The following amendments were offered:
An amendment in the nature of a substitute by Messrs. Stupak and Boucher, #1, entitled "Federal Response to Energy Emergencies Act of 2005", was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 23 - 27;
An amendment by Mr. Shimkus, #2, definition of the term "refinery", was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Pitts, #3, re: Presidential designation of no less than 3 closed military installations as suitable for construction of refineries unless, within 60 days of the designation, the Governor of the State in which such a site is located transmits an objection to the designation to the President; and designated refineries shall be held by the Federal government for 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, was adopted by a yea-nay vote: 24 -21;
An amendment by Mr. Allen, #4, to strike section 101(b)(2) requiring the President to designate 3 closed military bases for refinery construction, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 20 - 28;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #5, re: lease of Presidentially-designated sites, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey, #6, to strike provisions of the bill that would mandate that any party who unsuccessfully sues to prevent the permitting or siting of a new refinery pay the winning litigant's legal fees and expenses, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 19 - 23;
An amendment by Mr. Brown, #7, to strike section 104, which requires the Federal government to compensate the owners of certain refineries for changes in law or regulation that reduce the refinery's throughput, was defeated by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #8, to sec. 104 re: Standby Refinery Support Account and payments from non-Federal sources, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Ross, #9, requiring that all fuels produced at a "military use refinery" shall contain at least 10 percent ethanol by volume, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 19 - 25;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #10, re: military use refinery, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Bass, #11, to remove energy generating units from the New Source Review programs of the Clean Air Act, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 16 - 25;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #12, re: rulemaking regarding the New Source Review programs of the Clean Air Act, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Upton, #13, re: waiver authority for extreme fuel supply emergencies, was withdrawn without prejudice to be re-offered at a later point;
An amendment by Mr. Inslee, #14, to strike section 110 regarding the Northwest crude oil supply, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 19 - 29;
An amendment by Messrs. Pickering and Ross, #15, re: response to biomass debris emergency, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey, #16, providing that none of the provisions of the bill's refinery capacity title shall apply to any refiner owned by a corporation, partnership, or other form of business enterprise which the Secretary determines has achieved an increase in profits of 25 percent or more in the year prior to enactment of the Act, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 18 - 29;
An amendment by Mr. Brown, #17, re: carbon-based fuel cell development, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #18, re: Federal-State regulatory coordination, was adopted, as amended by the Barton unanimous consent request, by a voice vote; [A unanimous consent request by Mr. Barton to change, in amendment 18, the number '3' in line 12 to the number '2' was heard; no objection was heard];
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #19, re: backup power capacity study, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #20, re: sunset of loan guarantees, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Barton, #21, re: offshore pipelines, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Green, #22, to limit carpooling and vanpooling grants to Clean Air Act non-attainment areas and prioritizes programs that can be utilized during an evacuation, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Messrs. Shimkus and Rush, #23, re: procurement of energy efficient lighting devices by Federal agencies, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Barton on behalf of Mr. Rogers, #24, re: Internet utilization for carpool and vanpool study, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey, #25, re: automobile fuel economy standards, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 12 - 33;
An amendment by Messrs. Upton and Dingell, #26, waiver authority for extreme fuel supply emergencies (temporary waivers issued for boutique fuels will not permit altering fuel properties that affect normal vehicle function), was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Towns, #27, authorizing $10 million for a program to encourage minority education and employment in the oil, gas, and mineral industries, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Messrs. Engel and Allen, #28, re: national replacement tire efficiency program, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 16 - 28;
An amendment by Ms. DeGette, #29, re: Federal renewable portfolio standard, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 13 - 30;
An amendment by Messrs. Sullivan, Pickering, Buyer, and Ms. Bono, #30, re: analysis of the role of credt card interchange rates, was adopted by a voice vote;
A motion made by Mr. Barton to strike lines 21 - 23 of page 47 of the bill was adopted with no objection;
An amendment by Mrs. Wilson, #31, re: price gouging prohibition, was adopted, as amended by the Stearns amendment, by a voice vote;
An amendment to the Wilson amendment by Mr. Stearns, #31A, re: gasoline price gouging, was adopted by a yea-nay vote: 26 - 24;
An amendment by Mr. Pickering, #32, to strike section 501(d) Offsetting Collections of Title V - Strategic Petroleum Reserve, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey, #33, adding a new section 503 - increasing the capacity of the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve capacity from 2 million barrels to 5 million barrels, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Wynn, #34, to create a new title - Commission for the Deployment of the Hydrogen Economy, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Green, #35, to create a new title - Critical Energy Assurance, was adopted by a voice vote.
