Today the House began consideration of HR 5895, the Energy
and Water Development and Related Agencies (EWR) Appropriations Act, 2019. The
debate began under the rule that I had previously
reported and is continuing under provision of an additional rule approved
today by the House Rules Committee. That rule added one new amendment
concerning a cybersecurity related provision to the Cybersecurity, Energy
Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) section of the bill.
The Sato amendment that I previously described (adding $1
million to the CESER account) passed by a voice
vote at about 5:30 pm EDT this afternoon.
The new amendment (originally #93
on the Division A list;
but now #5 in the new
rule) was offered by Rep. Hasting (D,FL) would add another $5 million to
the CESER account. The money would come from the Fossil Energy Research and
Development (page 24 of the Committee
Print). That account was initially set at $785 million.
The Hastings amendment was considered at about 10:05 pm EDT
this evening and was defeated by a voice vote.
As I write this the debate is continuing with about 20
possible amendments still to be considered. The final vote is likely to come
early in the morning.
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