DeGette (D-CO) Amendment No. 1 -- Modifies the findings language contained in the bill. DeGette includes a modification that states that the subordination of the American taxpayer's interest to private equity investors was legal. Y 169 N 238 Waxman (D-CA) Amendment No. 2 -- Strikes language from the bill prohibiting the Energy Department from issuing new loan guarantees after Dec. 31, 2011. Y 170 N 231
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McCollum (D-MN): To require the Agriculture Department to consult with tribal governments that may be potentially affected by the required land exchange and declare that the bill does not affect gathering rights of the Chippewa tribe. Y 201 N 213 Holt (D-NJ): To strike the bill's NEPA waiver provisions and make the exchange discretionary. Y 177 N 236 Ellison (D-MN): To bar the exchange of National Forest System lands for state school trust lands where the inclusion of such lands would have a neg...
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Levin (D-MI): Temporarily extends - for one year, through 2013 - the reduced tax rates and other tax benefits enacted in 2001 and 2003 that expire on December 31, but only for income levels below $250,000 for joint tax returns and $200,000 for individuals. Extends expanded refundable tax credits (spending) that were included in the 2009 stimulus law. Provides a one-year "patch" to prevent the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for 2012, but not 2013. Does not extend the current estate tax parameters ...
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Hastings (D-FL): Amendment No. 1—Provides an exception to the underlying legislation, permitting agencies to make regulatory actions intended to ensure safe drinking water. Rejected Y 188 N 231 Johnson (D-GA) [for Conyers (D-MI)]: Amendment No. 2—Exempts regulatory actions pertaining to privacy from Title I of the bill and exempts midnight rules pertaining to privacy from Title II of the bill. The amendment would also exempt consent decrees and settlement agreements in an action to compel agency...
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Hastings (R-WA): Amendment No. 1—[Manager’s amendment] Makes technical corrections to the underlying bill. Adopted Voice Y ✓ N Holt (D-NJ): Amendment No. 2—Strikes the provision of the bill that would require the Secretary of Interior conduct a single multi-sale environmental impact statement for all of the new areas opened for drilling by the underlying bill. Rejected Y 163 N 253 Richardson (D-CA): Amendment No. 3—Requires that in determining the areas off the coast of California to be made ava...
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To view the amendments preprinted in the Congressional Record for H.R. 5856 please click here. McCollum (D-MN) - Amendment No. 4 - Page 2, Line 22 - Reduces Military Personnel (military bands) by $188 million and transfers the savings to the Spending Reduction Account. Rejected Y 166 N 250 Mulvaney (R-SC) - Page 2, Line 22 - Attempted to move money from the Overseas Contingency Funds to General Purposes Allocations. Point of Order Y N Kingston (R-GA) - Amendment No. 2 - Page 8, Line 2 - Reduces...
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Tonko (D-NY): Amendment No. 1—Narrows the definition of “strategic and critical minerals” under the bill to include only the following: 1. Minerals and mineral groups identified as critical by the National Research Council in a 2008 report 2. Additional minerals identified by the Secretary of the Interior based on the National Research Council criteria in such report; and 3. Does not include sand and gravel, or clay. Y 162 N 251 Hastings (D-FL): Amendment No. 2—Extends the time limits on the min...
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To view the amendmens preprinted in the Congressional Record for H.R. 5972 please click here. Jackson Lee (D-TX) - Page 3, Line 3 - Prevents funds from being transferred from the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization by the Secretary of Transportation. Adopted Voice Y ✓ N Connolly (D-VA) - Page 4, Line 6 - Transfers $5 million from Financial Management Capital to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - Operations and Research to combat distracted driving. Y 175 N 222 B...
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Hastings (R-WA): Amendment No. 1—(Manager’s Amendment) Makes technical corrections, reduces additional impediments to rights-of-way to access energy on National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska, requires concurrence of affected agencies in implementation of oil and gas plan in Title I Y 253 N 163 Polis (D-CO): Amendment No. 2—Bans hydraulic fracturing activities on federal land within 1,000 feet of a primary or secondary school. Rejected Voice Y N ✓ Terry (R-NE): Amendment No. 3—Requires the Federal E...
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