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Energy & Commerce, Environment And Interior


26. H.R. 724, to correct an error in legislation signed into law in 2000 reauthorizing the president’s authority to operate the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through Sept. 30, 2003. Yes. Passed 400-2, under suspension of rules. 3/6/01.

27. H.R. 727, to treat low-speed electric bikes as consumer products the same as pedaled bicycles and subject to the Consumer Product Safety Act. Yes. Passed 401-1, under suspension of rules. 3/6/01.

46. H.R. 834, to authorize federal agencies to purchase private property along nine national trail routes from owners willing to sell. Yes. Passed 409-3, under suspension of rules. 3/13/01.

47. H.R. 223, to extend until May 19, 2015, the time Clear Creek County, Colorado, officials have to finish selling 7,300 acres of former Bureau of Land Management property. Yes. Passed 413-0, under suspension of rules. 3/13/01.

48. H.R. 725, to direct the Commerce Department to establish a toll-free phone number to confirm that a product is "Made in America." Yes. Passed 407-3, under suspension of rules. 3/14/01.

81. H.R. 642, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, authorize $6 million for its operation annually through FY 2006, establish a small-grants, restoration program, and call for a five-year study of the bay’s ecosystem. Yes. Passed 406-13, under suspension of rules. 4/4/01.

156. H.R. 700, to reauthorize through FY 2007 the Asian Elephant Conservation Act, which calls for up to $5 million annually in appropriations to the Interior Department’s Multi-National Species Conservation Fund to conserve Asian elephants. Yes. Passed 401-15, under suspension of rules. 6/12/01.

159. H.R. 1157, Pacific Salmon Recovery Act to authorize $200 million annually through FY 2004 to the states and Indian tribes of Alaska, California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington for salmon conservation and restoration projects, and require states and localities to offer matching funds to receive federal assistance. Yes. Passed 418-6. 6/13/01.

177. H.R. 2217, FY 2002 interior appropriations. Amendment to provide increases of $10 million for the National Endowment for the Arts, $3 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and $2 million for the Institute of Museums and Library Services and offset the increases by a reduction of less than 0.3 percent in Department of the Interior and U.S. Forest Service administrative costs. No. Passed 221-193. 6/21/01.

178. H.R. 2217. Amendment to provide increases of $24 million for weatherization assistance, $12 million for payments in lieu of taxes, and $12 million for other energy efficiency programs, and offset the increases by a $52 million cut in fossil fuel energy research and development. No. Failed 153-262. 6/21/01.

179. H.R. 2217. Amendment to eliminate the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program. No. Failed 129-287. 6/21/01.

180. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds for new oil and gas leasing and development within national monument boundaries except for monuments already authorizing such activity. No. Passed 242-173. 6/21/01.

181. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds for oil and gas development before April 1, 2002, in an area of the Gulf of Mexico known as Lease Sale 181. No. Passed 247-164. 6/21/01.

182. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds to suspend or revise final hard rock mining regulations published in the Nov. 21, 2000, Federal Register. No. Passed 216-194. 6/21/01.

183. H.R. 2217. Amendment to prohibit spending funds to compensate Interior Department staff to extend leases, standstill agreements, or a March 30, 2001, settlement agreement, related to seven campsite leases collectively known as "Stiltsville" in Biscayne National Park, Florida. No. Failed 187-222. 6/21/01.

184. H.R. 2217. Amendment to reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $10 million and increase energy conservation programs by $10 million. No. Failed 145-264. 6/21/01.

185. H.R. 2217. On passage of the bill to provide $18.9 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Interior Department and related agencies and cultural programs. Yes. Passed 376-32. 6/21/01.

199. H.R. 2311, FY 2001 energy and water development appropriations. Amendment to increase by $8.9 million renewable energy programs at the Energy Department and offset the cost with a decrease of $9.9 million from general investigation funds of the Army Corps of Engineers. No. Failed 39-372. 6/28/01.

200. H.R. 2311. Amendment to strike language in the bill that would provide for beach replenishment and coastal protection projects to be paid for with 65 percent federal and 35 percent local funds. No. Failed 84-333. 6/28/01.

201. H.R. 2311. Amendment to increase by $50 million renewable alternative energy programs at the Energy Department and offset the cost with a decrease by $60 million for weapons activities from the National Nuclear Security Administration Stockpile Stewardship program. No. Failed 163-258. 6/28/01.

202. H.R. 2311. Amendment to increase by $66 million nuclear non-proliferation activities and decrease by $122.5 million funding for the National Ignition Facility. No. Failed 91-331. 6/28/01.

203. H.R. 2311. Amendment to ban oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes, Lake Saint Clair, and the Saint Mary’s, Saint Clair, Detroit, Niagara, and Saint Lawrence rivers. No. Passed 265-157. 6/28/01.

204. H.R. 2311. Amendment to transfer $500,000 from nuclear waste disposal funds to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board to study the Energy Department’s activities relating to the transportation of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to Yucca Mountain, and authorize conducting hearings, obtaining testimony, and gathering other evidence from the department. No. Failed 102-321. 6/28/01.

205. H.R. 2311. Amendment to strike language int he bill that would prohibit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from using funds to finance the Gulfstream Natural Gas Project, a natural gas pipeline from Alabama to Florida. No. Failed 210-213. 6/28/01.

206. H.R. 2311. On passage of the bill to provide $23.7 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Energy Department, the Army Corps of Engineers, water projects and other independent agencies. Yes. Passed 405-15. 6/28/01.

309. H.R. 4, Security America’s Future Energy Act. Amendment to make clarifying changes to the bill including the authorization of numerous studies and analyses on turning municipal waste into fuel; developing nuclear reactors at existing Energy Department sites; linking education to energy conservation, and increasing the market share for renewable fuels. Yes. Passed 281-148. 8/1/01.

310. H.R. 4. Amendment to authorize $10 million annually through FY 2006 for a partnership program involving the EPA, the Energy Department and private industry to promote and conduct public outreach and education on renewable and alternative energy. Yes. Passed 411-15. 8/1/01.

311. H.R. 4. Amendment to require a combined corporate average fuel efficiency (CAFE) standard for passenger automobiles and light trucks, including sport-utility vehicles, of 26 miles per gallon (mpg) in 2005 and 2006 and 27.5 mpg in 2007 and beyond. No. Failed 160-269. 8/1/01.

312. H.R. 4. Amendment to block the state of California from preventing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from ensuring low-cost natural gas transmission inside the state. Yes. Failed 154-275. 8/1/01.

313. H.R. 4. Amendment to give California a waiver from a federal law requiring that reformulated gasoline contain at least 2 percent oxygen, provided the state achieves equivalent or greater emissions reductions. No. Failed 125-300. 8/1/01.

314. H.R. 4. Amendment to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose cost-of-service rates on electricity generators selling power in western states for 18 months, and provide that power plants coming online after Jan. 1, 2001, would be exempted. No. Failed 154-274. 8/1/01.

315. H.R. 4. Amendment to require that receipts from new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) be split, with 50 percent going to Alaska and the rest evenly divided between a new federal fund for renewable energy research and development and one for the elimination of the maintenance and improvement backlog on federal lands. Yes. Passed 241-186. 8/1/01.

316. H.R. 4. Amendment to limit oil and gas drilling operations in the ANWR to 2,000 acres of total surface area. Yes. Passed 228-201. 8/1/01.

317. H.R. 4. Amendment to maintain the current prohibition on oil drilling in ANWR by striking language opening the reserve to development. No. Failed 206-223. 8/1/01.

318. H.R. 4. Amendment to express the sense of Congress that states along the Great Lakes should enact prohibitions against offshore oil and gas drilling or maintain existing ones. Yes. Passed 345-85. 8/1/01.

319. H.R. 4. Motion to recommit the bill to the House Ways and Means Committee with instructions to add language providing that tax reductions should be contingent on sufficient non-Social Security, non-Medicare surpluses. No. Failed 206-223. 8/1/01.

320. H.R. 4. On passage of the Security America’s Future Energy Act to make changes to the nation’s energy policies including those in the areas of production, conservation, taxes and research. Yes. Passed 240-189. 8/1/01.

373. H.Res. 250, to urge the Energy secretary to increase the capacity of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to 1 billion barrels, fill it to capacity and consider buying from marginal wells. Yes. Passed 409-3, under suspension of rules. 10/9/01.

393. H.R. 2217, to agree to the conference report on the bill to provide $19.1 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Yes. Passed 380-28. 10/17/01.

397. H.R. 2924, to authorize the Western Area, Southwestern, and Southeastern power administrations to implement programs to reduce vandalism and destruction of property under their jurisdictions and provide cash rewards to persons who provide information or evidence leading to the arrest and prosecution of anyone responsible for causing damage to the nation’s electricity system. Yes. Passed 418-0, under suspension of rules. 10/23/01.

416. H.R. 2311, to agree to the conference report to provide $24.6 billion in FY 2002 appropriations for energy and water development for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers and related agencies. Yes. Passed 399-29. 11/1/01.