The Anti-Environment Record of the 112th House of Representatives
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Database of Anti-Environment Votes in the 112th Congress (2011-2012)
Compiled by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Democratic Staff
In the 112th Congress, the House of Representatives voted 317 times to block action to address climate change, to halt efforts to reduce air and water pollution, to undermine protections for public lands and coastal areas, and to weaken the protection of the environment in other ways. The Democratic staff for the Committee on Energy and Commerce compiled a searchable database of these votes, found below.
Summary Report: The Anti-Environment Record of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 112th Congress
View the database of anti-environmental votes for the 113th Congress.
Total Anti-Environment Votes Under GOP House Majority in the 112th Congress:
317
Votes targeted at the Environmental Protection Agency: 145
- Votes to block actions that prevent pollution: 137
- Votes targeted at the Department of Energy: 55
- Votes to defund or repeal clean energy initiatives: 57
- Votes to promote offshore drilling: 47
Votes to dismantle the Clean Air Act: 95
- Votes targeted at the Department of the Interior: 81
- Votes to undermine protections for public lands and wilderness: 67
- Votes to block actions that address climate change: 53
- Votes to dismantle the Clean Water Act: 38
Title | Sponsor | Statutes | Agencies | Description | Vote Date | Action | Result |
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S. 1956 | Thune (R-SD) | Department of Transportation |
Prohibits U.S. airlines from complying with the European Union’s requirements to address carbon pollution from aviation activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
11/13/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 3409 | Johnson (R-OH) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act |
Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency |
Guts the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act; blocks implementation of new vehicle tailpipe emission standards; blocks EPA from taking any action to address climate change; blocks efforts to ensure safe disposal of coal ash; and blocks EPA from cleaning up toxic mercury pollution from power plants. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 233-175 |
H.R. 3409 | Markey (D-MA) | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act | Department of Interior |
Exempts from bill's rulemaking prohibition any rule that would reduce the prevalence of pulmonary diseases, lung cancer, cardiovascular disease, birth defects, or reproductive problems. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1483 |
Defeated 174-229 |
H.R. 3409 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes language in the bill that repeals EPA’s scientific finding that carbon pollution endangers the public health and welfare of current and future generations. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1485 |
Defeated 178-229 |
H.R. 3409 | Kelly (R-PA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires Department of Transportation to complete a one-sided study on the safety and economic impacts of the new vehicle tailpipe standards; prohibits consultation with EPA and the California Air Resources Board. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1486 |
Passed 242-168 |
H.R. 3409 | Markey (D-MA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows EPA to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions if such action will reduce the demand for oil. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1487 |
Defeated 164-246 |
H.R. 3409 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Water Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes language in the bill arbitrarily limiting the time EPA and other agencies have to comment on permit applications to dump mountaintop removal coal mining waste into waterways. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1490 |
Defeated 164-247 |
H.R. 3409 | McKinley (R-WV) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strips EPA of its authority to stop disposal of waste into a waterway if it determines that the disposal would have severe adverse impacts on water quality, fisheries, wetlands, or other aquatic resources. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1491 |
Passed 247-163 |
H.R. 3409 | Markey (D-MA) | Department of Energy |
Creates a national renewable electricity and energy efficiency standard. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1492 |
Defeated 160-250 |
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H.R. 3409 | DeFazio (D-OR) |
Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires EPA and Department of Transportation to complete a report on the health, environmental, and public health impacts of fugitive coal dust. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1493 |
Defeated 168-243 |
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H.R. 3409 | Flake (R-AZ) and Berg (R-ND) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Limits EPA’s ability to provide clean air protections if states fail to act; eliminates EPA’s authority to ensure minimum levels of control for pollution that harms health and visibility in national parks. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1494 |
Passed 228-183 |
H.R. 3409 | Gosar (R-AZ) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Prohibits EPA from requiring the Navajo Generating Station to reduce pollution to protect scenic views in the Grand Canyon and other national parks, if such requirement would affect coal-based employment or revenues. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1495 |
Passed 226-181 |
H.R. 3409 | Capps (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Prohibits the bill from nullifying landmark vehicle pollution control and fuel efficiency standards for 2017 to 2025 model year vehicles. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/21/2012 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 173-233 |
H.R. 3409 | Harris (R-MD) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Discourages EPA from using peer-reviewed and independent scientific research on the health impacts of exposure to air pollution by conditioning its use on public disclosure of all underlying data, even if the data is privately-held, personal or confidential. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/20/2012 | H.Amdt. 1489 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 6213 | Upton (R-MI) | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from awarding new loan guarantees for clean energy projects. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/14/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 245-161 |
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H.R. 6213 | Waxman (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Allows the best, most innovative clean energy projects to compete for funding rather than limiting funding to projects submitted to DOE prior to the end of 2011. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/14/2012 | H.Amdt. 1482 |
Defeated 170-231 |
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H.R. 6213 | Markey (D-MA) | Department of Energy |
Makes the bill’s prohibition of new loan guarantees for energy projects contingent on the extension of the wind energy production tax credit. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/14/2012 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 175-234 |
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H.R. 5544 | Cravaack (R-MN) | Department of Agriculture |
Authorizes a land exchange, without environmental review, to allow for increased logging and mining in the Superior and Chippewa National Forests. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/12/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 225-189 |
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H.R. 5544 | Holt (D-NJ) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Agriculture |
Ensures proper environmental and public review of the proposed land exchange for national forest lands. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/12/2012 | H.Amdt.1477 |
Defeated 177-236 |
H.R. 4078 | Griffin (R-AR) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Blocks significant regulations to protect public health and the environment unless the unemployment rate falls below 6%. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 245-172 |
H.R. 4078 | Nadler (D-NY) | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Exempts any rules related to nuclear power plant safety from the bill's provisions blocking regulatory action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2012 | H.Amdt.1458 |
Defeated 176-243 |
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H.R. 4078 | McKinley (R-WV) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Blocks any regulatory action that would cost $50 million or more, without regard to the benefits. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2012 | H.Amdt.1459 |
Passed 240-178 |
H.R. 4078 | Posey (R-FL) |
Blocks the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from enforcing or issuing interpretive guidance on climate change. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2012 | H.Amdt.1465 |
Passed 245-171 |
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H.R. 4078 | Hastings (D-FL) | Safe Drinking Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Exempts rules to protect safe drinking water from the bill's provisions blocking regulatory action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1447 |
Defeated 188-231 |
H.R. 4078 | Welch (D-VT) |
Department of Energy Environmental Protection Agency |
Exempts rules to promote energy efficiency from the bill's provisions blocking regulatory action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1450 |
Defeated 174-242 |
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H.R. 4078 | Markey (D-MA) |
Ensures that rules to address extreme weather, including droughts, flooding and wildfires, are exempt from the bill's provisions blocking regulatory action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1451 |
Defeated 177-240 |
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H.R. 6082 | Hastings (R-WA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires new drilling off the Atlantic, Pacific, and Alaskan coasts with limited environmental review and without stronger drilling safety requirements. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 253-170 |
H.R. 6082 | Holt (D-NJ) |
National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
Department of Interior |
Strikes the provision limiting environmental review of new drilling in Bristol Bay (Alaska) and in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1440 |
Defeated 163-253 |
H.R. 6082 | Markey (D-MA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires that companies drilling in offshore waters pursuant to this Act implement drilling safety requirements recommended by the BP oil spill commission. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1443 |
Defeated 189-232 |
H.R. 6082 | Holt (D-NJ) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks new offshore oil and gas leases for companies that have not yet renegotiated any royalty-free leases they already own in the Gulf of Mexico. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1444 |
Defeated 177-247 |
H.R. 6082 | Hastings (D-FL) | Department of Interior |
Requires each drilling permit application to estimate the climate change impact of the oil and gas extracted from the new drilling. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2012 | H.Amdt.1446 |
Defeated 150-275 |
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H.R. 5856 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit the government from entering into long-term contracts for the procurement of alternative fuels that are more polluting than conventional fuels. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/19/2012 | H.Amdt.1428 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4402 | Amodei (R-NV) |
Equal Access to Justice Act National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Elevates mining over other uses of public lands; limits environmental review of and public input on proposed mining projects; and allows companies to mine on public lands without paying royalties. Floor debate: TEXT | |
07/12/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 256-160 |
H.R. 4402 | Tonko (D-NY) |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Narrows the bill's broad definition of covered minerals to exclude sand, gravel, and clay. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1371 |
Defeated 162-251 |
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H.R. 4402 | Hastings (D-FL) | National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Extends the time allowed for agency review of mining permits by an additional 12 months. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1372 |
Defeated 162-252 |
H.R. 4402 | Markey (D-MA) |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Requires mining companies to pay a 12.5% royalty on the value of hardrock minerals mined on federal lands and devotes the revenue to cleaning up abandoned hardrock mines. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1373 |
Defeated 163-253 |
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H.R. 4402 | Young (R-AK) | Department of Agriculture |
Requires the Forest Service to allow the construction of mining roads in areas currently designated as roadless. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1374 |
Passed 238-178 |
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H.R. 4402 | Cravaack (R-MN) | National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Extends the bill's expedited permitting process to mining projects that have already applied for permits. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1375 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 4402 | Hastings (D-FL) | Equal Access to Justice Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Creates an exception for non-profit entities and individuals from the bill's prohibition on the recovery of legal fees in the event of a successful challenge to a mining permit. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1376 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
H.R. 4402 | Grijalva (D-AZ) | National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Protects hunting, fishing, grazing, and recreation on public lands by requiring proper review of any mineral exploration or mining permit that might diminish opportunities for these activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2012 | H.Amdt. 1377 |
Defeated 167-248 |
H.R. 5972 | Lankford (R-OK) | Migratory Bird Treaty Act | Department of Transportation |
Prohibits the Secretary of Transportation from using funds to implement, administer, or enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for the cliff or barn swallow. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/29/2012 | H.Amdt. 1366 |
Passed 234-191 |
H.R. 5972 | Cravaack (R-MN) |
Prohibits the use of funds to comply with the European Union’s requirements to address carbon pollution from aviation activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/27/2012 | H.Amdt. 1356 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5972 | Griffith (R-VA) | Department of Transportation |
Blocks the Departments of Transportation and Housing from using funds for sustainable and livable community initiatives. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/27/2012 | H.Amdt. 1359 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5972 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit the government from entering into long-term contracts for the procurement of alternative fuels that are more polluting than conventional fuels. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/27/2012 | H.Amdt. 1360 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4348 | McKinley (R-WV) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Bars EPA from regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste, limits EPA's authority to regulate coal ash as a solid waste, and requires EPA to defer to state coal ash disposal programs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | Motion to Instruct Conferees |
Passed 260-138 |
H.R. 4480 | Gardner (R-CO) |
Clean Air Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency |
Weakens Clean Air Act protections; blocks EPA air quality rules; opens up new onshore and offshore lands to drilling with fewer environmental safeguards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 248 - 163 |
H.R. 4480 | Hastings (R-WA) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Overturns EPA's designation of Alaska’s Colville River as an Aquatic Resource of National Importance. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1291 |
Passed 253 - 163 |
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H.R. 4480 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Prevents any delay of EPA rules that prevent asthma attacks, heart attacks, cancer, birth defects, neurological damage, premature death, or other serious harms to human health. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1296 |
Defeated 164 - 249 |
H.R. 4480 | Green (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes provision reversing 40 years of clean air policy by requiring EPA to determine what level of ozone pollution is “safe” based upon industry costs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1298 |
Defeated 174 - 244 |
H.R. 4480 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies provisions in the bill blocking EPA rules and rewriting the Clean Air Act if the Energy Information Administration determines that Title II of the bill would not lower gasoline prices or create jobs in the United States within 10 years. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1300 |
Defeated 164-255 |
H.R. 4480 | Holt (D-NJ) | Department of Interior |
Reduces the number of non-producing onshore leases as an incentive for oil and gas companies to begin producing on the leases they already hold. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1301 |
Defeated 164 - 256 |
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H.R. 4480 | Connolly (D-VA) | Department of Interior |
Limits the provision requiring citizens to pay a $5,000 fee shall to challenge oil and gas leases by providing that the fee may not infringe upon the protections afforded by the First Amendment to the Constitution to petition for the redress of grievances Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1302 |
Defeated 190-230 |
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H.R. 4480 | Rigell (R-VA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to lease an area off the coast of Virginia for oil and gas drilling within one year. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1306 |
Passed 263 - 146 |
H.R. 4480 | Holt (D-NJ) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks new oil and gas leases on public lands for companies that have not yet renegotiated any royalty free leases they already own in the Gulf of Mexico. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1307 |
Defeated 168 - 250 |
H.R. 4480 | Wittman (R-VA) |
National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
Department of Interior |
Creates a burdensome new regulatory scheme for offshore wind development and waives environmental review for certain offshore wind towers. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1308 |
Passed 256 - 161 |
H.R. 4480 | Bass (D-CA) |
Requires the Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to analyze how to shield American consumers and the U.S. economy from gasoline price spikes by reducing U.S. dependence on oil. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1310 |
Defeated 186 - 233 |
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H.R. 4480 | Capps (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies provisions requiring a study and delaying EPA air quality rules if the Secretary of Energy determines that the study is infeasible or would be unreliable. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1311 |
Defeated 162 - 254 |
H.R. 4480 | Speier (D-CA) | Department of Interior |
Strikes language giving the Interior Department only 60 days to review onshore drilling permits. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | H.Amdt. 1313 |
Defeated 162 - 255 |
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H.R. 4480 | Slaughter (D-NY) |
Requires major oil and gas companies to forgo certain tax benefits before obtaining new leases on federal lands. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/21/2012 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 166 - 243 |
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H.R. 4480 | Polis (D-CO) | Department of Interior |
Bans hydraulic fracturing activities within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school on public lands leased under Title I of the bill. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/20/2012 | H.Amdt. 1292 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4480 | Quigley (D-IL) | Department of Interior |
Prevents new offshore drilling under Title I of the bill if the drilling would occur in ecologically sensitive areas or if it would harm the marine and coastal environment. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/20/2012 | H.Amdt. 1293 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4480 | Terry (R-NE) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows EPA to waive certain fuel requirements in a geographic area when there is a problem with distribution or delivery of fuel or fuel additives. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/20/2012 | H.Amdt. 1299 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2578 | Denham (R-CA) |
Endangered Species Act Marine Mammal Protection Act National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Creates a 100-mile zone along the U.S. borders in which environmental laws do not apply; allows clear-cutting in the Tongass National Forest; authorizes killing of sea lions in the Pacific Northwest; and overturns plan to protect nesting sea turtles in North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/19/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 232 - 188 |
H.R. 2578 | DeFazio (D-OR) |
Blocks the Sealaska Native Corporation from exporting unprocessed timber obtained from clear-cutting in new areas of the Tongass National Forest. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/19/2012 | H.Amdt. 1286 |
Defeated 184 - 236 |
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H.R. 2578 | Bishop (R-UT) |
Endangered Species Act National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Interior |
Narrows the bill's exemption for border patrol activities from environmental laws. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/19/2012 | H.Amdt. 1288 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2578 | Grijalva (D-AZ) |
Endangered Species Act National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of Interior |
Strikes a provision that creates a 100-mile zone along U.S. borders in which numerous environmental laws do not apply Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/19/2012 | H.Amdt. 1289 |
Defeated 177 - 247 |
H.R. 5882 | Moran (D-VA), Welch (D-VT), and Pingree (D-ME) |
Prohibits the use of Styrofoam (polystyrene) products in food service facilities in the House of Representatives Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/08/2012 | H.Amdt. 1282 |
Defeated 178 - 229 |
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H.R. 5855 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit the government from entering into long-term contracts for the procurement of alternative fuels that are more polluting than conventional fuels Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/07/2012 | H.Amdt. 1264 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Energy |
Cuts funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs; blocks funding for salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River; blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from protecting certain streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 255 - 165 |
H.R. 5325 | Lujan (D-NM) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for defense environmental cleanup by $21.9 million by reducing funds for the NNSA Office of the Administrator by the same amount Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H. Amdt. 1195 |
Defeated 174 - 244 |
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H.R. 5325 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for DOE's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs by $10 million by reducing funds for nuclear weapons activities Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H. Amdt. 1205 |
Defeated 157 - 260 |
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H.R. 5325 | Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks funding for the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, a congressionally-mandated study to examine flood risk prevention and the impacts of navigation, hydropower, irrigation and other activities on the river Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H. Amdt. 1206 |
Passed 242 - 168 |
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H.R. 5325 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Increases funding for Army Corps of Engineers construction and coastal restoration projects by reducing funds for nuclear weapons activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H. Amdt. 1216 |
Defeated 150 - 260 |
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H.R. 5325 | Flake (R-AZ) | Department of Energy |
Prohibits DOE from using funds for the Wind Powering America Initiative, which works with state and regional stakeholders to increase wind energy generation in the U.S. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H. Amdt. 1231 |
Passed Voice-vote |
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H.R. 5855 | Bishop (R-UT) | Department of Homeland Security |
Cuts $3 million from funds for mitigation of environmental damage caused by border patrol activities Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/06/2012 | H.Amdt. 1242 |
Passed 230 - 186 |
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H.R. 5325 | Hirono (D-HI) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for the Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy by $133 million by decreasing funds for fossil energy research. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1184 |
Defeated 131 - 257 |
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H.R. 5325 | Matheson (D-UT) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for cleaning up sites polluted with radioactive waste by $9.6 million by reducing funds for nuclear weapons activities by the same amount Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1187 |
Defeated 152 - 235 |
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H.R. 5325 | Pearce (R-NM) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for cleaning up sites polluted with radioactive waste by $89 million by reducing funds for the National Nuclear Security Administration Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1194 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Young (R-AK) | Magnuson-Stevens Act | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Blocks funding for restoration and salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1199 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5325 | Blackburn (R-TN) | Department of Energy |
Prohibits the use of funds for new loan guarantees for clean energy projects under section 1705 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1201 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from completing the Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1204 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Harris (R-MD) | Department of Energy |
Prohibits DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy from using funds for international activities, except for projects in Israel Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1209 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Burgess (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from implementing its energy efficient light bulb standards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1210 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5325 | Jordan (R-OH) | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from providing loan guarantees to renewable energy systems, electric power transmission systems, or leading edge biofuel projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1219 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Graves (R-MO) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Reduces funding for the Missouri River Recovery Program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1220 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Landry (R-LA) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from requiring that developers offset and mitigate the loss of wetlands in Louisiana. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1221 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Landry (R-LA) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from using funds to carry out a national media campaign to increase energy efficiency and reduce oil consumption Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1222 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5325 | Schweikert (R-AZ) | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from using funds to enforce efficiency standards for showerheads Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1224 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Fortenberry (R-NE) | Department of Energy |
Blocks DOE from implementing efficiency standards for battery chargers and external power supplies, including golf cart battery chargers Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1226 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 5325 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit the government from entering into long-term contracts for the procurement of alternative fuels that are more polluting than conventional fuels Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/05/2012 | H. Amdt. 1227 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5325 | Moran (D-VA) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves the authority of EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to protect streams, tributaries, and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/01/2012 | H. Amdt. 1175 |
Defeated 152 - 237 |
H.R. 5325 | Kaptur (D-OH) | Department of Energy |
Increases funding for DOE energy efficiency and renewable energy programs by $10 million by reducing the DOE administrative account by the same amount Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/01/2012 | H. Amdt. 1176 |
Defeated 183 - 200 |
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H.R. 5325 | Tonko (D-NY) | Department of Energy |
Increases funding for DOE energy efficiency and renewable energy programs by $180 millionby reducing funds for nuclear weapons activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/01/2012 | H. Amdt. 1179 |
Defeated 148 - 236 |
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H.R. 5325 | Hahn (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Increases funds for DOE's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs by $50 million by reducing funds for fossil energy research. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/01/2012 | H. Amdt. 1181 |
Defeated 139 - 245 |
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H.R. 4310 | Petri (R-WI) and Johnson |
Allows DOD to count direct-use solar, such as windows and skylights, toward its goal of generating 25% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/18/2012 | H.Amdt. 1133 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4348 | Barrow (D-GA) | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Instructs the conferees to include provisions approving the Keystone XL pipeline without environmental review of the actual route. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/18/2012 | Motion to Instruct Conferees |
Passed 261 - 152 |
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H.R. 4310 | Gallegly (R-CA) |
Endangered Species Act Marine Mammal Protection Act |
Department of Interior |
Expands U.S. Navy exemptions from the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act for harm to southern California sea otters and gives the fishing industry the same exemption indefinitely. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/17/2012 | H.Amdt. 1100 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5326 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit procurement of alternative fuels that emit more carbon pollution than conventional fuel Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/09/2012 | H.Amdt. 1078 |
Passed 250-173 |
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H.R. 5326 | Flores (R-TX) |
Prohibits use of funds to implement the National Ocean Policy, relating to U.S. stewardship of oceans and the Great Lakes. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/09/2012 | H.Amdt. 1079 |
Passed 246 - 174 |
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H.R. 5326 | Cravaack (R-MN) |
Prohibits the National Science Foundation from implementing the Climate Change Education program. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/09/2012 | H.Amdt. 1088 |
Passed 238 - 188 |
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H.R. 5326 | Landry (R-LA) | Endangered Species Act | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Prohibits NOAA from using funds to reduce sea turtle mortality in shrimp fisheries in the southeastern United States. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/09/2012 | H.Amdt. 1088 |
Passed 218 - 201 |
H.R. 5326 | Denham (R-CA) | Magnuson-Stevens Act | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Blocks funding for restoration and salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/09/2012 | H.Amdt. 1091 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 5326 | Harris (R-MD) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Reduces funding for NOAA's Climate Portal program. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/08/2012 | H.Amdt. 1045 |
Passed 219 - 189 |
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H.R. 5326 | Grimm (R-NY) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Reduces funding for NOAA's operations and climate research programs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/08/2012 | H.Amdt. 1047 |
Passed 209 - 199 |
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H.R. 5326 | Broun (R-GA) | Marine Mammal Protection Act |
Reduces funding for the Marine Mammal Commission by 6%. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/08/2012 | H.Amdt. 1061 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 4348 | Mica (R-FL) |
Clean Air Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Approves the Keystone XL pipeline without environmental review of the actual route; bars EPA from regulating hazardous coal ash; and guts environmental and air quality review of new transportation projects. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/18/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 293-127 |
H.R. 4348 | Ribble (R-WI) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Weakens environmental review of new transportation projects and undermines Clean Air Act requirements designed to ensure that new transportation projects are consistent with air quality goals. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/18/2012 | H.Amdt. 1014 |
Passed 255 - 165 |
H.R. 4348 | McKinley (R-WV) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Bars EPA from regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste, limits EPA's authority to regulate coal ash a solid waste, and requires EPA to defer to state coal ash Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/18/2012 | H.Amdt. 1015 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 4089 | Miller (R-FL) |
Marine Mammal Protection Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency |
Opens up wilderness areas and national monuments to hunting and recreational shooting; bars EPA from regulating lead in ammunition and sportfishing equipment under the Toxic Substances Control Act; allows import of polar bear trophies. Floor debate: | |
04/17/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 274-146 |
H.Con.Res. 112 | Ryan (R-WI) |
Department of Energy Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Outlines drastic budget cuts for environmental protection, clean energy, coastal protection, and climate programs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
03/29/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 228 - 191 |
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H.R. 2842 | Tipton (R-CO) | National Environmental Policy Act | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Exempts small conduit hydropower development from NEPA Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
03/07/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 265 - 154 |
H.R. 2842 | Napolitano (D-CA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Strikes a NEPA exemption for small conduit hydropower Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
03/07/2012 | H. Amdt. 966 |
Defeated 168 - 253 |
H.R. 1837 | Nunes (R-CA) |
Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act |
Department of Interior |
Blocks the Endangered Species Act for operation of the Central Valley Project and the California State Water Project; removes protections for fish from the process of approving water transfers out of the San Joaquin delta; and prohibits the imposition of mitigation measures or environmental restoration fees in transfer agreements. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/29/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 246 - 175 |
H.R. 1837 | McNerney (D-CA) | Department of Interior |
Blocks provisions from taking effect unless it is demonstrated that they will not harm drinking water supplies for California's Delta region. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/29/2012 | H.Amdt. 959 |
Defeated 178 - 242 |
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H.R. 1837 | McNerney (D-CA) | Department of Interior |
Blocks provisions from taking effect unless it is demonstrated that they will not harm water quality in the San Joaquin Delta. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/29/2012 | H.Amdt. 960 |
Defeated 177 - 243 |
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H.R. 1837 | Garamendi (D-CA) | Department of Interior |
Strikes provisions of the bill making protection of fish discretionary and transferring water out of the San Joaquin delta despite concerns about impacts on salmon and other species. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/29/2012 | H.Amdt. 963 |
Defeated 178 - 247 |
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H.R. 1837 | Markey (D-MA) |
Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act |
Department of Interior |
Strikes provisions exempting the Central Valley Project from state and federal laws including the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/29/2012 | H.Amdt. 964 |
Defeated 180 - 244 |
H.R. 3408 | Lamborn (R-CO) |
Endangered Species Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act |
Department of Interior |
Directs DOI to issue offshore oil and gas leases along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts, regardless of a state's objection; blocks NEPA and Endangered Species Act review of oil shale projects; requires issuance of oil shale leases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | Final Passage |
Passed 237 - 187 |
H.R. 3408 | Thompson (D-CA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Strikes provision requiring new oil and gas drilling off the coast of northern California. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | H.Amdt. 944 |
Defeated 167 - 253 |
H.R. 3408 | Hanabusa (D-HI) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires companies drilling offshore to meet minimum standards for well casing, cementing, and blowout preventers. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | H.Amdt. 946 |
Defeated 189 - 228 |
H.R. 3408 | Hastings (R-WA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks NEPA review of renewable energy projects on federal lands Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | H.Amdt. 947 |
Passed 250 - 171 |
H.R. 3408 | Labrador (R-ID) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks NEPA review of geothermal generation test projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | H.Amdt. 950 |
Passed 244 - 177 |
H.R. 3408 | Castor (D-FL) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks issuance of oil and gas leases within 5 miles of the Great Lakes or Florida Everglades Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2012 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 176 - 241 |
H.R. 3408 | Eshoo (D-CA) |
Department of Transportation Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review a pending study on the risks of shipping of tar sands crude before issuance of a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/15/2012 | H.Amdt. 932 |
Defeated 173 - 249 |
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H.R. 3408 | Polis (D-CO) | Department of Interior |
Strikes a requirement to issue leases for development of oil shale Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/15/2012 | H.Amdt. 936 |
Defeated 160 - 265 |
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H.R. 3408 | Capps (D-CA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Strikes provision requiring new oil and gas drilling off the coast of southern California. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/15/2012 | H.Amdt. 938 |
Defeated 160 - 267 |
H.R. 3408 | Bishop (D-NY) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Strikes provision requiring new oil and gas drilling off the coast of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, or Maine. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/15/2012 | H.Amdt. 940 |
Defeated 169 - 257 |
H.R. 3630 | Camp (R-MI) |
Clean Air Act National Environmental Policy Act |
Department of State Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies EPA rules that require industrial boilers and incinerators to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants; forces approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline and blocks environmental review of any route changes Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/13/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 234 - 193 |
H.R. 1633 | Noem (R-SD) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks action under the Clean Air Act to address the risks of particulate matter from most sources Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 268 - 150 |
H.R. 1633 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Removes Clean Air Act exemption for particulate pollution from mines, smelters, cement kilns, and other industrial sources Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | H.Amdt. 901 |
Defeated 150 - 255 |
H.R. 1633 | Christensen (D-VI) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores EPA authority to reduce particulate pollution if state and local laws are inadequate to protect public health Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | H.Amdt. 902 |
Defeated 159 - 250 |
H.R. 1633 | Markey (D-MA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Removes Clean Air Act exemption for particulate pollution containing arsenic or other heavy metals Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | H.Amdt. 904 |
Defeated 165 - 249 |
H.R. 1633 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Removes Clean Air Act exemption for particulate pollution from mining Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | H.Amdt. 905 |
Defeated 158 - 257 |
H.R. 1633 | DeGette (D-CO) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves EPA authority to issue and enforce Clean Air Act regulations for particulate emissions of cadmium, lead, and asbestos Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/08/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 166 - 252 |
H.R. 10 | Davis (R-KY) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Blocks any major rule that does not receive approval from both houses of Congress within 70 legislative days. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/07/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 241 - 184 |
H.R. 10 | McCarthy (D-NY) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act |
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ensures that rules relating to food safety, workplace safety, air quality, consumer product safety, and water quality are not covered by the bill's provisions blocking rules that do not receive approval from both houses of Congress within 70 legislative days. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/07/2011 | H.Amdt. 898 |
Defeated 177 - 246 |
H.R. 3010 | Smith (R-TX) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Imposes significant new hurdles to regulation and replaces protective standards in the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and other statutes with a requirement to adopt the least costly alternative. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/02/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 253 - 167 |
H.R. 3010 | Moore (D-WI) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Requires agencies to take effects on vulnerable subpopulations into account Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/02/2011 | H.Amdt. 888 |
Defeated 187 - 232 |
H.R. 3010 | Connolly (D-VA) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act |
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ensures that rules relating to food safety, workplace safety, air quality, consumer product safety, and water quality are not covered by the bill's provisions imposing significant hurdles to agency rule-making. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/02/2011 | H.Amdt. 891 |
Defeated 171 - 242 |
H.R. 3010 | Nadler (D-NY) | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Exempts actions taken by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the Atomic Energy Act Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/02/2011 | H.Amdt. 892 |
Defeated 174 - 247 |
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H.R. 527 | Smith (R-TX) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Endangered Species Act Energy Independence and Security Act Equal Access to Justice Act Magnuson-Stevens Act Marine Mammal Protection Act Migratory Bird Treaty Act National Environmental Policy Act Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Safe Drinking Water Act Superfund Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Toxic Substances Control Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Department of Energy Department of Homeland Security Department of Interior Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Requires additional analyses, including analyses of rules and guidance with only indirect economic effects on small businesses, as an impediment to required agency action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/01/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 263 - 159 |
H.R. 527 | Cohen (D-TN) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act Safe Drinking Water Act |
Environmental Protection Agency |
Ensures that rules relating to food safety, workplace safety, air quality, consumer product safety, and water quality are not covered by the bill's provisions blocking or hindering regulatory action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
12/01/2011 | H.Amdt. 884 |
Defeated 171 - 248 |
H.R. 2838 | Lobiondo (R-NJ) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks states from regulating the discharge of ballast water to control invasive species; restricts EPA's ability to limit discharge of coal ash from vessels into the Great Lakes. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
11/15/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2838 | Bishop (D-NY) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows states to set more protective requirements for ballast water discharges in their state resource waters. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
11/04/2011 | H.Ambdt. 861 |
Defeated 174 - 255 |
H.R. 2838 | Slaughter (D-NY) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes the language that preempts states from preventing the spread of invasive species by regulating the discharge of ballast water. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
11/04/2011 | H.Amdt. 862 |
Defeated 161 - 237 |
H.R. 2838 | Huizenga (R-MI) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA from revising permits for a vessel that currently discharges coal ash into the Great Lakes. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
11/04/2011 | H.Amdt. 863 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 1904 | Gosar (R-AZ) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Transfers public lands with significant cultural, historical, archeological and recreational value to private ownership for mineral mining; waives NEPA requirements for environmental impact analysis of the transfer and mining activity Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/26/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 235 - 186 |
H.R. 1904 | Markey (D-MA) |
Department of Agriculture Department of Interior |
Requires payment of royalties for copper extracted from federal lands Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 844 |
Defeated 173 - 238 |
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H.R. 2594 | Mica (R-FL) |
Prohibits U.S. airlines from complying with the European Union’s requirements to address carbon pollution. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/24/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2273 | McKinley (R-WV) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Bars EPA from regulating coal ash as a hazardous waste, limits EPA’s authority to regulate coal ash as a solid waste, and requires EPA to defer to state coal ash disposal programs Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 267 - 144 |
H.R. 2273 | Waxman (D-CA) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires state programs to ensure that human health and the environment are protected Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 838 |
Defeated 171 - 236 |
H.R. 2273 | Markey (D-MA) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires wet impoundments to meet minimum requirements for location and design to ensure safety Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 839 |
Defeated 173 - 231 |
H.R. 2273 | Markey (D-MA) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires public notice and opportunity to comment before a state may waive any of the minimum criteria in the bill Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 840 |
Defeated 185 - 223 |
H.R. 2273 | Rush (D-IL) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows EPA to enforce the requirements of a state permit programs if the state fails to do so Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 841 |
Defeated 164 - 241 |
H.R. 2273 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires a report to Congress on the human health and environmental impacts of state permit programs for coal ash Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 842 |
Defeated 174 - 235 |
H.R. 2273 | Cicilline (D-RI) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires high-hazard wet impoundments, the failure of which will probably cause the loss of human life, to implement a warning system to alert first responders and residents of hazardous conditions Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/14/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 172 - 238 |
H.R. 2250 | Griffith (R-VA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies EPA rules that require industrial boilers and incinerators to reduce emissions of toxic air pollutants; threatens EPA's ability to issue replacement standards; and delays reductions in toxic air pollution from these sources until 2018 at the earliest Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/13/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 275 - 142 |
H.R. 2250 | Castor (D-FL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay action to reduce air pollution from waste incinerators that are within five miles of any school, day care center, playground, or hospital with a maternity ward or neo-natal unit Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/13/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 170 - 246 |
H.R. 2250 | Markey (D-MA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from waste incinerators and boilers if such emissions are increasing the risk of cancer Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 827 |
Defeated 166 - 252 |
H.R. 2250 | Schakowsky (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Adds finding that mercury is a potent neurotoxin that can damage brain development in infants Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 829 |
Defeated 169 - 249 |
H.R. 2250 | Ellison (D-MN) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA can take actions to reduce emissions from waste incinerators and boilers earlier than allowed under the bill Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 830 |
Defeated 154 - 261 |
H.R. 2250 | Welch (D-VT) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Adds finding that the American people are exposed to mercury through fish consumption Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 831 |
Defeated 169 - 249 |
H.R. 2250 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from waste incinerators and boilers longer than 3 years Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 832 |
Defeated 156 - 262 |
H.R. 2250 | Connolly (D-VA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from waste incinerators and boilers if such emissions are increasing the risk of respiratory and cardiovascular disease Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/11/2011 | H.Amdt.826 |
Defeated 168 - 250 |
H.R. 2250 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from waste incinerators or industrial boilers at chemical facilities, oil refineries, or large manufacturing facilities if these emissions are harming brain development or causing learning disabilities in infants or children. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 820 |
Defeated 167 - 243 |
H.R. 2250 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that the bill shall not be interpreted to supersede the requirements of sections 112 or 129 of the Clean Air Act, which require reductions in toxic emissions from industrial boilers and incinerators Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 821 |
Defeated 156 - 242 |
H.R. 2250 | Hahn (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA's regulations reducing toxic emissions shall stay in effect for any pollution source located in any of the 10 metropolitan areas of the U.S. with the worst air quality Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 822 |
Defeated 151 - 255 |
H.R. 2250 | Doyle (D-PA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Replaces the indefinite extension of compliance dates in the bill with a provision allowing EPA to provide an additional year for compliance if the source can demonstrate a compelling reason Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 824 |
Defeated 147 - 251 |
H.R. 2681 | Cohen (D-TN) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires EPA to take into account reductions in absences from work due to respiratory illnesses when proposing a new compliance date Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 815 |
Defeated 172-248 |
H.R. 2681 | Keating (D-MA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Replaces the indefinite extension of compliance dates in the bill with a provision allowing EPA to provide an additional year for compliance if the source can demonstrate a compelling reason Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 816 |
Defeated 162 - 257 |
H.R. 2681 | Capps (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay action to reduce air pollution from cement kilns that are within five miles of any school, day care center, playground, or hospital with a maternity ward or neo-natal unit Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/06/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 176 - 247 |
H.R. 2681 | Sullivan (R-OK) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies EPA rules that require cement kilns to reduce their emissions of toxic air pollutants; threatens EPA's ability to issue replacement standards; and delays reductions in toxic air pollution from cement kilns unti 2018 at the earliest. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 262 - 181 |
H.R. 2681 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from a cement kiln if those emissions are harming brain development or causing learning disabilities in infants or children. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 802 |
Defeated 166 - 246 |
H.R. 2681 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that the bill shall not be interpreted to superscede the requirements of section 112 of the Clean Air Act, which requires reductions of toxic emissions from cement kilns Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 803 |
Defeated 162 - 251 |
H.R. 2681 | Schakowsky (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Adds a finding that mercury pollution from cement kilns is a potent neurotoxin that can damage the development of an infant’s brain Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 805 |
Defeated 175 - 248 |
H.R. 2681 | Pallone (D-NJ) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that the bill shall not go into effect if it interferes with the goal of reducing mercury exposure in the HHS report “Healthy People 2020” Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 808 |
Defeated 166 - 253 |
H.R. 2681 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires compliance no later than three years after a final rule is promulgated Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 809 |
Defeated 162 - 262 |
H.R. 2681 | Quigley (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from any cement kiln if such emissions are increasing the risk of cancer Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 810 |
Defeated 175 - 248 |
H.R. 2681 | Connolly (D-VA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA shall not delay actions to reduce emissions from any cement kiln if such emissions are causing respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses and deaths Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 811 |
Defeated 176 - 248 |
H.R. 2681 | Welch (D-VT) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Adds findings that people are exposed to mercury from industrial sources through the consumption of fish containing mercury and that every state has issued at least one mercury advisory for fish consumption Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 812 |
Defeated 174 - 249 |
H.R. 2681 | Moore (D-WI) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that the bill does not go into effect unless the President certifies that implementation will not adversely affect public health and will not have a disproportionately negative impact on subpopulations most at risk from hazardous air pollutants Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 813 |
Defeated 167 - 256 |
H.R. 2681 | Ellison (D-MN) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires EPA to publish the estimated public health impacts of delaying the rules as required by the Act Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
10/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 814 |
Defeated 170 - 252 |
H.R. 2401 | Whitfield (R-KY) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Delays environmental rules pending completion of a study of their cumulative impacts and changes the factors that must be considered in setting Clean Air Act standards Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 249 - 169 |
H.R. 2401 | Welch (D-VT) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides that EPA regulations are reviewed by an interagency committee with balanced membership that considers the benefits to public health of EPA rules Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 790 |
Defeated 173 - 236 |
H.R. 2401 | McNerny (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires the interagency committee to examine the impact of EPA regulations on on clean energy jobs and clean energy companies Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 791 |
Defeated 184 - 229 |
H.R. 2401 | Capps (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires an analysis of birth and developmental defects and infant mortality caused by pollution exposure resulting from delay of environmental regulations Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 793 |
Defeated 195 - 221 |
H.R. 2401 | Hastings (D-FL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Excludes all rules that have undergone a cost-benefit analysis from duplicative analysis Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 796 |
Defeated 165 - 254 |
H.R. 2401 | Connolly (D-VA) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires the interagency committee to study policies that will lead to creation of jobs in the clean energy sector Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 797 |
Defeated 186 - 232 |
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H.R. 2401 | Whitfield (R-KY) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Nullifies the “Utility MACT” and “Cross-State Air Pollution” rules, which reduce soot, smog, mercury, and toxic air pollution from power plants Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 799 |
Passed 234 - 188 |
H.R. 2401 | Latta (R-OH) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Reverses 40 years of clean air policy, by requiring EPA to determine what level of air pollution is “safe” based upon industry costs Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 800 |
Passed 227 - 192 |
H.R. 2401 | Richardson (D-CA) | Diesel Emission Reduction Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores authorization for funding for the Diesel Emission Reduction Act Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | H.Amdt. 801 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
H.R. 2401 | McCollum (D-MN) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires EPA to develop and implement a strategic plan to protect the Great Lakes from toxic air pollution Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 180 - 233 |
H.R. 2608 | Graves (R-MO) | Department of Energy |
Cuts DOE funding for making loans to support the manufacture of cleaner vehicles and issuing renewable energy loan guarantees Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
09/23/2011 | Final Passage |
Defeated 219 - 203 |
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H.R. 2584 | Richardson (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores some funding for EPA clean air grants to state and local air pollution control agencies Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/28/2011 | H.Amdt. 760 |
Defeated 168 - 258 |
H.R. 2584 | Dicks (D-WA) | Department of Interior |
Strikes a rider exempting certain livestock management activities from NEPA Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 749 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2584 | Dicks (D-WA) | Endangered Species Act | Department of Interior |
Strikes a rider blocking judicial review of any rule delisting gray wolves in Wyoming or the Western Great Lakes Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 750 |
Defeated 174 - 250 |
H.R. 2584 | Dicks (D-WA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes a rider exempting certain livestock management activities from NEPA Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 751 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
H.R. 2584 | Moran (D-VA) | Department of Interior |
Strikes a rider blocking funds for DOI Wildlands policy Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 753 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2584 | Pompeo (R-KS) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Cuts funding for EPA's greenhouse gas registry. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 757 |
Passed 235 - 191 |
H.R. 2584 | Richardson (D-CA) | Diesel Emission Reduction Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores some funding for EPA diesel emissions reduction grants Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt. 758 |
Defeated 193 - 232 |
H.R. 2584 | Dold (R-IL) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores some funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and other EPA programs to restore Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, the Chesapeake Bay, and San Francisco Bay. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt.743 |
Defeated 137 - 291 |
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H.R. 2584 | Scalise (R-LA) | Department of Interior |
Cuts the Secretary of the Interior's budget as a rebuke for alleged slow pace of offshore drilling permit approvals. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/27/2011 | H.Amdt.745 |
Passed 215 - 213 |
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H.R. 1938 | Terry (R-NE) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Transportation |
Abbreviates the review process for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to limit public participation and inter-agency review; contains congressional findings that misstate the environmental effects of the pipeline. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 279 - 147 |
H.R. 1938 | Welch (D-VT) | Department of Transportation |
Recognizes that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would run through the Ogallala Aquifer and could threaten groundwater and drinking water. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 720 |
Defeated 164 - 260 |
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H.R. 1938 | Rush (D-IL) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes an erroneous statement that the EPA has found the Keystone XL pipeline will not significantly impact greenhouse gas emissions. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 721 |
Defeated 164 - 261 |
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H.R. 1938 | Eshoo (D-CA) | Department of Transportation |
Requires a review of current pipeline regulations to determine whether they are sufficient to address the properties of tar sands crude oil before a final order on the pipeline is issued. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 722 |
Defeated 163 - 264 |
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H.R. 1938 | Christensen (D-VI) | National Environmental Policy Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Recognizes that EPA estimates the Keystone XL pipeline will significantly increase carbon pollution from fuel use in the United States Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 723 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
H.R. 1938 | Cohen (D-TN) | Department of Transportation |
States that the existing Keystone pipeline has spilled 12 times in the United States and 21 times in Canada in less than one year. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 724 |
Defeated 155 - 272 |
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H.R. 1938 | Rush (D-IL) | Department of Transportation |
Retains the current schedule for issuance of the Keystone XL pipeline permit to allow for adequate public participation. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 726 |
Defeated 161 - 265 |
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H.R. 1938 | Hanabusa (D-HI) | Department of Transportation |
Requires the developers of the Keystone XL pipeline to demonstrate the capability and technology to respond to a worst-case pipeline spill before issuance of a permit. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 727 |
Defeated 168 - 260 |
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H.R. 1938 | Johnson (D-GA) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires a study of the health impacts of air pollution from refineries served by the Keystone XL pipeline Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H.Amdt. 728 |
Defeated 163 -263 |
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H.R. 2584 | Tipton (R-CO) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Cuts funding for EPA environmental programs and management. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/26/2011 | H. Amdt. 734 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2584 | Cleaver (D-MO) | Environmental Protection Agency |
Restores funding for EPA's urban water initiative, which works with disadvantaged communities to revitalize urban watersheds. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 716 |
Defeated 165 - 248 |
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H.R. 2584 | Richmond (D-LA) | Department of Interior |
Restores funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 718 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2584 | Hochul (D-NY) | Department of Interior |
Reduces funding for DOI processing of drilling permits Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt. 719 |
Defeated 141 - 271 |
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H.R. 2584 | Moran (D-VA) | Department of Interior |
Restores funding for the Indian Health Service sanitation facilities construction program and reduces funding for BLM oil and gas and grazing management programs Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/25/2011 | H.Amdt.714 |
Defeated 175 - 237 |
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H.R. 2551 | Moran (D-VA) |
Prohibits the use of Styrofoam (polystyrene) products in food service facilities in the House of Representatives. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 712 |
Defeated 179 - 234 |
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H.R. 2354 | Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Department of Energy |
Cuts funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs; blocks funding for salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River; blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from protecting certain streams and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 219 - 196 |
H.R. 2354 | Cohen (D-TN) | Department of Energy |
Cuts funding for DOE fossil energy research Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 654 |
Defeated 158 - 264 |
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H.R. 2354 | Capps (D-CA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Halts part of the NRC relicensing process for the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 664 |
Defeated 152 - 269 |
H.R. 2354 | Harris (R-MD) | Department of Energy |
Bans the use of energy efficiency and renewable energy funds for any international program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 675 |
Passed 236 - 185 |
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H.R. 2354 | Burgess (R-TX) | Department of Energy |
Blocks enforcement of industry-supported light bulb efficiency standards Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 678 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Sherman (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Bans the use of energy efficiency and renewable funds for any project in China Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/15/2011 | H.Amdt. 684 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Matheson (D-UT) | Department of Energy |
Restores funding for DOE environmental cleanups and reduces funding for weapons activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 639 |
Defeated 168 - 257 |
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H.R. 2354 | Holt (D-NJ) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for DOE science activities and reduces funding for weapons activities Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 641 |
Defeated 164 - 261 |
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H.R. 2354 | Hastings (R-WA) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks implementation and enforcement of a shoreline management plan developed to protect salmon in the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 657 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Hastings (R-WA) | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the use of funds to remediate damage associated with removal of a hydroelectric dam on the White Salmon River. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 661 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Denham (R-CA) | Magnuson-Stevens Act | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Eliminates funding for restoration and salmon repopulation in the San Joaquin River. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 666 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2354 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit procurement of alternative fuels that have higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 670 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2354 | Young (R-IN) | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act | Department of Energy |
Blocks implementation of the weatherization provisions of the Recovery Act, which made weatherization assistance more accessible Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 671 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2354 | Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | National Environmental Policy Act | Army Corps of Engineers |
Blocks the Army Corps of Engineers from conducting a study required by statute as part of the Missouri River Recovery Program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/14/2011 | H.Amdt. 677 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2018 | Mica (R-FL) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Undermines the Clean Water Act by limiting EPA authority to establish water quality standards for chemicals and other pollutants that harm human health and the environment. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 239 - 184 |
H.R. 2018 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes all provisions of the bill to weaken Clean Water Act standards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 628 |
Defeated 167 - 254 |
H.R. 2018 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows the EPA to set water quality standards when a state fails to set adequate standards. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 629 |
Defeated 170 - 252 |
H.R. 2018 | Capito (R-WV) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires the EPA to analyze the impact of required environmental actions on employment levels and provide public notice and a hearing where impacts on employment or economic activity are found Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 630 |
Passed 268 - 152 |
H.R. 2018 | Polis (D-CO) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to any permit holder that EPA lists as being in significant noncompliance with the law. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 632 |
Defeated 191 - 231 |
H.R. 2018 | Blumenauer (D-OR) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to waterways that provide flood protection, are valuable fish and wildlife habitat, or are coastal recreation areas. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 635 |
Defeated 183 - 237 |
H.R. 2018 | Carnahan (D-MO) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply in areas that have previously been declared major disasters due to flooding. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt. 636 |
Defeated 173 - 247 |
H.R. 2018 | Connolly (D-VA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Says that the bill's weakening of clean water standards will not apply to water bodies that receive federal funds for restoration projects. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | H.Amdt.633 |
Defeated 181-240 |
H.R. 2018 | McNerney (D-CA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves EPA authority to set water pollution standards and review permits when pollutants are being discharged into waters that are public sources of drinking water. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/13/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 188 - 238 |
H.R. 2354 | Moran (D-VA) | Clean Water Act |
Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves the authority of EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers to protect streams, tributaries, and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 591 |
Defeated 170 - 250 |
H.R. 2354 | Markey (D-MA) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 597 |
Defeated 154 - 266 |
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H.R. 2354 | Connolly (D-VA) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 599 |
Defeated 173 - 249 |
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H.R. 2354 | Miller (D-NC) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 601 |
Defeated 179 - 244 |
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H.R. 2354 | Welch (D-VT) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 603 |
Defeated 123 - 200 |
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H.R. 2354 | Tonko (D-NY) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 605 |
Defeated 149 - 273 |
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H.R. 2354 | Wu (D-OR) | Department of Energy |
Restores some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 607 |
Defeated 196 - 228 |
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H.R. 2354 | Garamendi (D-CA) | Department of Energy |
Restores funding for Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 612 |
Defeated 145 - 276 |
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H.R. 2354 | Kaptur (D-OH) | Department of Energy |
Transfers funds to restore some funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 595 |
Defeated Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Harris (R-MD) | Department of Energy |
Reduces funds for cooperative efforts with other nations to promote energy efficiency Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 600 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2354 | Woodall (R-GA) | Department of Energy |
Reduces funding for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
07/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 608 |
Passed Voice Vote |
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H.R. 2021 | Gardner (R-CO) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Weakens Clean Air Act requirements for pollution from offshore drilling operations. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 235 - 166 |
H.R. 2021 | Speier (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires air emissions to be measured at the site of offshore drilling rather than onshore. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 481 |
Defeated 176 - 248 |
H.R. 2021 | Hastings (D-FL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Grants EPA authority to regulate air pollution from offshore drilling support vessels, such as icebreakers. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 482 |
Defeated 167 - 254 |
H.R. 2021 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Gives EPA additional time to consider air permit applications for offshore drilling projects if such time is necessary to allow sufficient public participation and to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 485 |
Defeated 172 - 253 |
H.R. 2021 | Quigley (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes a provision limiting the authority of the EPA Environmental Appeals Board to consider Clean Air Act permits for offshore drilling. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 486 |
Defeated 173 - 251 |
H.R. 2021 | Capps (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Allows states to set more protective air quality standards for offshore drilling operations. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 488 |
Defeated 180 - 242 |
H.R. 2021 | Schrader (D-OR) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Prevents offshore drilling off Oregon's coast by blocking EPA from issuing air permits for drilling projects. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/22/2011 | H.Amdt. 490 |
Defeated 160 - 262 |
H.R. 2112 | Scalise (R-LA) | Department of Agriculture |
Blocks the USDA's policy on climate change adaptation. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/16/2011 | H.Amdt. 467 |
Passed 238 - 179 |
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H.R. 2112 | Flores (R-TX) | Energy Independence and Security Act | Department of Agriculture |
Blocks enforcement of Energy Independence and Security Act provisions that prohibit procurement of alternative fuels that have higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional fuel Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/16/2011 | H.Amdt. 477 |
Passed Voice Vote |
H.R. 2017 | Lummis (R-WY) | Department of Homeland Security |
Eliminates funding for environmental mitigation along the southern United States border. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/02/2011 | H.Amdt. 376 |
Passed 238 - 177 |
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H.R. 2017 | Carter (R-TX) | Department of Homeland Security |
Blocks funding for DHS’s Climate Change Adaptation Task Force. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
06/02/2011 | H.Amdt. 378 |
Passed 242 - 180 |
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H.R. 1231 | Hastings (R-WA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires DOI to issue offshore oil and gas leases along the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic coasts, regardless of a state's objection. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/12/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 243 - 179 |
H.R. 1231 | Tsongas (D-MA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires each drilling applicant to develop and submit a worst-case scenario oil spill containment and cleanup plan. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 284 |
Defeated 195 - 223 |
H.R. 1231 | Brown (D-FL) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Makes the current ban on drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico permanent. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 285 |
Defeated 134 - 279 |
H.R. 1231 | Thompson (D-CA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Prohibits the issuance of leases for drilling off the coast of Northern California. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 286 |
Defeated 156 -263 |
H.R. 1231 | Inslee (D-WA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks DOI from leasing any area off the coast of Washington for oil and gas drilling without the approval of the Governor and legislature of the State of Washington. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/12/2011 | H.Amdt. 287 |
Defeated 160 - 256 |
H.R. 1229 | Hastings (R-WA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Limits the DOI review period for offshore drilling permits and deems permits automatically approved if not acted on within 30 days. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 263 - 163 |
H.R. 1229 | Hanabusa (D-HI) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires oil companies to certify they have the capability to respond to a worst-case oil spill. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 273 |
Defeated 187 - 235 |
H.R. 1229 | Holt (D-NJ) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks automatic DOI approval of offshore oil and gas permits if the review period expires before the agency takes action. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 274 |
Defeated 179 - 247 |
H.R. 1229 | Polis (D-CO) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Lifts restrictive deadlines for DOI action on offshore oil and gas permit applications if the agency lacks adequate budget or staff. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 275 |
Defeated 174 - 254 |
H.R. 1229 | Hastings (D-FL) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Preserves the ability of citizens who successfully challenge offshore drilling permits to recover their legal fees. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 279 |
Defeated 185 - 239 |
H.R. 1229 | Connolly (D-VA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks DOI from issuing new drilling permits to any applicant that has not paid all penalties, fines, or damages assessed because of economic and environmental harm caused to the Gulf of Mexico by the applicant's drilling activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 186 - 239 |
H.R. 1231 | Markey (D-MA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks new offshore oil and gas leases for companies that have not yet renegotiated any royalty free leases they already own. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/11/2011 | H.Amdt. 282 |
Defeated 189 - 238 |
H.R. 1229 | Polis (D-CO) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Requires DOI to consider all applicable safety and environmental laws when approving offshore oil and gas activities. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/10/2011 | H.Amdt. 270 |
Defeated 167 - 245 |
H.R. 1229 | Garamendi (D-CA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Requires DOI consultation with an independent drilling safety organization not affiliated with the American Petroleum Institute. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/10/2011 | H.Amdt. 271 |
Defeated 169 - 240 |
H.R. 1229 | Markey (D-MA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Sets minimum standards for well casing, cementing, and blowout preventers at offshore oil and gas wells. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/10/2011 | H.Amdt. 272 |
Defeated 176 - 237 |
H.R. 1230 | Hastings (R-WA) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Requires DOI to issue offshore oil and gas leases in the central and western Gulf of Mexico and off the Virginia coast and blocks additional environmental review of those leases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/05/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 266 - 149 |
H.R. 1230 | Holt (D-NJ) | National Environmental Policy Act | Department of Interior |
Requires DOI to conduct thorough environmental analyses of new offshore drilling leases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
05/05/2011 | H.Amdt. 268 |
Defeated 174 - 240 |
H.Con.Res. 34 | Ryan (R-WI) |
Department of Energy Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Outlines drastic budget cuts for environmental protection, clean energy, coastal protection, and climate programs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/15/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 235 - 193 |
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H.R. 910 | Upton (R-MI) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Repeals EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases to address climate change. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/07/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 255 - 172 |
H.R. 910 | McNerney (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Recommits with instructions to remove limitations on EPA authority to protect children, seniors, and those with asthma from health effects caused by exposure to air pollution from major sources of carbon emissions. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/07/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 175 - 251 |
H.R. 910 | Cuellar (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves existing EPA scientific findings and rules related to greenhouse gases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 243 |
Defeated Voice vote |
H.R. 910 | Murphy (D-CT) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves EPA authority to provide technical assistance to state greenhouse gas programs. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 244 |
Defeated 182 - 240 |
H.R. 910 | Waxman (D-CA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
States that Congress accepts EPA’s findings that climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 245 |
Defeated 184 - 240 |
H.R. 910 | Quigley (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires a GAO study of health care costs resulting from repeal of EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 246 |
Defeated Voice vote |
H.R. 910 | Polis (D-CO) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Ensures that EPA can protect the public health of the American people from global climate change. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 247 |
Defeated 168 - 257 |
H.R. 910 | Markey (D-MA) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Exempts EPA actions that reduce the demand for oil from the limitations in the bill. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 248 |
Defeated 156 - 255 |
H.R. 910 | Rush (D-IL) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Preserves greenhouse gas regulations until EPA and DOD determine that American security interests will not be jeopardized by their repeal. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 249 |
Defeated 165 - 260 |
H.R. 910 | Kind (D-WI) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Strikes the text of the bill, which repeals EPA’s existing authority to address carbon pollution, and replaces it with a codification of EPA’s “tailoring rule,” which exempts small sources from greenhouse gas permitting requirements Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt. 251 |
Defeated 160 - 264 |
H.R. 910 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Requires a study of the impacts of blocking EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt.240 |
Defeated 161-259 |
H.R. 910 | Jackson Lee (D-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides considerations and procedures to guide EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/06/2011 | H.Amdt.241 |
Defeated 157 - 266 |
H.R. 1255 | Womack (R-AR) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act |
Department of Energy Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency |
Provides for H.R. 1 to take effect by operation of law, thereby blocking agency actions under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other laws and cutting funding for dozens of environmental protection programs at EPA, DOE, DOI, and other agencies. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
04/01/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 221 - 202 |
H.R. 872 | Gibbs (R-OH) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA from requiring a Clean Water Act permit for pesticides sprayed into navigable waters Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
03/31/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 292 - 130 |
H.J.Res. 44 | Keating (D-MA) |
Eliminates enhanced oil recovery tax credit, marginal well depletion tax deduction, and other oil industry tax credits and deductions Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
03/01/2011 | Motion to Recommit |
Defeated 176 - 249 |
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H.R. 1 | Rogers (R-KY) |
Clean Air Act Clean Water Act |
Department of Energy Department of Interior Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks agency actions under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other laws and cuts funding for dozens of environmental protection programs at EPA, DOE, DOI, and other agencies. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | Final Passage |
Passed 235 - 189 |
H.R. 1 | Hall (R-TX) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Prevents NOAA from establishing a Climate Service. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 148 |
Passed 233 - 187 |
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H.R. 1 | Griffith (R-VA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA, Corps of Engineers, and Office of Surface Water Reclamation and Enforcement actions that protect navigable waters from mountaintop-removal coal mining Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 151 |
Passed 235 - 185 |
H.R. 1 | Luetkemeyer (R-MO) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks the United States from contributing funds to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 154 |
Passed 244 - 179 |
H.R. 1 | McKinley (R-WV) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA from revoking Clean Water Act permits based on adverse effects on water, fish, and wildlife Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 157 |
Passed 240 - 182 |
H.R. 1 | McKinley (R-WV) | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA authority to regulate coal ash under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 158 |
Passed 239 - 183 |
H.R. 1 | Noem (R-SD) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA authority to revise particulate matter standards under the Clean Air Act Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/19/2011 | H.Amdt. 164 |
Passed 255 - 168 |
H.R. 1 | Poe (R-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA regulation of major stationary sources of greenhouse gases. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 101 |
Passed 249 - 177 |
H.R. 1 | Markey (D-MA) | Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act | Department of Interior |
Eliminates a loophole in royalty payment requirements for offshore oil and gas drilling. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 119 |
Defeated 174 - 251 |
H.R. 1 | McClintock (R-CA) | Endangered Species Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks the Klamath Dam Removal and Sedimentation Study necessary to protect endangered species Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 121 |
Passed 215-210 |
H.R. 1 | Herger (R-CA) | Department of Agriculture |
Blocks Forest Service off-road vehicle management plans in national forests Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 123 |
Passed 227 - 197 |
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H.R. 1 | Blumenauer (D-OR) | Department of Agriculture |
Limits environmentally damaging agricultural subsidies Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 124 |
Defeated 184 - 241 |
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H.R. 1 | Johnson (R-OH) | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act | Department of Interior |
Blocks Office of Surface Mining rules to protect streams from surface coal mining Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 131 |
Passed 239 - 186 |
H.R. 1 | Goodlatte (R-VA) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks funds for the development of maximum contaminant load levels for the Chesapeake Bay. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 136 |
Passed 230 - 195 |
H.R. 1 | Rooney (R-FL) | Clean Water Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks new EPA water quality standards for Florida waterways. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 143 |
Passed 237-189 |
H.R. 1 | Young (R-AK) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks the EPA Environmental Appeals Board from reviewing air pollution permits for offshore drilling in the Arctic. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/18/2011 | H.Amdt. 96 |
Passed 243 - 185 |
H.R. 1 | Lummis (R-WY) | Equal Access to Justice Act |
Blocks citizens who successfully challenge federal action from recovering their legal fees Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/17/2011 | H.Amdt. 85 |
Passed 232 - 197 |
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H.R. 1 | Carter (R-TX) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Blocks EPA regulation of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from cement production Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/17/2011 | H.Amdt. 88 |
Passed 250 - 177 |
H.R. 1 | Scalise (R-LA) | Department of State |
Eliminates funding for the State Department climate envoy. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/17/2011 | H.Amdt. 89 |
Passed 249 - 179 |
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H.R. 1 | Inslee (D-WA) | Department of Energy |
Transfers funds from fossil energy research to clean energy research through Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2011 | H.Amdt. 32 |
Defeated 159 - 273 |
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H.R. 1 | Tonko (D-NY) | Department of Energy |
Restores funds for the DOE Weatherization Assistance Program Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2011 | H.Amdt. 35 |
Defeated 208 - 223 |
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H.R. 1 | Pompeo (R-KS) | Clean Air Act | Environmental Protection Agency |
Eliminates funding for EPA's greenhouse gas registry. Floor debate: TEXT | VIDEO |
02/16/2011 | H.Amdt. 47 |
Passed 239 - 185 |