HR 2
113th Congress
Latest action 2014-11-17: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601.
This bill number also appears in other loaded Congresses: 119th, 118th, 116th, 115th, 114th, 112th, 111th, 110th, 108th (bill numbers are reused each Congress, so these are different bills).
American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act bill
- sponsor
- Lee Terry
- introduced
- 2014-09-15
- policy area
- Energy (mining_metals, oil_gas, utilities)
- referred to
- Energy and Commerce Committee; Natural Resources Committee; Judiciary Committee; Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; Science, Space, and Technology Committee
- cosponsors
- 15
- lobbying filings citing it
- 0
- money facing its subject
- the record
- no source link on the row
95 CRS legislative subjects, as written
Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Administrative remedies, Advisory bodies, Air quality, Alaska, Alternative and renewable resources, Arctic and polar regions, Atlantic Ocean, Birds, California, Canada, Civil actions and liability, Climate change and greenhouse gases, Coal, Colorado, Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits, Congressional oversight, Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Drug, alcohol, tobacco use, Earth sciences, Economic development, Economic performance and conditions, Electric power generation and transmission, Emergency planning and evacuation, Employment and training programs, Endangered and threatened species, Energy efficiency and conservation, Energy prices, Energy research, Energy revenues and royalties, Energy storage, supplies, demand, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Environmental assessment, monitoring, research, Environmental regulatory procedures, Executive agency funding and structure, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Federal appellate courts, Federal district courts, Forests, forestry, trees, General public lands matters, Georgia, Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management, Government ethics and transparency, public corruption, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations, Gulf of Mexico, Indian lands and resources rights, Insects, Intergovernmental relations, Internet and video services, Internet, web applications, social media, Judicial procedure and administration, Judicial review and appeals, Jurisdiction and venue, Lakes and rivers, Land use and conservation, Latin America, Legal fees and court costs, Licensing and registrations, Marine and coastal resources, fisheries, Marine pollution, Mexico, Military readiness, Mining, Minority and disadvantaged businesses, Minority employment, Motor fuels, Navigation, waterways, harbors, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oil and gas, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Pipelines, Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents, Public contracts and procurement, Public utilities and utility rates, Roads and highways, Solid waste and recycling, South Carolina, State and local finance, State and local government operations, Strategic materials and reserves, Trade restrictions, U.S. territories and protectorates, User charges and fees, Utah, Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation, Virginia, Water quality, Water use and supply, Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats, Women's employment, Wyoming
Actions: 27 on the record
The record's own timeline, word for word, newest first. An action that names a committee links to it.
| date | type | action, as written | committee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House Committee on Energy and Commerce |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2014-09-15 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology |
| 2014-09-16 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. | House Committee on the Judiciary: The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust |
| 2014-09-16 | Floor | Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 727 Reported to House. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Resolution provides that each bill may be debatable for 2 hours, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of their respective committees. The bills shall be considered as read, all points of order agains the provisions of the bill are waived, and each bill is provided with one motion to recommit. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Mr. Hastings (WA) asked unanimous consent that the question of adopting a motion to recommit on H.R. 2 may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule 20. Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 727. (consideration: CR H7819-7854) | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Resolution provides that each bill may be debatable for 2 hours, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking member of their respective committees. The bills shall be considered as read, all points of order agains the provisions of the bill are waived, and each bill is provided with one motion to recommit. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with two hours of debate on H.R. 2. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H7853) | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Mr. Schneider moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H7853-7854; text: CR H7853) | House Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schneider motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new division at the end of the bill. The new division contains provisions to police excessive speculation in energy markets, protect national security, and prohibit expedited permitting for corporations that relase toxic air pollutants from petroleum coke. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7854) | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the motion to recommit, the Chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Schneider demanded the yeas and nays and pursuant to the order of the House of September 18, 2014, the Chair announced that further proceedings would be postponed. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7859-7860) | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 193 - 222 (Roll no. 514). | House Committee on Natural Resources |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 191 (Roll no. 515).(text: CR H7819-7841) | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. | |
| 2014-09-18 | Floor | On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 191 (Roll no. 515). (text: CR H7819-7841) | |
| 2014-09-19 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Energy |
| 2014-11-12 | IntroReferral | Received in the Senate. | |
| 2014-11-13 | Calendars | Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. | |
| 2014-11-17 | Calendars | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. |
Cosponsors: 15
In order of signing; an original cosponsor signed on introduction day. A withdrawal stays on the record, marked, never deleted.
| member | party | state | signed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Kinzinger | Republican | IL | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Bill Cassidy | Republican | LA | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Bill Flores | Republican | TX | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Bill Johnson | Republican | OH | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Bill Shuster | Republican | PA | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Bob Goodlatte | Republican | VA | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Cory Gardner | Republican | CO | 2014-09-15 original | |
| David B. McKinley | Republican | WV | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Doc Hastings | Republican | WA | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Doug Lamborn | Republican | CO | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Ed Whitfield | Republican | KY | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Fred Upton | Republican | MI | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Mike Pompeo | Republican | KS | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Shelley Moore Capito | Republican | WV | 2014-09-15 original | |
| Tom Marino | Republican | PA | 2014-09-15 original |
Lobbying: 0 filings cite this bill
No lobbying filing in the years we collected cites this bill. That means we have not seen one, not that none exists; a filer may also describe a bill without a citation we can read. ‡ lobbying estimates
Money facing this bill
A giver's face is the list of subjects its organization lobbies Congress on, read from its own lobbying reports and spread by how often each subject comes up; a gift from someone who works there is spread the same way.
$290k
measureMoney facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3
subjectEnergy
members counted16
members with a candidacy in 201416
this row as datathe stored row
This is money tied to the bill's subject, not money given for or against the bill. It shows what an organization lobbies on, not what position it takes, and no gift is tied to a bill.
The members it reached, and who gave it
- Cory Gardner cosponsor, Republican-CO
$73k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$7,904
NOBLE ENERGY
organization as filedNOBLE ENERGY
employer as filedNOBLE ENERGY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$5,200
K.P. KAUFFMAN COMPANY, INC.
organization as filedK.P. KAUFFMAN COMPANY, INC.
employer as filedKP KAUFFMAN COMPANY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$4,623
LEEDE OPERATING COMPANY LLC
organization as filedLEEDE OPERATING COMPANY LLC
employer as filedLEEDE OPERATING COMPANY
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Bill Cassidy cosponsor, Republican-LA
$62k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$7,800
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
organization as filedHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
employer as filedHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$5,083
DISCOVERY OPERATING, INC.
organization as filedDISCOVERY OPERATING, INC.
employer as filedDISCOVERY OPERATING INC
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$4,100
TELLUS OPERATING GROUP, LLC
organization as filedTELLUS OPERATING GROUP, LLC
employer as filedTELLUS OPERATING GROUP
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Shelley Moore Capito cosponsor, Republican-WV
$47k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$6,808
FIRSTENERGY
organization as filedFIRSTENERGY
employer as filedFIRST ENERGY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$5,200
VITOL INC.
organization as filedVITOL INC.
employer as filedVITOL INC.
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$4,333
OTIS EASTERN SERVICE, LLC
organization as filedOTIS EASTERN SERVICE, LLC
employer as filedOTIS EASTERN SERVICE LLC
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Bill Johnson cosponsor, Republican-OH
$22k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$2,883
CHENIERE ENERGY
organization as filedCHENIERE ENERGY
employer as filedCHENIERE ENERGY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$2,600
HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
organization as filedHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
employer as filedHILCORP ENERGY COMPANY
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$2,030
B & N COAL INC.
organization as filedB & N COAL INC.
employer as filedB & N COAL
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Bill Shuster cosponsor, Republican-PA
$18k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Firm$2,000
SURMONT, LLC
organization as filedSURMONT, LLC
employer as filedSURMONT LLC
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$1,250
ROBINDALE ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
organization as filedROBINDALE ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
employer as filedROBINDALE ENERGY SERVICES, INC.
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$1,192
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
organization as filedENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
employer as filedENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm
- Mike Pompeo cosponsor, Republican-KS
$16k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$4,696
EXELON
organization as filedEXELON
employer as filedEXELON CORP
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$4,278
BEREXCO LLC
organization as filedBEREXCO LLC
employer as filedBEREXCO, INC.
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$1,794
SLAWSON COMPANIES, INC.
organization as filedSLAWSON COMPANIES, INC.
employer as filedSLAWSON COMPANIES
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Adam Kinzinger cosponsor, Republican-IL
$11k
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$3,776
EXELON
organization as filedEXELON
employer as filedEXELON CORPORATION
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered$3,450
ROAD RANGER, LLC
organization as filedROAD RANGER, LLC
employer as filedROAD RANGER LLC
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$994
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE
organization as filedNUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE
employer as filedNUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Bill Flores cosponsor, Republican-TX
$8,959
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Registered$3,174
TEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.
organization as filedTEXLAND PETROLEUM, L.P.
employer as filedTEXLAND PETROLEUM LP
where the face comes froma public register's industry code
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$2,292
ENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
organization as filedENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
employer as filedENERGY TRANSFER PARTNERS
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$1,276
NOBLE ENERGY
organization as filedNOBLE ENERGY
employer as filedNOBLE ENERGY, INC.
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Registered
- Bob Goodlatte cosponsor, Republican-VA
$6,027
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$4,100
K&L GATES
organization as filedK&L GATES
employer as filedK&L GATES
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$462
RGC RESOURCES, INC.
organization as filedRGC RESOURCES, INC.
employer as filedRGC RESOURCES
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$460
THE ADVOCACY GROUP
organization as filedTHE ADVOCACY GROUP
employer as filedTHE ADVOCACY GROUP
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
- Ed Whitfield cosponsor, Republican-KY
$5,441
measureMoney by the subjects its givers lobby on, version 3
this row as datathe stored row
- Filed$1,251
FIRSTENERGY
organization as filedFIRSTENERGY
employer as filedFIRSTENERGY CORP
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed$1,000
K&L GATES
organization as filedK&L GATES
employer as filedK&L GATES
where the face comes fromits own lobbying reports
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Firm$559
BLUEWATER STRATEGIES
organization as filedBLUEWATER STRATEGIES
employer as filedBLUE WATER STRATEGIES, LLC
where the face comes froma lobbying firm's own reports, for all its clients
its face and filingsopen the evidence
- Filed
The organizations are each member's three largest on this subject. A group of organizations is shown by name only after a person has reviewed it.
Money facing a bill's subject that reached its sponsors, version 3 · ‡ self-reported text ‡ small donors invisible ‡ lobbying estimates
Votes: 2 roll calls tied to this bill by the chambers' own documents
Tallies are the chambers' own published numbers. ‡ votes, not motives
| date | chamber | question | result | yeas | nays | record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-09-18 | house | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed | 193 | 222 | the chamber's document |
| 2014-09-18 | house | On Passage | Passed | 226 | 191 | the chamber's document |
Coverage: bills are loaded for Congresses 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119. We have not collected a Congress missing from that list, so its bills do not show here even though they exist. Lobbying citations cover the LDA years we collected; votes cover the loaded roll-call files. ‡ correlation, not purchase ‡ lobbying estimates ‡ votes, not motives