[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 58 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D308-D310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 58 public bills, H.R. 12, 
2400-2456; and 14 resolutions, H.J. Res. 46-49; H. Con. Res. 31-32; and 
H. Res. 266-273, were introduced.                        
  Pages H1689-93
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H1695-96
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H.R. 1376. A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to 
declassify information relating to the origin of COVID-19, and for 
other purposes (H. Rept. 118-32, Part 1).                    
Page H1689
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Flood to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H1661
Lower Energy Costs Act: The House passed H.R. 1, to lower energy costs 
by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and 
critical

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minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, 
permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving 
water quality certification and energy projects, by a yea-and-nay vote 
of 225 yeas to 204 nays, Roll No. 182. Consideration began Tuesday, 
March 28th.                                              
  Pages H1662-78
  Rejected the Porter motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on 
Natural Resources, by a yea-and-nay vote of 207 yeas to 222 nays, Roll 
No. 181.                                                 
Pages H1677-78
Agreed to:
  Ogles amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
expresses the Sense of Congress that the royalty rate for onshore 
Federal oil and gas leases be 12.5%;                     
Pages H1662-64
  Perry amendment (No. 32 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
adds a prohibition to sec. 20209 on contributions from CCP entities; 
                                                             Page H1665
  Perry amendment (No. 33 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
adds a reporting requirement to sec. 20209 on non-Federal entities; 
                                                         Pages H1665-66
  Graves (LA) amendment (No. 37 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that provides regulatory certainty by explicitly authorizing the common 
practice of NPDES general permits and providing for continuances during 
times of administrative delay;                           
Pages H1670-72
  Westerman amendment (No. 20 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that was debated on March 29th that prohibits 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 (by a recorded vote 
of 407 ayes to 26 noes, Roll No. 174);                   
Pages H1672-73
  Leger Fernandez amendment (No. 25 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-
30) that was debated on March 29th that requires 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 (by a recorded vote of 323 ayes to 109 
noes, Roll No. 175);                                     
Pages H1673-74
  Ogles amendment (No. 31 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
provides that any entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Government 
of the People's Republic of China, or any entity that is owned by the 
Government of the People's Republic of China may not acquire any 
interest with respect to lands leased for oil or gas under the Mineral 
Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and may not acquire 
claims subject to the General Mining Law of 1872 (by a recorded vote of 
405 ayes to 24 noes, Roll No. 177);                      
Pages H1674-75
  Smith (NJ) amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) 
that requires a Government Accountability Office study of sufficiency 
of the environmental review process for offshore wind (by a recorded 
vote of 244 ayes to 189 noes, Roll No. 179); and 
                                                  Pages H1668-69, H1676
  Van Drew amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
requires the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on 
all potential adverse effects of wind energy development in the North 
Atlantic Planning Area (by a recorded vote of 220 ayes to 213 noes, 
Roll No. 180).                                 
Pages H1669-70, H1676-77
Rejected:
  Levin amendment (No. 26 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
was debated on March 29th that sought 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 (by a recorded vote of 205 
ayes to 228 noes, Roll No. 176); and                         
Page H1674
  Perry amendment (No. 34 printed in part B of H. Rept. 118-30) that 
sought to add to sec. 20305 an exception for certain actions under the 
Defense Production Act (by a recorded vote of 201 ayes to 230 noes, 
Roll No. 178).                                 
Pages H1666-68, H1675-76
  Agreed by unanimous consent that the Clerk be authorized to make 
technical corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 1, to include 
corrections in spelling, punctuation, section numbering and cross-
referencing, and the insertion of appropriate headings.      
Page H1678
  H. Res. 260, the rule providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 
1) was agreed to Tuesday, March 28th.
Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns 
today, it adjourn to meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 3rd.    
  Page H1678
Work Period Designation: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 
designated the period from Friday, March 31, 2023, through Sunday, 
April 17, 2023, as a ``district work period'' under section 3(z) of 
House Resolution 5.                                          
  Page H1679
Smithsonian American Women's History Museum Council--Appointment: The 
Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following individual 
on the part of the House to the Smithsonian American Women's History 
Museum Council: Mrs. Martha Hill of Little Rock, Arkansas.   
  Page H1679
Senate Referrals: S. 316 was held at the desk. S. 777 was held at the 
desk.                                                        
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Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H1679.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Two yea-and-nay votes and seven recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H1672-73, 
H1673-74, H1674, H1674-75, H1675-76, H1676, H1676-77, H1677-78, and 
H1678.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 1:32 p.m.