The following amendments were offered to
Title IV - Nuclear Matters:
An amendment by Mrs. Wilson,
#14, re: the definition of 'domestic uranium producer' as it pertains to
Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#15, re: establishing an interagency task force led by the NRC to review
security of materials that could be used to make dirty bombs, and to make recommended
changes, was withdrawn by unanimous consent;
The following amendments were offered to Title
V - Vehicles and Fuels:
An amendment by Mr. Wynn, #16,
re: providing $5.31 billion over 10 years for the advancement of hydrogen fuel cell
technology with the goal of making the technology commercially viable between 2010 and
2015, was defeated by a voice vote;
An amendment by Messrs. Terry and
Doyle, #17, re: establishment of a DOE program to provide
incentive payments to owners and operators of facilities that use advanced stationary
technologies like fuel cells, turbines, or hybrid power systems or storage systems; this
is a voluntary, not mandated program, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Shimkus,
#18, re: striking the limit on funding for the pilot program for awarding
grants for the acquisition of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel
school buses, was withdrawn by unanimous consent;
The following amendments were offered to Title
VI - DOE Programs:
An amendment by Mr. Green,
#19, re: establishment of a Complex Well Technology Testing Facility to
increase the range of extend drilling technology to 50,000 feet, was adopted
by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Stupak,
#20, re: study of the benefits of total integrated thermal systems, which
manage a vehicle's fuel pump and heating control systems to reduce heat, reduce emissions,
and achieve as much as 10 percent savings in fuel use, was adopted by a
voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#21, re: reduction in authorization amounts for DOE nuclear fuel
reprocessing, was defeated by a yea-nay vote; 11 - 33;
An amendment by Mr. Wynn, #22,
re: authorizing not less than $5 million for each fiscal year for off-stream pumped
storage hydropower demonstration projects, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Deutsch,
#23, re: study of benefits of oil bypass filtration technology in
reducing the demand for oil and the feasibility of using this technology in Federal motor
vehicle fleets, was adopted by a voice vote;
The following amendments were offered to Title
VII - Electricity:
An amendment by Mr. Dingell,
#24, striking the title and replacing it with the text of H.R. 1272, to
prevent fraud in electricity markets and ensure consumer rates are just and reasonable,
was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 20 - 29;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#25, re: providing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) with
anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority based upon the authority contained
in Federal securities law, was defeated by a yea-nay
vote: 19 - 26;
An amendment by Mr. Boucher,
#26, re: striking the Federal lands transmission line siting provision,
was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 18 - 28;
An amendment by Ms. Eshoo,
#27, re: directing FERC to award refunds to the State of California for
the overcharges it incurred for purchases of electricity wholsale during the period
October 2, 2000, through June 20, 2001, was withdrawn by unanimous
consent;
An amendment by Mr. Wynn, #28,
re: establishment of a DOE demonstration project for wireless smart energy metering, was adopted
by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Shimkus,
#29, re: study on the benefits of economic dispatch, was adopted
by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Boucher,
#30, re: striking state-preemptive FERC authority for transmission line
siting on private lands, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 23 - 25;
An amendment by Mr. Barton,
#31, re: equivalent transmission rights, was adopted by
a yea-nay vote: 31 - 19;
An amendment by Mrs. Wilson,
#32, re: extending FERC's authority to issue refunds to certain public
power entities which voluntarily sell power at wholesale, was withdrawn
by unanimous consent;
An amendment by Mr. Pallone,
#33, re: establishment of a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard,
was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 15 - 37;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#34, re: striking the "native load" provisions, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 17 - 31;
An amendment by Ms. Capps,
#35, re: protecting state flexibility regarding the sale or transmission
of electricity by adding language that permits a State to "opt out" of FERC's
proposed standard market design, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 16 - 29;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#36, striking the privacy language and replacing it with language that
would generally prohibit the disclosure of a consumer's nonpublic information without the
consumer's written consent, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 23 - 24;
An amendment by Ms. Eshoo,
#37, re: directing FERC to award refunds to the State of California for
the overcharges it incurred for purchases of electricity wholsale during the period
January 17, 2001, through June 20, 2001, was defeated by a yea-nay vote:
21 - 30;
An amendment by Mr. Tauzin,
#38, re: sanctity of contract, was adopted by a yea-nay
vote: 29 - 20;
No amendments were offered to Title
VIII - Coal.
The following amendments were offered to Title
IX - Motor Fuels:
An amendment by Mr. Boucher,
#39, re: striking the ethanol mandate, was defeated by a
yea-nay vote: 14 - 34;
An amendment by Mr. Gillmor,
#40, re: funding through the EPA's Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust
Fund for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) contamination cleanup, was adopted,
amended, by a voice vote;
An amendment to the Gillmor amendment by Ms.
Solis, #40A, re: increasing the funding level for MTBE cleanup
from $400 million to $850 million, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Ms. Capps,
#41, re: repealing the oxygen content for reformulated gasoline and
banning MTBE, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 18 - 32;
An amendment by Messrs. Engel and
Fossella, #42, re: elimination of oxygen content requirement for
reformulated gasoline, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 17 - 32;
An amendment by Mr. Allen,
#43, re: providing that the amendments made to the Clean Air Act by this
title would have no effect regarding any State to limit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle
fuel, was withdrawn by unanimous consent;
An amendment by Mr. Davis of
Florida, #44, re: removing seasonal variation provision from
ethanol mandate, was withdrawn by unanimous consent;
An amendment by Ms. Capps,
#45, re: four-year phase out of the use of MTBE in gasoline with a
provision that a State may "opt out" of the phase out, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 23 - 25;
An amendment by Mr. Allen,
#46, re: providing that the amendments made to the Clean Air Act by this
title would have no effect regarding any State to limit the use of MTBE in motor vehicle
fuel, was adopted by a voice vote (re-offer of amendment #43);
An amendment by Mr. Engel,
#47, re: suspending the ethanol mandate upon a finding by the Federal
Trade Commission that the ethanol market exceeds 1800 on the HHI market concentration
index for monopolies, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 20 - 28;
An amendment by Ms. Capps,
#48, re: removing MTBE from "safe harbor" provision, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 19 - 31;
An amendment by Mr. Pallone,
#49, to strike language in the renewable fuels definition that considers
blending components (such as ETBE) derived from renewable fuels as renewable fuel, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 20 - 31;
An amendment by Mr. Davis,
#50, re: study by DOE and EPA to determine which fuels meet the
definition of a renewable fuel based upon the energy inputs/energy output premise, was
defeated by a yea-nay vote: 14 - 38;
An amendment by Mr. Engel,
#51, re: providing EPA the authority to regulate fuels on the basis of
groundwater concerns, was defeated by a yea-nay vote: 14 -38;
The following amendment was offered to Title
X - Automobile Efficiency:
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#52, re: average fuel economy standards, was defeated by
a yea-nay vote: 14 - 38;
The following amendments were offered at
the end of the bill:
An amendment by Messrs. Markey and
Cox, #53, re: prevention of the misuse of nuclear materials and
technology, was adopted by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Waxman,
#54, re: sense of Congress on climate change, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 18 - 34;
An amendment by Mr. Waxman,
#55, re: global warming, was defeated by a voice vote;
An amendment by Ms. Schakowsky,
#56, re: refunds for overcharges under the Natural Gas Act, was defeated
by a yea-nay vote: 21 - 32;
An amendment by Mr. Tauzin,
#57, re: deployment of transmission technologies, was adopted
by a voice vote;
An amendment by Mr. Markey,
#58, re: daylight savings time -- begin on the third Sunday of March, was
defeated by a voice vote.
