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Weren't Parts of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (Patriot 2)) included in this somewhere?
 
 
 
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House pushes energy bill through

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Speeds refinery building but thins enviro protections
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
WASHINGTON - House Republicans pushed through legislation Wednesday that supporters said would speed construction of new refineries to ease tight gasoline supplies.
 
Opponents said the bill would reduce environmental protection and do little to stem high fuel costs.
 
The legislation was approved by a vote of 239-192 as House Republican leaders sought to dramatize the congressional impasse over energy legislation by bringing up for votes a series of energy-related bills.
 
Democrats said the effort was all for show since none of the bills has a chance of being approved by the Senate.
 
The refinery legislation would make the Energy Department the key agency dealing with refinery permits for plants proposed in designated development zones where there is high unemployment or where a refinery had been closed. It also would require that permit decisions be made within six months after applications are received.
 
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, the bill's sponsor, argued the measure does not waive or roll back existing requirements for environmental protection or siting of a facility. But he said it would spur construction of new refineries by cutting through the approval process.
 
But some Democrats argued the bill would allow the Energy Department, whose primary role is to support the energy industry, to override the Environmental Protection Agency and state officials charged with enforcing clean air standards.
 
It would make the energy secretary "an environmental czar" who could override state environmental agencies and local officials, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., complained. He said GOP leaders were pushing the bill through without ever examining its ramifications in a hearing.
 
Separately, the House failed to pass a bill that would have limited the number of so-called "boutique fuels" that refiners have to make to meet clean air requirements.
 
GOP leaders also unexpectedly abandoned plans to take up once again the issue of oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after it became uncertain they had enough votes to get the bill passed.
 
In other actions:
 
° A drive to block a $10 billion federal contract awarded to Accenture LLP for tracking visiting foreigners was all but scuttled 234-197, despite arguments that the company should be punished for avoiding some U.S. taxes.
 
° The House voted 241-185 to raise the National Endowment of the Arts budget to $131 million. That is $10 million more than the House Appropriations Committee approved.
 


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