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January 17, 2023
Highlights:
Last week, the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act (H.R.22) passed the House. The bill would prohibit petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve from being sold or exported to China.
In addition, H.R.178 was introduced in the House. The bill follows the Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act of 2021 (H.R.3326), which was introduced by Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) in the 117th Congress and proposed provisions for the development of renewable energy infrastructure on public lands.
Finally, House committees received their chair assignments. Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) will chair the House Committee on Agriculture, Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) will chair the House Committee on Natural Resources, and Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Ore.) will chair the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
January 13, 2023
Senate
There was no environmental or energy-related activity in the Senate.
House
Committee Action
H.R.356
To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a minimum number of oil and gas lease sales in certain areas, to prevent delays in oil and gas leasing, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Committees: House - Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 01/13/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.359
To establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón in Puerto Rico as an affiliated area of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
January 12, 2023
Passed House
H.R.22
Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Committees: House - Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R.317
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring an issuer to make climate-related disclosures that are not material to investors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Committees: House - Financial Services
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R.325
To amend the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to clarify that during a lapse in appropriations certain services relating to the Harmful Algal Bloom Operational Forecasting System are excepted services under the Anti-Deficiency Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.326
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the seller of an electric vehicle from being treated as the taxpayer that placed such vehicle in service and taking the electric vehicle tax credit if such vehicle is sold to the Federal Government.
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Committees: House - Ways and Means
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.327
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles by State subsidies for these vehicles.
H.R.337
To prohibit Federal agencies from banning gas-burning stoves.
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48]
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.342
To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require reporting relating to certain cost-share requirements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House - 01/12/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
H.R.293
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Latest Action: 01/12/2023 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H212)
January 11, 2023
H.R.289
To update requirements for the operation of the Central Valley Project and Klamath River Basin Reclamation Project by the Bureau of Reclamation.
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Latest Action: House - 01/11/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Latest Action: House - 01/11/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.302
To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide financial assistance to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers pursuing certain courses of study relating to cybersecurity and energy infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Latest Action: House - 01/11/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
H.R.274
To require a report by the Comptroller General of the United States on a national all-hazards disaster insurance program.
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Latest Action: House - 01/11/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
January 10, 2023
H.R.259
To provide for an online repository for certain reporting requirements for recipients of Federal disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure; Small Business; Financial Services
Latest Action: House - 01/10/2023 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, and Financial Services, 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.263
To prohibit any rule or guidance that bans gas stoves in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
Latest Action: House - 01/10/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.246
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing a fee on certain facilities for methane emissions.
H.R.247
To amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Chisholm National Historic Trail and the Western National Historic Trail, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 01/10/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.248
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to exclude certain populations of the lesser prairie chicken from the authority of such Act, and for other purposes.
H.R.250
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make certain projects and activities eligible for financial assistance under a State water pollution control revolving fund, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Committees: House - Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Action: House - 01/10/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.255
To amend the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 to develop a study regarding streamlining and consolidating information collection and preliminary damage assessments, and for other purposes.
H.R.243
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 and the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to require producers to establish disaster preparedness plans to be eligible for certain disaster assistance programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Committees: House - Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 01/10/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
H.R.176
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a deduction for attorney fees awarded with respect to certain wildfire damages and to exclude from gross income settlement funds received with respect to such damages.
Latest Action: 01/10/2023 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H120)
January 9, 2023
H.R.222
To direct the Secretary of Energy to require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that the crude oil not be exported to certain countries, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R.209
To improve the permitting process for mining on Federal land, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 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.210
To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit programs that combat invasive species.
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Committees: House - Oversight and Reform; Natural Resources; Agriculture
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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.215
To provide long-term water supply and regulatory reliability to drought-stricken California, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R.188
To direct the Secretary concerned to coordinate with impacted parties when conducting a forest management activity, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Committees: House - Agriculture; Natural Resources
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.165
To amend sections 111, 169, and 171 of the Clean Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification or construction, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R.172
To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of certain Federal land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or the Forest Service, and for other purposes.
H.R.178
To promote the development of renewable energy on public lands, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
H.R.186
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State permitting processes related to the construction of new surface water storage projects on lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit processing, and for other purposes.
H.R.189
To require that only two alternatives be considered with respect to certain proposed collaborative forest management activities, and for other purposes.
H.R.200
To amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior are not required to reinitiate consultation on a land management plan or land use plan under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
H.R.150
To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Committees: House - Natural Resources; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.131
To designate the West Indian manatee as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
H.R.132
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include algal blooms in the definition of a major disaster, and for other purposes.
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
H.R.110
To repeal the Department of Agriculture bioenergy subsidy programs and other related subsidy programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Committees: House - Agriculture; Oversight and Reform; Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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.120
To direct that certain assessments with respect to toxicity of chemicals be carried out by the program offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Committees: House - Science, Space, and Technology; Energy and Commerce
Latest Action: House - 01/09/2023 Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.21
Strategic Production Response Act
H.R.59
To prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities, and for other purposes.
H.R.70
To abolish the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and for other purposes.
H.R.94
To amend the Endangered Species Act to prevent a species that is not native to the United States from being listed as an endangered species or a threatened species, to prohibit certain types of financial assistance, and for other purposes.
H.R.95
To amend title 54, United States Code, to increase public access to recreational areas on Federal land.
H.R.97
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to further restrict the Secretary of the Interior from designating certain lands used for national defense-related purposes as critical habitats for any species under that Act and to broaden exclusions and exemptions from that Act for such defense-related purposes.
H.R.98
To achieve domestic energy independence by empowering States to control the development and production of all forms of energy on all available Federal land.
H.R.99
To amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to provide for improved precision in the listing, delisting, and downlisting of endangered species and potentially endangered species.
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