Volume 161, No. 13 covering the 1st Session of the 114th Congress (2015 - 2016) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D63-D65 on Jan. 27, 2015.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S495-S547
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 256-272, and S. Res. 42.
Pages S541-42
Measures Reported:
S. Res. 42, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Page S541
Measures Considered:
Keystone XL Pipeline--Agreement: Senate continued consideration of S. 1, to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline, taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S497-S537
Pending:
Murkowski Amendment No. 2, in the nature of a substitute.
Page S497
Vitter/Cassidy Modified Amendment No. 80 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide for the distribution of revenues from certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
Page S497
Murkowski (for Sullivan) Amendment No. 67 (to Amendment No. 2), to restrict the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to arm agency personnel.
Pages S497, S509-12
Cardin Amendment No. 75 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide communities that rely on drinking water from a source that may be affected by a tar sands spill from the Keystone XL pipeline an analysis of the potential risks to public health and the environment from a leak or rupture of the pipeline.
Page S497
Murkowski Amendment No. 98 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress relating to adaptation projects in the United States Arctic region and rural communities.
Page S497
Flake Amendment No. 103 (to Amendment No. 2), to require the evaluation and consolidation of duplicative green building programs.
Page S497
Cruz Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment No. 2), to promote economic growth and job creation by increasing exports.
Pages S497, S507-08
Moran/Cruz Amendment No. 73 (to Amendment No. 2), to delist the lesser prairie-chicken as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Page S497
Daines Amendment No. 132 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress regarding the designation of National Monuments.
Page S497
Boxer Amendment No. 130 (to Amendment No. 2), to preserve existing permits and the authority of the agencies issuing the permits to modify the permits if necessary.
Pages S512-13
Peters/Stabenow Amendment No. 70 (to Amendment No. 2), to require that the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration make a certification and submit to Congress the results of a study before the pipeline may be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained.
Page S513
Collins/Warner Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 2), to coordinate the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools.
Pages S513-14
Murkowski Amendment No. 166 (to Amendment No. 2), to release certain wilderness study areas from management for preservation as wilderness.
Pages S514-18
Sanders Amendment No. 23 (to Amendment No. 2), to increase the quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of an additional 10,000,000 photovoltaic systems by 2025.
Pages S518-20
Merkley Amendment No. 174 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress that the United States should prioritize and fund adaptation projects in communities in the United States while also helping to fund climate change adaptation in developing countries.
Page S520
Merkley Amendment No. 125 (to Amendment No. 2), to eliminate unnecessary tax subsidies and provide infrastructure funding.
Page S520
Cantwell/Boxer Amendment No. 131 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that if the Keystone XL Pipeline is built, it will be built safely and in compliance with United States environmental laws.
Pages S520-21
Tillis/Burr Amendment No. 102 (to Amendment No. 2), to provide for leasing on the outer Continental Shelf and the distribution of certain qualified revenues from such leasing.
Pages S521-23, S525
Markey Amendment No. 178 (to Amendment No. 2), to ensure that products derived from tar sands are treated as crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.
Page S523
Markey Amendment No. 141 (to Amendment No. 2), to delay the effective date until the President determines that the pipeline will not have certain negative impacts.
Pages S523-24
Whitehouse Amendment No. 148 (to Amendment No. 2), to require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development.
Pages S524-25
Booker Amendment No. 155 (to Amendment No. 2), to allow permitting agencies to consider new circumstances and new information.
Page S525
Burr Modified Amendment No. 92 (to Amendment No. 2), to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
Pages S525-26
Coons Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress regarding climate change and infrastructure.
Pages S526-27
Carper Amendment No. 120 (to Amendment No. 2), to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the credits for new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and alternative fuel vehicle refueling property.
Pages S527-28
Heitkamp Amendment No. 133 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress that the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 should be amended to extend the credit with respect to facilities producing energy from certain renewable resources.
Pages S528-29
Cardin Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 2), to clarify that treaties with Indian tribes remain in effect.
Pages S529-31
Cantwell (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 48 (to Amendment No. 2), to modify the definition of underground injection.
Pages S531-32
Cantwell (for Peters/Stabenow) Amendment No. 55 (to Amendment No. 2), to require a study of the potential environmental impact of by-products of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Pages S532-36
Murkowski (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 245 (to Amendment No. 2), to clarify that treaties with Indian tribes remain in effect.
Page S536
Daines Amendment No. 246 (to Amendment No. 2), to express the sense of Congress that reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund should be a priority.
Pages S536-37
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that at 2:30 p.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Senate vote on or in relation to the following amendments in the order listed: Cardin Amendment No. 75
(to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Peters/Stabenow Amendment No. 70
(to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Sanders Amendment No. 23 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Cruz Amendment No. 15 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Merkley Amendment No. 125 (to Amendment No. 2)
(listed above), Moran/Cruz Amendment No. 73 (to Amendment No. 2)
(listed above), Whitehouse Amendment No. 148 (to Amendment No. 2)
(listed above), Daines Amendment No. 132 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Coons Amendment No. 115 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Collins/Warner Amendment No. 35 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Carper Amendment No. 120 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Murkowski Amendment No. 166 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Heitkamp Amendment No. 133 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Cantwell (for Gillibrand) Amendment No. 48 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Murkowski (for Barrasso) Amendment No. 245 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Cardin Amendment No. 124 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), Daines Amendment No. 246 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above), and Burr Modified Amendment No. 92 (to Amendment No. 2) (listed above); that all amendments on this list be subject to a 60 vote affirmative threshold for adoption, and that no second-degree amendments be in order to the amendments; and that there be two minutes of debate equally divided between each vote, and that all votes after the first in the series be 10 minutes in length.
Page S537
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, January 28, 2015.
Page S547
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Richard T. Julius, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2019.
Albert Stanley Meiburg, of Georgia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Stuart F. Delery, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Attorney General.
Page S547
Messages from the House:
Page S541
Measures Referred:
Page S541
Measures Read the First Time:
Page S541
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S542-43
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S543-46
Additional Statements:
Page S540 Amendments Submitted:
Pages S546-47
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S547
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S547
Adjournment: Senate convened at 11 a.m. and adjourned at 9:10 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2015. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S547.)
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