Hearing Information
Meeting Time
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 3:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 - 3:00pm in H-313 The Capitol View Announcement »
No More Solyndras Act [Rules Committee Print 112-31, showing the text of the bill as ordered reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, with additional changes recommended by the chairs of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.]
:: Summary of additional changes recommended by the chairs of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology to the text of H.R. 6213, as ordered reported. PDF
Text of H. Rept. 112-652, Part 1 PDF XML
Report from the Committee on Energy and Commerce
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 779:
Adopted by record vote of 232-182 on Thursday, September 13, 2012.
MANAGERS: Sessions/McGovern
1. Structured rule.
2. Provides 90 minutes of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-31 and provides that it shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
9. Authorizes the Speaker to entertain motions to suspend the rules at any time on the legislative day of September 2, 2012 or September 21, 2012.
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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6 | Version 1 | DeGette (CO) | Democrat | Would make changes to the findings section of the bill. | Made In Order |
8 | Version 1 | Green, Gene (TX) | Democrat | Would impose a one year moratorium on accepting new applications until the Secretary submits a report to Congress analyzing the costs and benefits of the program, recommending whether the program should continue, and recommending changes to prevent the problems outlined in the findings section. Title XVII is repealed if the report is not submitted by December 31, 2013. | Submitted |
3 | Version 1 | Markey, Edward (MA) | Democrat | Would prevent guarantees from being granted to a project that is projected to be more that $535 million over budget or for a project where any applicant experienced net losses of more than $535 million in the last calendar year. | Submitted |
4 | Version 1 | Markey, Edward (MA) | Democrat | Would prevent guarantees from being granted to applicants whose common stock has been delisted. | Submitted |
5 | Version 1 | Markey, Edward (MA) | Democrat | Would prevent guarantees from being granted unless the applicant certifies that at least 75% of materials and components required for construction, manufacturing, or operations are produced in the US. Any facility at which construction, manufacturing, or operations are to be carried out must also be located in the US. | Submitted |
1 | Version 1 | McClintock (CA) | Republican | Would strike the provision for pending applications, thereby prohibiting any new guarantee issuance. | Submitted |
2 | Version 1 | Rush (IL) | Democrat | Would exempt applications for power plants from the December 31, 2011 application deadline, but only if such plants comply with applicable New Source Performance Standards for greenhouse gases as promulgated by EPA. | Submitted |
7 | Version 1 | Waxman (CA) | Democrat | Would strike the subsection preventing DOE from issuing a new loan guarantee for applications submitted after December 31, 2011. | Made In Order |
Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to report the rule. Defeated: 3–8
Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 8-3.