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H.R. 2028 — what changed

Continued Health Benefits for Miners Act

From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 3 sections amended and 20 added between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.

Sec. 101

(a)
None of the funds provided in this title shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1)
creates or initiates a new program, project, or activity;
(2)
eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3)
increases funds or personnel for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act;
(4)
reduces funds that are directed to be used for a specific program, project, or activity by this Act;
(5)
changed increases funds for any program, project, or activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less; or;or
(6)
reduces funds for any program, project, or activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less.
(b)
Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992.
(c)
The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 308

(a)
Notification of strategic petroleum reserve drawdown— None of the funds made available by this Act or any prior Act, or funds made available in the SPR Petroleum Account, may be used to conduct a drawdown (including a test drawdown) and sale or exchange of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve unless the Secretary of Energy provides notice, in accordance with subsection (b), of such exchange, or drawdown (including a test drawdown) to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress.
(b)
(1)
changed Content of notification—Notification— The notification required under subsection (a) shall include at a minimum—
(A)
the justification for the drawdown or exchange, including—
(i)
a specific description of any obligation under international energy agreements; and
(ii)
in the case of a test drawdown, the specific aspects of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be tested;
(B)
the provisions of law (including regulations) authorizing the drawdown or exchange;
(C)
the number of barrels of petroleum products proposed to be withdrawn or exchanged;
(D)
the location of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve site or sites from which the petroleum products are proposed to be withdrawn;
(E)
a good faith estimate of the expected proceeds from the sale of the petroleum products;
(F)
an estimate of the total inventories of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after the anticipated drawdown;
(G)
a detailed plan for disposition of the proceeds after deposit into the SPR Petroleum Account; and
(H)
a plan for refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, including whether the acquisition will be of the same or a different petroleum product.
(2)
Timing of notification— The Secretary shall provide the notification required under subsection (a)—
(A)
in the case of an exchange or a drawdown, as soon as practicable after the exchange or drawdown has occurred; and
(B)
in the case of a test drawdown, not later than 30 days prior to the test drawdown.
(c)
changed Post-sale Post-Sale notification— In addition to reporting requirements under other provisions of law, the Secretary shall, upon the execution of all contract awards associated with a competitive sale of petroleum products, notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the actual value of the proceeds from the sale.
(d)
(1)
changed New regional reserves—Regional Reserves— The Secretary may not establish any new regional petroleum product reserve unless funding for the proposed regional petroleum product reserve is explicitly requested in advance in an annual budget submission and approved by the Congress in an appropriations Act.
(2)
The budget request or notification shall include—
(A)
the justification for the new reserve;
(B)
a cost estimate for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the reserve, including funding sources;
(C)
a detailed plan for operation of the reserve, including the conditions upon which the products may be released;
(D)
the location of the reserve; and
(E)
the estimate of the total inventory of the reserve.

Sec. 505

changed None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to further implementation of the coastal and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management components of the National Ocean Policy developed under Executive Order No. 13547 of July 19, 2010.

Sec. 507

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to transform the National Energy Technology Laboratory into a government-owned, contractor-operated laboratory, or to consolidate or close the National Energy Technology Laboratory.

Sec. 508

added

added None of the funds made available in this Act under the heading “Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation” may be made available to enter into new contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to the Islamic Republic of Iran except for contracts or agreements that require the Islamic Republic of Iran to cease the pursuit, acquisition, and development of nuclear weapons technology.

Sec. 509

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, or any other Federal agency to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles for any executive fleet, or for an agency's fleet inventory, except in accordance with Presidential Memorandum—Federal Fleet Performance, dated May 24, 2011.

Sec. 510

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Energy to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled “Standards Ceiling Fans and Ceiling Fan Light Kits” and identified by regulation identification number 1904–AC87.

Sec. 511

added

added None of the funds made available in this Act may be used in contravention of section 2101 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238b) or section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238).

Sec. 512

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Cape Wind Energy Project on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, Nantucket Sound.

Sec. 513

added

added None of the funds made available in this Act may be used—

(1)
added to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2)
added to implement or enforce the standards established by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR incandescent reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent reflector lamps.

Sec. 514

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, carry out, modify, revise, or enforce Executive Order No. 13690 (entitled “Establishing a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and a Process for Further Soliciting and Considering Stakeholder Input”).

Sec. 515

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act for “Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Science” may be used in contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).

Sec. 516

added

added None of the funds in this Act may be available for the purchase by the Department of Defense (and its departments and agencies) of welded shipboard anchor and mooring chain 4 inches in diameter and under unless the anchor and mooring chain are procured from a manufacturer that is part of the national technology and industrial base.

Sec. 517

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the removal of any federally owned or operated dam.

Sec. 518

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any of its principals—

(1)
added within a 3-year period preceding this offer has been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against it for: commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the submission of offers; or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, tax evasion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving stolen property;
(2)
added are presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity with, commission of any of the offenses enumerated above in paragraph (1); or
(3)
added within a 3-year period preceding this offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which the liability remains unsatisfied.

Sec. 519

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, promulgate, or enforce the Department of Energy’s proposed rule entitled “Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Furnaces” (80 Fed. Reg. 48: March 12, 2015).

Sec. 520

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to continue the study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 5018(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–114).

Sec. 521

added

added For an additional amount for “Corps of Engineers—Civil—Department of the Army—Investigations”, there is hereby appropriated, and the amount otherwise provided by this Act for “Department of Energy—Energy Programs—Departmental Administration” is hereby reduced by $2,500,000.

Sec. 522

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Department of Energy to apply the report entitled “Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States”, published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 32260), in any public interest determination under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b).

Sec. 523

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for the Department of Energy’s Climate Model Development and Validation program.

Sec. 524

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to purchase water to supplement or enhance the instream flow requirements in the State of California that are mandated under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Sec. 525

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce the requirement in section 323.4(a)(1)(ii) of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, or section 232.3(c)(1)(ii)(A) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, that activities identified in paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (f) of section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A)) must be established or ongoing in order to receive an exemption under such subsection.

Sec. 526

added

added None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to deliver water to the Trinity River above the minimum requirements of the Trinity Record of Decision or to supplement flows in the Klamath River.