[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 181 (Thursday, November 2, 2023)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1119-D1125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 41 public bills, H.R. 6171-
6211; and 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 96; and H. Res. 839-842, were 
introduced.                                              
  Pages H5361-63
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 838, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4821) 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4820) 
making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; and providing for 
consideration of the bill (H.R. 6126) making emergency supplemental 
appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 118-261); 
and
  H.R. 5734, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
extend the Administrative Fine Program for certain reporting violations 
(H. Rept. 118-262).                                          
Page H5361
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Fulcher to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
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Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by 
voice vote.                                                  
  Page H5233
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2024: The House began consideration of H.R. 4821, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and 
for other purposes. Consideration is expected to resume tomorrow, 
November 3rd.    
  Pages H5235-41, H5241-43, H5243-97, H5306-14, H5315-59
Agreed to:
  Simpson en bloc amendment consisting of the following amendments 
printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261: Buchanan (No. 3) that provides 
$1.15 million to the Prescott Grant Program to provide for more funding 
into the rescue and rehabilitation of manatees and reduces funding for 
the DOI Office of the Secretary; Molinaro amendment (No. 4) that 
provides a $2 million increase to the FWS Delaware River Basin 
Restoration Program and is offset by a $2 million reduction from the 
DOI Office of the Secretary; Adams (No. 5) that increases and decreases 
funding to the United States African-American Burial Grounds 
Preservation Program by $3 million and expresses support for funding at 
amount authorized to be appropriated; Castro (TX) (No. 6) that 
increases and decreases funding to the Operation of the National Parks 
budget to bring attention to the

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need for additional funding to the San Antonio Missions for security 
and maintenance purposes; Lawler (No. 7) that increases and decreases 
funding for the National Park Service to enhance maintenance and 
conservation of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail; Neguse (No. 8) 
that increases and decreases funding for the National Park Service by 
$266,124,000 to highlight the funding level requested in the 
President's Budget Request for the NPS and their funding needs; Norton 
(No. 9) that increases/decreases by $1 million the National Park 
Service's operations account to direct NPS to submit a report to 
Congress identifying statutes and regulations that inhibit active use 
of urban parks in the National Park System; Garbarino (No. 10) that 
reduces by $15 million and increases by $15 million the National 
Recreation and Preservation account with the intent to provide $15 
million for 9/11 Memorial Act grants; Lawler amendment (No. 11) that 
provides a $2 million increase to the National Recreation and 
Preservation Account to support NPS Heritage sites nationwide, 
including the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage 
Area in the Hudson River Valley and is offset by a $2 million reduction 
to the DOI Office of the Secretary; Molinaro (No. 12) that provides a 
$2 million increase to the National Recreation and Preservation Account 
to support NPS Heritage sites across the country, including the Erie 
Canal National Heritage Area in Upstate New York and is offset by a $2 
million reduction to the DOI Office of the Secretary; Espaillat (No. 
13) that increases and decreases funding to highlight the importance of 
the Historic Preservation Fund, which rehabilitates important 
historical sites; Jackson Lee (No. 14) that increases and decreases 
funds for the Historic Preservation Fund by $3,000,000 with the intent 
of enhancing activities for the preservation, restoration, and 
maintenance of nationally significant sites, artifacts, and structures 
through competitive grants at the local, state, and federal levels 
focusing on projects involving HBCUs, the Civil Rights movement, 
communities that are historically underrepresented, and the histories 
of Indigenous peoples; Barr (No. 17) that increases funding for USGS by 
$5 million to implement the Biden Administration's 2021 100 Day Supply 
Chain Review recommendation for the Department of Interior to identify 
potential sites where critical minerals could be sustainably and 
responsibly produced and processed in the United States; Buchanan (No. 
18) that provides $2.5 million to the National Water Quality Program to 
bolster research into harmful algal blooms and reduces funding for the 
DOI Office of the Secretary; Boebert (No. 20) that takes funding from 
EPA bureaucracy to fund Bureau of Indian Affairs for dirt school bus 
routes by $1.5 million; Gottheimer (No. 22) that increases funding for 
the Holocaust Memorial Museum by $5 million to study Holocaust 
education efforts in public schools nationwide; Kamlager-Dove (No. 23) 
that increases and decreases by $3 million to highlight the need to 
conduct a Workplace Environmental Survey to measure progress and direct 
interventions regarding sexual harassment/assault and other toxic 
workplace issues at the Department of the Interior; Molinaro (No. 24) 
that provides a $4 million increase for rural water technical 
assistance authorized under the Grassroots Rural and Small Community 
Water System Act and is offset by a $4 million decrease from DOI Office 
of the Secretary; Neguse (No. 25) that increases funding for the DOI 
and USFS Wildland Fire Management Accounts by $2 million each; Norcross 
(No. 26) that increases and decreases funding to direct the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management to conduct a study on the impacts of commercial 
fishing on endangered marine mammals; Plaskett (No. 27) that provides 
level funding for DOI assistance to territories of the United States by 
redirecting $12.5 million from the Office of the Secretary general fund 
to territorial assistance; Neguse (No. 29) that increases and decreases 
by $575 million for Department-Wide Wildland Fire Management Programs 
with the intent that the $575 million will be used to maintain the 2021 
pay increase for Federal Wildland Firefighters; Castro (TX) (No. 30) 
that increases and decreases funding for the Energy Community 
Revitalization Program for the purpose of bringing attention to 
plugging, reclaiming, and remediating orphaned wells that have created 
bodies of water that contain and emit dangerous amounts of hydrogen 
sulfide; Connolly (No. 31) that increases and decreases funding for 
EPA's Science and Technology account by $1 million to highlight the 
need for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation to develop and document a 
business case for a new IT system for air quality data; Massie (No. 32) 
that increases and decreases funding to encourage EPA to reduce the 
significant backlog of pesticide registrations in the Antimicrobial 
Division of the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs and to be more 
transparent with stakeholders seeking conditional registrations; Blunt 
Rochester (No. 34) that increases the ensure safe water program funding 
of the Environmental Programs and Management account by $3,000,000 for 
needs assessment completion authorized in section 50108 of the 
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and decreases the account by 
$3,000,000; Boebert (No. 36) that transfers funding from EPA 
bureaucracy to the Holocaust Memorial Museum account; Feenstra (No. 37) 
that increases and decreases funding for EPA salaries to emphasize that 
the EPA

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should not promulgate any new rules that would affect over 50% of 
American farmland without explicit congressional approval; Neguse (No. 
40) that increases and decreases the EPA Environmental Programs and 
Management account by $12 million to support funding for the EPA's 
Office of Noise Abatement and Control; Lawler (No. 42) that increases 
and decreases funding for the Hazardous Substance Superfund with the 
intent of further comprehensive tests of water contaminants in the 
Lower Hudson River; Scott (GA) (No. 43) that increases and decreases 
funding for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants Account by $1 
million to highlight the need for increased air quality monitoring in 
urban communities; Sykes (No. 44) that increases and decreases funding 
to highlight the funding deficiencies proposed for the Clean Water and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds; Neguse (No. 45) that increases 
and decreases funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and 
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund to highlight the additional funding 
needed to support these critical programs; Molinaro (No. 46) that 
increases/decreases amendment to highlight the importance of the Clean 
Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund programs for assisting 
rural community's water systems; Moylan (No. 47) that increases share 
of certain grants available to insular areas; Peters (No. 48) that 
increases and decreases the Border Water Infrastructure Program to 
emphasize the need for more funding to repair and expand the South Bay 
International Wastewater Treatment Plant; Dingell (No. 49) that 
increases and decreases the EPA's Brownfields Program funding by $20 
million to emphasize the need to continue investing in the clean up of 
contaminated sites; Lee (PA) (No. 50) that increases and decreases 
funding for lead testing at schools and child care facilities to 
protect children from lead in drinking water; Trahan (No. 51) that 
increases and decreases Sec. 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to emphasize the need to provide funding for combined sewer 
overflows; Perez (No. 52) that increases and decreases funding for the 
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Program Account to 
emphasize the critical importance of supporting our nation's drinking 
water and wastewater infrastructure; Neguse (No. 53) that increases 
funding to the USFS National Forest System administrative account by $2 
million to direct additional funding to the Arapaho Roosevelt National 
Forest in Colorado for the purposes of hiring additional staff for the 
Sulphur Ranger District; Barr (No. 54) that increases and decreases 
funding to highlight the importance of the Forest Service's efforts to 
regenerate white oak in our national forests and to increase private 
forest landowner outreach and education to establish white oak forests 
for future generations; Neguse (No. 55) that increases and decreases 
funding for National Forest System by $409,843,000 to highlight the 
additional funding requested in the President's Budget Request and 
address staff capacity issues; Panetta (No. 56) that increases and 
decreases funding for the U.S. Forest Service to manage and maintain 
firebreaks in the wildland urban interface; Yakym (No. 57) that 
increases and decreases the funding for the White House Council on 
Environmental Quality to resume reporting on National Environmental 
Policy Act litigation, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) page 
counts, and average EIS timelines; Moore (UT) (No. 69) that provides $5 
million to continue scientific monitoring and assessments to establish 
effective management and conservation efforts to save saline lakes such 
as the Great Salt Lake; and Moore (UT) (No. 105) that increases and 
decreases Departmental Operations funding by $11 million to enhance 
outdoor recreation access and digitize easement, road, trail, and 
vehicle data as authorized by the MAPLand Act;           
Pages H5270-71
  Perry amendment (No. 19 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
reduces funding for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management by $28 
million for the purpose of eliminating funding for the Office of 
Renewable Energy Programs;                               
Pages H5276-77
  Clyde amendment (No. 21 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
transfers the $15,000 reception/representation allowance for the 
Secretary of the Interior to the spending reduction account; 
                                                             Page H5277
  Boebert amendment (No. 28 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
transfers $5,000,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency to 
hazardous fuels reduction activities within the Bureau of Land 
Management;                                              
Pages H5277-79
  Boebert amendment (No. 35 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
transfers $5 million from the Environmental Protection Agency to fund 
active forest management at U.S. Forest Service;         
Pages H5278-79
  McCormick amendment (No. 39 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that reduces funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's 
Environmental Programs and Management account by $17 million and 
increase funding by $10 million for the agency's inspector general; 
                                                             Page H5279
  Westerman amendment (No. 58 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that reduces funding for the operation of the Council on Environmental 
Quality by $2,750,000 to its currently authorized level of $1,000,000; 
                                                         Pages H5279-80
  Rouzer amendment (No. 62 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
revises language regarding borrow sites for coastal storm risk 
management

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projects within the Coastal Barrier Resources Act system; 
                                                         Pages H5283-83
  Nehls amendment (No. 63 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds made available by this Act for the National Park 
Service to place any limitation on the number of air tours at national 
parks;                                                       
Page H5284
  Graves (LA) amendment (No. 64 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits the use of funds under this act to issue new major rules 
if OMB determines that the rule will have a significant negative effect 
on the economy, increase inflation, or adversely impact American 
international competitiveness;                           
Pages H5284-85
  Hageman amendment (No. 65 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the finalization, enforcement, administration, and 
implementation of the Rock Springs draft Resource Management Plan 
Revision from the Bureau of Land Management, which severely restricts 
grazing, mining, recreation, and other activities on 3.6 million acres 
in Wyoming;                                              
Pages H5285-87
  LaMalfa (No. 67 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
any funds made available by this Act from being used establish or 
modify any national monuments under the Antiquities Act within Colusa 
County, California;                                      
Pages H5287-88
  Malliotakis (No. 68 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding to provide housing to migrants in Gateway National 
Park;                                                    
Pages H5288-90
  Arrington (No. 71 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used to list the Salina Mucket or the 
Mexican Fawnsfoot species of mussels found in the Rio Grande River as 
endangered or their habitat as critical;                 
Pages H5290-91
  Bentz (No. 72 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
the use of any federal funds to create National monuments in Malheur 
County, Oregon under the Antiquities Act;                
Pages H5291-92
  Boebert (No. 75 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management from taking any action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce a draft resource management plan and 
draft supplemental environmental impact statement to end new oil leases 
on 1.6M acres in Colorado;                               
Pages H5294-95
  Boebert (No. 76 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
the Director of the Bureau of Land Management from taking any action to 
finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule on Fluid Mineral 
Leases and Leasing Process;                                  
Page H5295
  Boebert (No. 77 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
funding for the Bicycle Subsidy Benefit Program of the Department of 
the Interior;                                            
Pages H5295-96
  Boebert (No. 74 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that prohibits 
the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, from taking any action to finalize, 
implement, or enforce the Biden Administration Proposed ESA rules by a 
recorded vote of 213 ayes to 212 noes, Roll No. 575); 
                                                  Pages H5293-94, H5312
  Burlison amendment (No. 79 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits fund to enforce the final rule of the Environmental 
Protection Agency titled ``Endangerment and Cause of Contribute 
Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air 
Act'';                                                   
Pages H5315-16
  Burlison amendment (No. 80 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits funding for Executive Order 14057: Catalyzing Clean 
Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability; 
                                                         Pages H5316-17
  Cammack amendment (No. 81 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that 
has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the 
economy of $100 million or more;                         
Pages H5317-18
  Clyde amendment (No. 82 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds for the cancellation or suspension of oil and gas 
leases in the ANWR or the NPR-A;                             
Page H5318
  Clyde amendment (No. 83 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds to the Bureau of Land Management's proposed rule 
regarding the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska;      
Pages H5318-19
  Collins amendment (No. 84 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used to finalize, implement, administer, or 
enforce the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vessel 
speed limiter rule;                                      
Pages H5319-20
  Fallon amendment (No. 87 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from being used 
to reduce the number of oil and gas leases issued by the Secretary of 
the Interior;                                            
Pages H5321-22
  Fallon amendment (No. 88 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the use of federal funds for community-scale ambient air 
monitoring;                                              
Pages H5322-23
  Gaetz amendment (No. 90 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used to finalize or implement a Commercial 
Services Strategy for the Crab Island Area of the Gulf Islands National 
Seashore;                                                
Pages H5323-24

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  Gosar amendment (No. 92 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds to implement, administer, or enforce Presidential 
Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to 
the establishment of Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of 
the Grand Canyon National Monument);                         
Page H5325
  Graves (LA) (No. 93 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding for BOEM & BSEE to implement NMFS stay agreement 
with Sierra Club expanding Rice's whale critical habitat; 
                                                         Pages H5325-26
  Grothman amendment (No. 96 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits funds to develop, finalize, issue, or use assessments 
under EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)    
Pages H5327-28
  Hageman amendment (No. 97 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prevents any funding from being made available to finalize or implement 
the CEQ guidance entitled ``National Environmental Policy Act Guidance 
on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change''; 
                                                         Pages H5328-29
  Hageman amendment (No. 98 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the implementation and enforcement of the EPA's final rule 
entitled ``Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification 
Improvement Rule'';                                      
Pages H5329-30
  Jackson (TX) amendment (No. 99 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits funding to implement the proposed ``Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Texas 
Kangaroo Rat and Designation of Critical Habitat'' rule by the Fish and 
Wildlife Service;                                        
Pages H5330-31
  LaMalfa amendment (No. 100 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to 
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the draft Northwest 
California Integrated Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact 
Statement for public lands managed by the Redding and Arcata field 
offices;                                                 
Pages H5331-32
  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 104 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prevents funds from being used for the Environmental Protection 
Agency ``Solar for All'' grant competition;              
Pages H5334-35
  Nehls amendment (No. 106 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used for the shooting of cattle in the Gila 
National Forest or other National Forests;                   
Page H5335
  Norman amendment (No. 108 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding for the American Climate Corps;        
Pages H5336-37
  Norman amendment (No. 109 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding for rule titled ``Control of Air Pollution From New 
Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards''    
Page H5337
  Norman amendment (No. 111 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost 
of Greenhouse Gases;                                         
Page H5338
  Norman amendment (No. 114 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding for EPA's Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion 
Workgroup;                                                   
Page H5340
  Ogles amendment (No. 117 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used by the Environmental Protection Agency 
for the U.S. Global Change Research Program;             
Pages H5342-43
  Ogles amendment (No. 118 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act from enforcing 
any COVID-19 mask mandates;                                  
Page H5343
  Fulcher amendment (No. 89 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
restricts funds to implement Section 216 of Executive Order 14008 ((86 
Fed. Reg. 7627), relating to tackling the climate crisis at home and 
abroad) (by a recorded vote of 212 ayes to 202 noes, Roll No. 581); 
                                                  Pages H5323, H5345-46
  Gosar amendment (No. 91 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funding to be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the 
proposed rule by the EPA titled ``Reconsideration of the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter'' (by a recorded 
vote of 212 ayes to 206 noes, Roll No. 582);         
Pages H5324, H5346
  McCormick amendment (No. 102 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that prohibits funds from implementing certain Executive Orders 
relating to environmental justice (by a recorded vote of 217 ayes to 
202 noes, Roll No. 585);                          
Pages H5333-34, H5348
  Ogles amendment (No. 119 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds for the Environmental Financial Advisory Board of the 
Environmental Protection Agency;                         
Pages H5353-54
  Owens amendment (No. 121 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the use of funds to implement, administer, or enforce any 
recommendation of the Interagency Working Group on Mining Regulations, 
Laws, and Permitting of the Department of the Interior; 
                                                         Pages H5354-55
  Palmer amendment (No. 122 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the EPA from using funds to arm agents as part of the 
agency's criminal enforcement division;                  
Pages H5355-56
  Perry amendment (No. 123 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits the use of funds to give formal notification under, or 
prepare, propose, implement, administer, or enforce any rule or

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recommendation pursuant to, section 115 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 
7415);                                                       
Page H5356
  Posey amendment (No. 124 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
reduces the EPA-Environmental Programs and Management account for the 
Office of Air and Radiation by 50 percent; and           
Pages H5356-57
  Rose amendment (No. 125 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
prohibits funds from being used to implement, administer, apply, 
enforce, or carry out any plastic straw prohibitions.    
Pages H5357-59
Rejected:
  Griffith amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to decrease the Bureau of Land Management's Wild Horse and Burro 
program funds by $74.232 million to Fiscal Year 2019 levels; 
                                                         Pages H5271-72
  DeSaulnier amendment (No. 16 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that sought to strike section 447, which prohibits funds from being 
used to consider the social cost of carbon;              
Pages H5275-76
  Hageman amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce BLM funding by 50% (by a recorded vote of 144 ayes to 
280 noes, Roll No. 567);                       
Pages H5272-74, H5306-07
  Collins amendment (No. 15 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to transfer the Council on Environmental Quality's funding to 
the National Parks Service for construction activities (by a recorded 
vote of 184 ayes to 239 noes, Roll No. 568);   
Pages H5274-75, H5307-08
  Perry amendment (No. 59 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to strike funding for the Council on Environmental Quality (by a 
recorded vote of 166 ayes to 253 noes, Roll No. 569); 
                                                  Pages H5280-81, H5308
  Perry amendment (No. 60 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to strike funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (by a 
recorded vote of 129 ayes to 292 noes, Roll No. 570); 
                                               Pages H5281-82, H5308-09
  Perry amendment (No. 61 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to strike funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities 
(by a recorded vote of 132 ayes to 292 noes, Roll No. 571); 
                                               Pages H5282-83, H5309-10
  Harshbarger amendment (No. 66 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that sought to prohibit funds to the United States Board on Geographic 
Names (by a recorded vote of 177 ayes to 246 noes, Roll No. 572); 
                                                     Pages H5287, H5310
  Perry amendment (No. 70 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibit the use of funds for EPA to take backstop actions 
related to the Chesapeake Bay TMDL (by a recorded vote of 180 ayes to 
243 noes, Roll No. 573);                          
Pages H5290, H5310-11
  Boebert amendment (No. 73 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Elizabeth Klein, Director, Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management to $1 (by a recorded vote of 163 ayes to 261 
noes, Roll No. 574);                           
Pages H5292-93, H5311-12
  Burgess amendment (No. 78 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibit funds made available by this Act from being used by 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to hire or pay 
the salary of any officer or employee of the Environmental Protection 
Agency under subsection (f) or (g) of section 207 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) who is not already receiving pay under 
either such subsection on the date of enactment of this Act (by a 
recorded vote of 188 ayes to 237 noes, Roll No. 576); 
                                               Pages H5296-97, H5312-13
  Crane amendment (No. 85 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce the salary of CEQ Chair Brenda Mallory to $1 (by a 
recorded vote of 161 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 579); 
                                                  Pages H5320, H5343-44
  Crane amendment (No. 86 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibit funding for Public Land Order No. 7923, relating to 
public lands withdrawal surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical 
Park boundary (by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 219 noes, Roll No. 
580);                                          
Pages H5320-21, H5344-45
  Greene (GA) amendment (No. 94 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that sought to prohibit funds from being used to remove any monument on 
land under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior (by a 
recorded vote of 191 ayes to 227 noes, Roll No. 583); 
                                               Pages H5326-27, H5346-47
  McCormick amendment (No. 101 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that sought to reduce the salary of Matthew Tejada, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for Environmental Justice, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 
166 ayes to 251 noes, Roll No. 584);              
Pages H5332-33, H5347
  Miller (IL) amendment (No. 103 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) 
that sought to reduce the salary of Ya-Wei (Jake) Li, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for Pesticide Programs to $1 (by a recorded vote of 151 
ayes to 263 noes, Roll No. 586);                  
Pages H5334, H5348-49
  Nehls amendment (No. 107 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibits funds for the EPA's Clean School Bus Program (by a 
recorded vote of 196 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 587); 
                                                  Pages H5335-36, H5349

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  Norman amendment (No. 110 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibit funding for Department of the Interior's Office of 
Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes 
to 213 noes, Roll No. 588);                    
                                               Pages H5337-38, H5349-50
  Norman amendment (No. 112 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Tracy Stone-Manning, Director of the 
Bureau of Land Management, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 159 ayes to 259 
noes, Roll No. 589);                           
Pages H5338-39, H5350-51
  Norman amendment (No. 113 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Michael Regan, Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, to $1 (by a recorded vote of 150 ayes 
to 265 noes, Roll No. 590);                       
Pages H5339-40, H5351
  Norman amendment (No. 115 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to reduce the salary of Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, 
to $1 (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 263 noes, Roll No. 591); and 
                                               Pages H5340-41, H5351-52
  Ogles amendment (No. 116 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
sought to prohibit funds to be used for the Antiquities Act of 1906 (by 
a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 592). 
                                               Pages H5341-42, H5352-53
Proceedings Postponed:
  Ogles amendment (No. 120 printed in part A of H. Rept. 118-261) that 
seeks to prohibit funds to carry out the provisions of section 50262 of 
Public Law 117-169 (Inflation Reduction Act).            
Pages H5353-54
  H. Res. 838, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4821), (H.R. 4820), and (H.R. 6126) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
213 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 566, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 213 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 565. 
                                                         Pages H5241-43
  Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act: The House passed 
H.R. 6126, making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to 
the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 196 nays, 
Roll No. 577.                               
  Pages H5297-H5306, H5313-14
  H. Res. 838, the rule providing for consideration of the bills (H.R. 
4821), (H.R. 4820), and (H.R. 6126) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
213 ayes to 203 noes, Roll No. 566, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 213 yeas to 200 nays, Roll No. 565. 
                                                         Pages H5241-43
Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules 
and pass the following measure. Consideration began Wednesday, November 
1st:
  Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist 
organizations at institutions of higher education: H. Res. 798, 
amended, a resolution condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and 
other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, 
which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish 
students, faculty, and staff, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 396 yeas 
to 23 nays, Roll No. 578.                                
  Pages H5314-15
  Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Condemning the support of 
Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of 
higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile 
environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff, condemning anti-
semitism on college campuses, and supporting the right of Jewish 
students to exercise their First Amendment rights.''.    
Pages H5314-15
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and 25 recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H5241-42, 
H5242-43, H5306-07, H5307-08, H5308, H5308-09, H5309-10, H5310, H5310-
11, H5311-12, H5312, H5312-13, H5313-14, H5314-15, H5344, H5344-45, 
H5345-46, H5346, H5346-47, H5347, H5348, H5348-49, H5349, H5350, H5350-
51, H5351, H5352, and H5352-53.
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 12:03 a.m. on 
Friday, November 3, 2023.