DOMESTIC ENERGY AND JOBS ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 4480), H3890, H3895, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3899, H3901, H3902, H3904, H3905, H3906, H3908, H3909, H3910, H3911 [20JN], H3919, H3920, H3921, H3922, H3923, H3925, H3926, H3927 [21JN]

——— consideration (H. Res. 691), H3822 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (see S. 3445), S5486 [26JY]

Enact (H.R. 4480): consideration (see H. Res. 691), H3806 [19JN]

Letters

EPA analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy: several public health and medical organizations, H3818 [20JN]

Motions

Enact (H.R. 4480), H3942 [21JN]

Remarks in House

Alaska: require additional rights-of-way in and out of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, H3895 [20JN]

BLM: prohibit enforcement of a protest fee to challenge the granting of a drilling lease, right of way, or permit, H3906, H3907 [20JN], E1108 [21JN]

CFTC: funding, H3926, H3927 [21JN]

Clean Air Act: clarify that the term ‘‘public health’’ pertains to the health of people and not corporations or other nonliving entities, H3901 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: analyze regulations other nations apply to their oil and gas industries and compare them to U.S. regulations, H3898 [20JN]

——— determine if impact analyses of EPA rules and actions on energy prices are infeasible to conduct, requires data that does not exist, or would generate unreliable or useless results, H3924 [21JN]

——— lower energy efficiency standards for service-over-the-counter, self-contained, medium temperature commercial refrigerators, H3921, H3922 [21JN]

——— require consultation and input of National Energy Technology Laboratory relative to clean air rules, H3898 [20JN]

——— require Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to conduct study on how to shield consumers from gasoline price fluctuations and supply disruptions, H3922, H3923 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authority to increase civil fines against oil companies that violate offshore drilling laws, H3817 [20JN]

——— conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live lease sales, H3887 [20JN]

——— ensure Federal oil and natural gas lease sales occur, eliminate redundant leasing bureaucracy, and provide leasing certainty, H3820 [20JN]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands, H3886, H3887 [20JN]

——— establish Office of Energy Employment and Training and Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, H3928–H3930 [21JN]

——— expedite a program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year during a certain period, H3887 [20JN]

——— include Lease Sale 220 in the Outer Continental Shelf leasing program for fiscal years 2012–2017, H3911, H3912 [20JN]

——— prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H3919, H3920 [21JN]

——— prohibit transfer of any Solid Minerals Program function from BLM to the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, H3908, H3909 [20JN]

——— reduce number of onshore leases on which oil and gas production is not occurring as an incentive for oil and gas companies to begin production on currently held leases, H3905, H3906 [20JN]

——— require application for permit to drill be deemed approved if review process is not completed within 60 days, H3925, H3926 [21JN]

——— require oil and gas produced under certain leases to be offered for sale only in the U.S., H3909, H3910 [20JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: include in Quadrennial Strategic Federal Onshore Energy Production Strategy the best estimate of expected increase in production of renewable energy sources on Hawaiian Home Lands, H3925 [21JN]

Enact (H.R. 4480), H3813, H3814, H3875–H3912 [20JN], H3918–H3945, H3957–H3959 [21JN], H5173 [24JY], E1108, E1114, E1121 [21JN]

——— consideration (H. Res. 691), H3814–H3824 [20JN]

——— motion to recommit, H3943 [21JN]

Energy Information Administration: determine whether implementation of such Act is projected to lower gas prices or create jobs within a certain time period, H3904, H3905 [20JN]

EPA: expand ability to waive certain pollution control fuel requirements when there is a fuel distribution problem and complete Fuel Harmonization Study with the Dept. of Energy, H3903, H3904 [20JN]

——— prohibit consideration of feasibility and cost in revising and supplementing national ambient air quality standards for ozone, H3901, H3902 [20JN]

——— prohibit delay in finalization of rules to establish clean air standards and to reduce air pollution if such rules will provide protection against asthma and other health effects, H3899, H3900 [20JN]

——— repeal designation of the Colville River as an aquatic resource of national importance, H3895 [20JN]

——— require analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy, H3818 [20JN]

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: raise cap on certain offshore oil and natural gas leasing revenue shared with Gulf Coast States, H3910, H3911 [20JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas drilling off the coast of California, H3818 [20JN]

——— protect marine and coastal environments in making areas available for leasing, exploration, and development and prohibit oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development in important ecological areas, H3897 [20JN]

Power resources: prohibit granting new leases to oil companies until they forgo oil and gas subsidies, use U.S. made products, and hire U.S. workers, H3943 [21JN]

——— prohibit hydraulic fracturing activities within one thousand feet of a primary or secondary school, H3896 [20JN]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable energy standard, H3819, H3884 [20JN]

——— facilitate development of offshore wind energy resources, H3920, H3921 [21JN]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5816 [1AU]

Enact (S. 3445), S5488 [26JY], S5816 [1AU]

Reports filed

Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 691) (H. Rept. 112–540), H3806 [19JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 691, consideration of H.R. 4480, provisions, H3814 [20JN]

H.R. 4480, provisions, H3890–H3895 [20JN]