Amendments to H.R. 21 – Strategic Production Response Act
(H.Res. 5 provides for a Modified-Open Rule for H.R. 21)
Text of amendments submitted to the Record can be found here (The first amendment was submitted on 1-20-23).
This tracker will be updated in real time as amendments are offered on the Floor
Gaetz (R-FL) – Amendment No. 1 – States that the bill shall effect on an existing administrative moratorium on leasing in certain parts of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina – PASSED BY VOICE
Pallone (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 104 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including tracts in the North Atlantic Planning Area – VOTE REQUESTED
Mace (R-SC) – Amendment No. 133 – States that the bill does not affect existing restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the South Atlantic Planning Area – VOTE REQUESTED
Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 3 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including drilling in tracts in parts of Florida and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico – VOTE REQUESTED
Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 2 – Requires the leasing plan for all drawdowns of the SPR (removing the requirement for emergency drawdowns only) – VOTE REQUESTED
Blunt Rochester (D-DE) – Amendment No. 71 – States that the bill does not change the fact that the U.S. committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to the Paris Agreement – VOTE REQUESTED
LaLota (R-NY) – Amendment No. 143 – States that the bill does not affect existing restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the North Atlantic Planning Area – PASSED BY VOICE
Cleaver (D-MO) – Amendment No. 8 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult with the EPA Administrator and Director of Indian Affairs on the leasing plan – FAILED BY VOICE
Clyde (R-GA) – Amendment No. 91 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit the leasing plan to Congress – PASSED BY VOICE
Cleaver (D-MO) – Amendment No. 9 – Allows for drawdowns of the SPR without a leasing plan during a period of a national emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act – FAILED BY VOICE
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 32 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to submit the required leasing plan to the Committees on Armed Services, Agriculture, Energy & Commerce, and Natural Resources in the House; and to the Committees on Energy and Natural Resources, Environment & Public Works, Armed Services, and Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry in the Senate – PASSED BY VOICE
Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 44 – Conditions enactment upon the Secretary of Energy certifying to Congress that the price of gasoline and diesel will not increase in any Petroleum Administration for Defense District while the Secretary develops the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 33 – Increases the maximum percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production from 10 percent to 15 percent – VOTE REQUESTED
Spanberger (D-VA) – Amendment No. 29 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any oil and gas leasing in any tract located off the Virginia coast – VOTE REQUESTED
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 137 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to identify acres of the Thompson Divide area in Colorado for leasing as part of the plan – PASSED BY VOICE
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 10 – Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review for each lease conducted in the Secretary of Energy’s leasing plan – RULED NOT GERMANE
Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 41 – Requires the leasing plan to include the list of parcels to be offered for lease and the size, location, and necessary permits required for each parcel – PASSED BY VOICE
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 11 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult with the EPA Administrator and the Council on Environmental Quality – VOTE REQUESTED
Huffman (D-CA) – Amendment No. 15 – Prohibits including the Northern California planning area in the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Huffman (D-CA) – Amendment No. 65 – Prohibits the leasing plan from decreasing land and water for recreation – VOTE REQUESTED
Panetta (D-CA) – Amendment No. 26 – Prohibits the Central California Planning area from being included in the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Levin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 18 – Excludes Southern California from being included in the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
DelBene (D-WA) – Amendment No. 7 – Excludes the Washington/Oregon planning area from the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Barr (R-KY) – Amendment No. 48 – Declares any financial regulations that limit financing for oil and gas companies to be void until the Secretary of Energy reports to Congress that the SPR has been replenished after a drawdown – RULED NOT GERMANE
Levin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 21 – Requires a “fair return” for taxpayers on leases in the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 55 – Requires the leasing plan to include a consultation plan with Tribal governments – VOTE REQUESTED
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 56 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including leasing where it would disproportionately burden communities of color, low-income communities, or Tribal and Indigenous communities – VOTE REQUESTED
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 57 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including leasing on federal lands that are viable for renewable energy production – VOTE REQUESTED
Thompson (D-CA) – Amendment No. 23 – Requires any drawdowns of the SPR to be offset with measures to reduce demand for oil – RULED NOT GERMANE
DeGette (D-CO) – Amendment No. 89 – Requires any leases or permits issued pursuant to the leasing plan to be accompanied by a certification that it would not excessively increase the sale price of petroleum products during an energy interruption – VOTE REQUESTED
Torres (D-CA) – Amendment No. 50 – Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that the leasing in the plan is necessary to get the SPR back to where it was on Febraury 23, 2022 – VOTE REQUESTED
Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 85 – Prohibits the leasing plan from financially benefiting an entity controlled or owned by China, North Korea, Russia, Iran, or countries subject to U.S. sanctions – VOTE REQUESTED
Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 86 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that the leasing plan will not result in the sale of oil to Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia – VOTE REQUESTED
Cohen (D-TN) – Amendment No. 129 – Prohibits the leasing plan from allowing an entity to engage in production unless it would not negatively impact air quality – VOTE REQUESTED
Garcia (D-CA) – Amendment No. 53 – Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that increasing lands leased for production will not result increased greenhouse gas emissions – VOTE REQUESTED
Lee (D-CA) – Amendment No. 84 – Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that an increase in federal lands leased for production would not perpetuate environmental injustice – VOTE REQUESTED
Payne (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 76 – States that the bill does not change the fact that communities of color and low-income communities face greater harms from climate change – VOTE REQUESTED
Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 59 – States that the bill does not impact the authority of the President or the Secretary of Energy to drawdown the SPR to lower gas prices – VOTE REQUESTED
Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 58 – Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy determining that the leasing plan will not negatively affect consumers using heating oil and petroleum-based fuels – VOTE REQUESTED
Goldman (D-NY) – Amendment No. 16 – Allows drawdowns of the SPR without a leasing plan in order to meet U.S. obligations under the international energy program. Prohibits drawdowns of the SPR until the Secretary of Energy certifies to Congress that the U.S. is meeting Paris Climate Accords targets and Justice40 recommendations. Requires the Secretary of Energy to consult with OMB and the Secretary of State. Requires a report to Congress on Paris Climate Accords progress and funding being used for environmental justice – RULED NOT GERMANE
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – Amendment No. 74 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any lease for production to a company that has purchased an equity security of the company as listed on the national securities exchange – VOTE REQUESTED
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – Amendment No. 72 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any Federal land if it would increase net carbon emissions –VOTE REQUESTED
Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) – Amendment No. 73 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any Federal land if it would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Accords – VOTE REQUESTED
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 35 – Excludes drawdowns for the purposes of “exchanges” from requiring plan. Conditions effective date on Secretary of Energy reporting to Congress on the necessity of acting under the authority of this section – VOTE REQUESTED
Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 36 – Excludes “test drawdowns” from requiring plan. Conditions the effective date of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy reporting to Congress on the necessity of acting under the authority of this section. – VOTE REQUESTED
Ross (D-NC) – Amendment No. 70 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any tract in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area – VOTE REQUESTED
Casten (D-IL) – Amendment No. 66 – Prohibits fossil industry entities from producing on a lease outlined in the leasing plan unless the entity submits to Secretary of Energy a plan to reduce its “global warming pollution” by 50 percent by 2030, completely by 2050, and release less than 1 percent of methane it currently releases – VOTE REQUESTED
Casten (D-IL) – Amendment No. 67 – Limits the leasing plan to only consider oil production (not gas), and only requires the plan if the Secretary of Energy intends to draw down more than the U.S. expects to export. Requires a report on these analyses to Congress. – VOTE REQUESTED
Casten (D-IL) – Amendment No. 68 – Limits the leasing plan to only considering oil production — not gas – VOTE REQUESTED
Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) – Amendment No. 75 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any tract in the Big Cypress National Preserve – VOTE REQUESTED
Schneider (D-IL) – Amendment No. 131 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including the Great Lakes – VOTE REQUESTED
Manning (D-NC) – Amendment No. 27 – Excludes any Outer Continental Shelf land from the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Scholten (D-MI) – Amendment No. 60 – Does not require a leasing plan if the Secretary of Energy determines that delaying a drawdown would increase gas prices – VOTE REQUESTED
Lee (D-NV) – Amendment No. 25 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including federal lands that have no or low potential for oil and gas development – VOTE REQUESTED
Porter (D-CA) – Amendment No. 45 – Prohibits the leasing plan from providing a financial benefit for any entity that is allowed to make gross income or take a tax deduction on an oil depletion – VOTE REQUESTED
Vasquez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 63 – Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy reporting on the number, location, and owner of the unused permits to drill – VOTE REQUESTED
Vasquez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 64 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to try to acquire petroleum products for the SPR from sources in the U.S. – VOTE REQUESTED
Cicilline (D-RI) – Amendment No. 135 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New York – VOTE REQUESTED
Quigley (D-IL) – Amendment No. 125 – Conditions the date of enactment upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ended – RULED NOT GERMANE
Takano (D-CA) – Amendment No. 80 – Requires a 90-day notice and comment period for the leasing plan – FAILED BY VOICE
Takano (D-CA) – Amendment No. 81 – Requires the Secretary of Energy to consider the number of approved but inactive leases and permits to drill when developing the leasing plan – VOTE REQUESTED
Takano (D-CA) – Amendment No. 82 – Limits the leasing plan from increasing drilling if it would impact deployment of renewable energy projects. Conditions enactment of the bill upon the Secretary of Energy certifying that increased oil and gas drilling will not impact deployment of renewable energy – FAILED BY VOICE
Castro (D-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Limits the leasing plan from providing oil and gas leasing on federal lands that have a high concentration of orphaned oil and gas wells – VOTE REQUESTED
Barragan (D-CA) – Amendment No. 24 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including land within 3,200 feet of a residence, school, or hospital – VOTE REQUESTED
Plaskett (D-VI) – Amendment No. 43 – Conditions enactment upon the Secretary of Energy certifying to Congress that the bill will not increase the average price of energy for American consumers – VOTE REQUESTED
Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 79 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including tracts in the Washington/Oregon Planning Area if inclusion would adversely impact coastal fisheries – VOTE REQUESTED
Bowman (D-NY) – Amendment No. 92 – Prohibits the leasing plan from authorizing entities who contributed to oil and gas price gouging to participate in any lease auctions – VOTE REQUESTED
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 13 – Requires the Chair of the Federal Election Commission to report to Congress on campaign donations to Members of Congress from the oil and gas industry – RULED NOT GERMANE
Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 14 – Lowers the leasing plan limit on percentage of federal land from 10 percent to 0.1 percent – FAILED BY VOICE
Grijalva (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 145 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any protected public lands (National Park System, National Wildlife Refuge System units, wild and scenic river system components, national conservation areas, national monuments, national recreation areas, and others – VOTE REQUESTED
Jackson (D-NC) – Amendment No. 46 – Adds harming national security to the exceptions for the Secretary of Energy making a leasing plan when drawing down the SPR – VOTE REQUESTED
Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 147 – States that the Act does not change the fact that the President is not authorized to make emergency drawdowns of the SPR for political purposes – PASSED BY VOICE
Sherman (D-CA) – Amendment No. 88 – Nullifies the requirement for a leasing plan if the President produces a plan to limit oil and gas imports by the same percentage as the drawdown of the SPR for drawdowns after enactment – FAILED BY VOICE
Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 146 – Requires a leasing plan for the period between January 21, 2021, and the date of enactment – PASSED BY VOICE
Lieu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 61 – Does not require a leasing plan if the Secretary of Energy determines that a drawdown would result in a net profit for the government – VOTE REQUESTED
Lieu (D-CA) – Amendment No. 62 – Prohibits the leasing plan from including any tract on the Outer Continental Shelf if it would adversely impact any marine mammals – FAILED BY VOICE
Nickel (D-NC) – Amendment No. 77 – Allows the Secretary of Energy to not do a leasing plan after a drawdown of the SPR if it would worsen inflation – VOTE REQUESTED
Pallone (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 95 – Replaces the bill with the “Buy Low, Sell High Act” – RULED NOT GERMANE