Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act

Action history

1. 2007-02-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2. 2007-02-12Received in the Senate.
3. 2007-02-08The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
4. 2007-02-08Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
5. 2007-02-08On passage Passed by recorded vote: 400 - 3 (Roll no. 92).
6. 2007-02-08On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 200 - 207 (Roll no. 91).
7. 2007-02-08The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
8. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Shimkus motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with amendments which insert provisions allowing the inclusion of alternative fuels, specifically clean coal.
9. 2007-02-08Mr. Shimkus moved to recommit with instructions to Science and Technology.
10. 2007-02-08The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
11. 2007-02-08ORDER OF PROCEDURE - Mr. Hoyer asked unanimous consent that, during further proceedings in the House on H.R. 547, the Chair be authorized to reduce to two minutes the minimum time for electronic voting on any question that otherwise could be subjected to five-minute voting under clause 8 or 9 of rule XX. Agreed to without objection.
12. 2007-02-08The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
13. 2007-02-08The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 547.
14. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Burgess amendment.
15. 2007-02-08UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
16. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Brown-Waite amendment.
17. 2007-02-08POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Cantor amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Cantor demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
18. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Cantor amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
19. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Burguss amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
20. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Rogers (MI) amendment pending reservation of a point of order.
21. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Roskam amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
22. 2007-02-08POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rogers(MI) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Rogers (MI) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
23. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Rogers (MI) amendment pending reservation of a point of order. Subsequently, the reservation was removed.
24. 2007-02-08POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Dent amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Dent demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
25. 2007-02-08DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Dent amendment.