[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Pages 8180-8181]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 or rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 5325

                        Offered By: Mr. Burgess

       Amendment No. 9: Page 30, line 25, after the dollar amount, 
     insert ``(reduced by $100,000,000)''.
       Page 56, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert 
     ``(increased by $100,000,000)''.

                               H.R. 5325

                        Offered By: Mr. Burgess

       Amendment No. 10: At the end of the bill, before the short 
     title, insert the following new section:
       Sec. _. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
     used--
       (1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, 
     Code of Federal Regulation; or
       (2) to implement or enforce the standards established by 
     the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy 
     Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with 
     respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent 
     reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps.

                               H.R. 5325

                        Offered By: Mr. Gohmert

       Amendment No. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy for the new construction, 
     purchase, or lease of any facility, land, or space in the 
     District of Columbia except where a contract for the 
     construction, purchase, or lease was entered into before the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.

                               H.R. 5325

                         Offered By: Mr. Tipton

       Amendment No. 12: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title), insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used to conduct a survey in which money is included or 
     provided for the benefit of the responder.

                               H.R. 5325

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 13: Page 20, lines 17 through 23, strike 
     ``Provided further'' and all that follows through 
     ``6864(a)):''.

                               H.R. 5325

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 14: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy Advanced Research 
     Projects Agency--Energy to provide awards to projects with 
     expected Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) of TRL-7, TRL-8, 
     or TRL-9 at the end of the project, as described by the ARPA-
     E eXCHANGE User Guide (updated March 1, 2012).

                               H.R. 5325

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 15: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     for the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy may be used 
     for unallowable expenditures related to advertising, 
     promoting the sale of products or services, and raising 
     capital in contravention of the requirements of sections 
     31.205-1 and 31.205-27 of title 48 of the Code of Federal 
     Regulations.

                               H.R. 5325

                    Offered By: Mr. Broun of Georgia

       Amendment No. 16: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy to subordinate any loan 
     obligation to other financing in violation of section 1702 of 
     the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16512) or to 
     subordinate any Guaranteed Obligation to any loan or other 
     debt obligations in violation of section 609.10 of title 10 
     of the Code of Federal Regulations.

                               H.R. 5325

                        Offered By: Mr. Cravaack

       Amendment No. 17: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:

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       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be used by the Department of Energy to require grant 
     recipients to replace any lighting that does not meet or 
     exceed the energy efficiency standard set forth in section 
     325 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
     6295).

                               H.R. 5325

                         Offered by: Mr. Harris

       Amendment No. 18: At the end of the bill (before the short 
     title) insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the funds made available under this Act 
     may be used to fund any portion of the International program 
     activities at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
     Energy of the Department of Energy with the exception of the 
     activities authorized in section 917 of the Energy 
     Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17337).