FEDERAL LANDS JOBS AND ENERGY SECURITY ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 1965), H7223, H7225, H7226, H7228, H7229, H7230 [19NO]
——— consideration (H. Res. 419), H7209 [19NO]
Articles and editorials
Poll of Westerners on Drilling on Public Lands—65% Protection; 30% Drilling, H7209 [19NO]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (H.R. 1965): consideration (see H. Res. 419), H7187 [18NO]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 1965), H7278 [20NO]
Remarks in House
Dept. of the Interior: allow award of attorney fees recoverable under the Equal Access to Justice Act in litigation cases dealing with certain energy projects on Federal lands, H7207, H7226–H7228 [19NO]
——— BLM field offices wind and solar energy permitting funding, H7223 [19NO]
——— conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live lease sales, H7215 [19NO]
——— continue to review oil and gas activities that would qualify for categorical exclusions to the National Environmental Policy Act, H7225, H7226 [19NO]
——— direct certain revenue from streamlining energy permitting and onshore leasing and oil shale development certainty to CFTC to limit excessive speculation in energy markets, H7230, H7231 [19NO]
——— ensure no new energy deveoplment will impact negatively on any public land identified as a Native American sacred or cultural site, H7278 [20NO]
——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands, H7214 [19NO]
——— 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, H7211 [19NO]
——— include Federal lands as part of plan to address new demands for oil and gas pipelines and transmission lines, H7228, H7229 [19NO], H7288 [20NO]
——— preserve the right to protest the awarding of a lease, right-of-way, or permit to drill on public lands, H7207, H7208, H7223, H7225 [19NO]
——— prohibit granting new drilling rights on public lands to major integrated oil companies unless such companies agree not to claim the domestic production activities tax credit, H7278 [20NO]
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, H7228 [19NO], H7288 [20NO]
Enact (H.R. 1965), H7145 [15NO], H7211–H7232 [19NO], H7261, H7266, H7274–H7280, H7288 [20NO], H7557 [5DE], E1729 [21NO]
——— consideration (H. Res. 419), H7201–H7211 [19NO]
——— motion to recommit, H7278 [20NO]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7214, H7215 [19NO]
National Academy of Sciences: study and report to Congress on impact of flooding on oil and gas facilities and resulting leaks and spills from tanks, wells, and pipelines, H7202, H7229, H7230 [19NO]
Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands, H7212, H7213 [19NO]
U.S. Geological Survey: study impact of oil shale leasing on quantity and quality of water resources in Western States, H7202 [19NO]
Remarks in Senate
Enact (H.R. 1965), S8537 [21NO], S8539 [9DE]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 1965, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 113–271), H7187 [18NO]
Provisions: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1965) (H. Rept. 113–262), H6996 [12NO]
Tables
Environmental litigation cases filed against EPA, H7227 [19NO]
Texts of
H. Res. 419, consideration of H.R. 1965, provisions, H7201 [19NO]