Amendments to H.R. 4394 – Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

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EN BLOC #1 OFFERED BY REP FLEISCHMANN – Ten minutes of debate began at 6:22 pm ADOPTED TO BY VOICE

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases and decreases funding for the Army Corps of Engineers by $1 million with the intent to direct the Secretary to ensure that the New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Focus Area Feasibility Study (HATS) complies with the Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA) of 2020 and 2022 

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 2 – Increase/decrease amendment to highlight the importance of shoreline and flood management along the Hudson River 

Graves (R-LA) – Amendment No. 4 – Increases and decreases the Army Corps- Civil Works Construction budget by $1.746 billion to direct the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works to prioritize the completion of over budget projects originally “fully funded” by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 5 – Increase/decrease amendment to highlight the importance of shoreline and flood management along the Susquehanna River

Phillips (D-MN) – Amendment No. 6 – Increases and decreases funding for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Operation and Maintenance account by $3 million to provide funding for the implementation of Section 11207 of the FY 2023 NDAA (P.L. 117-263) regarding the establishment of an Aqua Alert notification system pilot program

Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 7 – Includes Typhoons on same basis as Hurricanes 

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases and decreases funding for Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies with the intent to direct the Secretary to implement disaster response to assist the communities impacted by recent flooding in New York as soon as possible

Moylan (R-GU) – Amendment No. 9 – Increases funding for flood control and coastal emergencies with offsets

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 10 – Transfers $1 million from DOE’s Departmental Administration Account to the Upper Colorado River Basin Development Fund for Colorado River Dam Fund to increase water storage

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 11 – Transfers funds from DOE’s Departmental Administration Account to the Colorado River Storage Project to help combat drought in the West

Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases and decreases funding for the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response by $5,000,000 to prioritize critical infrastructure programs such as CyTRICS and Consequence driven Cyber-informed Engineering (CCE)

Walberg (R-MI) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases and decreases funding for the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response with the intent to direct the Director to prioritize the testing, analysis, certification, and integration applicability of commercially available noncertificate and non-public key infrastructure based advanced cyber security software to secure the Electrical Power Grid from internal and external unauthorized access and attacks

Peltola (D-AK) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases and decreases by $3 million the Department of Energy Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program to provide loan guarantees in support of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline 

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 23 – Brings funding for the HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production facility at the Pantex Plant into accordance with the House-passed NDAA. This facility will establish the capacity for full-scale production for high explosives, and this will allow the NNSA to be independent of external suppliers for all high explosives in the nuclear weapons stockpile

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 33 – Increases and decreases funding for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with the intent to direct the Commissioner to ensure coordination with federal, state, local, and public stakeholders to explore alternatives to disposing of radioactive wastewater into the Hudson River from Indian Point Energy Center

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 3 – Reduces the funding for Army Corps of Engineers – Civil; Investigations by $715,000 for the purpose of eliminating funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission – VOTE REQUESTED

Neguse (D-CO) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases the Water and Related Resources Account by $1 million to be directed to the Colorado River Compliance Activities account, specifically for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Endangered Fish Recovery programs – VOTE REQUESTED

Neguse (D-CO) – Amendment No. 13 -Increases the Water and Related Resources Account by $500,000, to be directed to the Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program (Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins) – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Westerman (R-AR) – Amendment No. 14 – Reduces funding for the Bureau of Reclamation’s Policy and Administration to Fiscal Year 2022 levels consistent with the Limit, Save, Grow Act – VOTE REQUESTED

Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases funds for the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management program within the Department of Energy by $600 million and reduces funds for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program by $1.1 billion. Balances fossil energy research and renewable energy research by modifying both account levels to get within reach of parity – VOTE REQUESTED

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 16 – Eliminates funding for DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 19 – Strikes funding for Clean Energy Demonstrations – VOTE REQUESTED

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 20 – Eliminates funding ($470,000,000) for Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy – VOTE REQUESTED

NOT OFFERED Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 22 – Eliminates funding for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program

NOT OFFERED Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 24 – Strikes section 307, prohibits funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce an energy efficiency standard that increases efficiency standards on distribution transformers, including the proposed rule entitled “Energy Conservation Program” Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers” published by the Department of Energy

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 25 – Reduces the funding level in this bill for the Appalachian Regional Commission to FY19 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 26 – Reduces the funding level for the Delta Regional Commission to the FY19 level – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 27 – Reduces funding for the Denali Commission to FY19 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) on behalf of Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 28 – Eliminates funding for the Denali Commission ($17 million) – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 29 – Reduces funding for the Northern Border Regional Commission to FY19 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 30 – Reduces funding for the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission to FY19 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 31 – Cuts funding for the Southwest Border Regional Commission in half – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 32 – Cuts the funding for the Great Lakes Authority in half – VOTE REQUESTED

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 34 – Prohibits funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Fallon (R-TX) – Amendment No. 35 – Prohibits any funding to be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled, “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces.” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 36 – Prohibits funding for plutonium pit production at the Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility – VOTE REQUESTED

Garamendi (D-CA) – Amendment No. 37 – Prohibits funds for the W87-1 modification program to enable additional analysis of the underlying program justifications, planning and budget – VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 38 – Prohibits funds for DOE’s implementation of their proposed Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 39 -Prohibits any funding from going towards the SuperTruck III program at DOE – VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 40 – Prohibits the use of funds to finalize, implement, or enforce rulemaking pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 41 – Prohibits NNSA from halting construction on the HE Synthesis, Formulation, and Production facility at the Pantex Plant – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Lamborn (R-CO) – Amendment No. 42 – Prohibits funds from this act from granting access of citizens from countries on the sensitive countries list to non-public areas of National Security Laboratories – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Luna (R-FL) – Amendment No. 43 – Reduces the salary of Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Luna (R-FL) – Amendment No. 44 – Prohibits funds to implement or enforce Corps of Engineers memo CERE-AP, issued by the South Atlantic division on July 9, 1996, relating to “Approval of Perpetual Beach Storm Damage Reduction Easement as a Standard Estate” which has halted beach renourishment projects across the country, including the aftermath of natural disasters – ADOPTED BY VOICE

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 45 – Prohibits funds provided by this Act from closing campgrounds operated by the Army Corps of Engineers that are located at Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 46 – Prohibits funding for rule titled “Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 47 – Prohibits use of funds for Department of Energy Office of Science’s Office of Scientific Workforce Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (SW-DEI) – VOTE REQUESTED

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 48 – Prohibits funding for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 49 – Prohibits use of funds for the consideration of the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (SC-GHG) in the development and implementation of budgets, federal procurement processes, or environmental reviews – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 50 – Prohibits funding for the American Climate Corps – VOTE REQUESTED

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 51 – Reduces the salary of Jennifer M. Granholm, Secretary of the Department of Energy, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 52 – Prohibits funds for enforcing any COVID–19 mask mandates ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 53 – Prohibits funds to be used to finalize the rule entitled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers.” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Palmer (R-AL) – Amendment No. 54 – Prohibits the Department of Energy from using funds to implement, administer, or enforce its rule regarding Room Air Conditioners – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED Pence (R-IN) – Amendment No. 55 – Prohibits funds for FERC’s Office of Public Participation to provide compensation for attorney fees, expert witness fees, and other costs incurred by individuals intervening in commission proceedings

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 56 – Reduces the salary of Gene Rodrigues, Assistant Secretary for Electricity for the Office of Electricity, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 57 – Reduces the salary of Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs, to $1 VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 58 – Reduces Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 by $1,553,000,000 to match FY22 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 59 – Reduces funds appropriated to the US Army Corp of Engineers–Civil by $620,000,000 to match FY22 levels – VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) on behalf of Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 60 – Prohibits funds from being used to implement any of President Biden’s climate change executive orders – VOTE REQUESTED