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Representatives - June 23, 2015) -- H.R. 2822 - Department of the Interior,

Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as follows:

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Babin

AMENDMENT NO. 1: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the

following:

OFFSHORE DRILLING PERMITS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the

Department of Interior to block approval of offshore drilling permits.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Huelskamp


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT OR ENFORCE THE

THREATENED SPECIES LISTING OF THE LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or

enforce the threatened species listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Huelskamp


following:

PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROPOSED RULE FOR LESSER

PRAIRIE CHICKEN

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary

of the Interior to write or issue under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(16 U.S.C. 1533) a proposed rule for lesser prairie chickens (Tympanuchus

pallidicinctus).


Representatives - June 24, 2015)


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Poliquin


following:

Sec. __X. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement

or enforce section 63.7570(b)(2) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect

on the date of enactment of this Act).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn

AMENDMENT NO. 5: Page 70, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced to

$0)''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mrs. Blackburn


following:

ACROSS-THE-BOARD REDUCTION

Sec. __. Each amount made available by this Act is hereby reduced by 1 percent.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Weber of Texas


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention

of Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7621(a)).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Weber of Texas


following:


Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to issue any

final

rule pursuant to the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) until the Administrator of

the Environmental Protection Agency complies with Section 321(a) of the such Act

(42 U.S.C. 7621(a)).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Walberg


following:

LIMITATION ON FUNDS


Environmental Protection Agency to lobby in contravention of section 1913 of title

18, United States Code, on behalf of the proposed rule entitled ``Definition of `Waters

of the United States' Under the Clean Water Act'' (79 Fed. Reg. 22188; April 21,

2014).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Kildee

AMENDMENT NO. 10: Page 68, strike lines 1 and 2 and insert the following: ``:

Provided further, That an entity shall not be an eligible recipient for a grant under this

paragraph unless the entity has experienced at least 15 percent population loss since

1970, as measured by data from the 2010 decennial census and has experienced

prolonged population, income, and employment loss resulting in substantial levels of

housing vacancy and abandonment and such housing vacancies and abandonments are

concentrated in more than one neighborhood or geographic area within a jurisdiction

or jurisdictions.''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mrs. Lawrence

AMENDMENT NO. 11: Strike section 418.

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H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Amodei

AMENDMENT NO. 16: At the end of the bill, before the short title, add the

following new section:

SAGE-GROUSE

Sec. __. (a) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the

Secretary of the Interior to develop, propose, finalize, implement, enforce, or

administer any action to withdraw lands pursuant to section 204 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1714) for the purpose of managing

the greater sage-grouse or greater sage-grouse habitat.

(b) None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Secretary of

the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to finalize, approve, or implement the

Great Basin Region Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use Plan Amendments for

the Sub-Regions of Idaho and Southwestern Montana, Nevada and Northeastern

California, Oregon and Utah; the Rocky Mountain Region Greater Sage-Grouse

Proposed Land Use Plan Amendments for the Wyoming, Northwest Colorado,

Lewistown, and North Dakota Sub-Regions; the Proposed Resource Management

Plan for the Billings and Pompeys Pillar National Monument Resource Management

Plan Revision; the HiLine District Proposed Resource Management Plan; the Miles

City Field Office Proposed Resource Management Plan; Proposed Resource

Management Plan for the Bighorn Basin Resource Management Plan Revision; the

Proposed Resource Management Plan for the Buffalo, Wyoming Resource

Management Plan Revision; and the South Dakota Field Office Proposed Resource

Management Plan developed pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1712) or section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland

Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Duncan of South Carolina

AMENDMENT NO. 17: Page 14, line 3, before the period insert the following: ``:

Provided further, That none of such funds and appropriations may be used to enforce

any prohibition under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.) or the

Act of June 8, 1940 (chapter 278; 16 U.S.C. 668 et seq.; popularly known as the Bald

Eagle Protection Act) on the accidental taking of birds, before the date of the issuance

of a rule that exempts such takings from such prohibitions''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Hudson


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO REMOVE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE

260 FROM LEASING PROGRAM

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to remove oil

and gas lease sale 260 from the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil

and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022 (DPP), or from any subsequent proposed or

final iteration of such Program.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Newhouse


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TREAT GRAY WOLVES IN

WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND UTAH AS ENDANGERED SPECIES OR

THREATENED SPECIES

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to used to treat

any gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Washington, Oregon, or Utah as an endangered species

or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.).


Representatives - June 25, 2015)


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Clawson of Florida

AMENDMENT NO. 20: Page 14, line 10, after the first dollar amount, insert

`ìncreased by $1,000,000''.

Page 14, line 10, after the second dollar amount, insert `ìncreased by $1,000,000''.

Page 62, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``reduced by $1,250,000''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Clawson of Florida

AMENDMENT NO. 21: Page 8, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased

by $1,000,000)''.

Page 62, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,200,000)''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Garamendi

AMENDMENT NO. 22: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction

account), insert the following:

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of

Executive Order 13693.

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PROHIBITION ON TRANSFER OF FIRE PREPAREDNESS FUNDS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to transfer funds

made available by this Act for fire preparedness activities to the Wildland Fire

Management appropriation for fire suppression activities.

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AMENDMENT NO. 24: Page 2, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced

by $4,010,000)''.

Page 8, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,902,000)''.

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by $14,000,000)''.


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by $1,000,000)(increased by $1,000,000)''.

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AMENDMENT NO. 27: At the end of the bill (before the spending reduction

account), insert the following:


None of the funds made available by this Act for California drought response or

relief may be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or

the Secretary of the Interior in contravention of implementation of Division 26.7 of

the California Water Code (the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure

Improvement Act of 2014), as approved by the voters of California in California

Proposition 1 (2014).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Sablan


by $14,114,000)''.


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Sablan


by $5,000,000)''.

Page 38, line 6, after each of the first and second dollar amounts, insert ``(increased

by $5,000,000)''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Walden



RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLANS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to complete or

implement the revision of the resource management plans for the Coos Bay, Eugene,

Medford, Roseburg, or Salem Districts of the Bureau of Land Management or the

Klamath Falls Field Office of the Lakeview District of the Bureau of Land

Management proposed in the Bureau of Land Management Notice of Availability of

the Draft Resource Management Plan Revisions and Draft Environmental Impact

Statement for Western Oregon published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2015 (80

Fed. Reg. 23046).

H.R. 2822


AMENDMENT NO. 31: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the



Environmental Protection Agency, with respect to any alleged violation of the Clean

Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the ``Clean

Water Act''), or the Solid Waste Disposal Act, to enter into consent decree that is not

made available to the public.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mrs. Capps

AMENDMENT NO. 32: Page 21, line 3, after each of the first and second dollar

amounts, insert ``(reduced by $5,434,000)''.


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Grayson


by $2,212,000) (increased by $2,212,000)''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Grayson


following:

SEC. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a

contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, pursuant to the

Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals--

(1) within a three-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a

civil judgment rendered against it for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in

connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal,

State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes

relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,

bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion,

violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property; or

(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a

governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph

(1); or

(3) within a three-year period preceding this offer, has been notified of any

delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability

remains unsatisfied.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Griffith

AMENDMENT NO. 35: Page 26, line 7, strike ``3'' and insert ``6''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Plaskett

AMENDMENT NO. 36: Page 38, line 6, after the second dollar amount, insert

``(reduced by $13,684,000) (increased by $13,684,000)''.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Beyer

AMENDMENT NO. 37: Page 73, strike lines 8 through 23.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Zinke


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO VALUATION OF

COAL

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize,

implement, or enforce the provisions related to coal valuation of the proposed rule by

the Department of the Interior entitled ``Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal

& Indian Coal Valuation Reform'' and dated January 6, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 608).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Zinke


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS WITH RESPECT TO VALUATION OF

COAL

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize,

implement, or enforce subparts F and J of part 1206 of the proposed rule by the

Department of the Interior entitled ``Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal &

Indian Coal Valuation Reform'' and dated January 6, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 608).


Representatives – July 7, 2015)


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Tsongas


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT OR ENFORCE SPECIFIC

SECTIONS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement or

enforce section 117, 121, or 122.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Rouzer


following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement,

administer, or enforce the rule entitled ``Standards of Performance for New

Residential Wood Heaters, New Residential Hydronic Heaters and Forced-Air

Furnaces'' published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register

on March 16, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 13671 et seq.).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Edwards


H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CONSIDER A PETITION TO

RECLASSIFY THE WEST INDIAN MANATEE

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to consider a

petition to reclassify the West Indian manatee from an endangered species to a

threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Castor of Florida


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CARRY OUT OUTER CONTINENTAL

SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE 226

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out oil

and gas lease sale 226 for the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf

Planning Area.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Engel


following:


Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, or any other

Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or

for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum--

Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Pearce


following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to increase the

rate of any royalty required to be paid to the United States for oil and gas produced on

Federal land, or to prepare or publish a proposed rule relating to such an increase.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Ms. Speier


following:


Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement,

administer, or enforce the final rule following the Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement for the Dog Management Plan (Plan/SEIS), Golden Gate National

Recreation Area (GGNRA), California (78 Fed. Reg. 55094; September 9, 2013).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Goodlatte


following:


Environmental Protection Agency to take any of the backstop actions referred to in

enclosure B of the December 29, 2009, letter from EPA's Regional Administration to

the States in the Watershed and the District of Columbia in response to the

development or implementation of a State's watershed implementation plan.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Yoder


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT OR ENFORCE

THREATENED SPECIES LISTING OF THE LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be used to implement or

enforce the threatened species listing of the lesser prairie chicken under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

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following:

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used in contravention of

Executive Order 13693.

H.R. 2822



following.


None of the funds made available by this Act for California drought response or

relief may be used by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or

the Secretary of the Interior in contravention of implementation of Division 26.7 of

the California Water Code (the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure

Improvement Act of 2014), as approved by the voters of California in California

Proposition 1 (2014).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Jeffries


following:


Sec. __. None of the funds made available to the National Park Service by this Act

may be used for the purchase or display of a confederate flag with the exception of

specific circumstances where the flags provide historical context as described in the

National Park Service memorandum entitled `Ìmmediate Action Required, No Reply

Needed: Confederate Flags'' and dated June 24, 2015.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mrs. Noem


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO CLOSE OR MOVE FISHERIES

ARCHIVES

Sec. 441. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to close or

move the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives.

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following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS TO TREAT GRAY WOLVES IN

WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND UTAH AS ENDANGERED SPECIES OR

THREATENED SPECIES


Department of Interior or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to treat any gray

wolf (Canis lupus) in Washington, Oregon, or Utah as an endangered species or

threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.).

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Huffman

AMENDMENT NO. 55: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the

following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a

new contract or agreement or to administer a portion of an existing contract or

agreement with a concessioner, a cooperating association, or any other entity that

provides for the sale in any facility within a unit of the National Park System of a non-

educational item that depicts a Confederate flag on it.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Huffman


following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to permit,

authorize, or allow any grave in any Federal cemetery to be decorated with a

Confederate flag.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Gallego


following:

Sec. 441. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to issue a

grazing permit or lease in contravention of section 4110.1 or 4130.1-1(b) of title 43,

Code of Federal Regulations.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Burgess

AMENDMENT NO. 58: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the



Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to hire or pay the salary of any

officer or employee of the Environmental Protection Agency under subsection (f) or

(g) of section 207 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209) who is not already

receiving pay under either such subsection on the date of enactment of this Act.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. LaMalfa


following:

LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ATTORNEY FEES

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay attorney

fees in a civil suit under section 11(g) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1540(g)) pursuant to a court order that states such fees were calculated at an

hourly rate in excess of $125 per hour.

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following:

Sec. __X. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to issue any regulation under

the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) that applies to an animal

feeding operation, including a concentrated animal feeding operation and a large

concentrated animal feeding operation, as such terms are defined in section 122.23 of

title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Rokita



ENFORCEMENT OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT REGARDING

CERTAIN MUSSELS

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the United

States Fish and Wildlife Service to enforce the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) with respect to the Clubshell, Fanshell, Rabbitsfoot, Rayed Bean,

Sheepnose, or Snuffbox mussels.

H.R. 2822

Offered By: Mr. Westmoreland


following:

Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to pay legal fees

pursuant to a settlement in any case, in which the Federal Government is a party, that

arises under--

(1) the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.);

(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); or

(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

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