H.R. 21 - Strategic Production Response Act

OFFERED AMENDMENTS

Passed by recorded vote:

Mace #133 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from affecting any restrictions that prohibit oil and gas leasing in the South Atlantic Planning Area. PASSED 389-42

Boebert #33 – Changes the allowable increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas from 10 to 15 percent. PASSED 220-212

Gottheimer #85 – Prohibits sales from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that would benefit any entity that has a contractual relationship with, or is owned, controlled, or under the influence of China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, or any other country subject to sanctions by the United States. PASSED 419-13

Gottheimer #86 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to develop the plan in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Defense, and also in consultation with those Secretaries ensure that a drawdown under that proposed plan does not result in the sale of petroleum products to Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia. PASSED 418-12

Failed by recorded vote:

Tlaib #11 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Council on Environmental Quality in the preparation of a plan, in addition to the Secretary of Defense. FAILED205-220

Blunt Rochester #71 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being construed as controverting that in order for the United States to fulfill its commitment under the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 50-52 percent by 2030 and net-zero greenhouse gas emissions must be achieved by 2050. FAILED213-218

Castor #3 – Excludes the South Atlantic Planning Area, Straits of Florida Planning Area, and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED214-219

Pallone #104 – Excludes the North Atlantic Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED214-219

Greene #2 – Removes an exception in the bill that would allow for drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the case of a severe energy supply interruption. FAILED14-418

Soto #44 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit a certification to Congress that the price of gasoline and diesel fuel will not increase in any Petroleum Administration for Defense District while the Secretary develops the plan. FAILED213-218

Spanberger #29 – Excludes any tract off the coast of Virginia from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED213-218

Huffman #15 – Excludes the Northern California Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED212-218

Huffman #65 – Prohibits any proposed plan from providing for oil and gas leasing on Federal land where it would decrease land and water available for outdoor recreation. FAILED 205-225

Panetta #26 – Excludes the Central California Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED213-218

Levin #18 – Excludes the Southern California Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED213-218

DelBene #7 – Excludes the Washington/Oregon Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED213-218

Levin #21 – Prohibits any increase in leases on Federal lands under the plan that would not provide a fair return for taxpayers. FAILED210-222

Grijalva #55 – Requires any proposed plan to include a Tribal consultation plan with Tribal governments and the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary of Energy. FAILED213-219

Grijalva #56 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leases that would result in or exacerbate burdens on communities of color, low-income communities, and Tribal and Indigenous communities. FAILED213-219

Grijalva #57 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leases on Federal lands that are viable for renewable energy production. FAILED197-235

DeGette #89 – Prohibits oil and gas leasing under any proposed plan unless the Secretary of Energy certifies that the lease would not excessively increase the price of petroleum products during a severe energy supply interruption or a period of decreased supply of petroleum products. FAILED212-220

Torres (CA) #50 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy certifies that oil and gas leasing on Federal lands is necessary to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the amount of petroleum products it held on February 23, 2022. FAILED204-228

Cohen #129 – Prohibits any proposed plan from allowing oil and gas production activities that would negatively impact air quality. FAILED 199-232

Garcia (CA) #53 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy submits a certification to Congress that any increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production will not result in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. FAILED 199-230

Lee (CA) #84 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy certifies that an increase in oil and gas leasing would not perpetuate environmental injustice. FAILED 207-223

Payne #76 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being construed to controvert that communities of color and low-income communities face the greatest harms of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. FAILED 211-217

Wasserman Schultz #75 – Excludes the Big Cypress National Preserve from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED 212-215

Schneider #131 – Excludes the Great Lakes from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED 209-215

Magaziner #59 – Prohibits the bill from affecting the President and Secretary of Energy’s authority to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to lower gas prices. FAILED 204-222

Magaziner #58 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy determines that the plan will not negatively impact consumers whose homes are heated by petroleum-based fuels. FAILED 205-220

Ocasio Cortez #74 – Prohibits any proposed plan from providing for an oil and gas lease to a company that has purchased an equity security of the company that is listed on a national securities exchange within the previous ten years. FAILED 171-256

Ocasio Cortez #72 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leases on Federal land that would increase net carbon emissions. FAILED 193-228

Ocasio Cortez #73 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leases on Federal land that would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Accords. FAILED 199-229

Jackson Lee #35 – Adds drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the purpose of sale or delivery abroad if done in connection with an arrangement for the delivery of refined petroleum products to the United States as allowable under a proposed plan. The amendment would also prevent any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy submits a report to Congress on the necessity of acting under this authority to refill the Reserve. FAILED 205-224

Jackson Lee #36 – Adds test drawdowns of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as allowable under a proposed plan. The amendment would also prevent a proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy submits a report to Congress on the necessity of acting under this authority to refill the Reserve. FAILED 207-220

Ross #70 – Excludes the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED 212-218

Casten #66 – Restricts a proposed plan to only oil leasing and disallows the participation of any fossil industry entity (as defined by the amendment) unless said entity submits a plan to the Secretary of Energy that would: reduce the entity’s total global warming pollution (as defined by the amendment) by no less than 50 percent by 2030; eliminate the total global warming pollution of that fossil fuel entity by 2050 without the use of offsets; and does not allow for than 1 percent of the methane brought to the surface during oil production to be released into the atmosphere. FAILED 199-231

Casten #67 – Restricts a proposed plan to only oil leasing and prohibits an increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil production unless: the Secretary of Energy determines the amount of oil that would be drawn down is greater than the amount of oil produced in the United States that is reasonably expected to be exported during the 6 months following the date of the drawdown; the expected exports of oil produced in the United States during the 6 month period cannot be lowered by an amount that is greater than the amount of oil planned to be released; and the lowering of oil exports by an amount greater than the planned amount to be drawn down would not have comparable or greater effect than the planned drawdown. The amendment requires that the Secretary of Energy provides relevant House and Senate Committees with a report on the data used in these determinations. FAILED 195-229

Casten #68 – Restricts a proposed plan to only oil leasing. FAILED 191-237

Manning #27 – Prohibits any oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf under a proposed plan. FAILED 206-220

Scholten #60 – Adds as an exception if the Secretary of Energy determines that a delay in a drawdown will increase gas prices. FAILED 207-221

Lee (NV) #25 – Restricts oil and gas leasing as part of a proposed plan on Federal lands that have no or low potential for oil and gas development. FAILED207-221

Porter #45 – Prohibits any entity that is allowed any allowance for depletion determined under section 613 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 from financially benefitting from, or participating in, any proposed plan. FAILED 173-256

Vasquez #63 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, publishes a report on the number, location, and owner of all unused permits to drill for oil and gas on Federal land. FAILED 204-224

Vasquez #64 – Strikes the entire text of the bill and requires the Secretary of Energy, to the greatest extent possible, to acquire petroleum products for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that are produced from sources in the United States. FAILED 187-240

Cicilline #135 – Excludes the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New York from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED 211-217

Takano #81 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consider the number of inactive but approved oil and gas leases and permits that have already been issued before the date of enactment. FAILED 208-221

Castro #4 – Excludes any Federal lands that have a high concentration of orphaned oil and gas wells from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan. FAILED 197-230

Barragan #24 – Prohibits oil and gas leasing as part of a proposed plan within 3,200 feet of a residence, school, or hospital. FAILED 209-219

Plaskett #43 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with other Federal agencies as appropriate, submits a certification to Congress that the bill and its amendments would not increase the average price of energy for American consumers. FAILED 209-221

Perez #79 – Excludes the Washington/Oregon Planning Area from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan if the lease would adversely impact coastal fisheries. FAILED 210-219

Bowman #92 – Excludes any entity from participating in oil and gas leasing under a proposed plan if the Secretary of Energy determines that entity contributed to oil and gas price gouging in 2022. FAILED 201-229

Grijalva #145 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leasing on any protected public lands. FAILED 210-218

Jackson (NC) #46 – Allows for the drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if the Secretary of Energy determines that a delay in drawing down would harm national security. FAILED 210-220

Lieu #61 – Adds as an exception if the Secretary of Energy determines that the drawdown will result in a net profit for the Federal Government. FAILED 198-229

Nickel #77 – Adds as an exception for if the Secretary of Energy determines that a delay in the drawdown would worsen inflation. FAILED 207-222

Passed by voice vote:

Gaetz #1 – Ensures that no provisions in the bill or other amendments affect the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition,” dated September 8, 2020.

LaLota #143 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from affecting any restrictions that prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Atlantic Planning Area.

Clyde #91 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit any proposed plan to Congress.

Boebert #32 – Requires any proposed plan be submitted to the Armed Services, Agriculture, Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources Committees in the House, and Energy and Natural Resources, Environment and Public Works, Armed Services, and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committees in the Senate.

Boebert #137 – Specifies that the Secretary of Energy must identify areas within the Thompson Divide area of Colorado to lease as part of any proposed plan.

Perry #41 – Requires that a proposed plan include the size, location, and permits necessary to produce oil and gas on each parcel of land that would be leased.

Greene #147 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being construed to authorize the President to determine that an emergency situation exists that would allow the Secretary of Energy to draw down the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political purposes.

Greene #146 – Adds to the percentage increase of Federal lands that would have to be made available for oil and gas leasing under a proposed plan, the amount of oil that has already been drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve since January 21, 2021, in addition to the further proposed drawdown.

Failed by voice vote:

Cleaver #8 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the preparation of a plan, in addition to the Secretary of Defense.

Cleaver #9 – Allows for the drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during a period of national emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act.

Takano #80 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to allow for public comment on any proposed plan for at least 90 days.

Takano #82 – Prohibits any proposed plan from including oil and gas leases that would impact deployment of renewable energy projects on Federal lands. The amendment would also prohibit the bill and its amendments from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy certifies additional oil and gas leases would not impact renewable energy projects on Federal lands.

Tlaib #14 – Changes the allowable increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas from 10 to .1 percent.

Sherman #88 – Allows the President to supersede the need for the Secretary of Energy to devise a plan under the bill’s parameters if the President produces a separate plan to limit the amount of oil and gas exported from the United States by the same percentage as the percentage of petroleum drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in each drawdown that occurs after enactment.

Lieu #62 – Prohibits any proposed plan from providing for oil and gas leases on any tract of the Outer Continental Shelf where the lease would adversely impact a marine mammal.

Ruled out of order:

Tlaib #10 – Requires the Secretary of the Interior to complete an environmental review of each oil and gas lease before it can be issued.

Barr #48 – Prohibits any rule issued by a Federal financial regulator, as defined by the amendment, that limits access to financing for oil and gas companies from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy reports to Congress that the amount of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is equal to or greater than the amount on the day before the relevant drawdown.

Thompson (CA) #23 – Requires drawdowns of the Reserve to be offset with measures that reduce the demand for oil.

Goldman #16 – Prohibits drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of State, and the heads of other relevant Federal agencies, have certified to Congress that the United States is meeting the Paris Climate Accords target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the recommendations of the Justice40 initiative are being met. After a certification is submitted, the amendment would also require the Secretary to submit a report to Congress on progress made towards meeting the Paris Climate Accords targets and how funds from various laws are being used to combat underinvestment in disadvantaged communities.

Quigley #125 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ended.

Tlaib #13 – Requires the Chair of the Federal Election Commission to submit a report to Congress on campaign donations from oil and gas industry lobbyists and corporations to Members of Congress over the two most recent election cycles.

Pallone #95 – Changes the short title of the bill and inserts the text of Rep. Pallone's Buy Low and Sell High Act at the end of the bill.

AMENDMENTS FILED BUT NOT OFFERED FOR DEBATE

Fallon #5 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit an assessment of physical and cybersecurity threats to Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities to Congress within 6 months of the bill’s enactment.

Wittman #6 – Disallows the export of crude oil drawn out of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, North Korea, Iran, or any recipient under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.

Tlaib #12 – Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit a report to Congress on the environmental impact of a proposed plan before that plan can be implemented.

McCormick #17 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to implement the plan no less than 90 days after its development.

Levin #19 – Prohibits any leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf unless the Secretary of Energy in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior certifies that well inspection fees will fully cover the cost of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement inspections in the subsequent fiscal year.

Levin #20 – Requires the creation of a public website that identifies Federal oil and gas leaseholders and operators and provides information on all lease transfers and stipulations.

Jacobs #22 – Prohibits oil and gas leasing that would adversely impact tourism, coastal communities, and businesses in California.

Manning #28 – Changes the allowable increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas from 10 to 1 percent.

Mace #30 – Prohibits the Secretary from offering oil and gas leasing, preleasing, or any related activity in any area withdrawn by the Presidential memorandum titled “Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition,” dated September 8, 2020, until 2052.

Mace #31 – Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Energy to submit a report to Congress on damage to, and increased maintenance requirements for, storage and related facilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Boebert #34 – Prevents the Secretary of the Interior from carrying out the proposed withdrawal of Federal lands in the “Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Thompson Divide Area, Colorado” dated October 17, 2022 from taking place without an Act of Congress.

Jackson Lee #37*

Jackson Lee #38*

Huizenga #39 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit written justification for any drawdown or sale from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve taking place within the 5 months preceding a Federal general election.

Gottheimer #40* – See Gottheimer #85.

Tenney #42 – Requires the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of the Interior, and Secretary of Defense to submit a list of existing policies that restrict adequate domestic oil and gas production.

Mace #47 – Prohibits the Act from affecting the Presidential memorandum titled “Presidential Memorandum – Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the Atlantic Coast on the Outer Continental Shelf from Mineral Leasing,” dated December 20, 2016.

Carbajal #49 – Excludes lands within the boundaries of a national monument from being leased for oil and gas production as part of a proposed plan.

Keating #51 – Prohibits any proposed plan from providing for oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf off of the Atlantic Coast.

Perry #52 – Prohibits the first drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after enactment until the Secretary of Energy certifies to Congress that the number of barrels of petroleum products to be produced under a proposed plan have been produced.

Perry #54 – Amendment is identical to Perry #52.

Beyer #69 – Prohibits any proposed plan from providing for oil and gas leases on any tract where production would harass or take a North Atlantic Right Whale.

Escobar #78 – Prohibits oil and gas leasing under a proposed plan that would negatively impact water quality.

Scanlon #83 – Prohibits any drawdown until the Secretary has developed a plan to increase the production and stockpile of renewable energy technologies that can produce the same or a similar amount of energy as the energy that would be produced by the petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be drawn down in that or subsequent drawdowns.

Carter (LA) #87 – Prohibits any proposed plan from being implemented until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, certifies that the environmental harm caused by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill has been completely remedied.

Clyde #90 – Limits the Secretary of Energy under any proposed plan to only consider bidders on oil and gas leases that are based in the United States who will distribute petroleum products in the same quantities that they were purchased from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to United States end-consumers within 18 months.

Pallone #93 – Amendment is identical to Magaziner #59.

Pallone #94 – Amendment is identical to Gottheimer #85.

Pallone #96– Amendment is identical to Lee (CA) #84.

Pallone #97 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, certifies that the required financial arrangements provide adequate incentives for oil and gas companies to meet reclamation obligations under section 17(g) the Mineral Leasing Act.

Pallone #98 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused volatility in the global oil and gas markets and increased energy prices for Americans.

Pallone #99 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being construed as an endorsement of greenhouse gas-emitting fuel sources or a denial of the effects of petroleum products on greenhouse gas emissions.

Pallone #100 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that the per-gallon retail gasoline prices was lower in the first week of January 2023 than they were in the first week of January 2022.

Pallone #101 – Strikes the language of the bill and restricts drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, develops a plan to decrease national demand for petroleum products through increased usage of public transportation.

Pallone #102 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that the solutions to climate change represent an opportunity to rebuild infrastructure, lower energy prices, and create jobs.

Pallone #103 – Amends Section 168 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to allow the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to lease underutilized Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities to the private sector, or to a foreign government or its representative. The amendment also details the requirements for a pilot program that must begin within 180 days of enactment of the legislation, and a report must be submitted to Congress on the program no more than one year after enactment.

Pallone #105 – Requires the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to certify that the deficiencies in the Federal oil and gas leasing program identified in the Department of the Interior’s Report on the Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program (issued November 2021) have been fully remedied.

Pallone #106 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that the fossil fuel industry only produces oil and natural gas on approximately half of the lands leased by the industry from the Bureau of Land Management.

Pallone #107 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that oil and gas companies are using windfall profits to reward wealthy shareholders and executives with record stock buybacks and dividends.

Pallone #108 – Strikes the language of the bill and restricts drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, develops a plan to decrease methane emissions from oil and gas production on Federal lands.

Pallone #109 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ended.

Pallone #110 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that climate change is real and an existential threat to humanity.

Pallone #111 – Prohibits any proposed plan from allowing oil and gas production activities that would negatively impact air quality.

Pallone #112 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines that the Federal lands that would be leased under the proposed plan would produce a similar amount of oil during the first five years to the amount that would be released from the associated drawdown.

Pallone #113 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that Federal lands can play a critical role in solving the climate crisis if that result is prioritized.

Pallone #114 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to controvert that failing to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions could have a significant negative impact on the United States’ economy.

Pallone #115 – Amends Section 181(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to increase the allowable amount of oil in the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve by 2 million barrels and prohibits any sale or export of petroleum products covered under this Reserve to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, any country that is subject to sanctions by the United States, or any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by the aforementioned countries unless a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Energy.

Pallone #116 – Establishes that any plan proposed by this bill will be non-binding.

Pallone #117 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, certifies that the Federal Government would receive a fair return on lands leased for oil and gas production under the proposed plan.

Pallone #118 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, certifies that any increase in leasing of Federal lands under the Secretary of Defense’s jurisdiction will not have an impact on national security.

Pallone #119 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to justify any further government subsidy for fossil fuel production in light of record oil and gas industry profits.

Pallone #120 – Strikes the language of the bill and restricts drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, develops a plan to decrease the annual national demand for petroleum products, including through the increased use of biofuels.

Pallone #121 – Strikes the language of the bill and restricts drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation, develops a plan to decrease the annual national demand for petroleum products through increased electrification of transportation.

Pallone #122 – Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act by adding a new section that prohibits the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, any country that is subject to sanctions by the United States, or any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by the aforementioned countries unless a waiver is issued by the Secretary of Energy.

Pallone #123 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy certifies that an increase in leases on Federal lands for oil and gas production would not harm cultural resources.

Pallone #124 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, certifies that any entity that would engage in oil and gas production activities under the aforementioned plan adheres to best management practices and the activity is carried out safely.

Good #126 – Requires Congressional approval of any plan proposed by the Secretary under the authority of the bill.

Blumenauer #127 – Prohibits the bill and its amendments from being used to deny the effects of petroleum products on greenhouse gas emissions, including the effects on the United States’ ability to meet its contribution under article 4 of the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Mace #128 – Amendment is identical to Mace #133 and #134.

Garamendi #130 – Inserts Rep. Garamendi’s Energizing American Shipbuilding Act as an amendment to the end of the bill.

Carter (LA) #132 – Requires that any entity that enters into a contract regarding oil and gas production under a proposed plan offer a health plan that covers screening and preventative services, including contraceptive services, at least to the extent required under essential health benefits pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Mace #134 – Amendment is identical to Mace #128 and #133.

Larson #136 – Allows for the Secretary of Energy to draw down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if the Energy Information Administration determines that the drawdown would lower gas prices or increase energy stability.

Boebert #138 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to include information regarding the effects of administrative mineral withdrawals, including those proposed in the “Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meeting, Thompson Divide Area, Colorado,” published October 17, 2022 as part of any proposed plan.

Omar #139 – Prohibits the participation as part of any proposed plan of any company that holds an oil or gas lease issued under any mineral leasing laws and that provided executive level employees with a bonus using profits from holding such a lease in the 10 years preceding the date of enactment.

Omar #140 – Requires Native Nations, Tribes, and Indigenous communities to be consulted in the devising of any proposed plan.

Omar #141 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy submits a report to Congress on the economic effects of implementation of the plan on the national debt.

Omar #142 – Prohibits any proposed plan from taking effect until the Secretary of Energy submits a report to Congress on the potential economic costs of subsidies that may be provided to entities engaged in oil and gas leasing under the plan.

Perry #144 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to certify to Congress that the number of barrels of petroleum products to replace any proposed drawdown has been produced before the drawdown can be executed.