[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D296-D298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 555 public bills, H.R. 1844-
2398; 1 private bill, H.R. 2399; and 2 resolutions, H. Res. 264-265, 
were introduced.                                         
  Pages H1622-41
Additional Cosponsors:                                       
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Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Spartz to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:22 a.m. and reconvened at 12 p.m. 
                                                             Page H1539
Lower Energy Costs Act: The House considered H.R. 1, to lower energy 
costs by increasing American energy production, exports, 
infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting 
transparency, accountability, permitting, and production

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of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and 
energy projects. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, March 
30th.                                                 
  Pages H1542-H1615
Agreed to:
  Donalds amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires a study on streamlining the regulatory approval timeline by 
examining certain licensing/permitting processes for other sources of 
energy under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy;   
Page H1584
  Crenshaw amendment (No. 3 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to clarify the requisite timeline 
for making a decision on the approval or disapproval of a State 
underground injection control program;                   
Pages H1585-86
  Estes amendment (No. 4 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires the Secretary of Energy to use an index-based pricing bid 
system when purchasing petroleum products for the SPR;   
Pages H1586-87
  Houlahan amendment (No. 6 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
prohibits export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran or any country 
subject to sanctions imposed by the United States;       
Pages H1588-89
  Mace amendment (No. 8 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires the Secretary of Energy to report annually on the ongoing 
assessments of critical energy resources and actions taken to 
strengthen supply chains to advance American energy security; 
                                                             Page H1590
  Roy amendment (No. 13 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
directs FERC to withdraw its policy statements titled ``Certification 
of New Interstate Natural Gas Facilities'' and ``Consideration of 
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Natural Gas Infrastructure Project 
Reviews'';                                               
Pages H1595-96
  Barr amendment (No. 15 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
amends the FAST Act to expand eligibility for FAST 41 permitting for 
projects related to the extraction, recovery, or processing of critical 
minerals, rare-earth elements, microfine carbon, or carbon from coal, 
coal waste, coal processing waste, pre- or post-combustion coal 
byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines;       
Pages H1596-97
  Boebert amendment (No. 2 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
adds a Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the denial of Jordan 
Cove Project permits (by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 208 noes, Roll 
No. 167);                                         
Pages H1584-85, H1597
  Hern amendment (No. 5 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
expresses the sense of Congress disapproving of the proposed tax hikes 
on the oil and natural gas industry in the President's fiscal year 2024 
budget request (by a recorded vote of 228 ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 
168);                                          
Pages H1587-88, H1597-98
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 7 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that requires the EPA, in consultation with the DOE, to submit a report 
to Congress identifying and assessing existing regulations that have 
negatively affected domestic energy independence and increased energy 
cost for Americans (by a recorded vote of 245 ayes to 189 noes, Roll 
No. 169);                                      
Pages H1589-90, H1598-99
  Molinaro amendment (No. 9 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires a GAO study on how banning natural gas appliances will affect 
the rates and charges for electricity (by a recorded vote of 268 ayes 
to 163 noes, Roll No. 170);                       
Pages H1590-91, H1599
  Palmer amendment (No. 10 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
prohibits the Secretary of Energy from implementing its proposed rule 
regarding gas stoves, or any other rule that would limit consumer 
access to gas stoves (by a recorded vote of 251 ayes to 181 noes, Roll 
No. 171);                                   
Pages H1591-92, H1599-H1600
  Boebert amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
shortens the timetable to file a petition for judicial review of a 
permit, license, or approval of a major infrastructure project, such as 
a highway or public transit project, from 150 days to 90 days; 
                                                         Pages H1602-03
  Crawford amendment (No. 17 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires DOT to apply the One Federal Decision procedures to pipeline 
projects under NEPA review to streamline the environmental review/
permitting process;                                      
Pages H1603-04
  Donalds amendment (No. 18 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires a report on the current status of American uranium, how 
America's uranium compares to the global supply of uranium in terms of 
quantity and quality, etc.;                              
Pages H1604-05
  Perez amendment (No. 21 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Department of Commerce to determine 
technological needs for permitting programs and report them to Congress 
annually;                                                
Pages H1606-07
  Westerman amendment (No. 22 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that creates a national strategy for America to re-shore mineral supply 
chains and challenge the CCP;                            
Pages H1607-08
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 23 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
allows wildfire mitigation activities within 300 feet of a road on 
Federal lands to be carried out without regard to NEPA or ESA 
requirements;                                            
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  LaMalfa amendment (No. 24 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
expands the definition of ``hazard trees'' identified and removed along 
electric power lines as part of a utility's vegetation management plan 
to trees within 50 feet, from 10 feet; such plans will also be 
automatically approved after 60 days;                    
Pages H1609-10
  Luna amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires GAO to publish a report on the impact of wind energy, 
including the adverse effects of wind energy on military readiness, 
marine environment, and tourism, before the Secretary of the Interior 
can publish or hold a lease sale for energy development in the Eastern 
Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, the South Atlantic Planning Area, or the 
Straits of Florida Planning Area; and                    
Pages H1613-14
  Luna amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
expresses the sense of Congress that major components of wind 
infrastructure, including turbines, are imported in large quantities 
from other countries including countries that are national security 
threats, such as the Government of the People's Republic of China. 
                                                         Pages H1614-15
Rejected:
  Perry amendment (No. 11 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
sought to prohibit the Delaware River Basin Commission, Susquehanna 
River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac 
River Basin from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulations 
relating to hydraulic fracturing other than those issued by the State 
in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced (by a recorded 
vote of 210 ayes to 223 noes, Roll No. 172);   
Pages H1592-93, H1600-01
  Perry amendment (No. 12 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
sought to repeal section 115 of the Clean Air Act (by a recorded vote 
of 96 ayes to 336 noes, Roll No. 173);            
Pages H1593-95, H1601
  Grijalva amendment (No. 19 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
sought to strike Section 20103, which requires the Secretary of 
Interior to resolve any protest to a lease sale within 60 days; and 
                                                             Page H1605
  Levin amendment (No. 27 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
sought to specify that Division B shall not take effect until the 
Council on Environmental Quality, in consultation with affected Federal 
agencies, certifies that all agencies have the funding and staffing 
capacity to meet the Division's new timelines for environmental review 
without reducing the quality of such review.             
Pages H1612-13
Proceedings Postponed:
  Westerman amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that seeks to prohibit the Communist Party of China (or a person acting 
on behalf of the Communist Party of China) from acquiring any interest 
with respect to American farmland or any lands used for American 
renewable energy production;                             
Pages H1605-06
  Leger Fernandez amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-
30) that seeks to require each local unit of the Bureau of Land 
Management, National Park Service, and Forest Service to develop a plan 
to disseminate and advertise open civil service positions with 
functions relating to permitting and natural resources in their 
offices; each plan shall include outreach to local high schools, 
community colleges, institutions of higher education, and any other 
relevant institutions; and                               
Pages H1610-11
  Levin amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
seeks to strike Title V of Division B, to prevent the bill from 
repealing the Inflation Reduction Act's reforms to the oil and gas 
leasing program.                                         
Pages H1611-12
  H. Res. 260, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1) was agreed to yesterday, March 28th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, March 30th.    
  Page H1615
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he 
notified Congress that the national emergency with respect to South 
Sudan that was declared on April 3, 2014 is to continue in effect 
beyond April 3, 2023--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 118-19).                      
  Page H1615
  Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress that 
the national emergency with respect to significant malicious cyber-
enabled activities that was declared on April 1, 2015 is to continue in 
effect beyond April 1, 2023--referred to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 118-20).      
Pages H1615-16
Quorum Calls--Votes: Seven recorded votes developed during the 
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1597, H1597-98, H1598-99, 
H1599, H1600, H1600-01, and H1601.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:35 p.m.