Upcoming Votes on D.C. Crime Laws and Energy Projects
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- The House of Representatives is setting the rules for debating several new laws. These rules allow for upcoming votes on changes to crime laws in Washington, D.C., and new ways to manage energy projects across the country.
- One major part of the plan involves crime in the nation's capital. It would allow 14-year-olds to be tried as adults for certain crimes and would stop the local D.C. government from making its own changes to criminal sentences.
- The plan also includes a bill to speed up how the government approves new energy projects, like power lines and pipelines that cross into other countries. This is meant to make the process more organized and clear.
- Another part of the vote would bring back a special group to advise the government on the coal industry and set new rules for how digital currencies are bought and sold.
- This action is a procedural step that decides how much time lawmakers have to talk about these bills before they take a final vote. It ensures these topics will be decided on the House floor soon.
Milestones
Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 722, H.Res. 707 is amended.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 213 - 211 (Roll no. 268). (text: CR H4321)
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by recorded vote: 213 - 211 (Roll no. 268). (text: CR H4321-4322: 1)
On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 213 - 207 (Roll no. 267). (consideration: CR H4329)
Vote Results
2 votesOn Ordering the Previous Question
On Agreeing to the Resolution
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4922) to limit youth offender status in the District of Columbia to individuals 18 years of age or younger, to direct the Attorney General of the District of Columbia to establish and operate a publicly accessible website containing updated statistics on juvenile crime in the District of Columbia, to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to prohibit the Council of the District of Columbia from enacting changes to existing criminal liability sentences, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5143) to establish standards for law enforcement officers in the District of Columbia to engage in vehicular pursuits of suspects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5140) to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5125) to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to terminate the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1047) to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reform the interconnection queue process for the prioritization and approval of certain projects, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3015) to reestablish the National Coal Council in the Department of Energy to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters related to coal and the coal industry, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3062) to establish a more uniform, transparent, and modern process to authorize the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of international border-crossing facilities for the import and export of oil and natural gas and the transmission of electricity; and for other purposes.
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