12 important amendments for the House Interior, environment spending bill

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The House is currently debating H.R. 4821, its Interior and environment spending bill. There are many good amendments being considered on the floor. Here are just some of these important amendments (the following content is taken from the published rule on the bill):

Amendment Number: 79
Sponsor(s): Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO)
Description: “Prohibits fund to enforce the final rule of the Environmental Protection Agency titled ‘Endangerment and Cause of Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.’”

Amendment Number: 91
Sponsor(s):  Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Eli Crane (R-AZ), Scott Perry (R-PA), Debbie Lesko (R-AZ)
Description: “Prohibits funding to be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule by the EPA titled ‘Reconsideration of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter.’”

Amendment Number: 92
Sponsor(s): Reps. Gosar, Crane, Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Lesko
Description: “Prohibits funds to implement, administer, or enforce Presidential Proclamation 10606 of August 8, 2023 (88 Fed. Reg. 55331, relating to the establishment of Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument).”

Amendment Number: 96
Sponsor(s): Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
Description: “Prohibits funds to develop, finalize, issue, or use assessments under EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS).”

Amendment Number: 97
Sponsor(s): Rep. Hageman
Description: “Prevents any funding from being made available to finalize or implement the CEQ guidance entitled ‘National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change.’”

Amendment Number: 98
Sponsor(s): Reps. Hageman, David Rouzer (R-NC) 
Description: “Prohibits the implementation and enforcement of the EPA’s final rule entitled ‘Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification Improvement Rule.’”

Amendment Number: 108
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC)
Description: “Prohibits funding for the American Climate Corps.”

Amendment Number: 109
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Norman
Description: “Prohibits funding for rule titled ‘Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards.’”

Amendment Number: 111
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Norman
Description: “Prohibits funding for the Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases.”

Amendment Number: 127
Sponsor(s): Reps. Chip Roy (R-TX), Kat Cammack (R-FL), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Norman, Troy Nehls (R-TX)
Description: “Prohibits funds from being used to implement any of President Biden’s executive orders on climate change.”

Amendment Number: 129
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Description: “Prohibits any funds from being used to implement or enforce the Biden Administration’s NEPA Phase 1 regulations.”

Amendment Number: 130
Sponsor(s):  Rep. Stauber
Description: “Prohibits any funds from being used to finalize, implement, or enforce the Biden Administration’s proposed NEPA Phase 2 regulations.”