Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008

Bill: 110-hr-2643
Sponsor: Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2007-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Alaska
American Samoa
Animals
Appropriations
Armed Forces and National Security
Arts, Culture, Religion
Building construction
California
Caribbean area
Cattle
Chemicals
Civil actions and liability
Claims
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commemorations
Commission of Fine Arts
Competitive bidding
Congressional reporting requirements
Consultants
Continental shelf
Cost accounting
Criminal investigation
Cultural centers
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Interior
Disaster relief
Dislocated workers
District of Columbia
Economic assistance
Ecosystem management
Elephants
Emergency Management
Eminent domain
Endangered species
Energy
Energy conservation
Environmental Protection
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental law enforcement
Environmental research
Everglades
Executive Office of the President
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to Indians
Federal aid to research
Federal aid to the arts and humanities
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-territorial relations
Federally-guaranteed loans
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Florida
Forest conservation
Forest ecology
Forest fires
Forest management
Forest roads
Forestry
Foundations
Gas in submerged lands
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government liability
Government procurement
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Grazing
Guam
Habitat conservation
Hazardous wastes
Health
Helicopters
Historic sites
History
Horses
Housing and Community Development
Hydrology
Indian claims
Indian lands
Indian medical care
Indigenous peoples
Insect control
Inspectors general
International Affairs
International education
International environmental cooperation
Irrigation
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)
Labor and Employment
Laboratories
Land transfers
Law
Legal fees
Liability for environmental damages
Lighting
Lobbying
Lumber trade
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marshall Islands
Maryland
Medical research
Micronesia
Migratory bird conservation
Mining leases
Mining royalties
Minnesota
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Museums
National Capital Planning Commission
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National forests
National monuments
National parks
Native Americans
Natural gas
Nevada
New Jersey
New York City
New York State
Nonprofit organizations
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil pollution
Oil shales
Oil well drilling
Old growth forests
Oregon
Palau Islands
Payments in lieu of taxes
Performing arts
Pesticides
Petroleum
Petroleum in submerged lands
Poisons
Pollution measurement
Presidential commissions
Primates
Private forests
Privatization
Prosecution
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Puerto Rico
Railroad land grants
Range management
Reclamation of land
Recreation
Reforestation
Relocation
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Rescission of appropriated funds
Research and development
Research centers
Research grants
Restoration ecology
Rhinoceroses
Right-of-way
Road construction
Rural economic development
Salaries
Salmon
Science, Technology, Communications
Small business
Smithsonian Institution
Social Welfare
Sports and Recreation
Strip mining
Surveying
Taxation
Tigers
Timber sales
Transportation and Public Works
Treaties
Turtles
Underground storage
Urban affairs
Urban forestry
Utah
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water treatment plants
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for FY2008 for the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Bureau of Land Management (including transfer of funds); (2) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) the National Park Service (including transfers of funds); (4) U.S. Geological Survey; (5) the Minerals Management Service; (6) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement; (7) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (including transfer of funds); (8) the Office of the Secretary; (9) departmental offices for insular affairs; (10) the Office of the Solicitor; (11) the Office of Inspector General; (12) the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians; and (13) natural resource damage assessment and restoration.
 
Makes appropriations for FY2008 for: (1) the Environmental Protection Agency (including transfers and rescissions of funds); (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service (including transfers of funds); and (3) the Department of Health and Human Services for the Indian Health Service. 
 
Makes appropriations for FY2008 for specified related agencies, including: (1) the National Institutes of Health; (2) the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; (3) the Executive Office of the President; (4) the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (5) the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (6) the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (7) the Smithsonian Institution; (8) the National Gallery of Art; (9) the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (10) the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (11) the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; (12) the Commission of Fine Arts; (13) the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (14) the National Capital Planning Commission; (15) the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; (16) Presidio Trust; and (17) the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance (including transfer of funds).

action_date: 2007-06-11
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2008. 

Title I: Department of the Interior 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (3) Oregon and California grant lands; (4) range improvements; (5) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; (6) miscellaneous trust funds; and (7) wildland fire management (including transfer of funds). 

Appropriates funds for FY2008 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (7) financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds; (8) expenses related to carrying out, through the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; and (9) wildlife conservation grants to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System (including expenses for carrying out programs of the U.S. Park Police); (2) expenses related to cost share agreements for Centennial Challenge signature projects and programs; (3) expenses for national recreation and preservation programs; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (including transfers of funds); (5) construction; (6) land acquisition and state assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for FY2008. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service for royalty and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for operation of Indian programs, (including transfer of funds), construction (including transfer of funds), Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, and Indian guaranteed loans; (5) the Office of the Secretary for departmental offices; (6) provide assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (7) the Office of the Solicitor; (8) the Office of Inspector General; (9) provide for the operation of trust programs for Indians; (10) provide for a program for consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement; (11) make payments in lieu of taxes to units of local government containing certain federally owned lands; (12) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and (13) the Department of the Interior natural resource damage assessment and restoration.

Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds. 

(Sec. 113) Makes funds appropriated for FY2008 under this Act available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust Reform Consortium, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same methodology as funds were distributed in FY2003. Prohibits the Department from imposing its trust management infrastructure upon or altering existing trust resource management systems of such tribes which have a self-governance compact and operate in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program. 

(Sec. 114) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. 

(Sec. 115) Prohibits the use of any funds in this Act to issue any new lease that authorizes production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any lessee under an existing lease issued by the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act where such existing lease is not subject to limitations on royalty relief based on market price.

Title II: Environmental Protection Agency 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the EPA for: (1) science and technology; (2) expenses for supporting activities of the Commission on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation established by this Act (including transfers of funds); (3) environmental programs and management; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) buildings and facilities; (6) the Hazardous Substance Superfund (including transfers of funds); (7) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program; (8) expenses to carry out EPA 's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 concerning oil spill response; and (9) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance. 

Rescinds a specified amount from unobligated balances for carrying out projects and activities authorized under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with regard to the reimbursement of certain publicly owned treatment works on which construction was initiated after June 30, 1966, but before July 1, 1973.

Title III: Related Agencies 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) state and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) capital improvement and maintenance (including transfers of funds); (5) land acquisitions, including specified National Forest areas in Utah, Nevada, and California; (6) range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement; (7) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; (8) federal land management in Alaska; and (9) wildland fire management (including transfers of funds). 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Indian health facilities; and (2) the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 in specified amounts for various purposes to the: (1) Executive Office of the President; (2) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) Smithsonian Institution; (6) National Gallery of Art; (7) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) Commission of Fine Arts, including expenses for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs; (11) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) National Capital Planning Commission; (13) US Holocaust Memorial Museum; (14) Presidio Trust Fund; and (15) White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance (including transfer of funds). 

Title IV: General Provisions 
- Sets forth limitation on the use of funds under this Act. 

(Sec. 405) Requires: (1) estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support governmentwide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations to be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) changes to such estimates to be presented to such Committees for approval. 

(Sec. 412) Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior (Secretaries) to make reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished by an agreement to provide fire management services are considered, for tort liability, employees of the foreign country receiving the services when the individuals are fighting fires. Prohibits the Secretaries from making any agreement in which a foreign country does not assume any and all responsibility for acts or omissions of American firefighters who are firefighting in such foreign country. 

(Sec. 413) Allows the Secretaries, in awarding a federal contract for any of specified purposes with funds made available by this Act, notwithstanding federal government procurement and contracting laws, to give consideration to local contractors who are from economically disadvantaged rural communities and who provide employment and training for dislocated and displaced workers. Allows the Secretaries, notwithstanding such laws, to award contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in certain areas to various entities, including local non-profits and the Youth Conservation Corps. Includes in such areas habitat restoration or management and forest hazardous fuels reduction. 

(Sec. 414) Limits the amounts of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to the Department of the Interior to initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in FY2008 for programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act. 

 Prohibits any of the funds available to the Forest Service in from being used in FY2008 for competitive sourcing studies and related activities. 

Directs agencies funded in this Act, in preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on competitive sourcing activities, to include the incremental cost directly attributable to conducting the competitive sourcing competitions, including costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance with full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, travel, and training costs associated with program management. 

Instructs the Secretary of of the Interior, in carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving Department of the Interior employees, to: (1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are also qualified to participate in wildland fire management activities; and (2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with a private sector source would have on the ability of the Department of the Interior to effectively and efficiently fight and manage wildfires. 

(Sec. 415) Extends the authority for: (1) the pilot program for enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and other land uses; and (2) the deposit of all fees collected to recover the costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to certain Acts. 

(Sec. 416) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend the authority for cooperative agreements between the Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs to facilitate the administration of Forest Service programs and activities when the principal purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. 

Title V: Global Climate Change 
- (Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of the Congress that there should be enacted a comprehensive and effective national program of mandatory, market-based limits and incentives on emissions of greenhouse gases that slow, stop, and reverse the growth of such emissions at a rate and in a manner that: (1) will not significantly harm the U.S. economy; and (2) will encourage comparable action by other nations that are major trading partners and key contributors to global emissions. 

action_date: 2007-06-27
text: 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 - Makes appropriations for the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and related agencies for FY2008. 

Title I: Department of the Interior 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for: (1) land and resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (3) Oregon and California grant lands; (4) range improvements; (5) service charges, deposits, and forfeitures with respect to public lands; (6) miscellaneous trust funds; and (7) wildland fire management (including transfer of funds). 

Appropriates funds for FY2008 to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for: (1) resource management; (2) construction; (3) land acquisition; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Endangered Species Act of 1973; (5) the National Wildlife Refuge Fund; (6) expenses related to carrying out the North American Wetlands Conservation Act; (7) financial assistance for projects to promote the conservation of neotropical migratory birds; (8) expenses related to carrying out, through the Multinational Species Conservation Fund, the African Elephant Conservation Act, the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997, the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994, the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, and the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004; and (9) wildlife conservation grants to states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the National Park Service (NPS) for: (1) the National Park System (including expenses for carrying out programs of the U.S. Park Police); (2) expenses related to cost share agreements for Centennial Challenge signature projects and programs; (3) expenses for national recreation and preservation programs; (4) expenses related to carrying out the Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (including transfers of funds); (5) construction; (6) land acquisition and state assistance from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. 

Rescinds specified contract authority to obligate funds from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for FY2008. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to: (1) the U.S. Geological Survey for surveys, investigations, and research; (2) the Minerals Management Service for royalty and offshore minerals management and oil spill research; (3) the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for regulation and technology and the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund; (4) the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for operation of Indian programs, (including transfer of funds), construction (including transfer of funds), Indian land and water claim settlements and miscellaneous payments to Indians, and Indian guaranteed loans; (5) the Office of the Secretary for departmental offices; (6) provide assistance to U.S. territories and to carry out the Compacts of Free Association with respect to the Marshall Islands, Palau, and Micronesia; (7) the Office of the Solicitor; (8) the Office of Inspector General; (9) provide for the operation of trust programs for Indians; (10) provide for a program for consolidation of fractional interests in Indian lands by direct expenditure or cooperative agreement; (11) make payments in lieu of taxes to units of local government containing certain federally owned lands; (12) the Central Hazardous Materials Fund for expenses of the Department of the Interior and its component offices and bureaus for the remedial action of hazardous waste substances, pollutants, or contaminants pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; and (13) the Department of the Interior natural resource damage assessment and restoration. 

Sets forth authorized and prohibited uses of specified funds. 

(Sec. 113) Makes funds appropriated for FY2008 under this Act available to the tribes within the California Tribal Trust Reform Consortium, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, and the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boys Reservation through the same methodology as funds were distributed in FY2003. Prohibits the Department from imposing its trust management infrastructure upon or altering existing trust resource management systems of such tribes which have a self-governance compact and operate in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Program. 

(Sec. 114) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire lands, waters, or interests therein for the purpose of operating and maintaining facilities in the support of transportation and accommodation of visitors to Ellis, Governors, and Liberty Islands. 

(Sec. 115) Prohibits the use of any funds in this Act to issue any new lease that authorizes production of oil or natural gas under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any lessee under an existing lease issued by the Department of the Interior pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act where such existing lease is not subject to limitations on royalty relief based on market price.

Title II: Environmental Protection Agency 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for: (1) science and technology; (2) expenses for supporting activities of the Commission on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation established by this Act (including transfers of funds); (3) environmental programs and management; (4) the Office of Inspector General; (5) buildings and facilities; (6) the Hazardous Substance Superfund (including transfers of funds); (7) the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund Program; (8) expenses to carry out EPA 's responsibilities under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 concerning oil spill response; and (9) state and tribal assistance grants for environmental programs and infrastructure assistance. 

Rescinds a specified amount from unobligated balances for carrying out projects and activities authorized under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with regard to the reimbursement of certain publicly owned treatment works on which construction was initiated after June 30, 1966, but before July 1, 1973.

Title III: Related Agencies 
- Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service for: (1) forest and rangeland research; (2) state and private forestry; (3) the National Forest System; (4) capital improvement and maintenance (including transfers of funds); (5) land acquisitions, including specified National Forest areas in Utah, Nevada, and California; (6) range rehabilitation, protection, and improvement; (7) gifts, donations, and bequests for forest and rangeland research; (8) federal land management in Alaska; and (9) wildland fire management (including transfers of funds). 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for: (1) the Indian Health Service (IHS) and Indian health facilities; and (2) the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 

Makes appropriations for FY2008 in specified amounts for various purposes to the: (1) Executive Office of the President; (2) Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; (3) Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation; (4) Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development; (5) Smithsonian Institution; (6) National Gallery of Art; (7) John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; (8) Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; (9) National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities; (10) Commission of Fine Arts, including expenses for National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs; (11) Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; (12) National Capital Planning Commission; (13) U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum; (14) Presidio Trust Fund; and (15) White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance (including transfer of funds). 

Title IV: General Provisions 
- Sets forth limitation on the use of funds under this Act. 

(Sec. 405) Requires: (1) estimated overhead charges, deductions, reserves or holdbacks from programs, projects, activities and subactivities to support governmentwide, departmental, agency or bureau administrative functions or headquarters, regional or central operations to be presented in annual budget justifications and subject to approval by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; and (2) changes to such estimates to be presented to such Committees for approval. 

(Sec. 412) Permits the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to make reciprocal agreements in which the individuals furnished by an agreement to provide fire management services are considered, for tort liability, employees of the foreign country receiving the services when the individuals are fighting fires. Prohibits the Secretaries from making any agreement in which a foreign country does not assume any and all responsibility for acts or omissions of American firefighters who are firefighting in such foreign country. 

(Sec. 413) Allows the Secretaries, in awarding a federal contract for any of specified purposes with funds made available by this Act, notwithstanding federal government procurement and contracting laws, to give consideration to local contractors who are from economically disadvantaged rural communities and who provide employment and training for dislocated and displaced workers. Allows the Secretaries, notwithstanding such laws, to award contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements in certain areas to various entities, including local non-profits and the Youth Conservation Corps. Includes in such areas habitat restoration or management and forest hazardous fuels reduction. 

(Sec. 414) Limits the amounts of funds made available by this Act or any other Act to the Department of the Interior to initiate or continue competitive sourcing studies in FY2008 for programs, projects, and activities for which funds are appropriated by this Act. 

 Prohibits any of the funds available to the Forest Service from being used in FY2008 for competitive sourcing studies and related activities. 

Directs agencies funded in this Act, in preparing any reports to the Committees on Appropriations on competitive sourcing activities, to include the incremental cost directly attributable to conducting the competitive sourcing competitions, including costs attributable to paying outside consultants and contractors and, in accordance with full cost accounting principles, all costs attributable to developing, implementing, supporting, managing, monitoring, and reporting on competitive sourcing, including personnel, consultant, travel, and training costs associated with program management. 

Instructs the Secretary of of the Interior, in carrying out any competitive sourcing study involving Department of the Interior employees, to: (1) determine whether any of the employees concerned are also qualified to participate in wildland fire management activities; and (2) take into consideration the effect that contracting with a private sector source would have on the ability of the Department of the Interior to effectively and efficiently fight and manage wildfires. 

(Sec. 415) Extends the authority for: (1) the pilot program for enhancing Forest Service administration of rights-of-way and other land uses; and (2) the deposit of all fees collected to recover the costs of processing applications for, and monitoring compliance with, authorizations to use and occupy National Forest System lands pursuant to certain Acts. 

(Sec. 416) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend the authority for cooperative agreements between the Secretary of Agriculture and public or private agencies, organizations, institutions, and persons covering Forest Service programs to facilitate the administration of Forest Service programs and activities when the principal purpose of the resulting relationship is to the mutually significant benefit of the Forest Service and the other party or parties to the agreement, including nonprofit entities. 

Title V: Global Climate Change 
- (Sec. 501) Expresses the sense of Congress that there should be enacted a comprehensive and effective national program of mandatory, market-based limits and incentives on emissions of greenhouse gases that slow, stop, and reverse the growth of such emissions at a rate and in a manner that: (1) will not significantly harm the U.S. economy; and (2) will encourage comparable action by other nations that are major trading partners and key contributors to global emissions. 

(Sec. 502) Prohibits the use of any funds made available by this Act to condemn land. 

(Sec. 503) Prohibits the use of any funds in this Act to plan, design, study, or construct, for the purpose of harvesting timber by private entities or individuals, a forest development road in Tongass National Forest.

(Sec. 504) Provides for the amount otherwise provided in this Act for the &quot;Historic Preservation Fund&quot; to be reduced by $1 million and increased by $1 million.

Title VI: Additional General Provisions 
- (Sec. 601) Prohibits the use of funds to eliminate or restrict programs that are for the reforestation of urban areas. 

(Sec. 602) Prohibits the use of funds to limit outreach programs administered by the Smithsonian Institution.

(Sec. 603) Prohibits the use of funds to purchase light bulbs unless they have the &quot;ENERGY STAR&quot; or &quot;Federal Energy Management Program&quot; designation. 

(Sec. 604) Prohibits the use of funds to promulgate or implement the EPA proposed regulations concerning National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: General Provisions published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2007. 

(Sec. 605) Prohibits the use of funds for the Division of Criminal Investigation of the EPA in contravention of the criminal investigator requirements of the Pollution Prosecution Act of 1990. 

(Sec. 606) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale (and tar sands) resources on public lands pursuant to requirements of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 with regard to a programmatic environmental impact statement for such program; or (2) to conduct an oil shale lease sale pursuant to such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-28
text: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 272 - 155 (Roll no. 579).
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 272 - 155 (Roll no. 579).
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 186 - 233 (Roll no. 578).
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: The previous question on the motion was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7269; text: CR H7269)
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lewis (CA) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to add a new title to the bill which spells out requirements for an effective date based upon certification related to domestic energy policy.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Mr. Lewis (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H7269)
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: The House adopted the remaining amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H7259)
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2643.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: On motion to rise and report Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Mr. Dicks moved for the Committee of the Whole to rise and report.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cannon amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Cannon demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cannon amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation of a point of order was withdrawn.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lamborn amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lamborn demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lamborn amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the DeFazio amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Udall (CO) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Udall (CO) amendment Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Udall (CO) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Udall (CO) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Inslee amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Inslee demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Inslee amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with ten minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Musgrave amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Musgrave demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Musgrave amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Price (GA) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Price (GA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous special order, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Price (GA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jordan amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Jordan demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 40 minutes of debate on the Jordan amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Stupak amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment No. 5, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Flake amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Flake demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2007-06-27
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7213-7270)
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2643 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of certain amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Campbell amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Harman amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Campbell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Campbell demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Campbell amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ginny Brown-Waite(FL) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Ginny Brown-Waite(FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Ginny Brown-Waite(FL) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gary Miller of California amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Andrews amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Andrews demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Andrews amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: RESUMED - The Committee of the Whole resumed it's sitting.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a message from the Senate.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hensarling amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hensarling demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hensarling amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Pearce amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pearce demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Pearce amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Considered as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2643 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kingston amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Dent amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Dent demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dent amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jackson-Lee amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop(UT) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Tiahrt demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the E.B. Johnson amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Bishop(UT) amendment, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Barton (TX) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Barton (TX) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barton amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sullivan amendment, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the LoBiondo amendment. pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Considered as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Dicks asked unanimous consent that during further consideration of H.R. 2643 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, no further amendment to the bill will be in order except those provided on a list at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 2643 as unfinished business.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Mr. Dicks moved that the committee rise.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Bishop (UT) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (UT) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bishop(UT) amendment under the five-minute rule pending, reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Conaway amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jindal amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Gingrey En Bloc amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Price(GA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the McHugh amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Conaway amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Conaway demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Conaway amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to a unanimous consent agreement, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Peterson(PA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Tiahrt demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Peterson(PA) amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lamborn amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lamborn amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Subsequently, the Committee resumed it's sitting.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: The Committee of the Whole rose informally to receive a message from the Senate.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weiner amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Dicks amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Shays amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the King (IA) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. King (IA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the King of Iowa amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Weiner amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Hastings of Florida amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bishop of Utah amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 514, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Bishop of Utah amendment under the five-minute rule, pending reservation of a point of order.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2643.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones to act as Chairwoman of the Committee.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 514 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2643 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 514. (consideration: CR H7087-7197; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H7094, H7096, H7098-7100, H7103, H7104-7105, H7105-7106, H7108-7109, H7110-7111, H7112-7113; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H7125, H7126-7127, H7129, H7130-7132; text of Title III as reported in House: CR H7132, H7135-7137, H7137-7139, H7139-7140; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR H7140-7142; text of Title V as reported in House: CR H7142, CR 6/27/2007 H7259)
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Dicks asked unanimous consent that, during consideration of H.R. 2643 pursuant to House Resolution 514, the Chair may reduce to two minutes the minimum time for eletronic voting under clause 6 of rule XVIII and clauses 8 and 9 or rule XX.
action_date: 2007-06-26
text: Rule H. Res. 514 passed House.
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 514 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2643 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by paragraph. Bill is open to amendments. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.
action_date: 2007-06-22
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 110-187, Part II.
action_date: 2007-06-22
text: Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Appropriations, H. Rept. 110-187, Part II.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 111.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-187, by Mr. Dicks.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 110-187, by Mr. Dicks.
action_date: 2007-06-11
text: Introduced in House