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YES: H.R. 3632 - Power Plant Reliability Act (Rep. Griffith, R-VA). This legislation enhances existing tools under the Federal Power Act for states and grid operators to contest the closure of power plants in neighboring states if there is an impact to reliability of the bulk power systems. The bill would require power plants to provide a 5-year notice of planned retirements.
YES: H.R. 4776 - SPEED Act (Rep. Westerman, R-AR). This legislation makes long overdue reforms to NEPA that will create certainty to revitalize our nation’s infrastructure and lower energy costs for American families.
YES: H.R. 1366 - Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (Rep. Amodei, R-NV). This legislation would create a new category of mill sites to ensure that operators can use federal lands, whether mineral or non-mineral in character, for activities ancillary to mining. The bill would establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund within Treasury, and this Fund would be comprised of money collected from claim-maintenance fees from new mill site claims created under the legislation. It would also direct the Treasury Secretary to use those funds to conduct abandoned hard rock mine reclamation.
YES: H.R. 498 - Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (Rep. Crenshaw, R-TX). This legislation amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of federal Medicaid funds for gender transition procedures for individuals under the age of 18, with limited exceptions with the consent of a parent or legal guardian. The bill defines a wide range of medical and surgical procedures and medications as “specified gender transition procedures” and excludes them from federally matched Medicaid coverage for minors.
YES: H.R. 3638 - Electric Supply Chain Act (Rep. Latta, R-OH). This legislation would require the Department of Energy to carry out periodic assessments of trends, risks, and vulnerabilities in the supply chain for the generation and transmission of electricity and report to Congress on the assessments and its recommendations to address emerging issues and secure and expand the supply chain.
NO: H. CON. RES. 61 (Rep. Meeks, D-NY). “Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere”
NO: H. CON. RES. 64 (Rep. McGovern, D-MA). “To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been authorized by Congress”
YES: H.R.3616 - Reliable Power Act (Rep. Balderson, R-OH). This bill directs the electric reliability organization to conduct annual long-term assessments of the reliability of electric power in the bulk-power system. It also establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review federal regulations before they are finalized if the electric reliability organization finds that the system is at risk of not having sufficient electric generation to maintain reliability.
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