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Union Calendar No. 597 116Th Congress, 2D Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Report 116–713 1 Union Calendar No. 597 116th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Report 116–713 ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 31, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6012 Sfmt 6012 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING with DSKBCBPHB2PROD on rfrederick 1 Union Calendar No. 597 116th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Report 116–713 ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 31, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 42–833 WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4012 Sfmt 4012 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS (Ratio 31–24) FRANK PALLONE, JR., New Jersey, Chairman BOBBY L. RUSH, Illinois GREG WALDEN, Oregon, Ranking Member ANNA G. ESHOO, California FRED UPTON, Michigan ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York JOHN SHIMKUS, Illinois DIANA DEGETTE, Colorado MICHAEL C. BURGESS, Texas MICHAEL F. DOYLE, Pennsylvania STEVE SCALISE, Louisiana JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois ROBERT E. LATTA, Ohio G.K. BUTTERFIELD, North Carolina CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Washington DORIS O. MATSUI, California BRETT GUTHRIE, Kentucky KATHY CASTOR, Florida PETE OLSON, Texas JOHN P. SARBANES, Maryland DAVID B. MCKINLEY, West Virginia JERRY MCNERNEY, California ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois PETER WELCH, Vermont H. MORGAN GRIFFITH, Virginia BEN RAY LUJA´ N, New Mexico GUS M. BILIRAKIS, Florida PAUL TONKO, New York BILL JOHNSON, Ohio YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York, Vice Chair BILLY LONG, Missouri DAVID LOEBSACK, Iowa LARRY BUCSHON, Indiana KURT SCHRADER, Oregon BILL FLORES, Texas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III, Massachusetts SUSAN W. BROOKS, Indiana TONY CA´ RDENAS, California MARKWAYNE MULLIN, Oklahoma RAUL RUIZ, California RICHARD HUDSON, North Carolina SCOTT H. PETERS, California TIM WALBERG, Michigan DEBBIE DINGELL, Michigan EARL L. ‘‘BUDDY’’ CARTER, Georgia MARC A. VEASEY, Texas JEFF DUNCAN, South Carolina ANN M. KUSTER, New Hampshire GREG GIANFORTE, Montana ROBIN L. KELLY, Illinois NANETTE DIAZ BARRAGA´ N, California A. DONALD MCEACHIN, Virginia LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER, Delaware DARREN SOTO, Florida TOM O’HALLERAN, Arizona (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, Washington, DC, December 31, 2020. Hon. CHERYL L. JOHNSON, Clerk, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. DEAR MADAM CLERK: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, I present herewith a report on the activities of the Committee on Energy and Commerce for the 116th Congress, including the Committee’s review and study of leg- islation within its jurisdiction and the oversight activities under- taken by the Committee. Sincerely, FRANK PALLONE, JR., Chairman. (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 7633 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING C O N T E N T S Page Jurisdiction ............................................................................................................... 1 Rules ......................................................................................................................... 3 Committee and Subcommittee Memberships ........................................................ 11 Committee Staff ....................................................................................................... 15 Committee Organization and Historical Notes ..................................................... 19 Legislative and Oversight Activity of the Committee ........................................... 25 Statistical Summary of Committee Activities ................................................ 25 Legislative and Oversight Summary and Accomplishments ................................ 26 Full Committee ................................................................................................. 29 Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce ................................ 33 Subcommittee on Communications and Technology ...................................... 63 Subcommittee on Energy ................................................................................. 103 Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change ................................... 155 Subcommittee on Health .................................................................................. 189 Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations ............................................ Appendix I—116th Congress Oversight Plan ........................................................ 320 Appendix II—Public Laws ...................................................................................... 331 Appendix III—Printed Hearings ............................................................................ 333 Appendix IV—Hearings Held Pursuant to Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of Rules XI ........................................................................................................................... 338 (V) VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:02 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING Union Calendar No. 597 116TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116–713 ACTIVITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS DECEMBER 31, 2020.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PALLONE, from the Committee on Energy and Commerce, submitted the following R E P O R T JURISDICTION The jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, as prescribed by clause 1(f) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Rep- resentatives, is as follows: (1) Biomedical research and development. (2) Consumer affairs and consumer protection. (3) Health and health facilities (except health care supported by payroll deductions). (4) Interstate energy compacts. (5) Interstate and foreign commerce generally. (6) Exploration, production, storage, supply, marketing, pricing, and regulation of energy resources, including all fossil fuels, solar energy, and other unconventional or renewable energy resources. (7) Conservation of energy resources. (8) Energy information generally. (9) The generation and marketing of power (except by Federally chartered or Federal regional power marketing authorities); reli- ability and interstate transmission of, and ratemaking for, all power; and siting of generation facilities (except the installation of interconnections between Government waterpower projects). (10) General management of the Department of Energy and man- agement and all functions of the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- mission. (11) National energy policy generally. (12) Public health and quarantine. VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING 2 (13) Regulation of the domestic nuclear energy industry, includ- ing regulation of research and development reactors and nuclear regulatory research. (14) Regulation of interstate and foreign communications. (15) Travel and tourism. The committee shall have the same jurisdiction with respect to regulation of nuclear facilities and of use of nuclear energy as it has with respect to regulation of nonnuclear facilities and of use of nonnuclear energy. In addition, clause 3(e) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives provides that the Committee on Energy and Com- merce shall review and study on a continuing basis laws, programs, and Government activities relating to nuclear and other energy and nonmilitary nuclear energy research and development including the disposal of nuclear waste. VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Mar 24, 2021 Jkt 042833 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6659 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HR713.XXX HR713 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING RULES FOR THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 116TH CONGRESS (Adopted January 24, 2019) Rule 1. General Provisions (a) Rules of the Committee. The Rules of the House are the rules of the Committee on Energy and Commerce (the ‘‘Committee’’) and its subcommittees so far as is applicable. (b) Rules of the Subcommittees. Each subcommittee of the Com- mittee is part of the Committee and is subject to the authority and direction of
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