403/HR4480 Require oil companies to pay to receive new leases on public lands. June 21. (168-250) C-3
407/HR4480 Strike provisions in a bill that allow for drilling applications to be deemed approved after a period of 60 days even if the Interior Department has not completed its review of an application. June 21. (162-255) C-3
410/HR4480 Increase oil and gas drilling on federal lands, including the Outer Continental Shelf. June 21. (248-163) C-3
423/HR5972 Reduce funds for safety inspectors with the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. June 26. (138-265) L-2
434/HR5972 Eliminate funds for the Community Development Block Grant program. June 27. (80-342) L-1
447/HR5972 Prohibit the Transportation secretary from enforcing the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. June 29. (234-191) C-3
460/HR6079 Repeal the 2010 health care reform law. July 11. (244-185) C-3
464/HR4402 Require a royalty payment of 12.5 percent of the value of hard-rock minerals mined on federal lands. July 12. (163-253) C-3
468/HR4402 Facilitate the mining of strategic and critical minerals in the United States. July 12. (256-160) C-3
506/HR6082 Require offshore oil and gas leases to include new safety requirements. July 25. (189-232) C-3
511/HR6082 Pass a bill overhauling the Interior Department’s offshore oil and gas leasing program. July 25. (253-170) C-3
512/HR6168 Approve the president’s offshore oil and gas leasing plan. July 25. (164-261) C-3
536/HR4078 Approve a bill restricting the ability of federal agencies to issue rules with an economic cost while the unemployment rate is above 5.9 percent. July 26. (245-172) C-3
545/HR8 Pass a bill extending all expiring 2001 and 2003 tax rates for one year. Aug. 1. (256-171) C-3
571/HR5865 Establish the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Board. Sept. 12. (339-77; 278 votes required for passage) L-1
577/HR6365 Instruct the president to submit a plan to replace across-the-board spending cuts under sequestration with other spending cuts. Sept. 13. (223-196) C-3
584/HR6213 Bar the Energy Department from issuing new loan guarantees for energy projects. Sept. 14. (245-161) C-3
598/HR3409 Create a national renewable-electricity and energy-efficiency standard. Sept. 21. (160-250) C-3
603/HR3409 Limit the authority of the Interior secretary to issue regulations under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. Sept. 21. (233-175) C-3
659/HR8 Approve a Senate-passed bill dealing with the fiscal cliff by allowing income-tax rates on affluent Americans to rise and delaying the sequester for two months. Jan. 1. (257-167) L-2
FOREIGN ISSUES (32 votes)
56/HR3408 Impose requirements that oil transported through the Keystone XL pipeline be used in the United States. Feb. 15. (173-254) C-3
58/HR3408 Require that 75 percent of the iron and steel used for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline come from North America. Feb. 15. (193-234) C-3
184/HR3523 Allow critical-infrastructure owners and operators to receive vital cybersecurity information. April 26. (167-243) C-3
224/HR2072 Reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. May 9. (330-93) L-1
242/HR5326 Bar the use of funds for the Commerce Department’s SelectUSA program. May 9. (209-217) L-3
264/HR4310 Limit the use of Defense Department funds for the war in Afghanistan to those required for a troop withdrawal. May 17. (113-303) C-2
266/HR4310 Require trials for detainees at Guantánamo Bay to be held there and not in the United States. May 17. (249-171) C-3
268/HR4310 Eliminate language in a bill requiring that new long-range strike bombers be capable of carrying strategic nuclear weapons. May 17. (112-308) C-2
269/HR4310 Reduce spending for the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile system. May 17. (165-252) C-3
270/HR4310 Eliminate indefinite military detention of any person detained in U.S. territories and possessions. May 18. (182-238) C-3
271/HR4310 Clarify that persons detained in the United States by the military are not denied the writ of habeas corpus. May 18. (243-173) C-3
278/HR4310 Decree that the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea would destabilize the Western Pacific region and would not be in the national security interests of the United States. May 18. (160-261) C-3
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