Being active in the outdoors and experiencing wild places is a way of 
life not just in my district but for many communities around this 
country.
  During the COVID-19 pandemic, when we were unable to gather the way 
we liked to indoors, we learned just how important our parks and our 
public lands are, how getting outside helps our well-being. This is why 
we must protect and expand our public lands for recreational use, not 
give them away to a single polluting industry.
  We all depend on the ecological, economic, and mental health benefits 
that our public lands provide. That is why my amendment protects these 
important lands.
  If we are good stewards, our public lands can simultaneously support 
a thriving outdoor recreation economy as well as natural resiliency 
against the climate crisis, all while preserving and protecting these 
precious lands for future generations.
  These are the goals of the Biden administration and the State of 
California in their efforts to protect 30 percent of our lands by 2030 
because these lands are meant for everyone to use, enjoy, and pass down 
to future generations to do the same. However, H.R. 21 would create an 
arbitrary increase in oil and gas development for the benefit of one 
single group: the oil and gas industry.
  This bill may seem simple--it is just three pages long--yet it does 
something really big and dangerous. It stands to open up over 300 
million acres to be destroyed for oil and gas drilling, an area 
equivalent to three times the size of California or six times the 
combined size of all our national parks. This is unacceptable, and it 
is another example of the dangerous extremism we see from this new 
Republican majority.
  The fact of the matter is, there are currently 9,000 permits held by 
the oil and gas industry right now that are not being used. 
Additionally, the majority of the roughly 26 million acres that are 
currently under lease to oil and gas companies on our Federal lands and 
waters are not being used. Industry is simply sitting on them to keep 
prices artificially high.
  What would industry do with the dramatic expansion of new leasing 
opportunities on our valuable public lands? Well, the evidence shows 
that they will simply lock them up so that they couldn't be used for 
other activities such as recreation or renewable energy.
  I represent the north coast of California, and my constituents know 
the value of public lands for outdoor recreation, from hiking and 
climbing to kayaking and angling. I hope folks on both sides of the 
aisle agree that we need to protect the future of these cherished 
recreational activities on our public lands. Our public lands used for 
outdoor recreation should not be sacrificed at the altar of Big Oil.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of a point of 
order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits the leasing plan 
from decreasing land and water for recreation, but this is unnecessary. 
Nothing in the bill changes any existing laws related to land and water 
access.
  Energy production and conservation are not mutually exclusive. 
Republicans are good stewards and desire to be good stewards as well of 
all of our resources. In fact, every year, $900 million in royalties 
are paid by energy companies drilling for oil and gas on Federal land, 
and those royalties are put into this fund. The money is used to 
protect national parks and the land surrounding waters and national 
wildlife refuges.
  This amendment is nothing more than an attempt to delay the 
implementation of H.R. 21, so I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman).

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  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Panetta

  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk, 
specifically No. 26.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the Central California planning area.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Chair, my amendment to H.R. 21 would exclude the 
central California planning area from being leased for oil and natural 
gas production.
  The central California planning area extends from Mendocino County to 
Monterey County and goes out about 400 miles off the coast of 
California. Although much of this area is already protected by national 
marine sanctuaries, my amendment, if attached to H.R. 21, would bolster 
those protections from oil and gas drilling and stretch them further 
from our coastline.
  Having been raised there, raising my children there, and now as the 
Representative for the central coast of California, I know firsthand 
how important our oceans and our coastlines are for our environment, 
for our economy, for our small businesses, for our communities, and, 
yes, for our future.
  That is why I stand here on the shoulders of so many people who have 
done so many things to ensure the protection of our pristine coastline 
in California. From utilizing zoning laws to limiting onshore 
infrastructure and the designation of national marine sanctuaries, we 
have fought and will continue to fight to ensure that oil drilling does 
not happen off our California coast. That is why this amendment is so 
important to me and to my constituents.
  Of course, my constituents are concerned with high gas prices, 
especially when there is an international conflict that causes gas 
prices to go through the roof. The strategy of releasing oil from the 
strategic reserve, specifically during those types of international 
conflicts, has been used time and time again.
  In 1991, George H.W. Bush did it during the Gulf war. In 2005, George 
W. Bush did it during the second Gulf war. In 2011, President Obama did 
it due to the Libya crisis. In 2022, President Biden did it due to 
Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
  Each time that oil was released from those reserves, gas prices were 
reduced or remained stable. That is why I support this long-used 
strategy without any types of conditions attached to it. The last thing 
we want to do is restrict the types of tools used in the middle of a 
global crisis so that the President, this administration, can lower gas 
prices and help American families.
  Let's be clear. Our families, my families that I represent on the 
central coast of California, we don't need drilling; we don't want oil 
drilling; and we will continue to do everything we can to prevent oil 
drilling off our coastline. Our beauty and the bounty received through 
our multibillion-dollar tourism and hospitality industry is worth so 
much more.

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  The future. That is why I will always be against any oil and gas 
drilling off the central coast of California, and why I will always be 
a part of the longstanding tradition of fighting to protect our 
environment and the future of the place that I, my family, and my 
constituents call home.
  Mr. Chair, that is why I urge a ``yes'' vote on amendment No. 26, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits oil and gas 
exploration in a specific area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the 
California coast.
  This amendment excludes a tract of land from oil and gas exploration 
from being included in the leasing plan. Virtually, all oil and gas 
leasing in the OCS occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
  Oil and gas exploration in the OCS accounts for roughly 15 percent of 
all domestic oil production and 2 percent of domestic natural gas 
production.
  By further limiting this potentially vast resource, we will not be 
able to meet demand for oil and gas as it increases, and it will.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Panetta)
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Levin

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 18.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the Southern California planning area.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chair, my amendment would exclude the Southern 
California Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production 
as part of any proposed plan under this bill.
  It is just over 1 year ago that our community experienced an oil 
spill that posed a grave ecological disaster that devastated local 
wildlife, our coasts and our ocean, and small business owners who rely 
on our coastal activity for their livelihoods.
  This kind of disaster is exactly why I introduced my American Coasts 
and Oceans Protection Act to prohibit any new leasing for the 
exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas along the 
southern California coast, from San Diego up to San Luis Obispo.
  As I said when I introduced the bill last Congress, it is time to put 
our environment and our coastal economy first, not the out-of-state 
fossil fuel companies that profit while polluting our coastline.
  It is also important to note that our southern California economy 
relies heavily on ocean-based businesses. In San Diego and Orange 
County alone, the ocean economy accounts for roughly $7.7 billion in 
economic activity and sustains more than 140,000 jobs in coastal 
tourism and recreation.
  Along California's coastline, fishing, tourism, and recreation 
supports nearly 600,000 jobs and roughly $42.3 billion in economic 
activity. For every massive oil spill our region experiences, we are 
not only adding to the pollution of our oceans, but directly 
jeopardizing thousands of jobs.
  Mr. Chair, the latest oil spill wasn't the first time our community 
has experienced such a disaster. More than 4 million gallons of oil 
have been released in the Pacific Ocean as a result of the 1969 Santa 
Barbara blowout, and the Refugio oil spill of 2015, and other leaks 
from oil rig and pipeline activity affecting more than 935 square miles 
of ocean. This most recent spill pushed that number even higher.
  Californians have made it clear that they are strongly opposed to 
additional offshore oil and gas drilling along our coast.
  The last administration repeatedly pushed to expand offshore drilling 
and rolled back crucial safety regulations that help prevent spills, 
and now here we are once again as Big Oil seeks to expand drilling off 
our coast, even as they sit on thousands of unused permits across the 
country.

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  With so much ecological disaster and so many jobs threatened by 
offshore drilling, southern Californians have had enough. We need to be 
focusing on cutting emissions and protecting coastal communities from 
rising sea levels, not extracting more oil so fossil fuel executives 
can profit even more. Just yesterday, Chevron announced it is tripling 
its stock buyback program to $75 billion while reporting record 
profits.
  How much profit do they really need?
  The reality is, we need to end all new offshore oil and gas leasing 
in southern California, off the Pacific Coast and beyond. This 
amendment represents a start to making that happen.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support 
this amendment and respect the will of the vast majority of 
Californians, Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike who oppose 
drilling off our coasts.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Womack). The gentleman from Michigan is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring any non-emergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American oil resources.
  This amendment undermines the purpose of H.R. 21 and would deprive 
the country of the benefits of secure American supplies of cleanly 
produced fossil energy.
  Rather than deprive Californians--including the hardworking 
Californians in the energy production industry--the benefit of 
increasing American energy and security, we should embrace the pro-
energy policies of H.R. 21.
  We should reject this anti-energy amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Levin).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Ms. DelBene

  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 7.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the Washington/Oregon planning area.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I am offering this amendment with my 
colleagues, Representatives Gluesenkamp Perez, Kilmer, Hoyle, and 
Salinas.
  Protecting the environment is foundational to the heritage, culture, 
and quality of life in the Pacific Northwest. Our region is a 
trailblazer in renewable energy sources, like hydroelectric, wind, and 
solar.
  Congress should follow our lead and focus on accelerating our 
transition toward a green energy economy.
  Instead, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to 
push for more giveaways to the fossil fuel industry and heighten the 
risk of another oil spill like Deepwater Horizon.
  Our amendment would prevent Republicans from allowing drilling for 
oil and gas along the Washington and Oregon coasts.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Perez), my 
colleague, the newest Member of the Washington delegation.
  Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Chair, I thank Representative DelBene for the 
opportunity to speak on this amendment.
  The health of my district's economy depends on a clean Pacific Coast 
and ocean ecosystem.
  My district is actually home to one of the most fishing-dependent 
communities in the entire country--Pacific County.
  Preventing offshore drilling not only protects the environment, it 
also protects the economies of the communities where people work for a 
living.
  We cannot bankrupt our long-term environmental quality for a one-off 
oil jackpot.
  That is why I support this amendment that prevents offshore drilling.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank Representatives Kilmer and DelBene for their 
work on this critical issue, and I urge my colleagues to support the 
amendment.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. 
Kilmer), my colleague from the Olympic Peninsula.
  Mr. KILMER. Mr. Chair, for decades, Democrats and Republicans agree 
that opening the waters off the coast of Washington to drilling would 
be dangerous. Doing so would threaten our fisheries, shellfish growers, 
tourism, and jobs in other sectors of our economy.
  The underlying legislation we are considering could result in over 
300 million acres of Federal lands and waters being opened up for new 
oil and gas drilling. That is an area equivalent to more than six times 
the size of the State of Washington.
  I support this amendment because I am standing up for the coastal 
communities I represent. We do not want new oil and gas drilling off 
our coast. This isn't just about environmental protection; it is about 
protecting our economy and our way of life.
  Let's protect our marine ecosystems. Let's protect coastal 
communities and coastal jobs. Let's create new jobs in renewable 
energy.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. 
Hoyle), one of our new Members.
  Ms. HOYLE of Oregon. Mr. Chair, my district includes 250 miles of 
entirely public beaches on a coastline renowned for its pristine and 
rugged beauty.
  Our fishing community relies on clean oceans. It is our 
responsibility to protect these waters that are vital for our coastal 
economies and ocean ecosystems.
  It is my duty to protect our oceans, the livelihood of the fishing 
industry on the Oregon coast, and the way of life for the next 
generation of coastal Oregonians.
  The fossil fuel industry has 2,000 leases covering 12 million acres 
for offshore drilling that are currently not being used. This is just 
bait and switch by the oil companies who are making record profits 
while they are price gouging Americans at the gas pump.
  Mr. Chair, I strongly support Representative DelBene's amendment to 
protect Oregon and Washington's coast for future generations.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. 
Salinas).
  Ms. SALINAS. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the DelBene amendment 
and in defense of Oregon's coast.
  The Oregon coastline is a wonder of nature and a critical piece of 
Oregon's economy. We love our coastal playground. We respect our 
coastal communities. And that is why we must fight to protect them--not 
as Democrats or Republicans, but as Oregonians who cherish our 
environment and our people.
  Oregon led with the first-ever ``Bottle Bill'' to reduce litter on 
the beaches. Oregon led when it made its coastline free and open to the 
public. Now we must lead the fight against offshore drilling, which 
threatens our coastline, the people who call it home, and fisheries and 
families who depend on it for their livelihoods, and our environment.
  Offshore drilling is a mistake, and it will only exacerbate our 
energy and environmental crisis down the road. We must say ``no'' by 
voting ``yes'' on this amendment.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the Pacific 
Northwest and support this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, this amendment goes further than the scope of 
H.R. 21. Nothing in H.R. 21 affects

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any laws or statutes on the books that regulate offshore oil and gas 
development.
  The purpose and scope of this bill is limited: it is to protect our 
SPR from political use and to ensure we are adequately prepared for 
future legitimate emergencies. It does nothing to impact existing 
Department of the Interior regulations.
  It simply requires the Secretary of Energy to develop a plan to 
increase production if it is used without declaring an emergency. This 
is not a vehicle to impose new restrictions.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. DelBene).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. DelBENE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington 
will be postponed.

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                  Amendment No. 48 Offered by Mr. Barr

  Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I have amendment No. 48 at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL 
                   REGULATIONS.

       (a) In General.--Any rule issued by a Federal financial 
     regulator that has the effect of limiting access to financing 
     for oil and gas companies shall have no force or effect until 
     the date on which the Secretary of Energy reports to the 
     Congress (and makes such report available to the public) that 
     the amount of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum 
     Reserve is equal to or greater than the amount contained in 
     the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on the day before the 
     relevant drawdown.
       (b) Federal Financial Regulator Defined.--In this section, 
     the term ``Federal financial regulator'' means the Board of 
     Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Commodity 
     Futures Trading Commission, the Comptroller of the Currency, 
     the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Financial 
     Stability Oversight Council, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
     and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized for 5 minutes in support of 
his amendment.
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I support the underlying legislation to 
increase domestic energy production to replenish the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve that has been recklessly and dangerously drawn down 
by the Biden administration in a cynically political move to try to 
lower energy prices before an election.
  But we know that in a move to placate radical environmentalists, 
President Biden blocked the Keystone XL pipeline at the beginning of 
this administration. His administration suspended oil and natural gas 
leasing and permits when he took office. But for the last year, the 
President and his supporters have been pleading for more domestic 
energy production.
  The President can't have it both ways. In just over 2 years, the 
President has depleted the crude oil and the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve by 40 percent. Not only did this scheme fail to bring down 
prices in a meaningful way for Americans, but it also threatens our 
energy and national security should a true national emergency occur.
  This is not just negligence from the administration. The 
administration is waging an active war against the oil and gas sector.
  Now, we all know about the war against leases, and we know about the 
war against energy infrastructure like Keystone. But ground zero, Mr. 
Chairman, for this war against domestic energy production is the 
weaponization of financial regulation to discriminate against American 
energy production and redirect capital away from American energy 
production.
  This is all happening at the precise time we need more, not less, 
energy production. The Energy Information Administration recently 
projected that global energy consumption will increase by 50 percent in 
the year 2050 with almost one-half of energy consumption coming from 
natural gas and other fossil fuel energy.
  So why do we need this amendment?
  Because this is a capital-intensive enterprise. In order for oil and 
gas production to happen, Mr. Chairman, you have to have the financing 
for that, and this Administration has weaponized the financial 
regulators to limit access to financing and to limit access to capital.
  For example, initiatives by the Federal Reserve working with a 
Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial 
System, otherwise known as NGFS; the Securities and Exchange 
Commission's proposed Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related 
Disclosures for Investors; the Financial Stability Oversight Council's 
report and recommendation on climate-related financial risk; the FDIC's 
principles for climate-related financial risk management for large 
financial institutions; and the Office of the Comptroller of the 
Currency's principles for climate-related financial risk management for 
large banks.
  My amendment would simply pause any and all of these climate-related 
financial regulations so that financial institutions can provide the 
capital and the financing for the oil and gas producers so that we can, 
in fact, replenish the petroleum reserve.
  There is no question that the war on energy is costing families and 
small businesses increased costs. Just in the first year of this 
administration, investment and oil and natural gas production dropped 
by 25 percent.
  It is time we unleash American energy to lower costs over the long 
run. That means we need access to capital--access to financing--for 
American energy.
  My amendment would give American energy companies access to our deep, 
liquid capital markets so that we can continue to power this country's 
economy and replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  That is why I am offering this amendment: to protect American energy 
producers and to protect their access to capital markets so that we can 
facilitate the replenishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  I would argue we need to unleash our financial institutions and our 
asset managers and investors to give our energy producers the financing 
that they need to rebuild our economy, to lower costs at the pump, and 
to lower energy costs across the board.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support this amendment and, of 
course, support the underlying piece of legislation. I yield back the 
balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, I insist on the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, the pending amendment violates the 
germaneness requirement of rule XVI, clause 7. That rule precludes 
amendments ``on a subject different from that under consideration.''
  The subject matter of the underlying bill is a requirement that the 
Department of Energy issue a plan related to the leasing of Federal 
lands for oil and gas drilling before certain first drawdowns from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  However, the subject matter of the pending amendment is different. 
The pending amendment requires the suspension of certain financial 
regulations limiting access to financing for oil and gas companies 
until certain conditions are met.
  Now, this places an unrelated condition on the drawdown of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve that expands beyond the development of the 
plan required by the underlying bill. Because the pending amendment is 
on a different subject from that of the underlying bill, I urge the 
Chair to hold this amendment as not germane.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point 
of order?
  The gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr) is recognized.
  Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I would respectfully argue that the amendment 
is core to the proper functioning of the

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underlying bill. The amendment's purpose is the same purpose as the 
underlying bill: it is to facilitate the replenishment of the SPR for 
the exact drawdowns covered in the bill. The amendment furthers the 
objective of the underlying bill. In fact, it is arguably inextricably 
linked and indispensable to the purpose of the bill in so far as 
producing more oil and gas requires access to capital for those 
producers of oil and gas.

  Mr. Chairman, you can't produce oil and gas if you can't get 
financing for it. That is why I respectfully oppose the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point 
of order?
  If not, the Chair is prepared to rule on the point of order.
  The gentleman from New Jersey makes a point of order that the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky is not germane.
  The clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall 
be admitted under color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production. The amendment would address rules issued by 
financial regulators.
  The Chair finds that the amendment goes beyond the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order 
is sustained.


                 Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Levin

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 21.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not--
       ``(A) provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and 
     gas production in excess of 10 percent; or
       ``(B) provide for an increase in Federal lands described in 
     paragraph (1) that would not provide a fair return for 
     taxpayers.''.

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes in support 
of his amendment.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would prohibit any new leases 
under this plan that do not provide a fair return for taxpayers.
  For far too long, our oil and gas leasing program has offered a 
sweetheart deal for the industry at the expense of taxpayers. One 
fossil fuel company recently even went so far as to outline in a press 
release the many benefits of extraction on public land compared to 
private land. Their release highlighted that leases on public lands are 
cheaper, they last longer, and they are more expansive.
  While these statements may be music to the ears of those who care 
most about Big Oil special interests, they represent a raw deal for the 
American people.
  Increasing the royalty rate to a fair level will generate billions of 
dollars in revenue for taxpayers.
  The Government Accountability Office and Congressional Budget Office 
both agree and have suggested that this is good policy. That is why 
last Congress I introduced the Restoring Community Input and Public 
Protections in Oil and Gas Leasing Act, to protect taxpayers by 
eliminating noncompetitive oil and gas leasing and raising the onshore 
oil and gas royalty rate, rental fee, and minimum bid amount.
  I am proud that the Inflation Reduction Act includes significant 
provisions of that bill, including eliminating noncompetitive leasing 
for oil and gas sales, raising annual rental rates, and increasing the 
minimum bid for public lands. These provisions will go a long way in 
ensuring the American people see a more fair return on the use of our 
cherished public lands.
  But we have more work to do to provide a fair return. States like 
Texas and Oklahoma charge higher royalty rates on their State lands 
than are charged on Federal public lands, leading to lost revenue for 
Federal taxpayers.
  This amendment builds on those provisions and will help end giveaways 
of our public lands to fossil fuel companies and ensure that taxpayers 
receive a fair return on any private profit that oil and gas companies 
extract from our public lands.
  The American people deserve to see a fair financial return on the 
profits that fossil fuel companies make from their use of our cherished 
public lands, and this amendment will require that these companies 
provide that return instead of simply ripping the public off.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of a point of 
order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, this amendment further restricts the land 
that could be eligible for the production plan. It sets a vague 
requirement to ensure that land in the plan provides ``a fair return 
for taxpayers.''
  The Biden administration has hamstrung our ability to produce 
American energy. This has had a disastrous consequence for Americans.
  Energy prices have skyrocketed under this administration and still 
remain high. We have grown more reliant on our adversaries such as 
Venezuela, Iran, and China for energy--dirty energy. I would argue that 
producing more American energy to lower prices for families is a ``fair 
return for taxpayers.''
  I urge a ``no'' vote, Mr. Chairman, on this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Levin).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 55 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment No. 55 at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Tribal consultation.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall include a Tribal consultation plan with Tribal 
     governments and the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary 
     of Energy.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I believe I have made it very clear that this bill is deeply flawed 
from the concept to execution. While I really do hesitate to improve a 
bad bill, I think it is important that we acknowledge one of the bill's 
starkest omissions.
  My amendment would simply require that while developing the plan this 
bill proposes, the relevant Secretaries also develop a plan to consult 
with Tribal Governments. This is particularly important as the bill 
could open up an additional 300 million acres of new oil and gas 
extraction on public lands.
  If we really intend to give away an area three times the size of 
California to Big Oil, then we need to understand the impact it will 
have on communities across the West starting with those who have 
stewarded these lands since time immemorial.
  It is essential that the Secretaries fully and meaningfully consult 
with Tribal Governments to understand the impact this extractive 
development would have on Tribal communities from damaging air and 
water to destroying sacred sites.
  For too long, Tribal Governments have been excluded from Federal 
decisionmaking processes. We have seen

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the impact of that omission as homelands are degraded, sacred sites 
destroyed, and Tribal communities are forced to bear the brunt of 
pollution.
  A no more important example is the example of uranium contamination 
that continues and the cleanup of uranium contamination that continues 
in around the Grand Canyon and Navajo Nation, and that has affected 
that community and the Navajo people for generations. It is 
unacceptable that we would turn a blind eye to these impacts.
  Tribal Governments need to be at the table from the start helping to 
shape decisions that impact their communities and their ancestral 
lands.
  This amendment would ensure that they do just that while helping to 
uphold the Federal Government's trust responsibility.
  This shouldn't be controversial. In fact, this should have been built 
in from the start.
  Mr. Chairman, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. This amendment would require the leasing plan to include 
a consultation plan with Tribal Governments. Current law allows for 
sufficient consultation with relevant agencies and Tribes. This bill 
does nothing to change underlying leasing laws that the Department of 
the Interior is subject to.
  So I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                Amendment No. 56 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 56.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Community protections.--The plan required by 
     paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing on any 
     Federal land where oil and gas leasing would result in or 
     exacerbate disproportionate burdens on communities of color, 
     low-income communities, and Tribal and Indigenous 
     communities.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment that would 
prevent this oil giveaway from further burdening communities of color, 
low-income communities, Tribal, and indigenous communities.
  Over the past several years our late colleague, Representative 
McEachin and I traveled the country to hear from environmental justice 
and frontline communities across this Nation about pollution and 
climate impact. We heard the tales of water not fit to drink, air not 
fit to breathe, and communities not safe to live in.
  For too long we have allowed the vulnerable to bear the impacts of 
development, leaving them to pay the costs that are incurred.

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  We must change that narrative by ensuring that these communities are 
at the decisionmaking table and that their voices are clearly heard at 
every level of government.
  This was a legacy my dear friend and our late colleague dedicated his 
life to, and that is why I am proud that we will be renaming the 
Environmental Justice For All Act in his honor in the next several 
weeks.
  Unfortunately, the bill in front of us today would take us further 
than ever from achieving environmental justice and attention to 
frontline communities. There is no way to open up 300 million acres to 
new extraction without massively impacting communities of color, low-
income communities, and Tribal and indigenous communities.
  These already-impacted communities would face additional pollution of 
their air and water, additional impacts on their health and that of 
their children.
  My amendment seeks to avoid these unacceptable impacts, preventing 
the Secretaries from leasing any land that would continue to increase 
disproportionate burdens on already burdened communities.
  We must stop putting pollution over people and put an end to the 
cycles of exploitation that leave the most vulnerable facing avoidable 
impacts.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage all of my colleagues to support the 
environmental justice amendment and to vote ``yes'' on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, this amendment would prohibit the leasing 
plan from including leasing where it would disproportionately burden 
communities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal and indigenous 
communities. However, current law allows for a process requiring 
consultation with relevant agencies, Tribes, and communities.
  This bill does nothing to change underlying leasing laws the 
Department of the Interior is subject to, so I urge a ``no'' vote on 
this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


                Amendment No. 57 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 57.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Exclusion.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not include oil and gas leasing on any federal lands that are 
     viable for renewable energy production.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arizona is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would ensure that this Big 
Oil giveaway doesn't prevent America from leading the world in clean 
energy production.
  Rather than tethering ourselves to the energies of the past, we need 
to move forward with the energy of the future. The President knows 
that; my Democratic colleagues know that; and the American people know 
that. It is time we all embrace clean energy deployment.
  Instead, the bill before us today would support Big Oil and only Big 
Oil, pushing the public off their lands while locking up acres that 
could be used for wind, solar, and other clean technologies.
  This bill gives away public lands and waters to oil companies and gas 
corporations at a time when we should be taking urgent action to 
address the climate crisis and transition away from fossil fuels.
  Public lands have huge renewable energy potential. Offshore wind 
alone could produce more than 2,000 gigawatts, nearly double the 
Nation's electricity use in 2021.
  Rather than embrace this opportunity, H.R. 21 would require land 
managers to open lands to oil and gas but wouldn't consider other 
potential uses, including renewable energy.
  My amendment would close this gap, requiring the Secretaries to 
consider the impacts to renewable deployment before leasing new lands 
to the fossil fuel industry.
  The American people want affordable, reliable energy. They aren't 
interested in seeing Big Oil protect their record profits and increase 
their profits

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while boxing out and locking out developing technologies. It is time to 
stop prioritizing polluters over people and commit to a clean, just 
energy transition.
  Our public lands and waters have an important role to play in 
reducing emissions, protecting the climate, and supporting communities. 
We need to make sure that they are available for renewable energy 
production and not locked up with fossil fuel companies.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on the 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, this amendment would prohibit the leasing 
plan from including leasing on Federal lands that are viable for 
renewable energy production.
  This amendment is nothing more than an attempt to force the 
government to pick winners and losers in the marketplace by mandating 
only renewable production on certain lands. It is also shortsighted 
given some of the serious environmental and land degradation concerns 
the build-out of massive swaths of solar panels and wind turbines 
create.
  The intent of H.R. 21 is to protect the SPR and increase domestic 
production of oil and gas. This would do the opposite.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona will 
be postponed.


         Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Thompson of California

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the 
desk, No. 23.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 3, insert ``and Conservation'' before 
     ``Response Act''.
       Page 2, line 4, insert ``and conservation'' after 
     ``increase''.
       Page 2, line 15, strike ``plan to increase'' and insert 
     ``plan--''.
       Page 2, line 15, before ``the'' insert the following:
       ``(A) to increase
       Page 2, line 25, strike the period at the end and insert 
     ``; and''.
       Page 2, after line 25, insert the following:
       ``(B) to offset any drawdowns of petroleum products in the 
     Reserve with measures that reduce the demand for oil.

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes in support 
of his amendment.
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chair, my amendment would ensure that 
any plan to respond to high prices with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
includes oil conservation measures which will save our constituents 
money and strengthen our national security.
  Reducing our country's reliance on oil reduces our economic and 
security exposure to hostile foreign governments.
  The Biden administration has successfully used the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve to lower prices for consumers following Russia's 
despicable invasion of Ukraine and in response to OPEC's punitive oil 
production cuts. In both cases, prices fell, and fell significantly, 
following the administration's actions.
  My amendment would give the administration another tool to reduce 
prices and save money for our constituents. Policies that reduce oil 
use by using it more efficiently or transitioning to other fuel sources 
altogether benefit every American.
  Having a plan with options that include boosting public 
transportation ridership, encouraging teleworking, and speeding the 
transition to using more electric vehicles would reduce our reliance on 
oil and lower fuel prices.
  Relying on oil companies to drill our way out of overreliance doesn't 
make sense and will never deliver true energy independence. Oil 
companies are sitting on 13 million acres and about 9,000 approved but 
unused permits on public lands that aren't being used to produce gas or 
oil.
  We need to do everything we can to build on the success of the true 
energy independence provisions secured in the landmark Inflation 
Reduction Act to break our dependence on oil, to create jobs in our 
country, and to strengthen our national security.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support this commonsense 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I do insist on the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. WALBERG. The amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI of the rules 
of the House because it is not germane to the underlying bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production. The amendment would require the Secretary of Energy to 
develop a plan to offset any drawdown of petroleum products in the 
reserve with measures that reduce the demand for oil.
  Measures to reduce the demand for oil is a different purpose for the 
plan in H.R. 21. The amendment is not germane.
  The Acting CHAIR. Are there any other Members who wish to speak on 
the point of order?
  The gentleman from California is recognized.
  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Chairman, I couldn't disagree more. 
The whole purpose of this is to deal with providing a plan--that is the 
underlying bill, to provide this plan--and the whole idea is to save 
oil and gas and to reduce that. This amendment does that. It relies on 
that plan.
  As a matter of fact, it embellishes the plan to include other known 
ways to save oil and gas. This is absolutely germane.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule on the point of 
order.
  The gentleman from Michigan makes a point of order that the amendment 
offered by the gentleman from California is not germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on the subject different from that under consideration 
shall be admitted under color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production. The amendment would add requirements to the 
existing plan that apply more broadly to any drawdowns of petroleum 
products in the reserve.
  The Chair finds that the amendment goes beyond the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order 
is sustained.


                Amendment No. 89 Offered by Ms. DeGette

  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 89.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 1, strike ``Limitation'' and insert 
     ``Limitations''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not'' and insert ``shall--
     ''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``provide for'' and insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) not provide for''.
       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) only allow for a lease or permit if accompanied by a 
     certification to the Secretary that it would not excessively 
     increase the sales price of any petroleum products during--
       ``(i) a severe energy supply interruption; or
       ``(ii) any period of decreased supply of petroleum 
     products.''.

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The point of order is reserved.

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  The gentlewoman from Colorado is recognized for 5 minutes in support 
of her amendment.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chair, this amendment requires oil and gas companies 
operating on our public lands to make one simple pledge to the American 
people, that it won't gouge consumers at the pump.
  It requires the Secretary of Energy to secure that commitment before 
any new permit to increase production on our lands will be approved.
  It would help prevent some of the damage that this disastrous bill 
would do to our Nation's ability to address skyrocketing energy prices 
in the country.
  Frankly, the bill before us is nothing more than a shameless attempt 
by my Republican colleagues to help increase drilling. If this bill 
were titled correctly, it would be known as the big win for Big Oil 
act, and it would come at a huge price for the American people.
  As the chair of the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations 
Subcommittee in the last Congress, I have been on the front lines to 
bring down gas prices in this country. I held a hearing last year with 
the top executives from six of the Nation's largest oil producers to 
have them explain why Americans were suddenly being asked to pay 
record-high prices at the pump and why Americans should be forced to 
provide their companies billions of dollars in subsidies each year when 
they were reporting record-high profits and hardworking families were 
struggling hard to fill up their cars.
  Despite what the supporters of this bill will tell you, not one 
executive at that hearing claimed that opening up Federal land for 
drilling would lower prices at the pump. In fact, one executive at that 
hearing even admitted that opening up more land to drilling in the 
country would do nothing to bring the cost of gasoline down.
  Why? Because there is nothing--and I repeat, nothing--preventing the 
oil industry from expanding its production tomorrow if they wanted to. 
They just choose not to because of profits.
  The oil industry currently leases 26.6 million acres of Federal 
lands. Less than half of that land under current lease, 12.7 acres, is 
currently being used for production, so there is no relationship 
between opening up more Federal lands for the production of oil and gas 
and the price that Americans pay at the pump. None.

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  Instead of helping to bring down prices for consumers, what this bill 
does is it really makes it harder for future administrations to 
respond.
  It takes away the one tool that has been used effectively to help 
alleviate the pain consumers were suddenly feeling this past summer and 
the one tool we have to prevent it from happening again.
  It prevents the President from releasing our Nation's oil reserves on 
to the market during a crisis. It prevents the administration from 
taking the steps necessary to curb excessive price increases that can 
cause real harm to people, family, and businesses across this country.
  If Republicans were serious about helping consumers, let's do it, but 
let's do it explicitly.
  Let's include in this bill a provision that will expressly prohibit 
these companies from gouging consumers at the pump.
  My amendment requires the Secretary of Energy to secure from any oil 
company looking to increase production on Federal lands a commitment 
that it will not excessively increase its prices during periods of 
future disruption.
  It gives the oil companies what the Republicans say the industry 
wants, which is the ability to increase production on the public lands. 
So all we ask for--all we ask for--Mr. Chairman, is a simple commitment 
that they won't gouge consumers at the pump.
  Sounds like a win-win to me.
  I would urge my colleagues to adopt this amendment to the underlying 
bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, with all due respect, I insist upon my 
point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, clause 7 of rule XVI prohibits the House 
and its committees from considering nongermane amendments.
  This amendment is not germane because it violates the subject matter 
test of germaneness.
  H.R. 21 proposes to limit the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a plan to 
increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production.
  This amendment would introduce a new subject matter into the bill. 
Specifically, the amendment requests leases or permits issued to be 
accompanied by a certification. This is about permit holders, not a 
leasing plan. This idea should be judged on the merits in a separate 
bill.
  The CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on this point of 
order?
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is focused on the 
development of the plan in the underlying bill, and therefore, it is 
germane. We actually narrowed this amendment so we didn't get into 
actual implementation.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan makes a point of order 
that the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado is not 
germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall 
be admitted under color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production.
  The amendment would limit the availability of leases or permits under 
the plan and thus have the effect of narrowing its application.
  The Chair finds that the amendment is within the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, germane. The point of order is 
overruled.
  Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by requiring any 
nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce American oil 
resources. This amendment is unworkable as a matter of certification, 
and if it were to work, it would lead to inhibiting the price signals 
necessary for generating more supply.
  The market economy allocating resources through supply and demand is 
the best system for assuring affordable quality goods and depends on 
prices to signal more supply. This amendment seeks to curtail price 
signals for largely uneconomic messaging purposes.
  This amendment undermines the purpose of the bill, and so, I urge a 
``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado 
will be postponed.


         Amendment No. 50 Offered by Mrs. Torres of California

  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Chairman, I have amendment No. 50 at 
the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
     the date on which the Secretary certifies that the oil and 
     gas leasing on Federal lands contemplated in the plan to be 
     developed under paragraph (1) is necessary to replenish the 
     Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the amount of petroleum 
     products held by the Reserve on February 23, 2022.''.

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.

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  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer an 
amendment to the Strategic Production Response Act.
  The purpose of this bill is to use our strategic national stockpile 
of oil so that Big Oil can keep profiting at the expense of hardworking 
families.
  Let's remember, the purpose of the strategic stockpile is to protect 
national security and to reduce prices at the pump for the American 
people.
  My amendment would require the Secretary of Energy to certify that 
the plan to increase oil and gas leasing on Federal lands is necessary 
to restore our stockpile to protect our national security. My amendment 
would let this or any future administration have the flexibility it 
needs if we reach another energy crisis.
  When the people of my district and across the country were facing 
sky-high prices at the gas pump, President Biden tapped into our 
strategic stockpiles to ease the prices at the pump and gave working 
families the financial help that they needed at the time when they 
needed it.
  Now, instead of protecting national security and helping reduce 
inflation, Republicans are trying to take away the tools that we have 
to help hardworking Americans.
  Last Congress, Democrats passed several bills to reduce inflation:
  Over 80,000 families with children in the Inland Empire received 
monthly payments of up to $300 thanks to the child tax credit.
  We also created good-paying jobs with the passage of a once-in-a-
generation infrastructure bill that invests in our construction and 
transportation industries and ensures people have access to the 
education and training necessary to secure good jobs.
  We passed legislation to bring down the cost of healthcare, lower 
prescription drug costs, cap the price of insulin and expanded coverage 
for hearing aids, which would benefit everyone, especially the 85,000 
Medicare-eligible seniors in my district.
  Why are we here trying to pass a bill to help the Big Oil 
corporations that will force Americans to pay more at the pump?
  Republicans are so out of touch that they have put before us a bill 
that ties the President's hands and restricts him from using the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve even if Americans desperately need the 
help.
  I ask my colleagues to vote in support of my amendment to require the 
Energy Secretary to certify that this oil and gas drilling is necessary 
to replenish the strategic stockpile because that is what we should be 
focusing on, ensuring that we have the appropriate tools to protect our 
national security and Americans' wallets, not the Big Oil corporations' 
bottom line.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would condition 
the enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that 
the leasing in the plan is necessary to get the SPR back to where it 
was on February 23, 2022. This is nothing more than an attempt to delay 
implementation of H.R. 21.
  We cannot trust the Secretary of Energy to responsibly manage the SPR 
and ensure it is adequately filled.
  Under President Biden, the SPR has been depleted to its lowest level 
since 1983. Two of the four caverns are nearly empty. The Biden 
administration's plan is attacking American energy using every 
regulatory tool available to drive the oil and gas industry out of 
existence.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. I support the underlying 
bill, H.R. 21, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Torres).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 85 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer

  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 
85.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, strike lines 1 and 2 and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitation.--
       ``(A) In general.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not provide for--
       ``(i) a total increase in
       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent; 
     or''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(ii) the financial benefit or participation of any entity 
     that has a contractual relationship with, or is owned, 
     controlled, or under the influence of, a foreign entity of 
     concern.
       ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `foreign 
     entity of concern' means--
       ``(i) the People's Republic of China;
       ``(ii) the Democratic People's Republic of Korea;
       ``(iii) the Russian Federation;
       ``(iv) the Islamic Republic of Iran; and
       ``(v) any other country the government of which is subject 
     to sanctions imposed by the United States.

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment No. 85.
  My amendment imposes important limits on any Department of Energy 
plan so that our adversaries, including Iran, Russia, China, and North 
Korea, can't capitalize on American domestic energy production.
  We must take steps to ensure any plan involving a drawdown of our 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve and any increase in energy production does 
not benefit those doing business with or under the influence of nations 
like China, Russia, terrorist Iran, or North Korea.
  My amendment would put our national security first, ensuring that any 
plan created under this bill would not financially benefit companies 
owned by or contracted with these foreign entities.
  I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this 
commonsense provision.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The Acting Chair. The gentleman may not reserve the balance of his 
time.
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER: Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I insist upon my point of order 
against amendment No. 85.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI prohibits the House and its committees from 
considering nongermane amendments. This amendment is not germane 
because it violates the fundamental purpose test of germaneness.
  The fundamental purpose of H.R. 21 is to require the Secretary to 
develop a plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production before the next drawdown of petroleum products 
in the reserve.
  The purpose of this amendment is to prevent financial benefit of our 
enemies. It delves into limiting foreign exports and creates trade 
prohibitions. Meanwhile, this simple bill before us proposes a mere 
plan for leasing. It is purely domestic and purely at the Department of 
Energy.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the point of 
order?
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chairman, I believe my amendment is germane. It 
narrows the scope of the bill. I ask for the ruling of the Chair, 
please.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia makes a point of order 
that the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey is not 
germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under

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consideration shall be admitted under the color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production. The amendment would have the effect of 
narrowing the application of the bill by excluding specific entities.
  The Chair finds that the amendment is within the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, germane. The point of order is 
overruled.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Georgia is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, 2 weeks ago, the House voted in 
strong bipartisan support of the Protecting America's Strategic Reserve 
From China Act. More than 100 Democrats voted in favor. Republicans 
opposed sending SPR resources to our adversaries, and that is why we 
are opposed to this amendment.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Gottheimer).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
will be postponed.

                              {time}  1645


               Amendment No. 86 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer

  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, beginning on line 6, amend paragraph (3) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(3) Consultation.--The Secretary shall, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of the 
     Interior, and the Secretary of Defense--
       ``(A) prepare the plan required by paragraph (1); and
       ``(B) ensure such plan will not result in the sale of 
     petroleum products drawn down from the Reserve to Iran, 
     China, North Korea, or Russia.''.

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of Amendment 86. As 
Russia's war on Ukraine continues and the brutality of the Iranian 
regime remains on full display, I am concerned that H.R. 21 does not 
properly protect from the terrifying prospect of oil from our Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve ending up in the wrong hands.
  My amendment requires the Secretary of Energy consults with the 
Secretaries of Agriculture, Defense, and the Interior on a plan for 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown and ensures that any strategic 
reserve drawdown does not result in a sale to Iran, North Korea, China, 
or Russia.
  This amendment would allow for the Defense Department and other 
relevant agencies to have a say in any plan, given the national 
security implications.
  Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman may not reserve. Does the 
gentleman yield back?
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from 
Pennsylvania (Ms. Houlahan).
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Mr. Chair, as Congress considers reforms to the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve, I rise once again to urge my colleagues to 
close a dangerous loophole that has existed since 2015, which allows 
our foreign adversaries to purchase our strategic oil supply.
  As the law is currently written, oil from the SPR is sold by the 
Department of Energy to our highest bidders with little exceptions on 
what countries can purchase the U.S. supply.
  That means that our fiercest adversaries like China and also Russia, 
Iran, and North Korea and other sanctioned governments can purchase and 
export our strategic oil.
  In fact, Chinese-owned and affiliated companies have won purchase 
contracts during the past Presidential administrations.
  Simply put, this loophole is threatening to our national security. It 
poses threats to our American families. The American people need to act 
quickly.
  That is why, 2 weeks ago, I reached across the aisle to reintroduce a 
bill that my colleague, Representative   Don Bacon, and I have that 
addresses this issue.
  It is called the Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act. This 
bill is straightforward, and it is common sense. It prohibits the 
export or sale of the SPR to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, and any 
country currently under U.S. sanctions.
  Last week, my colleagues and I voted to pass a bill through the House 
that would prohibit the sale of our reserve to China, but that 
legislation does not go far enough.
  Do we want North Korea buying oil? How about Iran or Russia?
  It is clear that this bill remains the most comprehensive and 
bipartisan policy that has been put forward, and it now has more than 
60 bipartisan cosponsors.
  As a veteran and one of the most bipartisan Members of this body, my 
position remains clear: We need to put our national security over party 
politics. We have to ensure that our foreign adversaries are not 
allowed to profit at the expense of America and our safety and 
security.
  I thank Mr. Gottheimer for his support for this legislation as an 
original cosponsor. This amendment we are speaking of right now 
reflects the fact that Congress has so much more work to do to close 
this loophole.
  I urge our colleagues, Republicans and Democrats alike, to support 
the bipartisan Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act.
  Let's send this legislation through in proper order, strengthen it, 
and work together to get it signed into law.
  Once again, I thank Mr. Gottheimer for his commitment to this cause.
  Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Gottheimer).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 129 Offered by Mr. Cohen

  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' and insert 
     ``limitations''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--
       ``(A) Total increase.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and 
     gas production in excess of 10 percent.
       ``(B) Impact on air quality.--The plan required by 
     paragraph (1) shall not provide for any entity to engage in 
     oil or gas production activities on Federal lands described 
     in paragraph (1) leased for oil and gas production as a 
     result of such plan unless such activities will not 
     negatively impact air quality.

  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Chair, my amendment would prevent any new oil and gas 
production under the proposed plan if those activities will have a 
negative effect on the air quality.
  I am a strong proponent of efforts to lower energy costs, promote 
energy independence, and create a stronger, more secure economy.

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  I recognize this will take a multifaceted approach, but it must 
include more investment in renewable energy sources and a smart 
transition away from oil and gas.
  The fact is, for the past couple of decades the Federal Government 
has issued far more drilling permits than oil and gas companies have 
acted upon.
  Nearly 80 percent of offshore oil is in areas that are already open 
for exploration, according to the National Resources Defense Council.
  Oil and gas drilling is a dirty business, and we should think long 
and hard before we invite more of it on our Federal lands.
  Drilling releases several pollutants that are making our air more 
smoggy and more dirty and harmful to breathe.
  The toxic particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, ozone, 
and volatile organic compounds released by oil and gas drilling can 
lead to many poor health outcomes, including premature births, asthma, 
and heart disease.
  It is often low-income and minority communities that bear the brunt 
of these awful effects. We should continue the work of the Inflation 
Reduction Act and create a new clean energy economy and not move 
backward with an empty political gesture that will ultimately do little 
to address oil and gas prices and our energy security and independence.
  I might note that Exxon did a study in the early 1970s on these 
issues, and their scientists found that what has occurred with fossil 
fuels and the effect on our climate and our air was accurately 
predicted 50 years ago, but they didn't release it.
  It has been found that what they predicted was almost exact, 50 years 
ago, on what this would do to our world climate, but they didn't 
release it.
  We must protect our environment and the health of our current and 
future generations from the toxic effects of fossil fuel production.
  Mr. Chair, I urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to 
the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, this amendment prohibits an 
entity from providing oil and gas to fill the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve as part of the Secretary's plan if those activities will 
negatively impact air quality. Yet, the amendment does not define 
negative impact.
  Under this amendment, you could have 1 hour of emissions increases 
that are below Federal requirements for air quality, and you would be 
disqualified under this bill.
  The oil and gas industry has made great strides in reducing the 
emissions of their operations.
  This amendment is creating an extralegal and difficult to ascertain 
and comply with standard that will prevent us from being energy secure 
for real emergencies.
  Let's not forget that we produce American energy in the most 
environmentally responsible way, and our environmental standards are 
the highest in the world.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
will be postponed.


      Amendment No. 53 Offered by Mr.  Robert Garcia of California

  Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at 
the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
     the date on which the Secretary submits to Congress a 
     certification that any increase in the percentage of Federal 
     lands (including submerged lands of the Outer Continental 
     Shelf) leased for oil and gas production pursuant to the plan 
     required by paragraph (1) will not result in an increase in 
     greenhouse gas emissions.''.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROBERT GARCIA of California. Mr. Chair, releasing our Strategic 
Petroleum Reserves helps us respond to emergencies, supply chain 
disruptions, and disasters, and have been utilized by Presidents of 
both parties, including the former administration.
  Today, thanks to President Biden's use of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve, gas prices are down, saving the average family $170 a month.
  While consumers are just now recovering from record costs and getting 
back on their feet, oil and gas companies are sitting on billions of 
dollars and thousands of unused but approved permits that they could be 
using to boost production right now.
  The last thing these oil companies need is more Federal land while 
they sit back and watch the American people suffer.
  This bill will not make energy cheaper, but it will harm our planet. 
If we want our children to have a future, we must fight for climate 
justice.
  To my Republican colleagues from California, this bill could result 
in leasing Federal land on the Outer Continental Shelf, including our 
very own coasts here in California.
  Will you vote to endanger our beautiful coastline back home? Will you 
vote to jeopardize the jobs that our coastal economy provides?
  This Republican bill puts polluters ahead of the American people. Our 
planet is in distress. Storms are getting stronger, faster, and more 
powerful, while wildfires take lives and destroy homes, and floods 
devastate crops and communities throughout our Nation.
  While Republicans in Congress sit back and do nothing to address the 
climate crisis, Democrats know that we must act.
  That is why I am introducing an amendment, which blocks 
implementation of this bill until the Secretary of Energy certifies to 
Congress that leasing will not increase harmful greenhouse gas 
pollution.
  My amendment would stop this Republican giveaway to big polluters in 
its tracks. I encourage my colleagues to vote ``yes'' for the planet, 
``yes'' for our children's future, and ``yes'' for this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my reservation of a 
point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would condition 
enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that 
increasing lands leased for production will not result in increased 
greenhouse gas emissions.
  I know you find this hard to believe, but this is another attempt to 
delay the implementation of H.R. 21. I am afraid that this amendment is 
not sincere.
  Since day one of the Biden administration, Democrats have attempted 
to block fossil fuel projects at every turn.
  As gasoline prices surged out of control, the administration raided 
the SPR--raided the SPR--selling oil to China while begging our 
adversaries in OPEC and Russia to produce more oil.
  This amendment would double down on that, while also making it more 
difficult for us to assess our resources to develop a plan to refill 
the reserve in case of a legitimate emergency.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. I support the 
underlying bill, H.R. 21, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Garcia).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.

                              {time}  1700


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings 
will now resume on those amendments on which further proceedings were 
postponed, in the following order:
  Amendment No. 11 by Ms. Tlaib of Michigan.
  Amendment No. 71 by Ms. Blunt Rochester of Delaware.
  Amendment No. 3 by Ms. Castor of Florida.
  Amendment No. 104 by Mr. Pallone of New Jersey.
  Amendment No. 133 by Ms. Mace of South Carolina.
  Amendment No. 2 by Ms. Greene of Georgia.
  Amendment No. 44 by Mr. Soto of Florida.
  Amendment No. 33 by Mrs. Boebert of Colorado.
  Amendment No. 29 by Ms. Spanberger of Virginia.
  Amendment No. 15 by Mr. Huffman of California.
  Amendment No. 65 by Mr. Huffman of California.
  Amendment No. 26 by Mr. Panetta of California.
  Amendment No. 18 by Mr. Levin of California.
  Amendment No. 7 by Ms. DelBene of Washington.
  Amendment No. 21 by Mr. Levin of California.
  Amendment No. 55 by Mr. Grijalva of Arizona.
  Amendment No. 56 by Mr. Grijalva of Arizona.
  Amendment No. 57 by Mr. Grijalva of Arizona.
  Amendment No. 89 by Ms. DeGette of Colorado.
  Amendment No. 50 by Mrs. Torres of California.
  Amendment No. 85 by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey.
  Amendment No. 86 by Mr. Gottheimer of New Jersey.
  Amendment No. 129 by Mr. Cohen of Tennessee.
  Amendment No. 53 by Mr.  Robert Garcia of California.
  The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the minimum time for any 
electronic vote after the first vote in this series.
  The Chair will say again: The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes the 
minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this 
series.


                 Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan 
(Ms. Tlaib) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This first vote is a 15-minute vote. All subsequent 
votes will be votes in duration of only 2 minutes. Be so advised.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 205, 
noes 220, not voting 15, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 37]

                               AYES--205

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)

                               NOES--220

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClintock
     McCormick
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--15

     Bonamici
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     LaMalfa
     McClain
     McHenry
     Molinaro
     Moore (WI)
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube
     Wilson (FL)

                              {time}  1723

  Messrs. BEAN of Florida, NUNN of Iowa, BERGMAN, HUDSON, Mmes. WAGNER, 
SPARTZ, Messrs. HUIZENGA and DUNCAN changed their vote from ``aye'' to 
``no.''
  Ms. SCANLON changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.

[[Page H386]]

  



            Amendment No. 71 Offered by Ms. Blunt Rochester

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Delaware 
(Ms. Blunt Rochester) on which further proceedings were postponed and 
on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 218, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 38]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     McHenry
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1727

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Castor of Florida

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida 
(Ms. Castor) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214, 
noes 219, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 39]

                               AYES--214

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gaetz
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone

[[Page H387]]


     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1732

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 104 Offered by Mr. Pallone

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
(Mr. Pallone) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 214, 
noes 219, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 40]

                               AYES--214

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1735

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 133 Offered by Ms. Mace

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded

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vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from South Carolina 
(Ms. Mace) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 389, 
noes 42, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 41]

                               AYES--389

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Balint
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bean (FL)
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Bice
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bost
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Bush
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Ciscomani
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     De La Cruz
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donalds
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ezell
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foster
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Mike
     Garcia, Robert
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     James
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Manning
     Massie
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClain
     McCollum
     McCormick
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McHenry
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Ogles
     Omar
     Owens
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Santos
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Self
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Timmons
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                                NOES--42

     Aderholt
     Biggs
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Brecheen
     Buck
     Cardenas
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Davis (NC)
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Fallon
     Fletcher
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Graves (LA)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Guest
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Loudermilk
     McClintock
     Miller (IL)
     Moore (WI)
     Norman
     Perry
     Plaskett
     Rosendale
     Roy
     Schweikert
     Sessions
     Stauber
     Tiffany
     Waters

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hudson
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1738

  Ms. PLASKETT changed her vote from ``aye'' to ``no.''
  Ms. SCANLON changed her vote from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


            Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia 
(Ms. Greene) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This will be a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 14, 
noes 418, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 42]

                                AYES--14

     Bishop (NC)
     Brecheen
     Burlison
     Cloud
     Gaetz
     Greene (GA)
     Grothman
     Massie
     Miller (IL)
     Ogles
     Perry
     Roy
     Santos
     Tiffany

                               NOES--418

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Balint
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bean (FL)
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Boebert
     Bost
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Bush
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Ciscomani
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foster
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Mike
     Garcia, Robert
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Hudson

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     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     James
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCormick
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McHenry
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Owens
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Self
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Timmons
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1742

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                  Amendment No. 44 Offered by Mr. Soto

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Soto) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the 
noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 218, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 43]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Porter
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1745

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mrs. Boebert

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the

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gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert) on which further proceedings 
were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220, 
noes 212, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 44]

                               AYES--220

     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                               NOES--212

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1748

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 29 Offered by Ms. Spanberger

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Virginia 
(Ms. Spanberger) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 218, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 45]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

[[Page H391]]


  


                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Jordan
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1751

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                amendment no. 15 offered by mr. huffman

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Huffman) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, 
noes 218, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 46]

                               AYES--212

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia, Robert
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Johnson (OH)
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting Chair (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1754

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 65 Offered by Mr. Huffman

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Huffman) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.

[[Page H392]]

  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 205, 
noes 225, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 47]

                               AYES--205

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--225

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Bonamici
     Costa
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Nunn (IA)
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1757

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Panetta

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Panetta) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 218, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 48]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack

[[Page H393]]


     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     LaHood
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1800

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 18 Offered by Mr. Levin

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Levin) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 218, not voting 8, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 49]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--218

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Smith (NJ)
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1803

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 7 Offered by Ms. DelBene

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
Washington (Ms. DelBene) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.

[[Page H394]]

  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 219, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 50]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1806

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 21 Offered by Mr. Levin

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Levin) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 210, 
noes 222, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 51]

                               AYES--210

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--222

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann

[[Page H395]]


     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1809

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 55 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Grijalva) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 219, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 52]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1812

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 56 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Grijalva) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 213, 
noes 219, not voting 7, as follows:

[[Page H396]]

  


                             [Roll No. 53]

                               AYES--213

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--219

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1815

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 57 Offered by Mr. Grijalva

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona 
(Mr. Grijalva) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 197, 
noes 235, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 54]

                               AYES--197

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Bush
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Crockett
     Crow
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--235

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     Deluzio
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry

[[Page H397]]


     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pappas
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1818

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                Amendment No. 89 Offered by Ms. DeGette

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado 
(Ms. DeGette) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 212, 
noes 220, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 55]

                               AYES--212

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Allred
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fletcher
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--220

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1821

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


         Amendment No. 50 Offered by Mrs. Torres of California

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from 
California (Mrs. Torres) on which further proceedings were postponed 
and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 204, 
noes 228, not voting 7, as follows:

[[Page H398]]

  


                             [Roll No. 56]

                               AYES--204

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Perez
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--228

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Moskowitz
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1824

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 85 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
(Mr. Gottheimer) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 419, 
noes 13, not voting 7, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 57]

                               AYES--419

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Balint
     Banks
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bean (FL)
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NC)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Boebert
     Bost
     Boyle (PA)
     Brecheen
     Brown
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Ciscomani
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foster
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Mike
     Garcia, Robert
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grijalva
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     James
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCormick
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McHenry
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nehls

[[Page H399]]


     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Self
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (NY)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                                NOES--13

     Bowman
     Bush
     Casten
     Huffman
     Kamlager-Dove
     Lee (PA)
     Massie
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Santos
     Schakowsky
     Underwood
     Williams (TX)

                             NOT VOTING--7

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1828

  Messrs. JOHNSON of Louisiana and BISHOP of North Carolina change 
their votes from ``no'' to ``aye.''
  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


               Amendment No. 86 Offered by Mr. Gottheimer

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
(Mr. Gottheimer) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 418, 
noes 12, not voting 9, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 58]

                               AYES--418

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Auchincloss
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Balint
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Beatty
     Bentz
     Bera
     Bergman
     Beyer
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NC)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Boebert
     Bost
     Boyle (PA)
     Brecheen
     Brown
     Brownley
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Budzinski
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carey
     Carl
     Carson
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (LA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Ciscomani
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyburn
     Clyde
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Connolly
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davids (KS)
     Davidson
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foster
     Foushee
     Foxx
     Frankel, Lois
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Frost
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garbarino
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Mike
     Garcia, Robert
     Gimenez
     Goldman (NY)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hayes
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill
     Himes
     Hinson
     Horsford
     Houchin
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     James
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Kean (NJ)
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Khanna
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kildee
     Kiley
     Kilmer
     Kim (CA)
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Landsman
     Langworthy
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (FL)
     Lee (NV)
     Leger Fernandez
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Lynch
     Mace
     Magaziner
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Manning
     Mast
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCollum
     McCormick
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     McHenry
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Meuser
     Mfume
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moore (WI)
     Moran
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Murphy
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norman
     Norton
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Pfluger
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Ross
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salazar
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Santos
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Self
     Sessions
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Simpson
     Slotkin
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spartz
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Strickland
     Strong
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Tenney
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Veasey
     Velazquez
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams (GA)
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (FL)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                                NOES--12

     Bowman
     Bush
     Casten
     Gomez
     Grijalva
     Huffman
     Kamlager-Dove
     Lee (PA)
     Massie
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Schweikert

                             NOT VOTING--9

     Barragan
     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1830

  So the amendment was agreed to.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                 Amendment No. 129 Offered by Mr. Cohen

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee 
(Mr. Cohen) on which further proceedings were postponed and on which 
the noes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 199, 
noes 232, not voting 8, as follows:

[[Page H400]]

  


                             [Roll No. 59]

                               AYES--199

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Caraveo
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Courtney
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Grijalva
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Manning
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--232

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Craig
     Crane
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     Deluzio
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher
     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Moskowitz
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Peltola
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wild
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--8

     Bonamici
     Garcia (IL)
     Goldman (NY)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1833

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


      Amendment No. 53 Offered by Mr.  Robert Garcia of California

  The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a 
recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
(Mr.  Robert Garcia) on which further proceedings were postponed and on 
which the ayes prevailed by voice vote.
  The Clerk will redesignate the amendment.
  The Clerk redesignated the amendment.


                             Recorded Vote

  The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote has been demanded.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 199, 
noes 230, not voting 10, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 60]

                               AYES--199

     Adams
     Aguilar
     Auchincloss
     Balint
     Barragan
     Beatty
     Bera
     Beyer
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bowman
     Boyle (PA)
     Brown
     Brownley
     Budzinski
     Bush
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson
     Carter (LA)
     Cartwright
     Casar
     Case
     Casten
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Cherfilus-McCormick
     Chu
     Cicilline
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Connolly
     Correa
     Crockett
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (IL)
     Dean (PA)
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Deluzio
     DeSaulnier
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Evans
     Fitzpatrick
     Foster
     Foushee
     Frankel, Lois
     Frost
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (TX)
     Garcia, Robert
     Goldman (NY)
     Gomez
     Gottheimer
     Green, Al (TX)
     Harder (CA)
     Hayes
     Higgins (NY)
     Himes
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hoyle (OR)
     Huffman
     Ivey
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson (NC)
     Jackson Lee
     Jacobs
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Kamlager-Dove
     Kaptur
     Keating
     Kelly (IL)
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim (NJ)
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster
     Landsman
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Lee (PA)
     Leger Fernandez
     Levin
     Lieu
     Lofgren
     Lynch
     Magaziner
     Matsui
     McBath
     McCollum
     McGarvey
     McGovern
     Meeks
     Menendez
     Meng
     Mfume
     Moore (WI)
     Morelle
     Moskowitz
     Moulton
     Mrvan
     Mullin
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Nickel
     Norcross
     Norton
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peltola
     Peters
     Pettersen
     Phillips
     Pingree
     Plaskett
     Pocan
     Porter
     Pressley
     Quigley
     Ramirez
     Raskin
     Ross
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Ryan
     Sablan
     Salinas
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Scholten
     Schrier
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, David
     Sewell
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Slotkin
     Smith (WA)
     Sorensen
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Stansbury
     Stanton
     Stevens
     Strickland
     Swalwell
     Sykes
     Takano
     Thanedar
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tokuda
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres (NY)
     Trone
     Underwood
     Vargas
     Vasquez
     Velazquez
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watson Coleman
     Wexton
     Williams (GA)
     Wilson (FL)

                               NOES--230

     Aderholt
     Alford
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Babin
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Banks
     Barr
     Bean (FL)
     Bentz
     Bergman
     Bice
     Biggs
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (NC)
     Boebert
     Bost
     Brecheen
     Buchanan
     Buck
     Bucshon
     Burchett
     Burgess
     Burlison
     Calvert
     Cammack
     Caraveo
     Carey
     Carl
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Chavez-DeRemer
     Ciscomani
     Cline
     Cloud
     Clyde
     Cole
     Collins
     Comer
     Costa
     Courtney
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Curtis
     D'Esposito
     Davidson
     Davis (NC)
     De La Cruz
     DesJarlais
     Diaz-Balart
     Donalds
     Duarte
     Duncan
     Dunn (FL)
     Edwards
     Ellzey
     Emmer
     Estes
     Ezell
     Fallon
     Feenstra
     Ferguson
     Finstad
     Fischbach
     Fitzgerald
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flood
     Foxx
     Franklin, C. Scott
     Fry
     Fulcher
     Gaetz
     Gallagher

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     Garbarino
     Garcia, Mike
     Gimenez
     Golden (ME)
     Gonzales, Tony
     Gonzalez, Vicente
     Good (VA)
     Gooden (TX)
     Gosar
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green (TN)
     Greene (GA)
     Griffith
     Grothman
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Hageman
     Harris
     Harshbarger
     Hern
     Higgins (LA)
     Hill
     Hinson
     Houchin
     Hudson
     Huizenga
     Issa
     Jackson (TX)
     James
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Jordan
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kean (NJ)
     Kelly (MS)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kiggans (VA)
     Kiley
     Kim (CA)
     Kustoff
     LaHood
     LaLota
     LaMalfa
     Lamborn
     Langworthy
     Latta
     LaTurner
     Lawler
     Lee (FL)
     Lesko
     Letlow
     Loudermilk
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Luna
     Luttrell
     Mace
     Malliotakis
     Mann
     Manning
     Massie
     Mast
     McCaul
     McClain
     McClintock
     McCormick
     McHenry
     Meuser
     Miller (IL)
     Miller (OH)
     Miller (WV)
     Miller-Meeks
     Mills
     Molinaro
     Moolenaar
     Mooney
     Moore (AL)
     Moore (UT)
     Moran
     Murphy
     Nehls
     Newhouse
     Norman
     Nunn (IA)
     Obernolte
     Ogles
     Owens
     Palmer
     Pence
     Perez
     Perry
     Pfluger
     Posey
     Reschenthaler
     Rodgers (WA)
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose
     Rosendale
     Rouzer
     Roy
     Rutherford
     Salazar
     Santos
     Scalise
     Schweikert
     Scott, Austin
     Self
     Sessions
     Simpson
     Smith (MO)
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smucker
     Spartz
     Stauber
     Steel
     Stefanik
     Steil
     Stewart
     Strong
     Tenney
     Thompson (PA)
     Tiffany
     Timmons
     Turner
     Valadao
     Van Drew
     Van Duyne
     Van Orden
     Veasey
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Webster (FL)
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wild
     Williams (NY)
     Williams (TX)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Yakym
     Zinke

                             NOT VOTING--10

     Bonamici
     Crane
     Garcia (IL)
     Gonzalez-Colon (PR)
     Grijalva
     Hunt
     Moylan
     Radewagen
     Steube
     Trahan


                    Announcement by the Acting Chair

  The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). There is 1 minute remaining.

                              {time}  1837

  So the amendment was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

  Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Chair, I regret to inform you that I was unable to 
attend today's legislative session. Had I been present, I would have 
voted: ``yea'' on rollcall No. 37, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 38, ``yea'' 
on rollcall No. 39, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 40, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
41, ``nay'' on rollcall No. 42, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 43, ``nay'' on 
rollcall No. 44, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 45, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
46, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 47, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 48, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 49, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 50, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
51, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 52, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 53, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 54, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 55, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 
56, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 57, ``yea'' on rollcall No. 58, ``yea'' on 
rollcall No. 59, and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 60.

                              {time}  1845


           Amendment No. 84 Offered by Ms. Lee of California

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Amodei). The Clerk will designate the 
amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
     the date that the Secretary certifies that any increase in 
     the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
     production pursuant to paragraph (1) would not perpetuate 
     environmental injustice.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  I rise today in support of my amendment to H.R. 21, which would 
prevent increased drilling on Federal lands under this act until the 
Secretary of Energy certifies that it would not perpetrate 
environmental injustice.
  Let me just thank, first of all, Ranking Member Pallone for his 
leadership and support in advancing this amendment.
  My amendment is very simple. It prohibits increases in the percentage 
of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production under this act, if 
that new drilling would perpetuate environmental injustice.
  Environmental justice is the right to a safe, healthy, productive, 
and sustainable environment for all, regardless of race, class, income, 
or background.
  For too long, we have overlooked the impact of environmental issues 
on underserved communities in this country. EPA data shows that people 
of color are much more likely to live near polluters and breathe 
polluted air. For instance, asthma, which is often caused by a 
particular pollution, impacts approximately 13.4 percent of African-
American children, compared to only 7.3 percent of White children.
  But all low-income people and communities, and especially in poor 
communities, all communities deserve to be safe from environmental 
health impacts, and people of all races confront environmental 
injustice.
  Rural communities are also adversely impacted by mining pollution and 
contaminated air and groundwater. Environmental injustices impact all 
of us; from urban centers to rural regions.
  In my home State of California, we are experiencing the climate 
emergency firsthand. We know that these unprecedented fires are driven 
by climate change. Preventing harmful oil and gas drilling, especially 
when it harms those already most vulnerable, will help get us back on 
the path to justice.
  This amendment builds off of the A. Donald McEachin, our beloved late 
colleague, his Environmental Justice for All Act, that I am proud to 
co-lead with Ranking Member Grijalva, which sets the stage to begin 
addressing the long history of environmental racism and injustice in 
the United States.
  Mr. Chairman, this fight for environmental justice is also very 
personal for me. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, under the 
shadow of the smokestacks of the Asarco copper smelter. Myself, my 
friends, my neighbors, we were constantly exposed to toxic chemicals. I 
watched so many people close to me, including family members, suffer 
with major health challenges because of lead that spewed from that 
plant.
  In the 1970s, the CDC found that 62 percent of children under 10 
living near the plant where I lived had toxic levels of lead in their 
blood. Even after the smelter was shut down, I think it was, like, 
2013, it took decades before any of the residents harmed saw any sort 
of justice.
  Mr. Chairman, I include in the Record an article titled: ``Before 
Flint, Before East Chicago, There Was Smeltertown.''

                       [From NRDC, Nov. 29, 2016]

        Before Flint, Before East Chicago, There Was Smeltertown

                         (By Lauren Villagran)

       After a 1970s CDC study showed that the mostly Mexican-
     American population of this Texas town had dangerously high 
     blood lead levels, its buildings were demolished and its 
     residents were booted.
       The Smelter Cemetery sits high atop a desert arroyo between 
     Interstate 10 and the Mexican border in El Paso. Its wind-
     worn wooden crosses are almost all that remain of a community 
     that sprang up more than a century ago next to an Asarco lead 
     smelter on the banks of the Rio Grande.
       The stone-pile graves bear testament to the history of this 
     place called Smeltertown. At one time it was a village of 
     more than 2,500 people, most of them Mexican immigrants who 
     built their lives on company land in the shadow of the 
     smelter's smokestacks that would poison their air, their 
     land, and their children. And almost as soon as the 
     contamination became known in the 1970s, the community of 
     Smeltertown was erased: its buildings demolished, its people 
     forced out.
       Now, the men and women who lived and worked in Smeltertown, 
     their children, and their children's children reunite each 
     year. Many still live in El Paso, in neighborhoods that 
     cropped up as Smeltertown was torn down. Others travel from 
     California, the East Coast, and abroad. They come together to 
     reweave the social fabric of Smeltertown by sharing memories 
     and retelling stories they all know by heart. They celebrate 
     their old hometown despite the dangers it posed to their 
     families.
       Seminal research done on Smeltertown in the 1970s by the 
     Centers for Disease Control found that 62 percent of children 
     10 and under living within one mile of the smelter had blood 
     lead levels considered to be ``evidence of undue lead 
     absorption.'' The residents of Smeltertown would be the first 
     American community to face the grim prospect of lead exposure 
     and its consequences--but they wouldn't be the last. The 
     communities of Flint, Michigan, the West Calumet Housing 
     Complex in East Chicago, Indiana, and the schools in Newark, 
     New Jersey, are just three of the most recent examples. But 
     the CDC estimates that at least half a million children in 
     the United States have elevated blood lead levels--and many 
     of them may not even know it.

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                             A Company Town

       The American Smelting and Refining Company owned a smelter 
     in El Paso that, starting in 1910, refined hundreds of 
     thousands of tons of lead and copper harvested from its mines 
     in Mexico. It did so with the help of ``an army of Mexican 
     contract workers,'' according to University of Houston 
     associate professor of history Monica Perales in her book 
     Smeltertown: Making and Remembering a Southwest Border 
     Community.
       Mexican workers who labored in Asarco mines began migrating 
     north, lured by that new operation on the U.S. side of the 
     border. Many settled on company land below the foothills of 
     Mt. Cristo Rey. In the early years of the 20th century, 
     Smeltertown lay outside El Paso city limits, a few miles from 
     the city's downtown. Divided into an upper section, El Alto, 
     where the Anglo managers lived, and a lower section, El Bajo, 
     where the Mexican workers lived, Smeltertown had its own post 
     office, butcher shop, bakery, cantinas, a theater, San Jose 
     Catholic parish, a YMCA, a public elementary school, and the 
     Smelter Vocational School.
       Smeltertown was a quintessential company town, in which the 
     company could be both benefactor and tyrant. Former residents 
     say Asarco paid well, better than many other employers of the 
     working class. And yet poverty in Smeltertown could be 
     extreme. Residents built and invested in their homes, but the 
     company owned the land; few families could afford cars; many 
     relied on outhouses into the 1960s. ``As in other single-
     industry towns, Smeltertown's residents fashioned their own 
     way of life in the world the company made, one marked by 
     inequality, racial segregation, and corporate paternalism,'' 
     Perales writes. The community would flourish for 70 years 
     under the plumes of the smelter's twin smokestacks, ignorant 
     of the pervasive danger.


                          ``A Silent Poison''

       In March 1971, a team of Epidemic Intelligence Service 
     officers from the CDC arrived to investigate lead exposure 
     connected to the Asarco smelter.
       Dr. Bernard Rosenblum, the El Paso City-County health 
     commissioner, had called the CDC after his department 
     discovered that Asarco was discharging large quantities of 
     lead and other metallic wastes into the air. Between 1969 and 
     1971, the smelter's stacks had spewed more than 1,000 tons of 
     lead, 560 tons of zinc, 12 tons of cadmium, and 1.2 tons of 
     arsenic into the atmosphere. Soil studies showed the highest 
     concentrations of lead and other metals in surface soil 
     closest to the smelter--essentially, in Smeltertown. The city 
     of El Paso was suing Asarco on the basis of those findings 
     alone, but Rosenblum wanted to know more. He was worried 
     about the health of the kids. (OnEarth made several attempts 
     to reach Asarco and its parent company, Grupo Mexico, for 
     comment without success.)
       The CDC team, led by a 29-year-old pediatrician named 
     Philip Landrigan, began to explore a subject about which 
     precious little was known: lead toxicity, especially its 
     effects on children. Landrigan, now a pediatrician and 
     epidemiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, says, 
     ``The notion that lead could be toxic at lower levels was 
     extremely new at that time. Up until 1970 and continuing for 
     years, people believed you didn't have to worry about lead 
     unless it was so high that it made a child seriously sick. 
     The whole idea that lead in the body could be a silent poison 
     was a new concept.''
       Landrigan and the CDC team first looked at whether 
     environmental contamination would be reflected in human blood 
     lead levels over three months. The results were startling: 
     Although they found no cases of overt lead poisoning, 43 
     percent of people in all age groups and 62 percent of 
     children 10 and under living within one mile of the smelter 
     had blood lead levels of at least 40 micrograms per 
     deciliter. That's eight times the level at which the CDC 
     recommends a full-fledged public health response today.
       Landrigan quickly followed up with a second study in 
     Smeltertown in 1972, examining the health consequences of 
     lead exposure in children. The CDC team administered IQ tests 
     and a finger-tapping test of physical reflexes to the 
     Smeltertown kids with elevated blood levels; a control group 
     of children with blood lead levels below 40 micrograms per 
     deciliter was also tested. The study found that children with 
     elevated blood lead levels tested as many as seven points 
     lower on the IQ test than the control group; they also showed 
     much slower reaction times on the physical reflexes test.

  Ms. LEE of California. I am not going to quit until all of my 
colleagues understand the human consequences of environmental 
discrimination. I ask my colleagues to consider the people, the 
families, who every day bear the unequal and unjust consequences of our 
addiction to fossil fuels.
  As President Biden has said, justice must be at the heart of our 
response, and my amendment does just that.
  I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment. I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring any nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American oil resources.
  Energy security, based on energy abundance, leads to reliable, clean, 
and affordable delivery of energy. This is fundamental for our jobs, 
our economic health, for communities striving for better opportunities. 
It reduces energy poverty and improves health and welfare.
  This amendment really is an unnecessary messaging exercise. There is 
no reason to delay implementation of this, so let's focus on results 
for Americans.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. I yield back the balance of 
my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 76 Offered by Mr. Payne

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

     SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL 
                   INJUSTICE.

       Nothing in this Act, or the amendment made by this Act, may 
     be construed to controvert the fact that communities of color 
     and low-wealth communities face the greatest harms due to 
     climate change and greenhouse gas emissions.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Chairman, my amendment affirms that minority and low-
income communities disproportionately bear the costs of climate change.
  If this misguided bill were to become law, the increased emissions 
from oil and gas drilling would increase greenhouse gas emissions, 
further exacerbating climate change. Most of the impact would fall on 
these vulnerable communities.
  This is something we know all too well in my district. In Newark, 
minority communities have been dealing with runoff, waste, and 
pollution for over a century.
  In 2021, EPA scientists confirmed that minorities are 40 percent more 
likely to live in areas with extreme temperature-related deaths and 34 
percent more likely to live in areas with high concentrations of 
childhood asthma.
  Extreme weather events also threaten these communities. Black 
Americans are 10 percent more likely to live in inland floodplains. 
Latinos are 43 percent more likely to work in industries vulnerable to 
heat-related deaths, and low-income Americans are projected to 
experience a 7 percent increase in premature deaths due to global 
warming.
  The dangers of extreme weather were made clear for my district during 
the Tropical Storm Ida floods in 2021. It was the poorest communities 
in my district that experienced the worst damages from the floods that 
filled people's homes and apartments. That is why this amendment is 
necessary.
  We know that more drilling increases greenhouse gas emissions. We 
know that more greenhouse gas emissions exacerbates global warming; and 
we know that negative impacts of this will continue to fall on minority 
and low-income communities.
  My amendment simply reaffirms what we already know and ensures that 
everyone who votes for this bill also says publicly that they know they 
are voting for more pollution for the most vulnerable communities in 
our Nation.
  I urge all Members to support this amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is really about strengthening the SPR 
by requiring nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American oil resources. Increased supply of

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American-produced energy lowers costs for all Americans.
  Energy security provides all communities with reliable, clean, and 
affordable energy. This is fundamental for our jobs, economic health, 
and for communities to strive for better opportunities.
  It reduces energy poverty. Lower-income households pay a higher 
percentage of their income for energy. Lower costs help everyone. 
Greater supplies lower costs, and create jobs here in America with 
American-produced energy resources.
  This amendment misses the point. It is an unnecessary messaging 
exercise. Let's focus on results for Americans, American jobs, American 
energy.
  I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance 
of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 59 Offered by Mr. Magaziner

  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed as impacting the authority of the President or 
     the Secretary of Energy to initiate a drawdown of petroleum 
     products from the Reserve in order to lower gas prices.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve is a critical and commonsense strategy that is helping to lower 
the price of energy for working Rhode Islanders and for all Americans.
  In my State, and across the country, people have been struggling to 
keep up with energy costs. We all hear it from our constituents. They 
are struggling with the cost of gas, with the cost of oil, with the 
cost of heating their homes.
  Many of us campaigned on doing something about it, which is why it 
boggles the mind that the Republican leadership has not yet brought us 
a single bill to tackle lowering energy costs for consumers and, in 
fact, is, instead, introducing a bill to restrict one of the tools the 
administration has to lower energy costs.
  Who stands to benefit from this attempt to restrict the ability of 
the President to utilize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with 
unnecessary red tape? Certainly not consumers; certainly not people in 
my State who are struggling with the cost of energy.
  No. This bill puts oil company profits ahead of working people 
struggling to keep up with inflation.

                              {time}  1900

  My amendment is a simple one. It states that this bill, if it should 
pass, cannot restrict the ability of the President to utilize the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gas prices for consumers.
  I have heard the other side say that there is already an exception in 
the bill to allow for emergencies, but that is not entirely accurate. 
As it is written, the exception is narrow. It only applies to supply 
disruptions. There are many other things that can cause prices to 
spike, and there is no protection in those situations.
  This amendment is drawing a line in the sand. On one side stand the 
oil companies and their profits. On the other side are the working 
people of our districts, who are struggling to keep up with the cost of 
energy.
  This is a moment for every Member of this Chamber to show which side 
we are on.
  I ask my colleagues to support this amendment to show that we stand 
with working people who are struggling with energy costs as opposed to 
just the Big Oil companies and their precious profits.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, this is a messaging amendment. We saw the 
President draw down the SPR in order to lower gas prices. That is not 
the purpose of the SPR. The SPR is not a political tool to be 
implemented with a drawdown right before an election.
  This was a blip on the radar for lowering gas prices for our 
constituents.
  The SPR was designed for emergencies for this Nation, whether there 
is a hurricane hitting Louisiana or a war. That is the purpose of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It is not just a reserve that the 
President can tap into to influence elections and lower gas prices for 
folks. The way to do that is to increase American energy production in 
this country.
  We are blessed in this Nation with abundant natural resources, but 
apparently, we are cursed by liberal politicians who don't want us to 
tap into those abundant resources that will help the quality of life of 
people not only in America but by exporting some of those resources to 
people across the globe, you can improve the quality of lives for 
people around the world.
  Yet, we saw a drawdown of the SPR to temporarily lower prices. That 
was wrong. Emergencies only.
  When we draw it down, we ought to produce American energy and refill 
it, not buy oil from OPEC or adversaries using American resources, 
again, that we are blessed with in this Nation.
  This amendment will allow the Department of Energy, the 
administration, to continue abusing something that wasn't intended for 
that, and that is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. We use SPR; we can 
call it SPR. We can try to downplay the intended purpose, strategic 
purposes, to help Americans at a time when it is needed. That is in a 
time of emergency.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Magaziner).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 58 Offered by Mr. Magaziner

  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 58.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall not take effect 
     until the date on which the Secretary determines that 
     implementation of paragraph (1) will not negatively affect 
     consumers the homes of which are heated using heating oil or 
     other petroleum-based fuels.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, it is winter, and in Rhode Island, in my 
State, one-third of our households rely on oil to heat their homes. In 
response to increased energy prices, the Biden administration has 
released oil from the strategic reserve to provide much-needed relief 
to families who are worried about heating their homes this winter.
  My colleague across the aisle is correct. Extreme weather events like 
blizzards and cold snaps are emergencies that are legitimate uses of 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, but now, in one of the first acts of 
this Congress, the leadership on the other side has introduced a bill 
that will restrict the ability of the administration to lower energy 
costs for working Americans by introducing unnecessary red tape into 
the process.
  People are struggling to heat their homes this winter in my State and 
in States all across the country, so I am

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offering an amendment that will prevent this legislation from taking 
effect if the Secretary of Energy determines that it will negatively 
impact households that use oil to heat their homes.
  I understand that this will not be popular with the oil companies 
that are looking to increase their enormous profits by expanding their 
drilling on public lands as quickly as possible, but we have a 
responsibility to the people back home to make sure that we do not do 
something that will impact the administration's ability to help people 
heat their homes this winter.
  Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues, once again, to side with the 
working people of this country who are struggling to heat their homes 
by supporting this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, this is just another distraction and delay 
tactic, nothing more than a stunt.
  The Secretary of Energy had culpability in drawing down the SPR to 
lower gas prices just before a midterm election. She would certainly 
delay the implementation of this bill without making that certification 
that is included in this amendment.
  If we really want to protect consumers, let's prioritize them instead 
of radical climate policies. Let's produce American energy here at 
home--safe, reliable, deliverable--lowering prices at the pump for 
transportation fuels, lowering prices at homes in heating, lowering 
prices for manufacturers that need natural gas, reliable electricity 
produced by fossil fuels in many instances.
  The intent of this bill is protecting the SPR. Let's take the first 
step in reducing the price to consumers by unleashing American energy 
production, lowering costs here at home.
  Let's take care of the SPR for its intended purpose. That is the 
purpose of this bill.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Magaziner).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. MAGAZINER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island 
will be postponed.


          Amendment No. 16 Offered by Mr. Goldman of New York

  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, 
No. 16.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, beginning on line 4, amend section 2 to read as 
     follows:

     SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION.

       Section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
     U.S.C. 6241) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(k) Certification.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except in the case of a severe energy 
     supply interruption or by obligations of the United States 
     under the international energy program, as described in 
     subsection (d), the Secretary may not execute the first 
     drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve after the date 
     of enactment of this subsection, whether through sale, 
     exchange, or loan, until the Secretary has submitted to 
     Congress a certification that--
       ``(A) the United States is meeting the Paris Climate 
     Accords targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and
       ``(B) the recommendations of the Justice40 initiative, 
     established under Executive Order 14008, are being met.
       ``(2) Consultation.--In submitting a certification to 
     Congress under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult 
     with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the 
     Secretary of State, and the heads of any other relevant 
     Federal agencies.
       ``(3) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the Secretary 
     submits to Congress a certification under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary shall submit to Congress a report outlining--
       ``(A) any progress made to meet the targets of the United 
     States to the Paris Climate Accords; and
       ``(B) how funds made available under or by Public Law 117-
     169, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 
     117-58), and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
     117-2) are being used to confront decades of underinvestment 
     in disadvantaged communities that bear the burden of climate 
     change and environmental hazards.''.

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Chair, this bill is simply a Big Oil 
bill that is a massive gift to fossil fuel interests.
  We are facing a climate crisis. In my district, 10 years ago, a 
little more, Hurricane Sandy decimated New York City, and it was 
considered to be a 100-year storm. Now, as we are trying to make our 
district and our city resilient, we are told that this storm may happen 
in another 10 or 20 years. Climate change is real, and this bill just 
continues to destroy our climate.
  Consistent with our Nation's commitment to tackling climate change, 
my green equity amendment would turn a planet-killing corporate 
giveaway into a recommitment to energy independence and a comprehensive 
and equitable green energy transition.
  Rather than increase our production, we should be investing here at 
home in green energy. This amendment would kill the GOP's attempted 
giveaway to Big Oil and instead require that in order to release oil 
from the SPR, the executive branch must first certify to Congress that, 
first, the United States is meeting the Paris climate accord's targets 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and, second, the recommendations of 
the Justice40 Initiative, requiring that 40 percent of Federal 
investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, 
underserved, and overburdened by pollution, are met.
  While tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve can be a critical 
tool to protect American families from high gas prices, we have an 
obligation to future generations to make dramatic and sustained 
progress toward an equitable and sustainable future. That is why I urge 
my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I insist on the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, the amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI of 
the House rules because it is not germane to the underlying bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of petroleum from the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production. The amendment limits the drawdown of petroleum in the SPR 
until the Department of Energy certifies to Congress that the U.S. is 
meeting the Paris climate accord's targets to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions and the recommendations of the Justice40 Initiative.
  The amendment also requires a report outlining how funds made 
available under Public Law 117-169 ``are being used to confront decades 
of underinvestment in disadvantaged communities that bear the burden of 
climate change and environmental hazards.''
  All of this is well outside the scope of H.R. 21, which simply asks 
for a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal lands.
  Mr. Chair, for that reason, the amendment is not germane, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Any discussion on the point of order?
  The gentleman from New York is recognized.
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Chair, I am not surprised that my 
colleague across the aisle thinks this is not germane because I 
understand that my colleagues on the other side don't believe that oil 
production has an impact on climate change.
  The sad reality is that fossil fuel production is what is causing our 
climate to burn and is what is causing the climate crisis that we are 
facing. Whether it is in California recently, after years and years of 
drought that now has torrential downpours, or other extreme weather 
events around the country, the reason for that is greenhouse gas 
emissions, and that stems directly from fossil fuel production.

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  So, yes, this is precisely germane to what the issue is in terms of 
additional oil production and the----
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will suspend.
  Please confine your remarks to arguing the point of order as opposed 
to the underlying amendment.
  Please proceed.
  Mr. GOLDMAN of New York. Mr. Chair, I was getting to the point that 
it is very germane to meet our climate change promises, pursuant to the 
Paris accords, to meet the Justice40 Initiative, to make sure that 
economic justice is also at the forefront of our energy production. It 
is very germane.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule.
  Both gentlemen have yielded back.
  The gentleman from South Carolina makes a point of order that the 
amendment offered by the gentleman from New York is not germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall 
be admitted under color of amendment.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil or gas production. The amendment would add new requirements beyond 
the plan in the bill to address the Paris climate accords.
  The Chair finds that the amendment goes beyond the subject matter of 
the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order 
is sustained.

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             Amendment No. 74 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez

  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 
74.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not provide'' and insert 
     ``may not--''.
       Page 3, line 2, before ``for a total'' insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) provide
       Page 3, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) include the lease of any land for oil or gas 
     production to a company that has, within the previous decade, 
     purchased an equity security of the company that is listed on 
     a national securities exchange.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 
minutes in support of her amendment.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits fossil fuel 
companies that have engaged in stock buybacks over the last decade from 
leasing land for oil production, particularly with respect to the 
strategic reserve.
  I sat here for much of today and listened to many of my colleagues, 
particularly those on the opposite side of the aisle, introduce 
amendments and legislation that conveniently benefit the fossil fuel 
industry while fearmongering about things like the Green New Deal and 
positive climate action, to which I say: Boo.
  Last year, four of the major oil companies, Shell, Chevron, BP, and 
ExxonMobil posted record profits totaling $75 billion.
  Speaking of $75 billion, yesterday it was announced that Chevron will 
spend $75 billion on buying back their own stock after reaping record 
quarterly profits in 2022, driving up their own stock prices and 
padding CEO compensation.
  This reckless Wall Street profiteering at the public's expense and 
the planet's expense should have consequences.
  In this bill, the Republican majority seeks to give away even more 
sensitive land for oil and gas development without even the pretense of 
a guarantee that it would even lower gas prices.
  This amendment is simple. Companies who engaged in stock buybacks in 
the last 10 years should be prohibited from leasing new land for oil 
and gas production.
  Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American energy resources.
  We have witnessed the tremendous benefits of energy security from the 
shale revolution, the amazing technological advancements and 
innovations from American companies, private companies, companies that 
have ownership in equities markets.
  America does not have State-owned oil companies like OPEC and Russia.
  This amendment not only undermines the important purpose of this 
bill, it undermines American innovators who thrive on the capital 
markets. Capitalism.
  I understand the gentlewoman across the aisle doesn't like 
capitalism, but capitalism provides benevolence. In so many ways, this 
amendment is anti-free market.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York 
will be postponed.


             Amendment No. 72 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez

  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 
72.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not provide'' and insert 
     ``may not--''.
       Page 3, line 2, before ``for a'' insert the following:
       ``(A) provide
       Page 3, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) include any Federal land that, if leased for oil and 
     gas production, will increase net carbon emissions.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, let's get to our second point of 
business here and break down this myth that oil companies need even 
more permits. This is simply not true.
  In fact, the oil industry already possesses more than 9,000 unused 
drilling permits on Federal lands. Nearly 5,000 of those permits were 
approved in 2021 alone.
  The oil industry already has at least 10 years' worth of unused 
leases at its disposal. They are only producing oil or gas on roughly 
half the area that is already leased. There are nearly 14 million acres 
onshore and more than 9 million offshore that are currently under lease 
but not being used for oil production.
  Why lease even more?
  My amendment prohibits oil and gas leasing on Federal lands in a way 
that would increase even further our net carbon emissions. That is to 
say, we shall not include any Federal lands where oil and gas leasing 
would increase net carbon emissions.
  Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, let me state again that H.R. 21 is about 
strengthening the SPR by requiring nonemergency use to be accompanied 
by a plan to produce American resources.
  Mr. Chair, I invite the Members across the aisle to actually go out 
and talk to oil and gas producers, understand leases, understand that 
every square acre out in the ocean or on land doesn't have oil or gas 
under it. They have got to find it.
  They have got to start drilling, exploring, and producing. And once 
they produce, they have got to pipe that either to the beach or put it 
on a ship to be taken to refineries.

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  They have a permitting process for pipelines that do that, permitting 
processes to get the well actually permitted once they discover 
resources. Go and learn. Go and learn for yourself about this. Educate 
yourself on how America attained its low emissions.
  If you care about the air quality, you care about climate change--
natural gas is what got America there. Educate yourself on that, and we 
can have a better debate about future resources and future energy 
production.
  This debate tonight is not about any of that. It is about the SPR. It 
is about the fact that the Biden administration drew down on the SPR 
for one purpose: to lower gas prices for Americans right before an 
election. That is influential politics.
  This is about efficient, clean American energy production. Efforts to 
reduce our production means the world relies more on nations that do 
not impose state-of-the-art controls on emissions. Think Russia. Think 
China. Think about what America has done.
  This amendment would limit clean energy, American-produced clean 
energy, and increase emissions-heavy foreign energy.
  It hurts me when I see an American LNG tanker in the Boston Harbor 
when we have the natural gas here in this country, cleaner burning 
natural gas. This is about the SPR.
  As chair of the Energy Subcommittee, I look forward to a lot of 
debates on energy resources, American energy production, and clean 
energy, and what works to make America energy dominant once again--but 
we are not doing it tonight.
  We are going to talk about the SPR. We are going to talk about 
replenishing it. We are going to talk about American resources. This 
amendment is counterproductive to energy security and addressing 
climate risk.
  American oil production is the cleanest in the world; where it is 
produced and where it is used.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Chair would remind all Members to address their 
remarks to the Chair.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I move to strike the last word.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. 
Ocasio-Cortez).
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, I understand in this body it is not the 
first time that it seems as though the opposing side can't seem to be 
able to debate the issue, and so they must come after my character.
  While I cannot control the fact that the other side seems to have 
made the assumption that I am uneducated or what they may say about my 
world view, one of the things that I can say is I may not work for Wall 
Street; that is true. I may not be here with the mission to increase 
profits for corporations; that is true.
  My mission here is for the well-being and dignity of our family and 
our planet's future, and for our children's ability to live on this 
planet. That is what this amendment is about.
  Moreover, when we talk about education, we should all take it upon 
ourselves in this body to educate ourselves on the science of the 
challenge of climate change that is before us. In 2050, we are looking 
at the Western States to be projected to further increase--that 
wildfires will increase two to six times. And that is just scratching 
the surface.
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York 
will be postponed.


             Amendment No. 73 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez

  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, lastly, I have an amendment at the 
desk, No. 73.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not provide'' and insert 
     ``may not--''.
       Page 3, line 2, before ``for a total'' insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) provide
       Page 3, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) include tracts of Federal land where oil and gas 
     leasing would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris 
     Climate Accords.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chair, lastly, this final amendment requires 
and states that we shall not include tracts where oil and gas leasing 
would be inconsistent with our goals and the goals of the Paris 
accords.
  We know that leasing more lands to fossil fuel companies does not 
guarantee that gas prices will drop. As we have seen this past year, 
even when these companies have record profits, they do not pass along 
those savings to their customers.
  What leasing more land does do, however, is guarantee that we will 
accelerate the devastating impacts of climate change and see more 
deadly and destructive weather events.
  In 2015, the nations behind the Paris Agreement set a target for 
keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius. The latest IPCC 
report spells out just how difficult it will be for the world to stay 
under that limit unless we drastically slash emissions in the very near 
future.
  If we do not course correct now, the impacts on the daily lives of 
our children and grandchildren will be devastating. No one will be 
immune, and the most vulnerable communities right now will continue to 
be hit the hardest moving forward.
  Even in rainy regions like the Southeast, wildfires are also 
projected to increase by about 30 percent. The Southeast United States 
is also expected to see a rise in new mosquito-borne diseases as 
temperatures warm. Farmers in all parts of the country will suffer 
enormous losses, and grocery prices will continue to rise.
  We don't even need to look toward the future to understand the cost 
of climate change. In 2021, the Federal Government estimates that 20 
different natural disasters that year alone cost the Nation an 
estimated $145 billion and killed nearly 700 people.
  The only way to guarantee consumers reliable, affordable energy is 
for the United States to invest in renewable energy. It is also the 
only way to protect our country from increasingly devastating weather 
events and rising temperatures.
  Mr. Chair, I urge the adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 
5 minutes.
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Chair, the last time I checked, I don't think the 
United States of America signed onto or ratified the Paris accords. 
This is a messaging amendment.
  If we are serious about addressing global climate risk and preserving 
and expanding the prosperity of the American people, we should focus on 
American energy security and American energy resources.
  When you bring in the Paris climate accord, or Kyoto, the United 
States, to my understanding, has actually achieved the carbon emissions 
goals set forth in those agreements, and we have done it through 
American energy resources, like clean burning natural gas.
  This bill is about protecting our strategic resources and ensuring 
American energy production, which we do more cleanly than most any 
other Nation. I mentioned Russian natural gas in Massachusetts. It 
burns dirtier than American-produced gas.
  I have got a solution. How about we permit pipelines from the 
Marcellus up to New England and allow New England to burn cleaner 
burning, less carbon-emission-emitting natural gas produced here at 
home.
  This amendment is unnecessary. It is a messaging amendment.

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  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Ocasio-Cortez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from New York 
will be postponed.


              Amendment No. 35 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee.

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I ask to present amendment No. 35.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
       Page 2, line 11, insert ``or a drawdown with respect to 
     which the petroleum products drawn down will be exchanged 
     pursuant to subsection (i),'' after ``(d),''.
       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall not take effect 
     until the Secretary submits to Congress a report on the 
     necessity of acting under the authority of this section to 
     refill the Reserve.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I see that I have my good friend, Mr. 
Pallone, over on this side, and I thought I would have my good friend 
from South Carolina, but now I have my good friend from Texas who is 
here.
  I am sure they understand that everyone who comes to the floor is 
sincere. The gentlewoman from New York and others who have offered 
their amendments are sincere and factual. They have knowledge. I just 
want to put that in the Record so that no one's integrity is 
challenged.
  I am sincere, and I believe that we need to have a little history 
lesson as to what the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is all about.
  It exists first and foremost as an emergency response tool that the 
President can use should the United States be confronted with an 
economically threatened disruption in oil supply. It is also where oil 
can be released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve under exchange 
arrangements similar to loans to private companies. Exchange contracts 
provide for a loan of crude oil to be repaid in kind within a certain 
timeframe and with additional petroleum barrels.
  However, as we move toward an increasing respect for climate change, 
I think amendments have to be in place that strategically allow for the 
utilization of this reserve to decrease emissions, to provide relief in 
emergencies, and to understand that we must have a 21st century 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Let me cite for you, Mr. Chairman, when this reserve has been used: 
2005, Hurricane Katrina sale; 1991, Operation Desert Storm; 1990, 
Desert Storm--Shield tests; 2006, ship channel closure exchange; 2006, 
barge accident exchange; 2005, Hurricane Katrina exchange; 2000, 
heating oil exchange.
  Again, it is doing what it is supposed to do. At the same time, I 
believe it is important to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  I have a very simple amendment. My amendment would preserve exchanges 
that occur and protect the Nation from gasoline shortages and likely 
much higher fuel prices following natural disasters. We have had many, 
and I cannot, for the life of me, understand the opposition to what 
President Biden did where we have heard complete silence about high 
gasoline prices.
  So it is important in amendment No. 35 that we have the ability to 
help those desperately suffering from natural disasters that certainly 
occur in the Gulf. They also occur in the Atlantic, and they occur in 
the Pacific, and we need to be able to help the American people.
  I ask my colleagues to support Jackson Lee amendment No. 35 that 
would preserve exchanges that occur to protect the Nation from gasoline 
shortages in the likely face of the terrible natural disasters that 
have hit our American citizens or our country in various regions.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to support amendment No. 35 to help 
the American people and to ensure that when disasters come, America 
stands with the American people.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this amendment fails to see that 
depleting our strategic reserve for nonemergent reasons hurts our 
ability to help hurricane victims.
  The Gulf Coast of Texas, District 14, where I am a Member of 
Congress, suffers all the consequences of hurricanes. We need to have 
the stability of a strong SPR. America needs that ability.
  Downplaying the role of domestic supply--as it seems the other side 
is intent on--guts the legislation in several ways.
  First, it treats swaps of oil out of the strategic reserve that were 
not done--were not done--Mr. Chairman, for emergency reasons--as an 
emergency. For instance, we could lend oil to China for any reason for 
an indefinite period without a need to explain how we are going to make 
ourselves whole in the interim, a/k/a, keep our country safe and keep 
District 14 safe in Texas. This is extremely personal to me.
  Second, it takes the lawmaking role from Congress and gives it to the 
executive branch. Mr. Chairman, I have read the Constitution. I don't 
think the President is supposed to make laws. I think it is supposed to 
be up to us in Congress. It gives the DOE, the Department of Energy, 
power to decide whether or not the law takes effect. That is not their 
role.
  Finally, even though it conditions the effective date on a finding by 
the Department of Energy, in no way does it require the Energy 
Department to make a finding of one way or the other.
  So this amendment would make this bill worse--absolutely worse. So we 
would love to see our colleagues say ``no.'' This amendment is not 
something that we need.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will 
be postponed.


              Amendment No. 36 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 
36.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 11, insert ``or a test drawdown under 
     subsection (g),'' after ``(d),''.
       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date this paragraph takes effect 
     described in paragraph (4)''.
       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Effective date.--Paragraph (1) shall not take effect 
     until the Secretary submits to Congress a report on the 
     necessity of acting under the authority of this section to 
     refill the Reserve.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. My good friend from Texas apparently did not 
understand the prior amendment in terms of its utilization in the time 
of disasters that his district faces as mine does all the time and many 
other Americans.
  So let me indicate as I move to No. 36, this is, again, an effort to 
help Americans and to address the question of the efficiency of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  My amendment would allow the necessary and routine test drawdowns 
that occur as part of the work to make sure the reserve can fulfill its 
function of providing access to the resources on a moment's notice in 
time of emergencies. Those of us in various parts of the Nation 
understand emergencies.

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  In keeping with our commitment to addressing the core mission of many 
of us to reduce emissions, we may need a number of tests. Tests are 
basic to the core mission of the reserve and often involve numbers of 
barrels or less being drawn down.
  The Jackson Lee amendment would provide the provisions of this bill 
should not be triggered by Strategic Petroleum Reserve tests. The 
Jackson Lee amendment would ensure that tests can continue without 
delay or suspension out of concern regarding the requirements of the 
bill so that this Strategic Petroleum Reserve can stand ready to be 
able to efficiently address what is needed.
  I am concerned about the direct attack because the CEO--the President 
of the United States--in the executive article utilizes his powers to 
help Americans in the midst of a disaster.
  I hope that this amendment can be accepted by my friends which says 
that we have to do due diligence on testing. I understand the authors 
of the bill have a specific policy objective in mind and believe that 
the bill will accomplish a narrow policy change. However, I would hope 
that they believe in efficiency, and the utilization of this Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve in an efficient manner requires tests and drawdowns 
if we are going to be ready for emergencies to save lives in a crisis 
that is either heating or otherwise.
  Again, let me remind my colleagues that we did not hear a word--a 
Republican word or a Democratic word--when gasoline prices came down.
  So the executive branch should have the right, if you will, to make 
those emergency decisions. But to have the ability to test is a 
reasonable response to ensuring that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
works well every single day that we need to use it.
  I ask my colleagues to support Jackson Lee amendment No. 36. I will 
also finish by saying: Please understand what we are saying. Please 
know that we understand both the legislation and the need for 
improvement of the legislation.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to support amendment No. 36 Jackson 
Lee, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to amendment 
No. 36.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to hear the 
comment that apparently I didn't understand the last amendment. Having 
grown up on the Gulf Coast of Texas, first, Hurricane Carla, in 1961, I 
went through that. I think I understand the Gulf Coast of Texas, and I 
think I understand hurricanes. I have been there a long time.
  So I have to rise in opposition to this amendment.
  Why?
  This amendment fails to see that depleting our strategic reserve for 
nonemergency reasons could actually hurt our ability to help the 
American people exactly in those times and those events of a real 
supply interruption like a hurricane or natural disaster. Lord knows I 
have lived and been through a lot of them.
  This amendment would jeopardize Americans' energy security and energy 
jobs in several ways. First, it actually creates a loophole to allow 
``test sales,'' Mr. Chairman, of oil out of the strategic reserve to be 
exempted even when it is not an emergency like we talked about on the 
Gulf Coast of Texas, my home area.
  How do we know this?
  History teaches us a valid lesson.
  For instance, under this amendment, the Biden administration could 
abuse its authority by using, again, a ``test sale'' to fund a new 
government program just like President Obama did in 2014.
  Second, again, it takes the lawmaking role of Congress and gives it 
to the executive branch.
  I have read the Constitution, too. I have read the Constitution.
  It gives the Department of Energy the power to decide whether the law 
takes effect. That is unbelievable to me, Mr. Chairman.
  Finally, even though it ``conditions'' the effective date on a 
finding by the Department of Energy, the DOE, in no way--in no way--
does it require the Energy Department to make a finding of one way or 
the other. We could be stuck in limbo for Lord knows how long.
  This amendment would make the bill worse, and, indeed, it is a poison 
pill. For this I urge my colleagues to make a ``no'' vote.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Texas will 
be postponed.


                  Amendment No. 70 Offered by Ms. Ross

  Ms. ROSS. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, Ross No. 70.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, add the following:
       ``(4) Offshore exclusions.--The plan required by paragraph 
     (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract 
     located in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Ms. ROSS. Mr. Chairman, the bill we are considering today does not 
protect U.S. consumers, and, instead, it is a giveaway to Big Oil. The 
fossil fuel industry already controls large swaths of our public lands 
and our waters. Offshore, the industry already has over 2,000 active 
leases covering 12 million acres of Federal waters--75 percent of which 
are not even being used to produce oil and gas.
  North Carolinians cherish our pristine coastline and rely upon a 
clean and healthy marine ecosystem to support robust tourism, 
recreation, and fishing which are vital to our economy. They are the 
economic lifelines of many of our coastal communities.

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  Elected officials of both parties in North Carolina, up and down the 
Atlantic Coast as well, ranging from county commissioners to Governors, 
have expressed staunch opposition to opening our waters to offshore 
drilling.
  Putting our coastal economy and environment at risk is the last thing 
that North Carolinians need, and our neighbors to the north and south 
agree. Congresswoman Mace, my neighbor to the south, made this same 
point today.
  My amendment would take the simple step of preventing the plan 
required by this bill from including oil and gas leasing in the mid-
Atlantic, including my home State of North Carolina. This protects our 
constituents, our economy, and our environment.
  I hope that my colleagues from both sides of the aisle, just like 
people from both sides of the aisle in my State, will listen to their 
constituents and support this commonsense amendment rather than putting 
both our environment and our economy at risk.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this amendment goes beyond the 
status quo in even existing law by creating new barriers to oil 
exploration and development. It is funny because the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve is about storing that same oil for our Nation for 
what is strategic. It is funny that they want to actually put in new 
barriers.
  H.R. 21 is about strengthening that Strategic Petroleum Reserve and 
our Nation's very energy security by requiring any nonemergency use to 
be accompanied by a plan, I don't know, to actually produce more 
American oil reserves.
  Why wouldn't we want to do that to make our Nation safe and energy 
dependent on nobody? That is why we have the SPR, Mr. Chair.
  This amendment undermines the purpose of this legislation, and I urge 
a ``no'' vote on the amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Ross).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. ROSS. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 66 Offered by Mr. Casten

  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 66.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''.
       Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' and insert 
     ``limitations''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--
       ``(A) Total increase.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil 
     production in excess of 10 percent.
       ``(B) Participation by fossil industry entities.--
       ``(i) In general.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not allow for the participation of a fossil industry entity 
     in oil production activities on Federal lands described in 
     paragraph (1) leased for oil production as a result of such 
     plan unless such fossil industry entity submits to the 
     Secretary a plan for--

       ``(I) reducing the total global warming pollution of the 
     fossil industry entity by 2030 by not less than 50 percent of 
     the total global warming pollution of the fossil industry 
     entity in calendar year 2022, without the use of offsets;
       ``(II) eliminating the total global warming pollution of 
     the fossil industry entity by 2050, without the use of 
     offsets; and
       ``(III) allowing, in any given calendar year, the release 
     into the atmosphere of not more than 1 percent of the methane 
     brought to the surface through such oil production 
     activities.

       ``(ii) Definitions.--In this subparagraph:

       ``(I) Fossil industry entity.--The term `fossil industry 
     entity' means an entity or individual that engages in the 
     production, purchase, or sale of oil or natural gas.
       ``(II) Global warming pollution.--The term `global warming 
     pollution' includes each of the following:

       ``(aa) Any gas that is determined by the Secretary to trap 
     heat in the atmosphere, contributing to an increase in heat 
     waves, flooding, drought, sea level rise, storm intensity, 
     disease, disruption of agricultural production, or ecosystem 
     disruption.
       ``(bb) Carbon dioxide.
       ``(cc) Methane.
       ``(dd) Nitrous oxide.
       ``(ee) Sulfur hexafluoride.
       ``(ff) Any hydrofluorocarbon.
       ``(gg) Any perfluorocarbon.
       ``(hh) Nitrogen trifluoride.
       ``(ii) Any fully fluorinated linear, branched, or cyclic--
       ``(AA) alkane;
       ``(BB) ether;
       ``(CC) tertiary amine; or
       ``(DD) aminoether.
       ``(jj) Any perfluoropolyether.
       ``(kk) Any hydrofluoropolyether.
       ``(ll) Any other fluorocarbon, except for a fluorocarbon 
     with a vapor pressure of less than 1 mm of Hg absolute at 25 
     degrees Celsius.

       ``(III) Total global warming pollution.--The term `total 
     global warming pollution' means, with respect to a fossil 
     industry entity, the aggregate amount by weight of global 
     warming pollution released into the atmosphere in association 
     with the production, processing, refinement, transportation, 
     combustion, and use of oil or natural gas that is produced, 
     purchased, or sold by the fossil industry entity.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, my amendment would require oil and gas 
companies drilling on public lands to submit plans for cutting the 
greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of 
their products in half by 2030 and to zero by 2050, as is called for by 
climate science. My amendment would allow the release of no more than 1 
percent of the superpollutant methane brought to the surface by 
drilling operations.
  Mr. Chairman, let's be honest here. We have been here a long night. 
H.R. 21 is not about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, nor is it about 
domestic energy security, because if it was, we would be talking about 
the fact that the United States is an oil exporter.
  We have a lot of tools, not just limited to what is in a few tanks 
around the country, to affect domestic supply of oil, but we are not 
talking about that, are we? We are talking about using the SPR to get a 
nose under the tent to meet the larger and consistent Republican goal 
to expand drilling on public lands.
  Since this bill is really about public lands, we cannot discuss this 
bill without addressing our stewardship responsibilities for those 
lands, forested lands that are increasingly prone to climate change-
driven wildfires; coastal lands that are prone to climate change-driven 
sea level rises; and wild lands where climate change and drilling is 
destroying habitat and contributing to the most rapid rate of 
extinction in our history. Our stewardship of those lands, Republicans 
and Democrats, compels us to eliminate the causes of global warming, to 
stop emitting greenhouse gases.
  Public reporting has shown that Exxon scientists not only knew their 
products were responsible for climate change in 1977, but they did a 
really good job of predicting the changes that were going to follow. So 
did the world's climate scientists, who called for global action.
  The 1992 Rio summit and Kyoto Protocol were designed to avert climate 
disaster, but as we know, the fossil energy industry did not respond 
with stewardship. They started a massive disinformation campaign that 
continues to this day, spending enormous amounts of money to confuse 
the American public and to delay climate action.
  Today, I will be honest, every major oil company pays lip service to 
the reality of climate change and the need to address it. Many have 
even pledged sharp reductions of their direct emissions, but they know 
that most of their contributions to global warming are downstream--it 
is what people do with their products--or upstream, the methane that 
gets released from their production.
  It would take leadership on their behalf, it would take 
entrepreneurial vision, and it would take stewardship for them to 
realize that they are experts at giving people useful energy. They are 
in the business of providing that. They could do that, but instead, 
they have decided that they just want to be committed to the extraction 
of oil.
  Mr. Chairman, this amendment just provides an appropriate stewardship 
of our public lands to this bill. We know from history that the oil 
companies cannot be trusted to protect those lands, and so it behooves 
us in this body to require that any expansion of drilling on those 
lands must be met by a reduction in the gross greenhouse gas emissions 
associated with drillers' operations.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, it is interesting to hear this 
isn't really about energy or we would be talking about more than just a 
few tanks in the country. That is a really interesting phrase.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is put in for strategic reasons for 
the entire country, not for political gain.
  This amendment would prohibit oil and gas companies from producing on 
a lease outlined in the leasing plan unless the fossil industry entity 
submits to the Secretary of Energy a plan to reduce its global warming 
pollution.
  This amendment is simply nothing more than to delay the 
implementation of H.R. 21. That is all this is. Let's call it what it 
is. It is not about a few tanks in the country. Really? It is not about 
that.
  Americans are suffering under record-high gas prices that hurt low-
income Americans the most, and they want to call that, oh, a discussion 
about a few tanks in the country. Really?
  Families can't put food on their tables. They can't put gas in their 
tanks. They are struggling to get by. Oh, this is just a discussion 
about a few tanks in America, that is all.
  Mr. Chairman, we have the strongest environmental and safety 
standards in the world, bar none. Let's let American energy workers do 
their job, make America safe, and make the world cleaner. Let's pass 
H.R. 21. Vote ``no'' on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.

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  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 67 Offered by Mr. Casten

  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 67.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitation.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     not provide for a total increase in the percentage of Federal 
     lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil production--
       ``(A) in excess of 10 percent; and
       ``(B) unless the Secretary determines that--
       ``(i) the amount of oil that the Secretary intends to draw 
     down from the Reserve in the first and subsequent drawdowns 
     described in paragraph (1) is greater than the amount of oil 
     produced in the United States that is reasonably expected to 
     be exported from the United States during the 6 month period 
     following the date of the intended drawdown;
       ``(ii) the expected exports of oil produced in the United 
     States during the 6 month period described in clause (i) 
     cannot be curtailed by an amount that is greater than the 
     quantity of oil planned to be released from the Reserve; and
       ``(iii) the curtailment of exports of oil by an amount that 
     is greater than the quantity of oil planned to be released 
     from the Reserve would not have a comparable or greater 
     effect than the planned drawdown of the Reserve in--

       ``(I) ensuring the energy security of the United States;
       ``(II) maintaining the stability of the price in the United 
     States of petroleum products, including gasoline and diesel 
     fuel; or
       ``(III) the achievement of other objectives cited by the 
     Secretary to justify the drawdown from the Reserve.

       ``(3) Report.--The Secretary shall provide to the Committee 
     on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representative and the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a 
     report on the data and analyses used in the determination of 
     the Secretary under paragraph (2)(B) upon publication of the 
     determination.
       Page 3, line 6, redesignate paragraph (3) as paragraph (4).

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, my friend from Texas and I are going to get 
to continue talking about a few tanks.
  My amendment would require the Secretary of Energy to determine 
whether curtailing U.S. oil exports would be more effective than 
drawing from the SPR to stabilize U.S. oil prices and protect U.S. 
energy security. If it is determined that curtailing oil exports would 
be more effective, the increased drilling on Federal lands otherwise 
required by H.R. 21 would not be allowed.
  Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is based on the false premise that a drawdown from 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve weakens our energy security and 
therefore must be made up for by expanding drilling on Federal land.
  Let's run through a little history here. The Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve was created in 1975 in response to the first OPEC price shocks 
to provide a domestic buffer against future global market volatility 
and supply constraints.
  We had that oil in our country, and we wanted to use that to bolster 
domestic supplies. The conditions under which it was created changed in 
October 2019. That was the month when the United States, for the first 
time, became a net oil exporter, and we have remained one since.
  That means that, for the last 4 years, we have had not one but two 
tools we could use to protect ourselves domestically from global 
volatility. We could either release from those few tanks in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve or we could reduce the exports that are 
leaving our country, keep that, and prioritize good old, apple-pie-
smelling United States oil for United States use.
  As an economic matter, both of those are equivalent, right? If we add 
a barrel to our domestic supplies, that is a barrel we don't have to 
import. That is a barrel that eases price pressure internally, 
regardless of where that barrel came from.
  Moreover--and this is important because this is about those few tanks 
we were talking about before--the volume of oil that we export today is 
way bigger than the amount that we release from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve. If I may, Mr. Chairman, most of our Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve is still underground.
  When the United States became a net exporter in 2019, though, 
something changed. The thing that changed was the politics of this 
conversation because it created a new set of players at the table: oil 
exporters, who have a vested interest in a high oil price.
  They don't seek to maximize value for the American people. They seek 
to maximize value for their shareholders. I would point out, many of 
their shareholders are not U.S. citizens. They want to maximize that 
value by selling American oil overseas at the highest possible price.
  Now, let's be really clear. Every single American is an energy 
consumer. A tiny number of Americans are oil exporters. The greater 
good is always to maximize the benefit to U.S. consumers by lowering 
energy prices.
  I have introduced this amendment to ensure that we use the full suite 
of tools available to us when we face domestic price or supply 
constraints, inclusive of SPR releases and export curtailments.
  This amendment would simply direct the Secretary of Energy to 
determine whether curtailing U.S. exports would be more effective than 
drawing from the SPR at stabilizing U.S. oil prices and protecting U.S. 
energy security. If it is determined that curtailing exports would be 
more effective, the increased drilling on Federal lands otherwise 
required by H.R. 21 would not be allowed.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, what can I say? To block exports of 
oil from America--we just reinstated them in December 2015, if I 
remember correctly. This is nothing more than a delaying tactic to 
delay and defeat H.R. 21. It is just that simple. I urge my colleagues 
to vote ``no.''
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 68 Offered by Mr. Casten

  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 68.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 20, strike ``and gas''.
       Page 3, line 4, strike ``and gas''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to tell you I will not need 5 
minutes. This is a really short amendment. It simply strikes the words 
``natural gas'' from this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, domestic production of natural gas has nothing to do 
with the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
is a strategic reserve of petroleum. Today, it holds about 372 million 
barrels of petroleum--oil, if you prefer. It does not hold natural gas.

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  Yet, H.R. 21 says that a release from the SPR--again, of oil--should 
be linked to an increase in drilling for oil and gas on Federal lands.
  Now, if you are not following that, I want you to imagine that you 
are at the grocery store, and your significant other calls you up and 
says: ``Hey, we are out of turkey.'' You come back and say: ``Well, I 
will return with turkey or milk.'' You might not have a happy spouse. 
Same deal here.

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  If the majority would like to provide more subsidies to drill for gas 
on public lands, you are, of course, free to do that and propose 
legislation to do that, but that has nothing to do with releases from 
this Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  Since the underlying bill is predicated on an event of SPR release, 
my amendment is both simple and necessary. It simply strikes all 
mentions of ``natural gas'' from a bill that claims to be about oil.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, it is kind of funny that our friends 
across the aisle don't understand that natural gas burns so clean, and 
that is one of the reasons America produces energy cleaner than almost 
every other country in the world.
  Now, Democrats are waging war on natural gas. There is no shock, 
right?
  This amendment would limit the leasing plan to only considering oil 
production, not gas. We have two LNG plants in my district. We ought to 
be producing as much gas in every facet that we can to help bring down 
CO2 emissions, indeed helping other countries. This 
amendment is short-sighted.
  Here is a news flash for my friends across the aisle: Oil and gas 
production are linked. Increasing both oil and gas is imperative.
  For that reason, Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Casten).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. CASTEN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
will be postponed.


           Amendment No. 75 Offered by Ms. Wasserman Schultz

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. 
It is amendment No. 75.
  The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Sessions). The Clerk will designate the 
amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Big cypress national preserve exclusion.--The plan 
     required by paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas 
     leasing in any tract located within the Big Cypress National 
     Preserve.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment to 
H.R. 21 that would prohibit the SPR plan from including oil and gas 
leasing within the ecologically critical Big Cypress National Preserve.
  Established in 1974 as one of the first national preserves, Big 
Cypress is a unique and fragile ecosystem that spans 720,000 south 
Florida acres and hosts an array of plant and animal life.
  It is also an important cultural site for the Miccosukee and Seminole 
Tribes of Florida.
  Opening this area to oil and gas drilling would not only be 
environmentally destructive, it would also threaten the livelihoods of 
the people who depend on it for hunting, fishing, and tourism.
  We know that drilling causes pollution and habitat destruction.
  Just a few years ago, Big Oil speculators hauled in massive trucks 
weighing 33 tons and used low-frequency vibrations to look for oil. 
They left deep ruts in the swamp and plowed over dwarf cypress trees 
that had survived for more than 200 years.
  In pure economic terms, this vast sensitive swampland is essential to 
the health of the neighboring Everglades, which is vital in providing 
clean drinking water to millions of Floridians.
  The solution here is to protect this national treasure by banning the 
SPR plan from including oil and gas drilling in Big Cypress in 
perpetuity.
  Just don't take my word for it, Mr. Chairman.
  Mr. Talbert Cypress, chair of the Miccosukee Tribe very succinctly 
describes why it is so vital that we protect this land saying: ``The 
Tribe would not exist without the Everglades, which Big Cypress Natural 
Preserve sits on. We used it for survival. We used it to keep our 
traditions alive and our culture still going to this day. So that's why 
it means so much to us.''
  This is simple. We can protect an ecologically sensitive treasure, 
drinking water for millions, and a traditional way of life all by 
voting to ensure that Big Cypress National Preserve is never littered 
with reckless speculators or polluting oil derricks.
  I urge you to join me in taking action to protect Big Cypress 
National Preserve from oil and gas drilling by voting ``yes'' on this 
amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this amendment blocks energy 
production on Federal lands that are not subject to any restrictions.
  This is nothing other than another messaging amendment, which is 
meant to undermine H.R. 21, quite frankly, quite simply stated.
  Mr. Chair, we need to be focused on ways to make America more energy. 
That needs to be our focus. We want to make America more energy secure 
and lower gas prices for the American people. They want to know 
Congress is doing that. That is a good message for the American people.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 131 Offered by Mr. Schneider

  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 
131.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Great lakes exclusion.--The plan required by 
     paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing in the 
     Great Lakes.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Chairman, the Great Lakes are a national treasure 
and a regional economic driver for all of us in the Midwest. The lakes 
account for more than 90 percent of our Nation's surface water and 20 
percent of the surface freshwater on the planet. More than 30 million 
Americans rely on the Great Lakes for their drinking water.
  For generations, there has been a deeply held bipartisan consensus on 
the need to protect the Great Lakes: from invasive species, from 
environmental challenges, and from irresponsible development. Look no 
further than the broad bipartisan support for the Great Lakes 
Restoration Initiative.
  I want to work with my colleagues in making progress to protect our 
Great Lakes, not to open the door--even the slightest crack--for 
dangerous development. That is why today I offer an amendment to 
clearly reiterate our vital protections of these Great Lakes.
  My amendment ensures that H.R. 21 would continue the bipartisan 
consensus that there will be no exploration, development, or drilling 
for oil and gas in the Great Lakes.
  With nearly 1 in 10 Americans relying on the Great Lakes for drinking 
water, we must ensure that a disaster like the Deepwater Horizon ever 
happening in Lake Michigan is not only unfathomable, but impossible. 
This amendment ensures that that is the case.
  Today, we must say with one unified bipartisan voice that there will 
never be drilling in the Great Lakes.

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  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, the diversions, the deflections, and 
the dereliction of congressional duty by the other side is getting 
increasingly disappointing, if I can use the ``D'' words.
  Congress' duty is to protect Americans and help them with energy 
prices. The legislation we are considering today is a national solution 
for a national challenge to prevent national energy emergencies.
  We can't arbitrarily remove places from consideration if the best 
science, technology, and practices can safely and responsibly obtain 
the energy Americans need to survive through an emergency.
  H.R. 21 does not require the Secretary of Energy to drill any 
specific area. We shouldn't take items off the table before a 
considered review by the experts has been done.
  There is a novel thought. Let the experts look at it, review it. How 
about that?
  Moreover, a plan can be changed as new information comes along, while 
the mandate in this amendment is inflexible to facts, science, and 
needs arising from national emergencies.
  For that reason, Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Schneider).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 27 Offered by Ms. Manning

  Ms. MANNING. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, amendment 
No. 27.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 16, strike ``including'' and insert ``not 
     including''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from North Carolina is recognized 
for 5 minutes.
  Ms. MANNING. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer my amendment which would 
help protect our Nation's public waters and coastline.
  My commonsense amendment would prevent additional leases for drilling 
on Federal lands on the Outer Continental Shelf.
  Fossil fuel companies can currently access public lands and waters to 
help secure our Nation's energy independence and reduce energy costs 
for hardworking American families.
  Yet, even as Americans faced high gas prices in 2022, oil companies 
failed to use thousands of existing permits for millions of acres that 
they had already leased.
  Currently, oil companies are sitting on more than 2,000 active leases 
covering 12 million acres of Federal waters. Mr. Chair, 75 percent of 
these leases aren't being used.
  We should use existing leases, rather than increasing threats to our 
coasts, including the beautiful coast in my State of North Carolina.
  That is why my commonsense amendment seeks to protect our Nation's 
shores, public waters, and marine life. Thirty states have shorelines, 
and millions of Americans rely on clean beaches and clean oceans for 
countless jobs, nutritious food, and much-loved recreation.
  In closing, I encourage all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle 
to support this reasonable, commonsense amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. This amendment severely limits the potential for 
energy production by prohibiting lands within the Outer Continental 
Shelf from being included in the leasing plan.
  Here is a factoid that my colleagues across the aisle need to 
understand: virtually all oil and gas leasing in the OCS occurs in the 
Gulf of Mexico. Oil and gas exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf 
accounts for roughly 15 percent of all domestic oil production and 2 
percent of domestic natural gas production.
  By actually further limiting this vast resource, are they going to 
bring American energy prices down?
  No way.
  If we limit this vast resource we will not--I repeat, we will not--be 
able to meet the demand for oil and gas.
  For that reason, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Manning).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. MANNING. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from North 
Carolina will be postponed.

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                Amendment No. 60 Offered by Ms. Scholten

  Ms. SCHOLTEN. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 11, after ``(d)'' insert ``or if the Secretary 
     determines that a situation exists in which a delay in 
     executing a drawdown of petroleum products in the Reserve in 
     order to comply with this paragraph will increase gas 
     prices''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. SCHOLTEN. Mr. Chair, I rise today to address an issue which every 
American cares about: gas prices.
  When gas prices were high last summer, the administration took action 
by releasing millions of barrels of oil from our Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve to lower the cost for consumers.
  The Treasury Department has estimated that the administration's use 
of the SPR cut prices for American consumers by as much as 40 cents per 
gallon, saving the average driver hundreds of dollars per year.
  This use of the SPR not only helps insulate Americans from foreign 
adversaries' price manipulations; it puts money back in the pockets of 
working families and is a top concern among young people.
  By introducing H.R. 21, a bill inhibiting the administration's 
flexibility to use the SPR, Republicans are showing once again that 
they care more about their friends in the oil industry than hardworking 
Americans.
  My amendment will address this issue by allowing the Department of 
Energy to release oil from the SPR if the Department thinks that a 
delay in doing so would lead to an increase in gas prices.
  This commonsense amendment gives the Department the flexibility it 
needs to help lower the price at the pump. I urge my colleagues to 
support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition.
  The Acting Chair. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, this bill does not require a leasing 
plan if the Secretary of Energy determines that delaying a drawdown 
would increase gas prices.
  As has been previously stated, the SPR is not supposed to be used to 
lower gas prices. It is supposed to be used in case of emergencies, for 
reasons that, I don't know, might be strategic; thus, the name: 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
  It is supposed to be used for our national security, another very 
important strategic reason.
  Our friends across the aisle, the Democrats, say they want to lower 
gas prices when nearly every single one of their energy policies does 
exactly the opposite.
  The way to lower gas prices and keep them low--and I applaud their 
apparent want and desire to lower gas prices--their aim is a little off 
target.
  The way to lower gas prices, when nearly every single one of their 
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policies is exactly the same, is to change that focus.
  Because the way to lower gas prices and to keep them low is to 
increase American energy production at home, right here at home. That 
is exactly what H.R. 21 does.
  If the Democrats want to support lowering gas prices, I urge them to 
support this bill. I am glad they want to.
  They should support this bill, H.R. 21, to require the Secretary of 
Energy to develop a plan to actually increase energy production for 
those working Americans that they cited.
  For this reason, Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment 
and a ``yes'' vote on H.R. 21 to decrease energy costs for all 
Americans.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Scholten).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan 
will be postponed.


             Amendment No. 25 Offered by Mrs. Lee of Nevada

  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 2, strike ``provide for a'' and insert 
     ``provide for--''.
       Page 3, line 2, before ``total increase'' insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) a
       Page 3, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) an increase in Federal lands described in paragraph 
     (1) that have no or low potential for oil and gas 
     development.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of my 
amendment to H.R. 21.
  This amendment would ensure that the Federal Government is not forced 
into leasing public lands with low- or no-potential for oil and gas 
development to the fossil fuel industry as a result of this bill.
  The reckless leasing of low- to no-potential lands, also known as 
speculative leasing, has allowed millions of acres of our Nation's 
invaluable public lands to be put in harm's way for no real economic 
benefit in return.
  The problem is pervasive, affecting all Western States. However, it 
is particularly severe in my home State of Nevada where there are very 
few productive oil and gas formations but plenty of Federal land.
  Speculative leasing is a serious problem that costs taxpayers serious 
money. These leases are cheap. They are easy to acquire, usually 
selling at near the minimum bid of $2 per acre.
  Because they are so cheap, companies with purely speculative 
interests target these lands with little intent or likelihood of 
putting them into production.
  Thus, the government is then forced to use taxpayer dollars to 
administer and monitor them, but the leases almost never generate 
royalties or other benefits for the American taxpayer.
  In fact, according to the GAO, 99 percent of these noncompetitive 
leases, which are frequently issued with little or no-potential lands, 
never went into production or generated royalties for taxpayers.
  In addition to burdening taxpayers, these leases also come with 
environmental risks. In many instances, low-potential lands receive 
fewer protections than areas with high potential because Federal land 
managers forecast low likelihood of development activity. This leaves 
land, water, and wildlife all incredibly vulnerable.
  The current policy creates an opportunity cost. Once leased, low-
potential lands are not prioritized for other uses like conservation 
and recreation, regardless of their development status.
  My amendment will prevent speculative leasing from becoming an even 
bigger problem. It will exclude Federal lands with no or low potential 
for oil and gas development from the scope of this bill.
  My amendment will save taxpayer dollars instead of strong-arming 
Federal agencies into spending those tax dollars on issuing and 
administering speculative leases that generate little or no revenue.
  This means the Federal oil and gas program can more efficiently focus 
on managing leases that actually generate royalties and revenues for 
taxpayers.
  My amendment will mitigate environmental risk. Nearly 50 percent of 
all leases in the West--spanning 9.9 million acres--are currently idle, 
with iconic landscapes they encompass frequently left neglected, and 
the unique cultural and natural resources of these storied places, 
likewise, are left largely unprotected.
  This amendment will prevent additional acreage from being put in 
environmental jeopardy to satisfy leases that half the time are simply 
left to gather dust.
  On balance, this amendment reins in the practice that has numerous 
costs and provides little or no return on investment for us, the 
American taxpayers.
  So I implore all of you, Democrats and Republicans, to vote ``yes'' 
on my amendment, a clear example of commonsense land management and 
fiscal responsibility. I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, this amendment precludes land that has 
``no or low potential for oil and gas development'' from being included 
in the production plan.
  I have got news for my friends across the aisle. If lands have ``no 
or low to no potential for oil and gas development,'' the private 
sector likely would not seek a lease for that land in the first place.
  Regardless, it is not the government's job to make that decision. The 
government shouldn't be in the business of choosing winners and losers.
  Didn't we see that with some other industry out in California a while 
back?
  If it were the government's job to choose winners and losers, we 
would not have had the Shale Revolution. Look at what that has done for 
America.
  This amendment is unnecessary, and it is vague enough to be abused as 
a political tool, as we have seen with the current administration with 
the SPR. We don't want that to keep happening.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Nevada (Mrs. Lee).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Nevada 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 45 Offered by Ms. Porter

  Ms. PORTER. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer amendment No. 45.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' and insert 
     ``limitations''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--
       ``(A) Total increase.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and 
     gas production in excess of 10 percent.
       ``(B) Financial benefit or participation.--The plan 
     required by paragraph (1) shall not provide for the financial 
     benefit or participation of any entity which is allowed any 
     allowance for depletion which is determined under section 613 
     of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. PORTER. Taxpayers should not be a piggy bank for Big Oil to line 
its pockets. As a taxpayer advocate, I am introducing an amendment to 
protect our money from Big Oil's greed.
  Under current law, oil and gas companies get a tax break when they 
tap into their reserves as part of doing business. This amounts to 
about a $2 to $3 billion handout each year.

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  Now, as we look to spend taxpayer dollars to replenish the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, corporations are poised to double dip, to profit off 
the American people.
  Without a change in policy, polluters get tax dollars once in the 
form of a government contract and again in the form of a special tax 
break. As a champion for capitalism, I strongly oppose this corporate 
abuse.
  When the Federal Government negotiates a contract with oil companies 
to buy their product with tax dollars, they do it at a fair price. That 
is capitalism.
  But to turn around and then give them a tax break, that is 
corruption, bought and paid for by the fossil fuel industry, which 
spends $100 million each year on lobbying.
  As a consumer protection attorney, I have never met any American--
Democrat, Republican, Independent--who likes to be cheated.
  Consumers should get what we pay for. Big Oil should not get to 
double charge taxpayers for the same oil.
  Many of my Republican colleagues talk about safeguarding capitalism. 
They stress the importance of protecting tax dollars.
  A handout to Big Oil is antithetical to these goals. Big Oil 
shouldn't get a bonus helping of tax dollars after they have received 
government contracts.
  I urge all my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to stand up for 
our capitalist principles, to protect taxpayers, and to adopt this 
amendment.
  I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this amendment prohibits the 
leasing plan from providing a financial benefit for any entity that is 
allowed to make gross income or take a tax deduction on an oil 
depletion.
  Really? They are really going after the companies that are providing 
energy for Americans, lowering the price of energy?
  This amendment is not only punitive; it is literally aimed to hurt 
American energy and the American energy workers, the families who are 
working and striving hard to make America energy independent.
  Mr. Chairman, the left needs to stop trying to punish the oil and gas 
industry for trying to produce and unleash American energy independence 
so that we can increase the supply, which helps American families.
  For this reason, Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, 
and I yield the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Porter).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. PORTER. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California 
will be postponed.

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                Amendment No. 63 Offered by Mr. Vasquez

  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, Number 
63.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
         Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``effective date of this 
     subsection''.
         Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

         This Act, and any amendments made by this Act, shall not 
     take effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Interior, publishes a report on the 
     number, location, and owner of all unused permits to drill 
     for oil and gas on Federal land.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Mexico is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I rise today to offer an amendment to H.R. 
21, the Strategic Production Response Act.
  I represent the Second District of New Mexico, home to the Permian 
Basin. Public lands are where I hunt; they are where I fish; they are 
where I live. They are part of who I am, and they are part of the 
culture and the tradition of my district.
  Now, my amendment is simple. It requires the Departments of Energy 
and the Interior to publish a report on the number, the location, and 
the owners of all unused permits to drill for oil and gas on Federal 
land.
  We must proactively look at the resources the energy industry already 
has and is not using.
  I am proud that my district in New Mexico is one of the top energy 
producing districts in the United States, so I am well aware of the 
vast resources that are available to us.
  Today, there are over 9,000 unused permits for drilling across 26 
million acres of public land. I will say that again: 9,000 existing 
unused permits locking up public lands for no other use.
  Why wouldn't we look at these existing permits before locking up new 
Federal land? That is just common sense.
  I know that in my family, when the pantry is full, we don't go to the 
grocery store to look for more. That is called hoarding.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a critical tool to ensure that 
Americans don't pay the price for global shocks in the energy market 
and the volatility in the global energy market.
  When I was in my district last week, I traveled more than 1,600 miles 
between constituent meetings, from Albuquerque to Santa Teresa to 
Carlsbad. Those meetings included meetings with oil and gas producers, 
with folks in Carlsbad and in Hobbs.
  My constituents make these commutes every single day, paying more at 
the pump because we are not passing commonsense legislation that allows 
us to lower the cost of gas in this country, which the SPR allows us to 
do.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, this amendment is simply another 
delaying tactic to delay the effects of the bill until after the 
Secretary of Energy publishes a report exposing how backlogged the 
Department of the Interior is on drilling permits. It is nothing more 
than a delaying tactic that is going to simply hurt American families, 
American workers.
  We already know the answer, Mr. Chairman. There are thousands of 
permits awaiting action from the Department of Energy for wells that 
could actually come online and help respond to the energy crisis and 
help American workers and American families.
  There is no need to wait for DOE to issue a study. That is a delaying 
tactic, especially on matters at the Department of the Interior. It is 
nothing but a delaying tactic.
  For that reason, Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on the amendment, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Vasquez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 64 Offered by Mr. Vasquez

  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     SECTION 1. DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS FOR THE SPR.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary 
     of Energy shall, to the greatest extent possible, acquire 
     petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that 
     are produced from sources located in the United States.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Mexico is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment to H.R. 21, the 
Strategic Production Response Act.
  My amendment removes the needless, burdensome paperwork for Federal 
agencies and simply says that the Department of Energy should seek to

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stock the Strategic Petroleum Reserve with American-produced energy.
  This will help Americans, including my constituents who commute 
hours--countless hours--every day across our expansive State, save 
money at the gas pump.
  If the goal is to support American workers, then my amendment to 
prioritize existing American production is the answer.
  If the point of this legislation is to support American workers in 
the energy industry, many of whom are in the Permian Basin in New 
Mexico, then I urge my colleagues to support my amendment.
  Pass my amendment to prioritize domestic energy over reliance on 
foreign nations because the reality is that the bill before us today 
adds more government bureaucracy and more needless paperwork.
  Why would we pass a bill that would delay using the SPR in the times 
of our country's greatest need?
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a critical tool to ensure that 
Americans don't pay for these global energy shocks.
  H.R. 21 is a bill to make Americans pay higher prices for longer. 
This doesn't make sense.
  Last week, as I mentioned, I was in my district, traveling across the 
vast district almost the size of the State of Pennsylvania, and I heard 
directly from my constituents, from energy officials, from folks that 
are in Carlsbad and Hobbs, and I know what it means to support American 
workers.
  Mr. Chair, if we want to support our workers we should pass my 
amendment, to guarantee that the first place we turn to restock the SPR 
is right here in the United States, without the needless paperwork.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. WEBER of Texas. Mr. Chair, plain and simple, plain and simple, 
this amendment is unnecessary and misguided and, not to mention, oh, it 
strikes the whole bill.
  Maybe a lesson is needed for our friends across the aisle. The United 
States is the world's largest energy producer, in case y'all didn't 
know that; and combined with our allies, Canada and Mexico, North 
America is the world's largest energy superpower.
  Our network of pipelines, production platforms, and refineries span 
our borders, providing the American people with energy security that is 
absolutely unmatched around the world. Let me repeat that: Absolutely 
unmatched around the world.
  Our refineries along the Gulf Coast, which I have the third upper 
part of the Gulf Coast in the State of Texas, are the most complex and 
technically advanced in the entire world, bar none. We take crude oil 
of all grades from around the world and make valuable fuels and refined 
products that actually drive our entire economy.
  This amendment would cut off a valuable source of energy, just like 
when President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline.
  I think I heard them say that they were about helping American 
workers, and how many jobs were lost when he canceled the Keystone 
pipeline.
  For that reason, Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment 
because it will make America less energy secure, the exact opposite 
purpose of H.R. 21, the bill before us.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Vasquez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. VASQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico 
will be postponed.


               Amendment No. 135 Offered by Mr. Cicilline

  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer Amendment No. 135.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 1, strike ``Limitation'' and insert 
     ``Limitations''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not'' and insert ``shall 
     not--''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``provide for'' and insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) provide for''.
       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) provide for leasing for oil and gas production in any 
     area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the 
     State of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
     Connecticut, or New York.''.

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chairman, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from Rhode Island is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of my amendment 
to H.R. 21, the Strategic Production Response Act.
  My amendment would prohibit offshore drilling for oil and gas along 
the coast of New England and the contiguous waters of the State of New 
York.
  In Rhode Island and throughout New England, the health of our coast 
is sacred. Rhode Island's coastline supports good-paying jobs and 
economic growth in every city and town across our State. Crucial 
coastal industries like tourism, commercial and recreational fishing 
and boating are really the lifeblood of our communities.
  According to NOAA, the NOAA Office for Coastal Management, Rhode 
Island's coastal economy employs more than 467,000 people and 
contributes $59.3 billion in Gross Domestic Product annually.
  Rhode Islanders do not want oil and gas drilling just a few miles off 
our shores threatening our health, our economic livelihoods, and our 
way of life.
  When the former President announced a plan in 2018 to open New 
England's coastal waters to offshore drilling, I introduced the New 
England Coastal Protection Act to ban his administration and any future 
administration from taking this disastrous action.
  So I am here, Mr. Chairman, to ask my colleagues to support this 
amendment that really, without it, this legislation threatens the 
economic stability of my constituents and the quality of life for those 
who live in coastal communities all across the New England coast.
  Make no mistake: This legislation would have catastrophic effects on 
the ocean and many of the other invaluable natural resources that we 
hold so dear and that we are obligated to protect.
  While my colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to place 
the profits of Big Oil above all else, I oppose these dangerous and 
shortsighted policies at every turn, and I am committed to protecting 
my constituents and the communities that I represent.
  I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield back the 
balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of a point of 
order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The reservation of the point of order is withdrawn.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chairman, the legislation we are considering today 
is a national solution for a national challenge. We cannot arbitrarily 
remove places from consideration if the best science, technology, and 
practices can safely and responsibly obtain the energy we need to power 
our economy.
  H.R. 21 will strengthen our energy security and stop the Biden 
administration from raiding our strategic stockpile.
  I urge a ``no'' on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my 
time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island 
will be postponed.

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                Amendment No. 125 Offered by Mr. Quigley

  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``date on which the Secretary 
     certifies that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has ended''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Illinois is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment today to ensure that 
the President and the Secretary of Energy are able to use the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve without arbitrary limitations during a time of war.
  This amendment allows for the U.S. to have the full capabilities of 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at its disposal without restrictions 
for as long as Russia continues to illegally attack Ukraine.
  On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an illegal invasion of Ukraine, 
altering the geopolitical landscape, not only in Europe but across the 
globe. President Biden and our allies took swift and significant action 
to support Ukraine by banning Russian energy imports. These actions 
have put pressure on Putin and allowed Ukraine to continue defending 
its sovereignty, and with it, our democratic ideals.
  Putin's war has caused a global energy crisis which has been 
exacerbated by increased demand as we recover from the COVID-19 
pandemic.
  Americans felt the energy and gas prices rising as U.S. energy 
suppliers worked to meet the need. Thankfully, the U.S. has the 
strategic reserve at its disposal. This reserve is the world's largest 
supply of emergency crude oil with the sole purpose of meeting energy 
demands in times of crisis.
  President Biden smartly utilized all the tools at his disposal to 
limit energy supply constraints and released enough barrels of crude 
oil to fill the gap left by Russian oil. Experts show that Biden's 
actions helped lower the price of gasoline for Americans everywhere 
from 13 to 31 cents a gallon.
  Sadly, almost 1 year later, the international landscape continues to 
be in crisis. We are no closer to re-establishing Ukrainian 
sovereignty, while Russia continues to launch offenses.
  Until Ukraine is free, until Ukrainians feel safe, until Russia is 
held accountable, our global energy markets are at risk.
  I yield back the balance of my time.

                              {time}  2045


                             Point of Order

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I insist on my point of order against the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, clause 7 of rule XVI prohibits the House 
and its committees from considering nongermane amendments. The 
amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI of the House rule because it is 
not germane to the underlying bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production, but the amendment addresses the Russian invasion of 
Ukraine.
  This is outside the scope of H.R. 21. Conditioning enactment of this 
bill upon an entirely unrelated foreign military event is not germane.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member wish to be heard on this point of 
order?
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Chair, for these purposes, the subject matter can be 
construed as preventing certain SPR drawdowns until the administration 
develops a production increase plan. This amendment narrowly addresses 
the same subject matter without broadening the plan. Rather, it ensures 
a timeline conducive with our current state of international crisis.
  This amendment says the plan can't be implemented before the 
Secretary of Energy certifies that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has 
ended. It does not condition the effectiveness of the bill, nor does it 
require any extraneous action or bring any new statute or new 
committees of jurisdiction.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does any other Member wish to be heard on this 
point of order?
  The Chair is now prepared to rule.
  The gentleman from North Dakota makes a point of order that the 
amendment is not germane to the bill. Clause 7 of rule XVI provides 
that no proposition on a subject different from that under 
consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
  One of the central tenets of the germaneness rule is that an 
amendment may impose a related condition on the terms of a bill. The 
bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed a plan to 
increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production.
  The amendment provides that the prohibition contemplated by the bill 
may be effective only when ``Russia's invasion of Ukraine has ended.''
  Various precedents recorded in the manual section 940 illustrate the 
principle that an amendment may subject the operation of a bill to a 
condition, but only if that condition is ``related to the general 
purpose and within the scope of the pending proposition.''
  The Chair would note a relevant precedent as an example of this 
principle.
  On December 11, 1973, a bill authorizing military assistance to 
Israel and funds for the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle 
East was under consideration. An amendment was offered conditioning the 
availability of the authorized funds on a Presidential certification 
related to a specified level of domestic energy supplies was ruled out 
of order because the amendment conditioned the effectiveness of the 
underlying measure on an unrelated contingency. That precedent is 
carried in Deschler's Precedents, chapter 28, section 31.22.
  The amendment in question provides a condition on the effectiveness 
of the bill as earlier described.
  The Chair believes that the condition based on a foreign invasion is 
not related to a prohibition on the drawdown at the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve pursuant to this bill.
  In this way, the Chair finds that the condition imposed by the 
amendment is not related to the subject matter of the bill.
  For this reason, the Chair finds that the amendment is not germane. 
The point of order is sustained.


                 Amendment No. 80 Offered by Mr. Takano

  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 80.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closed quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Comment period.--Before finalizing the plan required 
     under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide an 
     opportunity for public comment on the plan for a period of at 
     least 90 days.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, my amendment is simple in that it would 
improve the transparency of the process around the development of the 
plan required in the underlying bill.
  Like other regulatory processes where public input is required, my 
amendment would require the Secretary to provide for an opportunity for 
at least a 90-day public comment period on the plan.
  If Congress is going to open up more Federal land for oil and gas 
production, we must hear from the communities and stakeholders that 
would be affected by most of these projects. This amendment simply 
gives an opportunity for the public to offer their views and knowledge 
for the Secretary to consider in the formation of any plan.
  Oil and gas drilling can be a terribly destructive process for the 
environment and the communities around these drilling sites. The 
individuals and families who must live near drilling sites are forced 
to experience the harsh day-to-day realities of air and water quality 
impacts, which can lead to increased risks of developing asthma, 
respiratory disease, cancer, and other harmful side effects.
  If the Secretary is going to recommend a plan to expand more 
drilling, then we should hear from experts,

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stakeholders, and others who have a vested interest and allow them to 
participate openly and honestly in the process.
  This is a simple, good-governance amendment. We are elected to 
Congress by the people, and it is the people who are affected who 
deserve a say in what happens in their communities.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on my amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve by requiring any nonemergency use to be 
accompanied by a plan to produce American oil resources. It is about 
conditioning nonemergency uses with the requirement to focus on energy 
production.
  Notably, this amendment does not seek public comment on nonemergency 
political uses of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It doesn't require 
comment on the value of preserving our strategic assets for true energy 
emergencies. This amendment needlessly delays the plan, and I urge a 
``no'' vote.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
  The amendment was rejected.


                 Amendment No. 81 Offered by Mr. Takano

  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 81.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Considerations.--In developing the plan under 
     paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider the number of 
     inactive but approved Federal oil and gas leases and permits 
     to drill issued before the date of enactment of this 
     subsection.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, my amendment would require the Secretary to 
consider the current number of inactive but approved Federal oil and 
gas leases and permits to drill in the development of any proposed 
plan. My amendment is vital to fully capturing the scope of unused oil 
and gas leases and permits to drill on Federal lands that companies are 
choosing not to utilize.
  There are currently over 9,000 approved permits to drill on Federal 
land, yet my Republican colleagues want to open up even more Federal 
lands and approve additional permits to drill. The underlying bill is 
merely a politically motivated effort to undermine this 
administration's ability to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
while opening up more Federal lands to exploitation by private-sector 
interests.
  Before the Secretary can draft any plan that proposes expanded 
drilling on Federal lands, I believe it is important that it consider 
all information relevant to such a plan, and that includes how many 
leases and permits are already approved but left inactive.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support 
this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve by requiring nonemergency use to be 
accompanied by a plan to produce American resources. This amendment 
raises a misleading issue.
  Consider a couple of facts. The majority of leases on Federal land 
are currently producing oil and gas. Two-thirds of active leases are 
producing. The rest are going through a burdensome regulatory process 
or being tied up by litigation. This is an unnecessary amendment that 
seeks to impede the important goals of H.R. 21.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 82 Offered by Mr. Takano

  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 82.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 13, strike ``date of enactment of this 
     subsection'' and insert ``effective date of this 
     subsection''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not--
       ``(A) provide for a total increase in the percentage of 
     Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased for oil and 
     gas production in excess of 10 percent; or
       ``(B) provide for any increase in oil and gas drilling if 
     that oil and gas drilling would impact deployment of 
     renewable energy projects on Federal lands.''.
       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act, and any amendments made by this Act, shall take 
     effect on the date on which the Secretary of Energy certifies 
     that increased oil and gas drilling on Federal lands will not 
     impact deployment of renewable energy projects on Federal 
     lands.

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, the United States is at the forefront of clean 
energy development and clean energy deployment globally. Not only are 
we developing countless private renewable energy projects across the 
country, but we have hundreds more wind, solar, and geothermal projects 
on Federal lands, with many more on the way.
  If we are to remain a global leader in renewable energy deployment, 
then we should ensure any new oil and gas drilling does not impede the 
rapid deployment of renewable energy projects that are so critical to 
our energy independence and security.
  Before we consider approving even more land for outdated and highly 
polluting forms of energy, we must continue on our march into the 
future and invest in renewable energy projects, not just on Federal 
lands but in every community that stands to benefit from these 
projects.
  My amendment would require the Secretary to not only certify that 
increased oil and gas drilling on Federal lands will not negatively 
impact renewable energy project development but also prohibit the 
inclusion of any recommendations to expand such drilling in this plan 
if it would do so.
  Yes, we must make gas affordable at the pump, but the President of 
the United States has already helped lower prices for the American 
people by drawing down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. In fact, the 
underlying legislation would create additional barriers to keeping gas 
prices low.
  The answer is not more drilling. The answer is to invest in renewable 
energy and to make these new technologies more affordable for everyday 
Americans.
  If we want to keep the United States from falling second to China in 
the deployment of renewable energy projects, then we should be taking 
every reasonable step to continue their deployment. My amendment would 
do just that by ensuring the plan required in the underlying bill 
mitigates any impacts to renewable energy projects on Federal lands.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' on my amendment, and 
I yield back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I do insist on the point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, the amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI 
of the rules of the House because it is not germane to the underlying 
bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase

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the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production, but 
the amendment would establish an effective date based on the 
certification that the Federal lands considered for the plan will not 
impact deployment of renewable energy projects on Federal lands.
  Since this bill is about strategic petroleum supply, the deployment 
of renewable energy projects is outside the scope of H.R. 21, and the 
amendment is not germane.

                              {time}  2100

  The Acting CHAIR. Does any Member seek to speak on this point of 
order?
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Chair, I respectfully reject the point of order 
against my amendment. Adding limitations to the scope of the existing 
plan required in paragraph 1 falls squarely within the jurisdiction of 
the base text and the legislative intent of the bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. Do any other Members seek time on this point of 
order to be heard? If not, the Chair is prepared to rule.
  The gentleman from North Dakota makes a point of order that the 
amendment is not germane to the bill.
  The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed 
a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for 
oil and gas production.
  The amendment in question provides a condition on the effectiveness 
of the bill. The condition provides that the Secretary will certify 
that increased drilling will not impact deployment of energy projects 
on Federal land.
  The Chair believes that oil and gas drilling is reasonably related to 
the plan contemplated by the bill.
  In accordance with the Chair's detailed analysis of the underlying 
procedural principles stated earlier today, the Chair finds that the 
conditions imposed by the amendment is related to the subject of the 
bill.
  For this reason, the Chair finds that the amendment is germane. The 
point of order is overruled.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring any nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American oil resources.
  This amendment undermines the purpose of the bill. It seeks to erect 
limits for the sake of expanding renewable energy projects on Federal 
lands. Yet, these very same renewable projects--such as weather-
dependent wind and solar--must have natural gas backup and other firm 
energy to assure reliability.
  This amendment not only undermines the energy security purpose of 
this bill, it would help intensify the reliability crisis that is 
growing worse and worse all across the United States.
  It is time to get serious about energy security and affordable, 
reliable energy.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Takano).
  The amendment was rejected.


             Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. Castro of Texas

  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer Castro amendment No. 
4.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 1, strike ``Limitation'' and insert 
     ``Limitations''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``shall not'' and insert ``shall 
     not--''.
       Page 3, line 2, strike ``provide for'' and insert the 
     following:
       ``(A) provide for''.
       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent; 
     and''.
       Page 3, after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) provide for oil and gas leasing of any Federal lands 
     that have a high concentration of orphaned oil and gas 
     wells.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment to the 
Strategic Production Reserve Act to prohibit the Secretary of Energy 
from approving new oil and gas leases on Federal lands that have high 
concentrations of orphaned oil and gas wells.
  Over the 160-year history of industrial oil and gas extraction in the 
United States, companies have dug millions of oil wells to fuel energy 
demands at home and around the world.
  When the pumps run dry and the wells are no longer profitable, 
companies are supposed to seal them up to stop toxic chemicals from 
escaping into the environment. Unfortunately, they often have not.
  Between the lax regulations of the oil boom and the patchwork of 
current State and Federal laws, oil companies have been able to shirk 
their responsibility to keep the communities around their wells safe.
  Today, the American landscape is dotted with abandoned, uncapped 
wells that leak toxins into the air we breathe and the water we drink.
  The U.S. Geological Survey has documented more than 117,000 orphaned 
wells, and the EPA estimates that as many as 3 million could exist 
across the country.
  Last year, as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress 
authorized $4.7 billion in investment to plug orphaned wells and 
protect the areas around them from further environmental harm.
  But even with this funding, the government is playing whack-a-mole--
with new orphaned wells emerging as we struggle to clean up the ones we 
already have.
  Right now, as we debate this bill, the largest owner of oil and gas 
wells in the country is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy that could 
leave more than 70,000 orphaned wells spewing poison in different parts 
of the country.
  As taxpayers cover the tab for the mess that oil companies created, 
we should not be signing leases that open the door to a new generation 
of orphaned wells.
  My State of Texas is the top oil and gas producing State in the 
Nation, and I am acutely aware of how important the energy industry is 
to our State and our national economy.
  This amendment does not ask oil companies to repay taxpayers for the 
billions we have already spent to clean up their toxic wells, and it 
doesn't prevent further drilling.
  Instead, it pauses new drilling leases on Federal lands with the 
highest concentration of orphaned wells--giving the government a chance 
to catch up with the cleanup efforts that are already underway.
  This is a commonsense amendment that would bring relief to the 14 
million Americans who live within a mile of an orphaned well.
  Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to support this commonsense amendment, 
and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, the purpose of the bill is to prevent 
further abuse of the SPR and require the Secretary to establish a plan 
to increase and unleash American energy production on Federal lands and 
offshore waters.
  This amendment is nothing more than another attempt to limit oil and 
gas production in the United States. American energy workers are eager 
to get back to work--we can produce millions more barrels of oil per 
day instead of relying on OPEC and Russia for our energy needs.
  President Biden's Department of the Interior only leased 126,228 
acres for drilling during his first 19 months in office.
  To put that in perspective, no other President since Richard Nixon 
leased out fewer than 4.4 million acres at that stage in their first 
term.
  The Biden administration has made it more difficult than any other 
administration in history to produce energy, and this amendment would 
add to that.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.

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  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas will 
be postponed.

                              {time}  2110


                Amendment No. 24 Offered by Ms. Barragan

  Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 24.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``, 
     nor shall it include any Federal land a boundary of which is 
     within 3,200 feet of a residence, school, or hospital.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Chairman, I rise to offer an amendment to protect 
the public health of our communities in this plan to increase oil and 
gas production on public lands. My amendment prevents Federal lands 
from being included in the required oil drilling plan if it is within 
3,200 feet of a residence, a school, or a hospital.
  This is a commonsense measure to limit the harmful impact of this 
legislation. People living near oil wells are exposed to air pollutants 
that can cause asthma, cancer, pregnancy complications, and preterm 
births. I have seen it firsthand in my district. Kids are suffering 
from headaches and nosebleeds from being too close to oil drilling.
  Come to my district in California in Wilmington, Mr. Chairman, to 
meet these kids. See how many of them have asthma inhalers around their 
necks and in their pockets.
  But whether you are in an urban community, a suburban community, a 
rural community, or a Tribal community, everyone has a right to clean 
air and a safe environment.
  Now, oil and gas producing States like Colorado, Pennsylvania, 
Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico have drilling setback laws to 
protect communities. California also has passed a public health setback 
of 3,200 feet for any new well.
  This is a commonsense amendment for Democrats and Republicans to 
protect communities near our Federal lands from drilling.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues to vote for this amendment to 
protect public health, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, this amendment prohibits oil and gas 
production within 3,200 feet of a residence, school, or a hospital. The 
limits established by this amendment are arbitrary and would further 
restrict our ability to lease land to produce energy.
  A 3,200-foot boundary would be among the most aggressive prohibitions 
in the country. This is an issue best handled by State and local 
governments, not the Federal Government.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Barragan).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. BARRAGAN. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California 
will be postponed.


                Amendment No. 43 Offered by Ms. Plaskett

  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Add to the end the following:

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON RAISING ENERGY PRICES.

       This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall not 
     take effect until the date on which the Secretary of Energy, 
     in consultation with other Federal agencies as appropriate, 
     submits to Congress a certification that implementation of 
     this Act, and the amendments made by this Act, will not 
     increase the average price of energy for American consumers.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chairman, this amendment would prohibit the bill 
from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
other Federal agencies, certifies that this bill will not result in an 
increase to the average price of energy for Americans.
  The world's largest supply of emergency crude oil--the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve--was established to reduce the devastating impact of 
supply shocks on prices. When supply shocks are allowed to occur 
uninhibited, prices rise, and the American people suffer.
  Whether it is mile-long lines at your local gas station or home 
energy costs that force families into the cold or heat, supply shocks 
in energy markets hurt people. They might not hurt some of my 
colleagues' neighborhoods, but they certainly hurt mine.
  My constituents would feel deeply the pain that would happen if the 
President was not permitted to utilize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
to do its job.
  All too often, affording to keep the lights on is an everyday 
struggle for my constituents and for many other Americans, as well. My 
district, the Virgin Islands, has among the highest residential and 
commercial electric rates in the country.
  The SPR is one of the few mechanisms that the Federal Government has 
to prevent ever-growing price pressures from crushing people. Less than 
1 year ago, in the face of global crude oil instability following 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Biden acted with great positive 
effect to make measured drawdowns from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, 
causing price reductions by as much as 40 cents per gallon at the pump. 
Today, average gasoline prices are down by more than $1.50 per gallon 
from their peak last summer. So the utilization of the SPR thus far to 
release oil into the market has been very effective for American 
taxpayers. The SPR is a force for good when it is allowed to operate 
unencumbered.
  However, this bill would significantly weaken this critical energy 
security tool and hamstring the President's ability to utilize the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a time of disruption, which will result 
in more oil supply shortages. It would do so by making it harder to 
withdraw oil into the market quickly to increase supply when the market 
needs it most--which will drive up gasoline prices.
  The President must be able to rapidly provide oil from the SPR to 
address supply disruptions and respond to emergencies. Arbitrarily 
requiring the completion of reports related to energy production on 
Federal lands specifically--a matter which the Department of Energy 
does not control--would only delay response and increase prices when 
energy disruptions occur.
  So my amendment is simple. It provides that SPR utilization may not 
be limited unless the Secretary of Energy certifies that this would not 
push up average energy prices in America.
  Nothing is standing in the way of domestic oil production. Oil 
production is up by 1 million barrels per day under President Biden and 
is on track to reach a new record high this year. There are nearly 
10,000 approved but unused permits to drill.
  The basic rules of economics must continue to apply. The SPR should 
continue to serve as a flexible and responsible emergency supply 
recourse to put down pressure on energy prices. Under my amendment, 
this bill must not yield the opposite and raise energy prices.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge all my colleagues to please approve my 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposition to the 
amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chairman, this amendment is just aimed at delaying 
the implementation of the bill.
  We all know the Biden administration has used the SPR for political 
gain to artificially decrease the price of gas at politically 
convenient times for his administration. They have deflected the blame 
for high energy prices everywhere but their own policy.
  They have attempted to blame these record-high prices on Russia, on 
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on gas station owners, and on oil companies.
  The reality is prices were already up over $1 a gallon well before 
Russia invaded Ukraine. Maybe it has something to do with President 
Biden's stating on the campaign trail: no more subsidies for the fossil 
fuel industry. No more drilling on Federal lands. No more drilling, 
including offshore. No ability for the oil industry to continue to 
drill, period.
  He also pledged to stop the Keystone XL. On his very first day in 
office, he placed a moratorium on drilling and revoked the permit for 
the Keystone XL pipeline.
  Earlier this week, Secretary Granholm said at the White House press 
briefing that there is nothing standing in the way of oil and gas 
production in the United States.
  The simple fact is the Biden administration has taken a whole-of-
government approach to regulate the industry and try and force it out 
of existence.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from the Virgin 
Islands will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 79 Offered by Ms. Perez

  Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 79.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the 
     final period.
       Page 3, after line 9, insert the following:
       ``(4) Coastal fisheries exclusion.--The plan required by 
     paragraph (1) shall not provide for oil and gas leasing in 
     any tract in the Washington/Oregon Planning Area if such oil 
     and gas leasing would adversely impact coastal fisheries.''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Washington is recognized for 5 
minutes.

                              {time}  2120

  Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer an amendment prohibiting oil 
and gas leasing on any tract of the Washington-Oregon Planning Area, 
where leasing would negatively impact coastal fisheries.
  The health of our economies depends on a clean Pacific. Washington 
generates over $8.5 billion of revenue in fisheries and seafood 
processing a year. My district is home to one of the most fishing-
dependent communities in the entire U.S.
  Pacific County is home to the largest shellfish-producing community 
on the entire West Coast. Pacific County produces almost 50 million 
pounds of shellfish a year. That is 600 jobs and over $10 million of 
value.
  The towns of Ilwaco and Chinook support over 200 fishing vessels. 
That is 1,300 jobs, generating 21 million pounds of fish and shellfish 
and $25 million of personal income. To be clear, this is critical to 
the economies of our coastal communities.
  The Strategic Petroleum Reserve will continue to be a critical part 
of our national security infrastructure, and oil and gas will continue 
to be part of our energy economy for a long time, but we can't 
sacrifice our rural economies for a one-off jackpot in oil.
  I am proud to offer this amendment to protect coastal fisheries and 
the communities they support, and I am glad to stand up for people who 
work for a living. I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes in opposition.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve by requiring a nonemergency use to be 
accompanied by a plan to produce American oil resources.
  Increasing energy security means increasing energy supply, reducing 
prices as we witnessed during the tremendous advancement of American 
energy production up until just a few years ago.
  This amendment aims to limit any expansion of energy in these areas, 
regardless of the environmental practices. It will harm local 
economies, ensure higher prices for fishermen, and undermine the 
purpose of this bill.
  Mr. Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back 
the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Perez).
  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Ms. PEREZ. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 92 Offered by Mr. Bowman

  Mr. BOWMAN. Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 92.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 2, line 24, strike ``limitation'' and insert 
     ``limitations''.
       Page 3, strike lines 1 and 2, and insert the following:
       ``(2) Limitations.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
     shall not--
       ``(A) provide for a total increase in
       Page 3, line 5, strike ``percent.'' and insert ``percent; 
     or''.
       Page 3 after line 5, insert the following:
       ``(B) authorize the participation, including in any lease 
     auction that occurs pursuant to such plan, by any corporation 
     or entity that the Secretary determines contributed to price-
     gouging in the oil and gas sector in 2022.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. BOWMAN. Mr. Chairman, according to my friends across the aisle, 
the purpose of this bill is to promote energy security and lower costs 
for consumers. I hope they will agree that if our goal is to protect 
Americans, then we cannot allow price-gouging corporations to 
participate in any increased drilling on Federal lands under this bill. 
That would defeat the entire purpose.
  My amendment to H.R. 21 simply says that if you price gouged the 
American people last year, you should not be allowed to participate in 
a plan whose goal is to reduce prices and promote the public interest.
  Nobody can deny that Big Oil and Gas engaged in price gouging in 
2022. They raked in record profits--$343 billion in the first three 
quarters of last year--at the same time that historically high gas 
prices were pummeling American workers across the country. Inflation 
gave these companies cover to jack up prices even higher. Supply chain 
disruptions and a refinery crunch gave them cover to keep supply 
restricted and to engage in market manipulation.
  This is not my interpretation. This is what they broadcast to their 
investors. Exxon and Chevron executives, for example, bragged about 
maintaining capital discipline and about funneling billions back to 
shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks.
  We should not accept that behavior. Let's come together on a 
bipartisan basis and protect the American people from corporate price 
gouging.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring any nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American oil resources. This increases energy security, increases the 
supply and affordability of oil, and creates stable prices.
  This amendment seeks to condition a plan based on entities that may 
or may not even participate in available lease tract auctions. This 
amendment undermines the purpose of the bill, and I urge a ``no'' vote 
on the amendment.
  Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Bowman).

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  The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.
  Mr. BOWMAN. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote.
  The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further 
proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York 
will be postponed.


                 Amendment No. 13 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk, No. 13.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 3. REPORT ON CAMPAIGN DONATIONS FROM THE OIL AND GAS 
                   INDUSTRY.

       Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Chair of the Federal Election Commission shall 
     submit to Congress a report on campaign donations made during 
     the 2 most recent election cycles to Members of Congress from 
     oil and gas industry lobbyists and corporations.

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I reserve a point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved.
  The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, our residents elect each of us to represent 
them in this body, not special interest groups or well-funded lobbies.
  Yet, each year, the oil and gas lobby spends millions of dollars 
buying meetings with Members, influencing and writing bills, and 
defeating even the smallest efforts to help address our reliance on 
oil.
  I believe the American people deserve to know just how much their 
Member is receiving from the oil and gas lobby to support their 
favorite policies, and that is what this amendment would do.
  Transparency, Mr. Chair, is paramount to building public trust, and 
this amendment would go a long way in restoring the public's faith in 
this body.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.


                             Point of Order

  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I do insist on my point of order.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman will state his point of order.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, the amendment violates clause 7 of rule XVI 
of the rules of the House because it is not germane to the underlying 
bill.
  Specifically, the bill limits the drawdown of the petroleum in the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Department of Energy develops a 
plan to increase the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas 
production.
  This amendment requires the Chair of the Federal Election Commission 
to submit to Congress a report of certain campaign donations. Campaign 
donations are outside the scope of H.R. 21.
  I would also suggest that the disclosure of campaign donations falls 
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on House Administration, but 
that committee does not have any jurisdiction over the subject matter 
of H.R. 21.
  This amendment is not germane.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does anyone else seek to be heard on the point of 
order?
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, although I respectfully disagree with the 
gentleman, I also acknowledge the importance of the Parliamentarian 
ruling, and whatever rule or decision by the Parliamentarian is made, I 
will respect that decision. Again, I respectfully disagree and believe 
very much that this is applicable to this bill.
  The Acting CHAIR. Does anyone else seek time to speak on the point of 
order?
  The Chair is prepared to rule.
  The gentleman from North Dakota makes a point of order that the 
amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Michigan is not germane.
  Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no 
proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall 
be admitted under color of amendment.
  Among the fundamental principles of germaneness is that an amendment 
must confine itself to matters that fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee or committees with jurisdiction over the pending measure, as 
documented in section 934 of the House Rules and Manual.
  The bill was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The 
amendment falls within the legislative jurisdiction of the Committee on 
House Administration.
  By addressing a matter within the jurisdiction of a committee not 
represented in the bill, the amendment is not germane. The point of 
order is sustained.

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                 Amendment No. 14 Offered by Ms. Tlaib

  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, I rise to offer my amendment No. 14.
  The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Page 3, line 5, strike ``10 percent'' and insert ``0.1 
     percent''.

  The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Chair, Big Oil is sitting on 9,000 approved, unused 
drilling permits on Federal lands. Folks are lying to you when they say 
we need more permits and more drilling.
  My amendment is simple. It lowers the permissible increase in Federal 
lands available for drilling from 10 percent to 0.1 percent.
  What we really need, Mr. Chair, are windfall profit taxes on Big Oil 
so that they stop price gouging our constituents at the pump.
  Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to please support me on this 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to the amendment.
  The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Dakota is recognized for 5 
minutes.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, H.R. 21 is about strengthening the SPR by 
requiring any nonemergency use to be accompanied by a plan to produce 
American resources. By lowering the number from 10 percent to 0.1 
percent, you essentially defeat the whole purpose of introducing the 
bill.
  To be quite frank, it wouldn't be worth the paper we are using to put 
it in front of Congress at this point in time.
  We should have a conversation about this because at any point in time 
we are going to blame, whether it is an invasion in the Ukraine or Big 
Oil or small oil or gas stations or American consumers or the climate 
crisis or all of those different things. The reality of this 
conversation is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is at the lowest 
rate it has been since 1983, is putting us at dangerous risk if any 
kind of weather event happens in the Chair's home State of Texas or 
Florida or the Gulf, where we really have these types of issues.
  The reality to this entire conversation is that prior to the election 
of President Biden as President, the oil and gas production onshore and 
offshore in the United States had made us less vulnerable to foreign 
interference than at any other time in our current history.
  Since this administration has been in place, we have relied more and 
more on outside oil and become subject to the same crises and problems 
that we witnessed in the 1980s and the 1990s and until we discovered 
shale in places like North Dakota.
  This amendment guts the entire purpose of the bill. And while that is 
the intent of the amendment, I would strongly urge a ``no'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Tlaib).
  The amendment was rejected.
  Mr. ARMSTRONG. Mr. Chair, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The motion was agreed to.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Brecheen) having assumed the chair, Mr. Sessions, Acting Chair of the 
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, reported that 
that Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 21) to 
provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas 
production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in 
conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve, had come to no resolution thereon.

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