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January 30, 2023
Highlights:
Last week, the House passed the Strategic Production Response Act (H.R.21) after dozens of amendments were offered up. The bill would limit use of Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum until the Department of Energy creates a plan to increase oil and gas production leases on federal lands.
Another Strategic Petroleum Reserve bill was also passed in the House earlier this month, the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve From China Act (H.R.22). The bill would prohibit the sale and export of SPR petroleum to China.
Finally, the Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act (H.R.255) passed the House. The bill aims to improve and simplify the information gathering processes for disaster assistance applicants and grantees.
January 27, 2023
Senate
Committee Action
There was no environmental or energy-related activity in the Senate.
House
H.R.530
To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have an interest in small meat packing businesses, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Alford, Mark [Rep.-R-MO-4]
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: 01/27/2023 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Passed House
H.R.21
Strategic Production Response Act
Sponsor: McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [Rep.-R-WA-5]
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 01/27/2023 The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 21.
January 26, 2023
S.93
A bill to exclude from gross income certain assistance provided to farmers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Booker, Cory A. [Sen.-D-NJ]
Committees: Senate - Finance
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.94
A bill to require certain information and financial assistance under the State energy program and the Weatherization Assistance Program to be distributed without undue delay to support State and local high-impact energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Shaheen, Jeanne [Sen.-D-NH]
Committees: Senate - Energy and Natural Resources
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.96
A bill to address the history of discrimination against Black farmers and ranchers, to require reforms within the Department of Agriculture to prevent future discrimination, and for other purposes.
Committees: Senate - Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S.98
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to improve agricultural productivity, profitability, resilience, and ecological outcomes through modernized data infrastructure and analysis, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Klobuchar, Amy [Sen.-D-MN]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
S.115
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify certain allotments under that Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rubio, Marco [Sen.-R-FL]
Committees: Senate - Environment and Public Works
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.116
A bill to amend the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2023 to improve disaster relief funding, and for other purposes.
Committees: Senate - Appropriations
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
S.119
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the South Florida Program, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 21 as unfinished business.
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
H.R.541
To amend the Agricultural Act of 1961 to modify the limitations applicable to qualified conservation loan guarantees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Bost, Mike [Rep.-R-IL-12]
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture
H.R.548
To take certain Federal lands in Tennessee into trust for the benefit of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
Sponsor: Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [Rep.-R-TN-3]
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources
H.R.550
To direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to maintain a program that improves wildfire forecasting and detection, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Garcia, Mike [Rep.-R-CA-27]
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
H.R.559
To make improvements with respect to the pricing of cattle in the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Johnson, Dusty [Rep.-R-SD-At Large]
H.R.560
To amend section 6 of the Joint Resolution entitled "A Joint Resolution to approve the Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, and for other purposes".
Sponsor: Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [Del.-D-MP-At Large]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Judiciary; Budget
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.565
To require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to enter into an agreement with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund.
Sponsor: Neguse, Joe [Rep.-D-CO-2]
H.R.567
To expedite certain activities related to salvage operations and reforestation activities on National Forest System lands or public lands in response to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Obernolte, Jay [Rep.-R-CA-23]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 01/26/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.583
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on drilling off the coasts of the States of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Waltz, Michael [Rep.-R-FL-6]
H.R.255
Federal Disaster Assistance Coordination Act
Sponsor: González-Colón, Jenniffer [Resident Commissioner-R-PR-At Large]
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure | Senate - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
H.R.259
Post-Disaster Assistance Online Accountability Act
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Small Business; Financial Services
Latest Action: Senate - 01/26/2023 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
January 25, 2023
S.64
A bill to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or other use agreement on the transfer of any water right to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Barrasso, John [Sen.-R-WY]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/25/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
S.67
A bill to require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on conduct related to oil and gas prices, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Cortez Masto, Catherine [Sen.-D-NV]
Committees: Senate - Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Latest Action: Senate - 01/25/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
S.68
A bill to amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Tuberville, Tommy [Sen.-R-AL]
Committees: Senate - Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Action: Senate - 01/25/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
S.71
A bill to extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219.
Sponsor: Scott, Rick [Sen.-R-FL]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/25/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.84
A bill to prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Ernst, Joni [Sen.-R-IA]
Committees: Senate - Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Action: Senate - 01/25/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsor: González-Colón, Jenniffer [Resident Commissioner-R-PR-At Large] Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection
H.R.494
To prohibit Federal funding to EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Reschenthaler, Guy [Rep.-R-PA-14]
Committees: House - Oversight and Accountability
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
H.R.495
To amend the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to authorize assignment to States of Federal agency environmental review responsibilities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Calvert, Ken [Rep.-R-CA-41]
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources
H.R.513
To amend the Defense Production Act of 1950 to prevent harm and disruption to the United States agriculture industry by protecting against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Jackson, Ronny [Rep.-R-TX-13]
Committees: House - Financial Services; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
H.R.518
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require publication on the internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: McClintock, Tom [Rep.-R-CA-5]
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.519
To amend the Act of December 19, 1913 (38 Stat. 242), to expand access to the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and Lake Eleanor Basin areas for recreational purposes, and for other purposes.
H.R.520
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide that artificially propagated animals shall be treated the same under that Act as naturally propagated animals, and for other purposes.
H.R.524
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.
Sponsor: Rouzer, David [Rep.-R-NC-7]
H.R.529
To extend the customs waters of the United States from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States, consistent with Presidential Proclamation 7219.
Committees: House - Ways and Means
Latest Action: House - 01/25/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means
H.R.22
Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/2/2023 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 4
January 24, 2023
S.27
A bill to prohibit the Department of Defense from requiring contractors to provide information relating to greenhouse gas emissions.
Sponsor: Hoeven, John [Sen.-R-ND]
Committees: Senate - Armed Services
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
S.31
A bill to provide for the development and issuance of a plan to increase oil and gas production on Federal land in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)
S.34
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide loans to manufacturers of energy grid products and components.
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.44
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to incentivize investment in facilities that carry out the metallurgy of rare earth elements and the production of finished rare earth products, and for other purposes.
S.47
A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify a provision relating to acquisition of beach fill.
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
S.49
A bill to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to extend the moratorium on drilling off the coasts of the States of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and for other purposes.
S.50
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to give priority consideration to selecting Pensacola and Perdido Bays as an estuary of national significance, and for other purposes.
S.54
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the credit for biomass stoves and boilers.
Sponsor: King, Angus S., Jr. [Sen.-I-ME]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/24/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
H.R.470
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Sponsor: Huffman, Jared [Rep.-D-CA-2]
Latest Action: House - 01/24/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.480
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide flexibility with the cost share for fire management assistance, and for other purposes.
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House - 01/24/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.481
To authorize transitional sheltering assistance for individuals who live in areas with unhealthy air quality caused by wildfires, and for other purposes.
H.R.482
To improve Federal activities relating to wildfires, and for other purposes.
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Agriculture; Armed Services; Transportation and Infrastructure; Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House - 01/24/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for.
H.R.484
To repeal the natural gas tax.
Sponsor: Pfluger, August [Rep.-R-TX-11]
Latest Action: House - 01/24/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Latest Action: Senate - 01/2/2023 Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
January 23, 2023
S.9
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Energy from sending petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Latest Action: Senate - 01/23/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
S.11
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the Secretary of Energy to stipulate, as a condition on the sale at auction of any petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, that the petroleum products not be exported to certain countries, to prohibit such sales to certain state-owned entities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
S.19
A bill to clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State.
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
S.20
A bill to achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control the development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land.
S.21
A bill to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to modify the definition of the term "at-risk community".
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Latest Action: 01/23/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55-56)
S.22
A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Latest Action: 01/23/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S56)
Latest Action: Senate - 01/23/2023 Received in the Senate.
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