FLOOR UPDATE – 10 VOTES – LAST VOTES

FLOOR UPDATE:
May 2, 2019
The House is now taking the following votes: 
  1. Espaillat Amendment – Includes findings addressing the importance of climate justice and environmental justice – 15 minutes
  2. Gosar Amendment #10 – Includes findings that the Paris Agreement is a treaty and should be ratified by the Senate prior to any action being taken to execute the goals of the Paris Agreement – 2 minutes
  3. Gosar Amendment #11 – Strikes Section 3 of the bill, the prohibition on use of funds to advance the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Agreement – 2 minutes
  4. Porter Amendment – Includes findings that recognize the importance of clean energy technology development for the implementation of mitigation and adaptation actions of the agreements under the Paris Climate Accord – 2 minutes
  5. Fletcher Amendment – Clarifies that the bill does not require or prohibit the inclusion of a specific energy technology or technologies in the president's plan – 2 minutes
  6. Schrier Amendment – Clarifies that the bill does not require or prohibit the inclusion of voluntary agricultural practices by farmers and ranchers in the president’s plan to meet the goals and ambitions of the Paris Agreement – 2 minutes
  7. Van Drew Amendment – Adds to findings the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change – 2 minutes 
  8. Engel/Cox Amendment – Requires the President’s plan to take into consideration populations, regions, industries, and constituencies affected, including American jobs, costs of energy such as gas prices and electricity billing, and the ability to develop and deploy new technologies – 2 minutes

                         10 minutes of debate on the motion to recommit 
     
  9. Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 9 – VOTE NO – 5 minutes
  10. Final Passage of H.R. 9 – Climate Action Now Act (Rep. Castor – Foreign Affairs/Energy and Commerce) – VOTE YES – 5 minutes
These are the last votes for the week
If you have any questions please contact: Shuwanza Goff, Ray Salazar, or Deborah Rowe at 5-3130.