[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 588-
615; 1 private bill, H.R. 616; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 68-69, were 
introduced.                                               
  Pages H488-90
Additional Cosponsors:                                        
  Page H491
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative McClintock to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                              Page H433
  Strategic Production Response Act: The House passed 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, by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 205 nays, Roll 
No. 93.                                                   
  Pages H435-71
Agreed to:
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 147 printed in the Record) that adds a new 
section to the end of the bill that nothing in this Act may be 
construed to authorize the President to make a determination under 
section 161(d) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241(d)) that an emergency situation exists in order for the Secretary 
of Energy to draw down and sell petroleum products under such 
subsection for political, non-emergency purposes; and     
Pages H437-38
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 146 printed in the Record) that strikes 
from Page 2, line 22, that is and insert that has been drawn down 
during the period beginning January 21, 2021, and ending on the date of 
enactment of this Act, that is.                           
Pages H439-40
Rejected:
  Sherman amendment (No. 88 printed in the Record) that sought to add a 
new paragraph excepting the plan from applying if the President 
produces a plan to limit the amount of oil and gas exported from the 
United States by the same percentage as the percentage of petroleum in 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that is drawn down in each drawdown 
that occurs after the date of enactment of the subsection; 
                                                          Pages H438-39
  Lieu amendment (No. 62 printed in the Record) that sought to exclude 
oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Outer Continental Shelf 
if leasing on such tract would adversely impact any marine mammal from 
the plan required by paragraph (1);                           
Page H441
  Lee (CA) amendment (No. 84 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add a new paragraph titled Effective Date, 
stating that the plan will take effect on the date the Secretary 
certifies that any increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased 
for oil and gas production would not perpetuate environmental injustice 
(by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 61); 
                                                          Pages H448-49
  Payne amendment (No. 76 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add a new section at the end Rule of 
Construction with Respect to Environmental Justice relating to 
communities of color and low-wealth communities which face the greatest 
harms due to climate change and

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greenhouse gas emissions (by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 217 noes, 
Roll No. 62);                                             
Pages H448-50
  Wasserman Schultz amendment (No. 75 printed in the Record) that was 
debated on January 26th that sought to exclude the Big Cypress National 
Reserve (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 215 noes, Roll No. 63); 
                                                       Pages H448, H450
  Schneider amendment (No. 131 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to exclude oil and gas leasing in the Great 
Lakes from the plan (by a recorded vote of 209 ayes to 215 noes, Roll 
No. 64);                                            
Pages H448, H450-51
  Magaziner amendment (No. 59 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to exclude anything in section 2 from being 
construed as an impact to the authority of the President or Secretary 
of Energy to initiate a drawdown of petroleum products from the Reserve 
in order to lower gas prices (by a recorded vote of 204 ayes to 222 
noes, Roll No. 65);                                 
Pages H448, H451-52
  Magaziner amendment (No. 58 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to insert a new effective date of paragraph 
(1) to not take effect until the date on which the Secretary determines 
that implementation of paragraph (1) will not negatively affect 
consumers homes that are heated using heating oil or other petroleum-
based fuels (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 66); 
                                                       Pages H448, H452
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 74 printed in the Record) that was 
debated on January 26th that sought to limit the plan to include the 
lease of any land for oil or gas production to a company that has 
purchased an equity security of the company listed on a national 
securities exchange (by a recorded vote of 171 ayes to 256 noes, Roll 
No. 67);                                               
Pages H448, H453
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 72 printed in the Record) that was 
debated on January 26th that sought to limit the plan that, if leased 
for oil and gas production, to not increasing net carbon emissions (by 
a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 68); 
                                                    Pages H448, H453-54
  Ocasio-Cortez amendment (No. 73 printed in the Record) that was 
debated on January 26th that sought to limit the plan where oil and gas 
leasing would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Climate 
Accords (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 69); 
                                                       Pages H448, H454
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 35 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to include additional language excluding 
instances when the Secretary may not execute the first drawdown of 
petroleum products in the Reserve and changes the effective date of the 
bill (by a recorded vote of 205 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 70); 
                                                       Pages H448, H455
  Jackson Lee amendment (No. 36 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to add a paragraph within Section 2 that 
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 (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 
220 noes, Roll No. 71);                             
Pages H448, H455-56
  Ross amendment (No. 70 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add an exclusion paragraph stating that the 
plan in paragraph (1) shall not include any tracts where oil or gas 
production would harass or take a North Atlantic Right Whale (by a 
recorded vote of 212 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 72); 
                                                    Pages H448, H456-57
  Casten (IL) amendment (No. 66 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to add make sundry amendments to the bill 
and add a subparagraph titled ``Participation by Fossil Industry 
Entities'' (by a recorded vote of 199 ayes to 231 noes, Roll No. 73); 
                                                       Pages H448, H457
  Casten (IL) amendment (No. 67 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to make sundry amendments to the bill (by a 
recorded vote of 195 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 74); 
                                                    Pages H448, H457-58
  Casten (IL) amendment (No. 68 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to remove the word ``gas'' from the leasing 
of oil and gas production (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 237 noes, 
Roll No. 75);                                          
Pages H448, H458
  Manning amendment (No. 27 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to exclude the submerged lands of the Outer 
Continental Shelf from the plan (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 220 
noes, Roll No. 76);                                 
Pages H448, H458-59
  Scholten amendment (No. 60 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add certification language to the bill (by 
a recorded vote of 207 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 77); 
                                                    Pages H448, H459-60
  Lee (NV) amendment (No. 25 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add a new subsection within paragraph (2) 
to increase in Federal lands described in paragraph (1) that have no or 
low potential for oil and gas development (by a recorded vote of 207 
ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 78);                        
Pages H448, H460
  Porter amendment (No. 45 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to provide that the plan shall not provide 
financial benefit to any entity which is allowed any allowance for

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depletion which is determined under section 613 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 256 noes, Roll No. 79);
                                                    Pages H448, H460-61
  Vasquez amendment (No. 63 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add at the end of the bill an effective 
date section stating that it 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 (by a recorded vote of 
204 ayes to 224 noes, Roll No. 80);                 
Pages H448, H461-62
  Vasquez amendment (No. 64 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to strike all after the enacting clause and 
insert a section titled Domestic Oil and Gas for the SPR (by a recorded 
vote of 187 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 81);            
Pages H448, H462
  Cicilline amendment (No. 135 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to add additional limitations to the plan 
(by a recorded vote of 211 ayes to 217 noes, Roll No. 82); 
                                                    Pages H448, H462-63
  Takano amendment (No. 81 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add a consideration paragraph stating 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 the subsection (by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 221 
noes, Roll No. 83);                                 
Pages H448, H463-64
  Castro (TX) amendment (No. 4 printed in the Record) that was debated 
on January 26th that sought to add a new subparagraph within paragraph 
2 to provide for oil and gas leasing of any Federal lands that have a 
high concentration of orphaned oil and gas wells (by a recorded vote of 
197 ayes to 230 noes, Roll No. 84);                    
Pages H448, H464
  Barragan amendment (No. 24 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to exclude any Federal land a boundary of 
which is within 3,200 feet of a residence, school, or hospital (by a 
recorded vote of 209 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 85);        
Pages H448, H464-65
  Plaskett amendment (No. 43 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to add a new section at the end of the bill 
Prohibition on Raising Energy Prices which will not increase the 
average price of energy for American consumers (by a recorded vote of 
209 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 86);                 
Pages H448, H465-66
  Perez amendment (No. 79 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to limit leasing in the Washington/Oregon 
Planning Area if the lease would adversely impact coastal fisheries (by 
a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 87);      
Pages H448, H466
  Bowman amendment (No. 92 printed in the Record) that was debated on 
January 26th that sought to 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 (by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 229 
noes, Roll No. 88);                                 
Pages H448, H466-67
  Grijalva amendment (No. 145 printed in the Record) that sought to add 
to the end of the bill an additional paragraph that the plan required 
by paragraph (1) shall not include oil and gas leasing on any protected 
public lands (by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 218 noes, Roll No. 89);
                                           Pages H435-36, H448, H467-68
  Jackson (NC) amendment (No. 46 printed in the Record) that sought to 
permit the Secretary to delay drawdown if the drawdown will harm 
national security (by a recorded vote of 210 ayes to 220 noes, Roll No. 
90);                                          
Pages H436-37, H448, H468
  Lieu amendment (No. 61 printed in the Record) that sought to insert 
language stating that any drawdown that the Secretary determines will 
result in a net profit for the Federal Government (by a recorded vote 
of 198 ayes to 229 noes, Roll No. 91); and 
                                           Pages H440-41, H448, H468-69
  Nickel amendment (No. 77 printed in the Record) that sought to permit 
the Secretary to delay the drawdown if will worsen inflation (by a 
recorded vote of 207 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 92). 
                                           Pages H441-42, H448, H469-70
Point of Order sustained against:
  Pallone amendment (No. 95 printed in the Record) that sought to add 
the language of the bill titled Buy Low and Sell High Act. 
                                                          Pages H442-48
  Agreed by unanimous consent that the Clerk be authorized to make 
technical corrections in the engrossment to include corrections in 
spelling, punctuation, section numbering and cross-referencing, and the 
insertion of appropriate headings.                            
Page H471
  Providing amounts for the expenses of the Select Committee on the 
Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese 
Communist Party: The House agreed to discharge from committee and agree 
to H. Res. 67, providing amounts for the expenses of the Select 
Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and 
the Chinese Communist Party.                                  
Page H471
  United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission--
Appointment: Read a letter from Representative Jeffries, Minority 
Leader, in which he appointed the following member to the United

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States-China Economic and Security Review Commission: Mr. Jacob S. 
Helberg of Miami Beach, Florida.                              
Page H471
  Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Member on 
the part of the House to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution: Representative Matsui.                           
Page H471
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 12 noon on Monday, January 30th for 
Morning Hour debate.                                          
  Page H484
Quorum Calls--Votes: Thirty-three recorded votes and one yea-and-nay 
vote developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages 
H449, H449-50, H450, H450-51, H451-52, H452-53, H453, H453-54, H454, 
H455, H455-56, H456-57, H457, H457-58, H458, H458-59, H459-60, H460, 
H460-61, H461-62, H462, H462-63, H463-64, H464, H464-65, H465-66, H466, 
H466-67, H467-68, H468, H468-69, H469-70, H470-71.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 2:58 p.m.