Vote Series I – March 30, 2023
Westerman (R-AR) – Amendment No. 20 – Prohibits the Communist Party of China (or a person acting on behalf of the Communist Party of China) from acquiring any interest with respect to American farmland or any lands used for American renewable energy production
Leger Fernandez (D-NM) – Amendment No. 25 – Requires each local unit of the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and Forest Service to develop a plan to disseminate and advertise open civil service positions with functions relating to permitting and natural resources in their offices. Each plan shall include outreach to local high schools, community colleges, institutions of higher education, and any other relevant institutions
Levin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 26 – Strikes Title V of Division B, to prevent the bill from repealing the Inflation Reduction Act’s reforms to the oil and gas leasing program
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 31 – Provides that any entity subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of the People’s Republic of China, or any entity that is owned by the Government of the People’s Republic of China may not acquire any interest with respect to lands leased for oil or gas under the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and may not acquire claims subject to the General Mining Law of 1872
Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 34 – Adds to sec. 20305 an exception for certain actions under the Defense Production Act
Smith (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 35 – Requires a Government Accountability Office study of sufficiency of the environmental review process for offshore wind
Van Drew (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 36 – Requires the Government Accountability Office to publish a report on all potential adverse effects of wind energy development in the North Atlantic Planning Area
Democrat Motion to Recommit on H.R. 1
Passage of H.R. 1 – Lower Energy Cost Act