THE DAILY WHIP: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2015

Daily Leader

For Immediate Release:

2015-01-27T00:00:00

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House Meets At:	First Vote Predicted:	Last Vote Predicted:
12:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Fifteen “One Minutes”	3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

**Members are advised that today, the House is only expected to consider the Rule for H.R. 351. The House will debate and vote on passage of the bill tomorrow.

Suspensions (6 bills)

H.R. 350 – Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act of 2015 (Rep. Noem – Judiciary)
H.R. 159– Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2015 (Rep. Paulsen – Judiciary)
H.R. 285 – Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2015 (Rep. Wagner – Judiciary)
H.R. 181 – Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015, as amended (Rep. Poe – Judiciary)
H.R. 460 – Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2015 (Rep. Walker – Homeland Security)
H.R. 398 – Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015 (Rep. Ellmers – Energy and Commerce)

H.Res. 48 – Rule Providing for Consideration of H.R. 351 – LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (Rep. Johnson (OH) – Energy and Commerce) (One Hour of Debate). The Rules Committee has recommended a closed Rule that provides for one hour of general debate equally divided between the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy & Commerce. The Rule allows one motion to recommit, and waives all points of order against the legislation.

The Rules Committee rejected a motion by Mr. McGovern of Massachusetts to consider H.R. 351 under an open Rule. Members are urged to VOTE NO.

Begin Consideration of H.R. 351 – LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (Rep. Johnson (OH) – Energy and Commerce) (One Hour of Debate). This bill seeks to codify the Department of Energy’s (DOE) existing approval process for applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, which currently allows DOE to evaluate the impacts of LNG exports on domestic natural gas prices for consumers and manufacturers through a public interest review. H.R. 351 requires a final public interest determination on pending applications 30 days after the completion of environmental reviews required by the National Environmental Policy Act.

Bill Text for H.R. 351:
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Background for H.R. 351:
CRS Report: An Overview of Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas: Resources and Federal Actions

Postponed Suspensions (2 bills)

H.R. 469 – Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2015 (Rep. Bass – Education and Workforce)
H.R. 246 – To improve the response to victims of child sex trafficking (Rep. Beatty – Education and Workforce)

TOMORROW’S OUTLOOK
The GOP Leadership has announced the following schedule for Wednesday, January 28: The House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. The House is expected to complete consideration ofH.R. 351 – LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act (Rep. Johnson (OH) – Energy and Commerce).

The Daily Quote
“The House won’t vote this week on a controversial GOP border security plan that some conservatives complained would do little to stop President Obama’s order to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Aides to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who controls the floor schedule, said the blizzard pummeling the Northeast forced the cancellation of votes Monday night. And due to the shortened schedule this week, the vote on the border bill — originally slated for Wednesday — has been postponed until a later date. But conservative opponents of the border legislation, authored by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas), say the snowstorm gave GOP leaders a convenient excuse to pull the bill as they struggled to shore up support... No decision has been made about if or when the McCaul bill will be brought back to the floor… Funding for the DHS is expected to run out at the end of February. The Republicans’ ‘defund’ measure would tie the agency's funding to their efforts to fight Obama’s immigration actions. But the bill appears to lack the 60 votes needed to move through the Senate, as some Republicans argue that the party should not risk a DHS shutdown at a time of increased terror threats.” - The Hill, 1/26/2015

The Daily Quote

“The House won’t vote this week on a controversial GOP border security plan that some conservatives complained would do little to stop President Obama’s order to shield millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. Aides to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who controls the floor schedule, said the blizzard pummeling the Northeast forced the cancellation of votes Monday night. And due to the shortened schedule this week, the vote on the border bill — originally slated for Wednesday — has been postponed until a later date. But conservative opponents of the border legislation, authored by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas), say the snowstorm gave GOP leaders a convenient excuse to pull the bill as they struggled to shore up support... No decision has been made about if or when the McCaul bill will be brought back to the floor… Funding for the DHS is expected to run out at the end of February. The Republicans’ ‘defund’ measure would tie the agency's funding to their efforts to fight Obama’s immigration actions. But the bill appears to lack the 60 votes needed to move through the Senate, as some Republicans argue that the party should not risk a DHS shutdown at a time of increased terror threats.”

- The Hill, 1/26/2015