DAILY FLOOR WRAP UP
June 27, 2013
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Grayson (D-FL) Amendment No. 1 - Ensures that no portion of this legislation is construed as affecting the right of any state to prohibit the management, leasing, developing, and use of lands (including offshore oil drilling) beneath navigable waters within its boundaries. – FAILED 213 – 213
Democrat Motion to Recommit – FAILED 194 – 232
Final Passage of H.R. 1613 — "To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for other purposes." – PASSED 256 – 171
H.R. 1864 — "To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions taken in response to making protected communications regarding sexual assault." – ON THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS THE BILL – PASSED 423 – 0
Brady (R-TX): Amendment No. 1 – Requires the Secretary of the Interior to include those areas requested by State Governors in any environmental review conducted or statement prepared for the leasing program under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Lamborn (R-CO): Amendment No. 3 – Ensures that the Department will not allow leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any person currently subject to sanctions by the U.S. Government under existing federal laws– ADOPTED BY VOICE
Cassidy (R-LA): Amendment No. 6 – Stipulates that no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of H.R.2231, the Secretary of the Interior shall issue rules to provide more clarity, certainty, and stability to the revenue streams contemplated by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Hastings (D-FL), Connolly (D-VA): Amendment No. 2 – Strikes section 204 because it eliminates environmental evaluation typically provided by an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) and because conducting a single multi-sale EIS for decisions with different timelines creates unnecessary conflicts in the EIS process. – REJECTED 188 – 233
Flores (R-TX): Amendments No. 4 – Limits Bureau of Ocean Energy and Ocean Energy Safety Service activities related to the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order 13547. Requires a report be submitted to Congress identifying expenditures for fiscal years 2011 - 2013 by the Bureau of Ocean Energy, Ocean Energy Safety Service, and their predecessor agencies – ADOPTED 233 – 190
Cassidy (R-LA): Amendment No. 5 – Lifts the offshore energy revenue sharing cap, as provided by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, from $500 million to $999 million for each fiscal year 2024 through 2055 – ADOPTED 238 – 185
Rigell (R-VA): Amendment No. 7 – Requires the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to publish a record of decision on the Atlantic G&G Programmatic Final Environmental Impact Statement by December 31, 2013 – ADOPTED 234 – 191
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