H.R. 2811: Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 26 Apr 2023. Introduced 25 Apr 2023.

Official title: To provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 26 Apr 2023: Passed, 217 Yea, 215 Nay, 0 Present, 3 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (217): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Nay (215): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); André Carson (D-IN-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Not voting (3): Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12).

Not in office (10): Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8).

Summary

Main subject: Sets discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2024 through 2033, rescinds unobligated funds, repeals or changes energy tax credits, adds work requirements to TANF, SNAP and Medicaid, changes congressional review of agency rules and federal energy and mineral permitting, and suspends the debt limit through March 31, 2024 or a $1,500,000,000,000 increase. Sec. 101, Sec. 201, Sec. 238, Sec. 321, Sec. 333, Sec. 20101, Sec. 40001

Its core areas: Discretionary spending limits for fiscal years 2024 through 2033; Rescission of unobligated coronavirus, Inflation Reduction Act and IRS funds; Energy-related tax credits; Federal student loan regulation; Work requirements in TANF, SNAP and Medicaid; Congressional review of agency rules; Energy and mineral leasing, permitting and environmental review; Temporary suspension of the debt limit.

Unexpected Items: 48 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (22)

Sec. 10003: Researching Efficient Federal Improvements for Necessary Energy Refining: Directs the Secretary of Energy to have the National Petroleum Council report on U.S. petrochemical refineries, including capacity and any policies that contributed to a decline in it.
Sec. 10005: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the revocation of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline: States the sense of Congress disapproving the January 20, 2021 revocation of the Presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10006: Sense of Congress opposing restrictions on the export of crude oil or other petroleum products: States the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not restrict exports of crude oil or petroleum products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, except for sanctioned persons or governments. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10008: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the denial of Jordan Cove permits: States the sense of Congress disapproving the State of Oregon's denial of permits and a certificate for a liquefied natural gas export terminal and a connected pipeline. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 10015: Ending future delays in chemical substance review for critical energy resources: Changes Toxic Substances Control Act new-chemical review for substances that are critical energy resources: sets a cost-benefit standard, lets submitters proceed if no determination is made on time, and limits when EPA may suggest withdrawal.
Sec. 10018: Study: Requires the Secretary of Energy to study how to streamline regulatory timelines for developing new power plants across fossil and nuclear generating sources.
Sec. 10019: State primary enforcement responsibility: Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act so a State underground injection control program is deemed approved if EPA has not acted within 270 days plus 30 days, and adds Class VI well coordination staff and a resources report.
Sec. 10020: Use of index-based pricing in acquisition of petroleum products for the SPR: Requires Strategic Petroleum Reserve acquisition procedures to use index-based pricing for petroleum products.
Sec. 10021: Prohibition on certain exports: Directs the Secretary of Energy to prohibit export or sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum products to named countries, sanctioned countries, and certain entities, with a national-security waiver.
Sec. 10022: Sense of Congress expressing disapproval of the proposed tax hikes on the oil and natural gas industry in the President’s fiscal year 2024 budget request: States the sense of Congress disapproving tax proposals on the oil and natural gas industry in the President's fiscal year 2024 budget request, and finds the request would result in a $31,000,000,000 tax increase. It sets no requirement. ($31,000,000,000)
Sec. 10023: Domestic Energy Independence report: Requires EPA, with the Secretary of Energy, to report to Congress on EPA regulations from the prior 15 years that reduced energy independence, raised regulatory burden, cut energy output, reduced energy security, or raised energy costs.
Sec. 10024: GAO study: Requires the Comptroller General to study how banning natural gas appliances would affect electricity rates and charges.
Sec. 20113: Prohibition on Chinese communist party ownership interest: Bars the Communist Party of China and certain entities of the People's Republic of China from acquiring interests in oil and gas leased lands, American farmland, renewable energy lands, or mining claims.
Sec. 20116: Sense of Congress on wind energy development supply chain: States the sense of Congress on domestic supply chains for wind energy development and use of U.S.-made materials in wind infrastructure. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 20117: Sense of Congress on oil and gas royalty rates: States the sense of Congress that the royalty rate for onshore Federal oil and gas leases should be not more than 12.5 percent. It sets no requirement.
Sec. 20118: Offshore wind environmental review process study: Requires the Comptroller General to study the sufficiency of environmental review processes for offshore wind projects, including impacts on marine life, fishing, and shoreline, and project costs.
Sec. 20119: GAO report on wind energy impacts: Requires the Comptroller General to publish a report on potential adverse effects of wind energy development in the North Atlantic Planning Area on maritime safety, commercial fishing, and the marine environment.
Sec. 20221: Limitations on claims: Shortens the filing period for claims under the highway project review provisions of title 23 from 150 days to 90 days, with conforming changes in titles 23 and 49.
Sec. 20223: Exemption of certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental requirements: Allows wildfire mitigation activities on certain Federal land within 300 feet of a road to be carried out without regard to the National Environmental Policy Act section 102(2)(C) and the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 20226: Staffing plans: Requires each local unit of the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Forest Service to prepare an outreach plan for advertising open civil service positions relating to permitting or natural resources.
Sec. 30002: Certification: Amends section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act so that State water quality certification decisions rest only on listed provisions of sections 301, 302, 303, 306, and 307, and sets written-notice and 90-day information-request deadlines.
Sec. 30003: Federal general permits: Amends section 402(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator to issue general permits for similar discharges, and to keep expired general permits in effect unless a notice is published two years before expiration.

Applies only to a specific place or group (2)

Sec. 20110: Leasing for certain qualified coal applications: Directs the Secretary to grant pending coal lease-by-application requests whose environmental review has already begun, and to grant further approvals for previously awarded coal leases.
Sec. 20310: Permit process for projects relating to extraction, recovery, or processing of critical materials: Adds projects related to extraction, recovery, or processing of critical minerals, rare earth elements, or carbon from coal, coal waste, and acid mine drainage to the definition of covered project for Federal permitting improvement, and requires a report.

Policy change made through a dollar amount (1)

Sec. 20501: Incentivizing domestic production: Lowers the offshore and onshore oil and gas royalty floor to 12.5 percent and the minimum bid from $10 to $2 per acre, sets rentals at $1.50 and $2 per acre per year, and repeals the expression of interest fee.

Funds a specific named project or event (1)

Sec. 20220: E–NEPA: Authorizes $500,000 in appropriations for the Council on Environmental Quality to study an online permitting portal for permits requiring review under the National Environmental Policy Act. ($500,000)

Different amount for specific places or groups (2)

Sec. 20601: Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf revenue: Changes the share of Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue distributed to Gulf producing States from 50 to 37.5 percent, adjusts related percentages, and exempts certain payments to States from sequestration.
Sec. 20602: Parity in offshore wind revenue sharing: Sets how offshore wind project revenues are split: 12.5 percent to the general fund, 37.5 percent to the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, and 50 percent to eligible States within 75 miles of a project, with a 10 percent minimum allocation per eligible State.

Exception or delay for a subset (16)

Sec. 222: Modification of credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources: Moves back the end dates of the renewable electricity credit, but sets a later date of January 1, 2026 for qualified offshore wind facilities than the January 1, 2022 date used for other facilities.
Sec. 243: Transition rule: Provides that sections 229 and 244 of this Act do not apply to taxpayers who entered a binding written contract or made other concrete investment action between August 26, 2022 and April 19, 2023.
Sec. 333: Congressional review of agency rulemaking: Rewrites the congressional review process for agency rules, and lets rules on hunting, fishing, or camping programs, and certain good-cause rules, take effect when the agency decides; it also exempts Federal Reserve monetary policy rules.
Sec. 10016: Keeping America’s refineries operating: Exempts certain refinery-type stationary sources from having to assess safer technology and alternative risk management measures for hydrofluoric acid in an alkylation unit in their hazard assessments.
Sec. 20114: Effect on other law: Provides that this title does not affect three named Presidential memoranda withdrawing offshore areas from leasing, or the ban on oil and gas development in the Great Lakes.
Sec. 20115: Requirement for GAO report on wind energy impacts: Bars the Secretary of the Interior from publishing notice of or holding wind energy lease sales in three named planning areas until the Comptroller General publishes a report on potential adverse effects of wind development there.
Sec. 10010: Interim hazardous waste permits for critical energy resource facilities: Adds facilities that process or refine a critical energy resource to the category covered by interim-status hazardous waste permit provisions in the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
Sec. 10011: Flexible air permits for critical energy resource facilities: Directs the EPA Administrator to revise air permit regulations to allow flexible air permitting for critical energy resource facilities.
Sec. 10012: National security or energy security waivers to produce critical energy resources: Lets the EPA Administrator issue renewable 90-day temporary waivers of Clean Air Act and Solid Waste Disposal Act requirements for critical energy resource facilities, and provides that actions under a waiver are not violations of other environmental laws.
Sec. 20104: Suspension of operations: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to grant, within 15 days of request, a suspension of operations (suspending rent and minimum royalty and extending the lease term) to oil and gas lease owners who submitted an expression of interest for adjacent acreage not yet offered.
Sec. 20210: Offshore geological and geophysical survey licensing: Requires authorization of oil and gas geological and geophysical surveys on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf within 30 days of a completed application and deems them in full compliance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 20305: Treatment of actions under presidential determination 2022–11 for Federal permitting improvement purposes: Treats certain Secretary of Defense actions under Presidential Determination 2022–11 or a February 27, 2023 memorandum as covered projects for Federal permitting improvement purposes without regard to the usual requirements, unless the project sponsor opts out.
Sec. 20202: BUILDER Act: Rewrites National Environmental Policy Act review procedures, including listing actions that need no environmental document and excluding certain farm and small business loan guarantees from the definition of 'major Federal action'.
Sec. 20213: Amendments to the Energy Policy Act of 2005: Provides that certain oil and gas activities on public and National Forest System lands are not a major Federal action under NEPA, with acreage and mileage limits, and excludes Indian lands.
Sec. 20214: Access to Federal energy resources from non-Federal surface estate: Exempts oil, gas and geothermal activities on non-Federal surface where the United States holds under 50 percent of the subsurface estate from Federal drilling permits, NEPA, the National Historic Preservation Act and Endangered Species Act section 7.
Sec. 20225: Categorical exclusion for electric utility lines rights-of-way: Creates a categorical exclusion from NEPA for vegetation management plans for electric utility rights-of-way and exempts those activities from Endangered Species Act section 7, National Historic Preservation Act section 106 and any other applicable law.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (3)

Sec. 211: Nullification of certain executive actions and rules relating to Federal student loans: Declares certain Department of Education student loan waivers and modifications to have no force or effect, and bars the Secretary from issuing a final rule substantially similar to a named proposed income-driven repayment rule.
Sec. 10025: Gas kitchen ranges and ovens: Bars the Secretary of Energy from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing a specific proposed energy conservation standards rule for gas kitchen ranges and ovens, or any substantially similar rule.
Sec. 20111: Future coal leasing: Provides that Secretarial Order 3338 of January 15, 2016, has no force or effect, notwithstanding any judicial decision or departmental review of the Federal coal leasing program.

Changes a government process (1)

Sec. 10004: Promoting cross-border energy infrastructure: Replaces the Presidential permit process for cross-border oil, gas and electric facilities with a certificate of crossing, bars the President from revoking existing permits without an Act of Congress, and exempts existing, permitted and pending facilities.

What it does

Sec. 101: Sets discretionary category new budget authority limits for fiscal years 2024 through 2033, from $1,470,979,000,000 for fiscal year 2024 to $1,608,788,000,000 for fiscal year 2033.
Sec. 201: Permanently rescinds unobligated balances of amounts made available by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and by Public Laws 116–123, 116–127, 116–136, 116–139 and divisions M and N of Public Law 116–260.
Sec. 211: Declares specified Department of Education student loan payment suspension and debt discharge actions to have no force or effect, and bars the Secretary of Education from implementing them or substantially similar actions unless an Act of Congress expressly authorizes them.
Sec. 238: Repeals the clean electricity production credit for facilities placed in service after December 31, 2024.
Sec. 311: Changes the age in the SNAP work requirement for able-bodied adults without dependents by replacing "50" with "56" in the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
Sec. 321: Denies federal payment for Medicaid assistance to an applicable individual who did not meet an 80-hours-per-month work, community service or work program requirement in 3 or more preceding months of a calendar year, and lets states disenroll that individual.
Sec. 333: Provides that a major rule does not take effect unless Congress enacts a joint resolution of approval, and deems the rule not approved if none is enacted within 70 session or legislative days.
Sec. 20101: Requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct at least four onshore oil and gas lease sales each fiscal year in listed states, including Wyoming, New Mexico and Alaska, and to hold replacement sales when a sale is canceled, delayed or deferred.
Sec. 20202: Amends the National Environmental Policy Act to cap environmental impact statements at 150 pages (300 for extraordinary complexity) and environmental assessments at 75 pages, excluding citations and appendices, and to set review deadlines and limits on judicial review.
Sec. 40001: Suspends the debt limit from enactment until March 31, 2024, or until obligations subject to the limit would exceed the limit in effect plus $1,500,000,000,000, whichever date is earlier.

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