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H.R. 1 – "Polluters Over People Act"

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

PASSED 225-204

Agreed to by Recorded Vote

Boebert #2  Adds a Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the denial of Jordan Cove Project permits AGREED TO 221-208
Hern #5  Adds a Sense of Congress disapproving of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the President's fiscal year 2024 budget request AGREED TO 228-206
Jackson (TX) #7 – Requires the EPA, in consultation with the DOE, to submit a report to Congress identifying and assessing any regulations promulgated by the Administrator during the 15 years prior to the enactment of the Act that have negatively affected domestic energy independence and increased energy cost for Americans AGREED TO 245-189
Molinaro #9  Requires a GAO study on how banning natural gas appliances will affect the rates and charges for electricity AGREED TO 268-163
Palmer #10 – Prohibits the Secretary of Energy from implementing its proposed rule regarding gas stoves, or any other rule that would limit consumer access to gas stoves AGREED TO 251-181
Westerman/Feenstra #20 – Prohibits the Communist Party of China (or a person acting on behalf of the Communist Party of China) from acquiring any interest with respect to American farmland or any lands used for American renewable energy production AGREED TO 407-26
Leger Fernandez #25 – Requires each local unit of the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Forest Service to develop a plan to disseminate and advertise open civil service positions with functions relating to permitting and natural resources in their offices. Each plan shall include outreach to local high schools, community colleges, institutions of higher education, and any other relevant institutions AGREED TO 323-109​​​​​​
Ogles #31 – Provides that any entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, or any entity that is owned by the Government of the People’s Republic of China may not acquire any interest with respect to lands leased for oil or gas under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and may not acquire claims subject to the General Mining Law of 1872 AGREED TO 405-24
Smith (NJ) #35 – Requires a Government Accountability Office study of sufficiency of the environmental review process for offshore wind AGREED TO 244-189
Van Drew #36 – Requires the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on all potential adverse effects of wind energy development in the North Atlantic Planning Area AGREED TO 220-213

Failed by Recorded Vote

Perry #11  Prohibits the Delaware River Basin Commission, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulations relating to hydraulic fracturing other than those issued by the State in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced. FAILED 210-223
Perry #12  Repeals section 115 of the Clean Air Act, removing the EPA Administrator’s authority to set limits on an air pollutant that is harming public health and welfare in another country, as long as the other country grants reciprocal rights to the United States. FAILED 96-336
Levin #26 – Strikes Title V of Division B, to prevent the bill from repealing the Inflation Reduction Act's reforms to the oil and gas leasing program. FAILED 205-228
Perry #34 – Adds that any action taken in a project that receives federal funds under the Defense Production Act related to solar panels, electric vehicles, electric vehicle batteries, or electric vehicle infrastructure disallows that project from coverage under FAST-41. FAILED 201-230​​​​​​

Passed by Voice Vote:

Donalds #1 – Requires a study on streamlining the regulatory approval timeline for new power plants by examining practices for other sources of energy, including fossil and nuclear generating sources
Crenshaw #3  Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to allow default approvals of State Underground Injection Control programs, potentially approving inadequate State programs that fail to protect groundwater and drinking water sources. The amendment applies to Class VI wells and state program applications or program revisions for all well types, including hazardous waste injection wells. The amendment also requires the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator to designate a coordinator in each regional office to work with States on applications for Class VI Wells and requires that coordinator to submit a report to Congress on the availability of resources to that end, and opens up funding authorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for these purposes
Estes #4  Requires the Secretary of Energy to use an index-based pricing bid system when purchasing petroleum products for the SPR, prohibiting the DOE from purchasing petroleum products on a fixed-price basis
Houlahan #6  Prohibits export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran or any country subject to sanctions imposed by the United States
Mace #8  Requires the Secretary of Energy to report annually on the ongoing assessments of critical energy resources and actions taken to strengthen supply chains to advance American energy security
Roy #13 – Prohibits FERC from considering emissions when approving natural gas pipeline projects
Barr #15 – Amends the FAST Act to expand eligibility for FAST 41 permitting for projects related to the extraction, recovery, or processing of critical minerals, rare-earth elements, microfine carbon, or carbon from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre- or post-combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines
Boebert #16 – Shortens the timetable to file a petition for judicial review of a permit, license, or approval of a major infrastructure project, such as a highway or public transit project, from 150 days to 90 days
Crawford #17 – Requires DOT to apply the One Federal Decision procedures to pipeline projects under NEPA review to streamline the environmental review/permitting process
Donalds #18 – Requires a report on the current status of American uranium, how America's uranium compares to the global supply of uranium in terms of quantity and quality, etc.
Gluesenkamp Perez #21 – Requires the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, US Army Corps of Engineers, and Department of Commerce to determine technological needs for permitting programs and report them to Congress annually
Westerman/James #22 – Creates a national strategy for America to reshore mineral supply chains and challenge the CCP
LaMalfa #23 – Allows wildfire mitigation activities within 300 feet of a road on Federal lands to be carried out without regard to NEPA or ESA requirements
LaMalfa #24 – Expands the definition of "hazard trees" identified and removed along electric power lines as part of a utility's vegetation management plan to trees within 50 feet, from 10 feet. Such plans will also be automatically approved after 60 days
Luna #28 – Requires GAO to publish a report on the impact of wind energy, including the adverse effects of wind energy on military readiness, marine environment, and tourism, before the Secretary of the Interior can publish or hold a lease sale for energy development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, the South Atlantic Planning Area, or the Straits of Florida Planning Area
Luna #29 – Expresses the sense of Congress that major components of wind infrastructure, including turbines, are imported in large quantities from other countries including countries that are national security threats, such as the Government of the People’s Republic of China
Ogles #30 – Expresses the Sense of Congress that the royalty rate for onshore Federal oil and gas leases should not be more than 12.5%
Perry #32 – Adds a prohibition to sec. 20209 on contributions from CCP entities
Perry #33 – Adds a reporting requirement to sec. 20209 on non-Federal entities
Graves #37 – Codifies the use of NPDES (point source discharge) general permits, and allows for continued use of expired permits when reissuance is delayed

Failed by Voice Vote

Grijalva/Escobar #19 – Strikes Section 20103, which requires the Secretary of Interior to resolve any protest to a lease sale within 60 days
Levin #27 – Specifies that Division B shall not take effect until the Council on Environmental Quality, in consultation with affected Federal agencies, certifies that all agencies have the funding and staffing capacity to meet the Division's new timelines for environmental review without reducing the quality of such review

Not Offered:

Schiff #14 – Strikes section 10005, which is a Sense of Congress expressing the disapproval of the revocation of the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline