[House Report 118-242]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
118th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 118-242
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4394) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER 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. 4364) MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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October 3, 2023.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be
printed
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Mr. Reschenthaler, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 756]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 756, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4394, the
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2024, under a structured rule. The
resolution waives all points of order against consideration of
the bill. The resolution provides one hour of general debate
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their
respective designees. The resolution provides that the
amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report shall
be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution
makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the
Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section
3 and pro forma amendments described in section 4. Each
amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment except as provided by section 4 of the rule, and
shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
All points of order against the amendments printed in part B of
the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in
section 3 of the resolution are waived. The resolution provides
that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or her
designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments
printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier
disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read,
shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees,
shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section
4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for
division of the question. The resolution provides that the
chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on
Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10
pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of
debate. The resolution provides one motion to recommit. The
resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4364, the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2024, under a closed
rule. The resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that the
amendment printed in part C of the Rules Committee report shall
be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read. The resolution waives all points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended. The resolution
provides one hour of general debate equally divided and
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees. The
resolution provides one motion to recommit. The resolution
provides that H. Res. 699 is laid on the table.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 4394 includes:
--Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act, which
prohibits consideration of legislation within the jurisdiction
of the Committee on the Budget unless referred to or reported
by the Budget Committee.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in
H.R. 4394, as amended, includes:
--Clause 2(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized
appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations
bill.
--Clause 2(c) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of
amendments to an appropriations bill if it changes existing
law.
--Clause 5(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits a bill or joint
resolution carrying a tax or tariff measure from being reported
by a committee not having jurisdiction to report tax or tariff
measures.
--Section 3(aa) of H. Res. 5, which prohibits an
unauthorized appropriation in an appropriations bill in excess
of the most recent enacted level.
--Clause 2(e) of rule XXI, which prohibits non-emergency
appropriations and spending cuts in bills designated as
emergency appropriations bills.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report
or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the resolution,
the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver
is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 4364 includes:
--Section 3(f) of H. Res. 5, which requires the Spending
Reduction Account in a general appropriation bill to include
either a recitation of the amount by which an applicable
allocation of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 exceeds the amount of new
budget authority proposed by the bill or if no such allocation
is in effect, ``$0''.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in
H.R. 4364, as amended, includes:
--Clause 2(a) of rule XXI, which prohibits unauthorized
appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations
bill.
--Clause 2(c) of rule XXI, which prohibits consideration of
amendments to an appropriations bill if it changes existing
law.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 144
Motion by Mr. McGovern to add at the end of the resolution
a standing order for the 118th Congress that a motion to
suspend the rules and pass, adopt, agree to, or concur in a
measure may not be considered until the text of such measure
has been available to Members, Delegates, and the Resident
Commissioner for 5 hours. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 145
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #57 to H.R. 4394, offered by Representative Sorensen,
which Strikes Section 607, which prohibits funding to take any
discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on
the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with
a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that
marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and
one woman. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 146
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order
amendment #23 to H.R. 4364 offered by Representative Pocan,
which strikes anti-LGBTQI+ language in the bill. Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 147
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #103 to H.R. 4394, offered by Representative
Escobar, which strikes section 313, which prohibits funding
that supports the Department of Energy Justice40 initiative.
Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 148
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernandez to amend the rule to make in
order amendment #19 to H.R. 4364 offered by Representative
Jackson Lee, which restores funding for the House Office of
Diversity and Inclusion and strikes section 211 prohibiting the
use of funds for purposes of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Defeated: 4-9
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Nay Ms. Scanlon....................... Yea
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Nay Mr. Neguse........................ Yea
Mr. Massie...................................... Nay Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Yea
Mr. Norman...................................... Nay
Mr. Roy......................................... Nay
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Nay
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Nay
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 149
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 9-
4
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Burgess..................................... Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Reschenthaler............................... Yea Ms. Scanlon....................... Nay
Mrs. Fischbach.................................. Yea Mr. Neguse........................ Nay
Mr. Massie...................................... Yea Ms. Leger Fernandez............... Nay
Mr. Norman...................................... Yea
Mr. Roy......................................... Yea
Mrs. Houchin.................................... Yea
Mr. Langworthy.................................. Yea
Mr. Cole, Chairman.............................. Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4394 IN PART A CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Fleischmann (TN): Reduces the DOE's EERE account by
$1,000,000,000.
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4394 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Lawler (NY): Increases and decreases funding for the
Army Corps of Engineers by $1 million with the intent to direct
the Secretary to ensure that the New York-New Jersey Harbor and
Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS) complies with
the Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) of 2020 and 2022.
(10 minutes)
2. Molinaro (NY), Lawler (NY): Increase/decrease amendment
to highlight the importance of shoreline and flood management
along the Hudson River (10 minutes)
3. Perry (PA): Reduces the funding for Army Corps of
Engineers--Civil; Investigations by $715,000 for the purpose of
eliminating funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission.
(10 minutes)
4. Graves (LA): Increases and decreases the Army Corps-
Civil Works Construction budget by $1.746 billion to direct the
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to prioritize
the completion of overbudget projects originally ``fully
funded'' by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. (10 minutes)
5. Molinaro (NY): Increase/decrease amendment to highlight
the importance of shoreline and flood management along the
Susquehanna River. (10 minutes)
6. Phillips (MN): Increases and decreases funding for the
Army Corps of Engineers' Operation and Maintenance account by
$3 million to provide funding for the implementation of Section
11207 of the FY 2023 NDAA (P.L. 117-263) regarding the
establishment of an Aqua Alert notification system pilot
program. (10 minutes)
7. Moylan (GU): Includes Typhoons on same basis as
Hurricanes (10 minutes)
8. Lawler (NY): Increases and decreases funding for Flood
Control and Coastal Emergencies with the intent to direct the
Secretary to implement disaster response to assist the
communities impacted by recent flooding in New York as soon as
possible. (10 minutes)
9. Moylan (GU): Increases funding for flood control and
coastal emergencies with offsets. (10 minutes)
10. Boebert (CO): Transfers $1 million from DOE's
Departmental Administration Account to the Upper Colorado River
Basin Development Fund for Colorado River Dam Fund to increase
water storage. (10 minutes)
11. Boebert (CO): Transfers funds from DOE's Departmental
Administration Account to the Colorado River Storage Project to
help combat drought in the West. (10 minutes)
12. Neguse (CO): Increases the Water and Related Resources
Account by $1 million to be directed to the Colorado River
Compliance Activities account, specifically for the Upper
Colorado and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery programs.
(10 minutes)
13. Neguse (CO): Increases the Water and Related Resources
Account by $500,000, to be directed to the Endangered Species
Recovery Implementation Program (Upper Colorado and San Juan
River Basins). (10 minutes)
14. Westerman (AR): Reduces funding for the Bureau of
Reclamation's Policy and Administration to Fiscal Year 2022
levels consistent with the Limit, Save, Grow Act (10 minutes)
15. Griffith (VA): Increases funds for the Fossil Energy
and Carbon Management program within the Department of Energy
by $600 million and reduces funds for the Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy program by $1.1 billion. Balances fossil
energy research and renewable energy research by modifying both
account levels to get within reach of parity. (10 minutes)
16. Roy (TX): Eliminates funding for DOE's Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy. (10 minutes)
17. Fallon (TX): Increases and decreases funding for the
Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security,
and Emergency Response by $5,000,000 to prioritize critical
infrastructure programs such as CyTRICS and Consequence-driven
Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE). (10 minutes)
18. Walberg (MI), Latta (OH): Increases and decreases
funding for the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity,
Energy Security, and Emergency Response with the intent to
direct the Director to prioritize the testing, analysis,
certification, and integration applicability of commercially
available non-certificate and non-public key infrastructure
based advanced cyber security software to secure the Electrical
Power Grid from internal and external unauthorized access and
attacks. (10 minutes)
19. Perry (PA), Burlison (MO), Ogles (TN): Strikes funding
for Clean Energy Demonstrations. (10 minutes)
20. Norman (SC), Perry (PA): Eliminates funding
($470,000,000) for Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy
(10 minutes)
21. Peltola (AK): Increases and decreases by $3 million the
Department of Energy Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan
Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees in support of the
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline. (10 minutes)
22. Ogles (TN): Eliminates funding for the Advanced
Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. (10 minutes)
23. Jackson (TX): Brings funding for the HE Synthesis,
Formulation, and Production facility at the Pantex Plant into
accordance with the House-passed NDAA. This facility will
establish the capacity for full-scale production for high
explosives, and this will allow the NNSA to be independent of
external suppliers for all high explosives in the nuclear
weapons stockpile. (10 minutes)
24. Escobar (TX): Strikes section 307, prohibits funding to
finalize, implement, administer, or enforce an energy
efficiency standard that increases efficiency standards on
distribution transformers, including the proposed rule entitled
``Energy Conservation Program'' Energy Conservation Standards
for Distribution Transformers'' published by the Department of
Energy. (10 minutes)
25. Perry (PA): Reduces the funding level in this bill for
the Appalachian Regional Commission to FY19 levels. (10
minutes)
26. Perry (PA): Reduces the funding level for the Delta
Regional Commission to the FY19 level. (10 minutes)
27. Perry (PA): Reduces funding for the Denali Commission
to FY19 levels. (10 minutes)
28. Norman (SC): Eliminates funding for the Denali
Commission ($17 million) (10 minutes)
29. Perry (PA): Reduces funding for the Northern Border
Regional Commission to FY19 levels. (10 minutes)
30. Perry (PA): Reduces funding for the Southeast Crescent
Regional Commission to FY19 levels. (10 minutes)
31. Perry (PA): Cuts funding for the Southwest Border
Regional Commission in half. (10 minutes)
32. Perry (PA): Cuts the funding for the Great Lakes
Authority in half. (10 minutes)
33. Lawler (NY), Molinaro (NY): Increases and decreases
funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the intent
to direct the Commissioner to ensure coordination with federal,
state, local, and public stakeholders to explore alternatives
to disposing of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River
from Indian Point Energy Center. (10 minutes)
34. Cammack (FL): 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. (10 minutes)
35. Fallon (TX), Fischbach (MN): Prohibits any funding to
be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule
titled, ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation
Standards for Consumer Furnaces.'' (10 minutes)
36. Garamendi (CA): Prohibits funding for plutonium pit
production at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility.
(10 minutes)
37. Garamendi (CA): Prohibits funds for the W87-1
modification program to enable additional analysis of the
underlying program justifications, planning and budget. (10
minutes)
38. Hageman (WY): Prohibits funds for DOE's implementation
of their proposed Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap. (10
minutes)
39. Hageman (WY): Prohibits any funding from going towards
the SuperTruck III program at DOE. (10 minutes)
40. Hageman (WY): Prohibits the use of funds to finalize,
implement, or enforce rulemaking pertaining to energy
conservation standards for consumer water heaters. (10 minutes)
41. Jackson (TX): Prohibits NNSA from halting construction
on the HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production facility at
the Pantex Plant. (10 minutes)
42. Lamborn (CO), Banks (IN), DesJarlais (TN), Strong (AL):
Prohibits funds from this act from granting access of citizens
from countries on the sensitive countries list to non-public
areas of National Security Laboratories. (10 minutes)
43. Luna (FL), Mills (FL): Reduces the salary of Michael
Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, to $1.
(10 minutes)
44. Luna (FL), Bilirakis (FL), Donalds (FL), Mills (FL),
Posey (FL): Prohibits funds to implement or enforce Corps of
Engineers memo CERE-AP, issued by the South Atlantic division
on July 9, 1996, relating to ``Approval of Perpetual Beach
Storm Damage Reduction Easement as a Standard Estate'' which
has halted beach renourishment projects across the country,
including the aftermath of natural disasters. (10 minutes)
45. McCormick (GA), Clyde (GA): Prohibits funds provided by
this Act from closing campgrounds operated by the Army Corps of
Engineers that are located at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia. (10
minutes)
46. Norman (SC): Prohibits funding for rule titled ``Energy
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Manufactured Housing'' (10 minutes)
47. Norman (SC): Prohibits use of funds for Department of
Energy Office of Science's Office of Scientific Workforce
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (SW-DEI) (10 minutes)
48. Norman (SC): Prohibits funding for the Interagency
Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (10
minutes)
49. Norman (SC): Prohibits use of funds for the
consideration of the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (SC-GHG)
in the development and implementation of budgets, federal
procurement processes, or environmental reviews. (10 minutes)
50. Norman (SC), Ogles (TN): Prohibits funding for the
American Climate Corps (10 minutes)
51. Norman (SC), Tenney (NY), James (MI): Reduces the
salary of Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of the Department of
Energy, to $1. (10 minutes)
52. Ogles (TN): Prohibits funds for enforcing any COVID--19
mask mandates. (10 minutes)
53. Ogles (TN), Perry (PA): Prohibits funds to be used to
finalize the rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program:
Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice
Makers.'' (10 minutes)
54. Palmer (AL): Prohibits the Department of Energy from
using funds to implement, administer, or enforce its rule
regarding Room Air Conditioners. (10 minutes)
55. Pence (IN): Prohibits funds for FERC's Office of Public
Participation to provide compensation for attorney fees, expert
witness fees, and other costs incurred by individuals
intervening in commission proceedings. (10 minutes)
56. Pfluger (TX): Reduces the salary of Gene Rodrigues,
Assistant Secretary for Electricity for the Office of
Electricity, to $1. (10 minutes)
57. Pfluger (TX): Reduces the salary of Andrew Light,
Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, to $1.
(10 minutes)
58. Rosendale (MT): Reduces Energy and Water Development
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 by $1,553,000,000
to match FY22 levels. (10 minutes)
59. Rosendale (MT): Reduces funds appropriated to the US
Army Corp of Engineers--Civil by $620,000,000 to match FY22
levels. (10 minutes)
60. Roy (TX), Brecheen (OK), Cammack (FL): Prohibits funds
from being used to implement any of President Biden's climate
change executive orders. (10 minutes)
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4364 IN PART C CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
1. Amodei (NV): Prohibits Cost of Living Adjustments for
Members of Congress for Fiscal Year 2024.
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4394 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
Page 25, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000,000)''.
PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4394 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawler of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 1, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000)''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by
$715,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $715,000)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Graves of Louisiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $1,746,000,000) (reduced by $1,746,000,000)''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Molinaro of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $10,000,000) (reduced by $10,000,000)''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Phillips of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 5, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $3,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000)''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 7, line 3, insert ``typhoon,'' before ``and other''.
Page 8, line 3, insert ``typhoon,'' after ``hurricane,''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawler of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 7, line 5, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 7, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $1,500,000)''.
Page 7, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,500,000)''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 18, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $2,000,000)''.
Page 18, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $2,000,000)''.
Page 34, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,000,000)''.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Boebert of Colorado or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 18, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $4,000,000)''.
Page 34, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $4,000,000)''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moylan of Guam or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 18, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $1,000,000)''.
Page 34, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000)''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Neguse of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 18, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $500,000)''.
Page 34, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $500,000)''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Westerman of Arkansas
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 6, after the dollar amount insert ``(decreased
by $5,000,000)''.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Griffith of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 25, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,100,000,000)''.
Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $600,000,000)''.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 25, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
to $0)''.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fallon of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 26, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000)''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Walberg of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 26, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000)''.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 31, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $35,000,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $35,000,000)''.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 32, line 2, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $470,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $37,000,000)''.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Peltola of Alaska or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
On page 32, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 33, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $13,000,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $13,000,000)''.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 35, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $3,000,000)''.
Page 37, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $3,000,000)''.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Escobar of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 307.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 58, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert, ``(reduced
by $35,000,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert,
``(increased by $35,000,000)''.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 59, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert, ``(reduced
by $6,100,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert,
``(increased by $6,100,000)''.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 59, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,000,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 59, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $17,000,000)''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 60, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $20,000,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $20,000,000)''.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 60, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $19,750,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $19,750,000)''.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 60, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,500,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Perry of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 60, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,500,000)''.
Page 101, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,500,000)''.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lawler of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 61, line 6, after the first dollar amount, insert
``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cammack of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be made available to finalize any
rule or regulation that meets the definition of section
804(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code.
----------
35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Fallon of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 implement, administer, or enforce the final rule of the
Department of Energy entitled ``Energy Conservation Program:
Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces'' signed on
September 28, 2023 (Docket ID: EERE-2014-BT-STD-0031; RIN 1904-
AD20).
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the Savannah River Plutonium Modernization Program.
----------
37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Garamendi of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the W87-1 Modification Program.
----------
38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 implement the Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap
published by the Department of Energy and dated September 2022
(DOE/EE-2635).
----------
39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the SuperTruck III program of the Department of
Energy.
----------
40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Hageman of Wyoming or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the
proposed rule entitled ``Energy Conservation Program: Energy
Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters'' published
by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on July 28,
2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 49058).
----------
41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 National Nuclear Security Administration to halt
the construction of a High Explosive Synthesis, Formulation,
and Production facility at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo,
Texas.
----------
42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lamborn of Colorado or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to admit any individual who
is a citizen of any country on the current list of sensitive
countries to any facility of a national security laboratory, as
such term is defined in section 4002 of the Atomic Energy
Defense Act, other than areas accessible to the general public.
----------
43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. The salary of Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary
of the Army for Civil Works, shall be reduced to $1.
----------
44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Luna of Florida or Her
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 implement or enforce Corps of Engineers memorandum
CERE-AP, issued by the South Atlantic division on July 9, 1996,
relating to ``Approval of Perpetual Beach Storm Damage
Reduction Easement as a Standard Estate''.
----------
45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCormick of Georgia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 close the Toto Creek, Bolding Mill, Duckett Mill, Old
Federal, Van Pugh South Campground, Sawnee, or Bald Ridge Creek
campgrounds located at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia.
----------
46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 carry out the final rule titled ``Energy Conservation
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured
Housing'' (88 Fed. Reg. 32728 (May 31, 2022)).
----------
47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the Department of Energy Office of Science's Office of
Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
----------
48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of
Greenhouse Gases.
----------
49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 consider the social cost of greenhouse gases in the
development and implementation of a budget for a Federal
agency, in any Federal procurement processes, or when preparing
an environmental review pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
----------
50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 for the American Climate Corps.
----------
51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. The salary of Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of
the Department of Energy, shall be reduced to $1.
----------
52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 enforce any COVID-19 mask mandates.
----------
53. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ogles of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 finalize the rule entitled ``Energy Conservation
Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial
Ice Makers'' published by the Department of Energy in the
Federal Register on September 25, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 65628).
----------
54. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Palmer of Alabama or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 implement, administer, or enforce the rule entitled
``Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards
for Room Air Conditioners'' published by the Department of
Energy in the Federal Register on May 26, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg.
34298).
----------
55. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pence of Indiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 carry out section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Power Act
(16 U.S.C. 825q-1(b)(2)).
----------
56. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. The salary of Gene Rodrigues, Assistant Secretary
for Electricity for the Office of Electricity, shall be reduced
to $1.
----------
57. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pfluger of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. The salary of Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary of
Energy for International Affairs, shall be reduced to $1.
----------
58. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. The total amount of appropriations made available
by this Act is hereby reduced by $1,553,000,000.
----------
59. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Rosendale of Montana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. The total amount of appropriations made available
by title I of this Act is hereby reduced by $620,000,000.
----------
60. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Roy of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
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 implement any of the following Executive orders:
(1) Executive Order 13990, relating to Protecting
Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science
To Tackle the Climate Crisis.
(2) Executive Order 14008, relating to Tackling the
Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.
(3) Section 6 of Executive Order 14013, relating to
Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees
and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on
Migration.
(4) Executive Order 14030, relating to Climate-
Related Financial Risk.
(5) Executive Order 14057, relating to Catalyzing
Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability.
(6) Executive Order 14082, relating to Implementation
of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
(7) Executive Order 14096, relating to Revitalizing
Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for
All.
PART C--TEXT OF AMENDMENT TO H.R. 4364 CONSIDERED AS ADOPTED
At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. ___. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501)
(relating to cost of living adjustments for Members of
Congress) during fiscal year 2024.
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