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Date Question Position Result
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 36 (Garcia) to H.R. 21: To insert a new effective date of paragraph (1) to not take effect until a certification is submitted to Congress that any increase in the percentage of Federal lands leased for oil and gas production will not result in an
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 35 (Cohen) to H.R. 21: To add additional limitations to the plan.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 34 (Gottheimer) to H.R. 21: To require the Secretary to consult with certain Secretaries about the plan and ensure such plan will not result in the sale of petroleum products drawn down from the Reserve to Iran, China, North Korea, or Russia.
Aye Agreed to
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 33 (Gottheimer) to H.R. 21: To add sundry amendments to the bill.
Aye Agreed to
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 32 (Torres) to H.R. 21: To change the effective date to be the date the Secretary certifies that the oil and gas leasing on Federal lands is necessary to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the amount held on February 23, 2022.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 31 (DeGette) to H.R. 21: To add a new subparagraph only allowing for a lease or permit if accompanied by a certification to the Secretary that it would not excessively increase the sales price of any petroleum products during a severe energy supp
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 29 (Grijalva) to H.R. 21: To exclude oil and gas leasing on any Federal lands that are viable for renewable energy production from the plan required in paragraph (1).
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 28 (Grijalva) to H.R. 21: To exclude any oil and gas leasing on any Federal land where oil and gas leasing would result in or exacerbate disproportionate burdens on certain communities from the plan required by paragraph (1).
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 27 (Grijalva) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph at the end of the bill requiring a plan to consult with Tribal governments and other government officials to be included in the plan required by paragraph (1).
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 26 (Levin) to H.R. 21: To limit Federal land from the plan if it would not provide a fair return taxpayers.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 24 (DelBene) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph within section 2 excluding oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Washington/Oregon planning area.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 23 (Levin) to H.R. 21: To exclude oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Southern California planning area.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 22 (Panetta) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph, Offshore Exclusions, which shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Central California planning area.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 21 (Huffman) to H.R. 21: To exclude any tract of Federal land where oil and gas leasing would decrease land and water available for outdoor recreation from the total increase in the percentage of Federal lands described in paragraph (1) leased fo
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 20 (Huffman) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph, Offshore Exclusions which shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located in the Northern California planning area.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 15 (Spanberger) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph entitled Offshore Exclusion which shall not include oil and gas leasing in any tract located off the coast of Virginia.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 14 (Boebert) to H.R. 21: To reduce the 10 percent leased for oil and gas production and increase it to 15 percent.
Aye Agreed to
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 13 (Soto) to H.R. 21: To change the effective date to be the date the Secretary submits a certification to Congress that the price of gasoline and diesel fuel will not increase in any Petroleum Administration for Defense District.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 6 (Greene) to H.R. 21: To make a technical correction to section 2, Compensatory Production Increase Plan.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 4 (Mace) to H.R. 21: To add a new section that nothing in this Act, shall affect any statutory or regulatory restrictions in effect on the date of enacment of this Act (including any withdrawal of Federal land) that may prohibit oil and gas leasi
Aye Agreed to
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 3 (Pallone) to H.R. 21: To add a paragraph Offshore Exclusions to exclude oil and gas leasing located in the North Atlantic Planning Area.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 5 (Castor) to H.R. 21: To add a new paragraph within section 2 pertaining to offshore exclusions.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 7 (Blunt Rochester) to H.R. 21: To add a new section at the end Rule of Construction with Respect to Greenhouse Gas Emissions to provide that this Act not controvert United States commitment under the Paris Agreement.
No Failed
1/26/23 On the Amendment in the House
H.Amdt. 19 (Tlaib) to H.R. 21: To add the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Council on Environmental Quality to the list of officials to be consulted in the Compensatory Production Increase Plan.
No Failed
1/25/23 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree to the Resolution, as Amended in the House
H.Con.Res. 7: Condemning the Iranian regime’s human rights abuses against the brave women and men of Iran peacefully demonstrating in more than 133 cities.
Yea Passed