Page 74 of the Interior Appropriation section reads:
Of the funds provided in the Environmental Programs and Management account, not less than $3,500,000 shall be provided for activities to develop and publish a draft rule not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and a final rule not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, to require mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions above appropriate thresholds.
Categories: Policy Riders
Tagged: energy, greenhouse gas
Sen. Jim DeMint’s office has compiled the following top 10 list of reasons to oppose the omnibus.
1. Contains more than 11,000 wasteful pork projects, second highest in history
2. Overspends by $24.3 billion in gimmicks, largest spending bill in history
3. Weakens border security, reduces fencing
4. Cuts national security to pay for liberal social programs
5. Cuts abstinence funding; increases Planned Parenthood funding
6. Cuts labor oversight; increases funding to labor unions
7. Cuts funding for U.S. Marshals Service that enforces sex offender registry
8. Allows government to sue businesses that require English in the workplace
9. Spends millions to help solve energy problems … in North Korea
10. Increases funding for National Endowment for the Arts
Earlier today, Heritage released its own top 10 list of the biggest problems with the bill.
Categories: Budget Gimmicks · General Outrage · Policy Riders · Pork Projects
Tagged: abstinence, arts, border, earmarks, energy, gimmicks, immigration, labor, north korea, omnibus, planned parenthood, pork, sex, spending, top 10
Democrats may move to increase drilling permit fees to make domestic energy production more expensive — and, in turn, raise the price of home heating oil and gasoline to Americans. Furthermore, Democratic leaders may be poised to slow the permitting process to allow for the development of energy resources on federal lands, increasing burdensome red tape.
Hat Tip: House Minority Leader John Boehner
Categories: Policy Riders
Tagged: congress, drilling, energy, gas, oil, omnibus
Established in the 1920s, the Roan Plateau would provide enough natural gas to heat four million homes for 20 years. A recent Denver Post editorial applauded the House for stripping language from Democrats’ energy bill that would have banned development of the Roan Plateau, but Democratic leaders may seek to add that language into the omnibus spending bill.
Hat Tip: House Minority Leader John Boehner
Categories: Policy Riders
Tagged: congress, energy, gas, omnibus
Democrats may include harmful policy language in the omnibus spending bill that would breach the 1998-1999 Clinton oil and gas leases. The Bush Administration has estimated that leasing delays from resulting litigation will cost the federal government $11 billion and 1.6 barrels of oil — all at a time when oil prices are reaching record levels.
Hat Tip: House Minority Leader John Boehner
Categories: Policy Riders
Tagged: congress, energy, gas, oil, omnibus
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