2023: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Rolling Back Increased Fees And
Royalties For Onshore And Offshore Oil And Gas Development Imposed By
The Inflation Reduction Act. In March 2023, according to Congressional
Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted against the Lower Energy Costs Act, which
would "roll back increased fees and royalties for onshore and offshore
oil and gas development and production established by the 2022 budget
reconciliation package (PL 117-69)." The vote was on passage. The House
passed the bill by a vote of 225 to 204, thus the bill was sent to the
Senate for their consideration. [House Vote 182,
3/30/23; Congressional
Quarterly, 3/30/23;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
1]
2023: Fitzpatrick Voted Against An Amendment That Would Have Preserved
The Fees And Royalties On Onshore And Offshore Oil And Gas Development
Imposed By The Inflation Reduction Act. In March 2023, according to
Congressional Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted against an amendment to the
Lower Energy Costs Act, which would "strike a section of the bill that
would roll back fees and royalties on onshore and offshore oil and gas
development imposed by the 2022 budget reconciliation package (PL
117-169)." The vote was on the adoption of an amendment. The House
rejected the amendment by a vote of 205 to 228. [House Vote 176,
3/30/23; Congressional
Quarterly, 3/30/23;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
1;
Congressional Actions, H.Amdt.
157]
2021: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Increasing Royalty Rates And Fees For
Oil And Gas Drilling Leases And Cancelling Certain Offshore Leases. In
November 2021, Fitzpatrick voted against the Build Back Better act which
would, according to Congressional Quarterly, "raise royalty rates and
fees for oil and gas drilling leases and cancel or ban certain offshore
leases." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of
220-213. [House Vote 385,
11/19/21; Congressional
Quarterly, 11/19/21;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
5376]
2022: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Re-Establishing The Superfund Tax On
Crude Oil At 16.4 Cents Per Barrel. In August 2022, according to
Congressional Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted against concurring in the
Senate amendment to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which would
"reinstate the Superfund tax on crude oil at a rate of 16.4 cents per
barrel." The vote was on a motion to concur. The House concurred with
the Senate by a vote 220-207, thus the bill was sent to President Biden
for final signage. President Biden signed the bill and it ultimately
became law. [House Vote 420,
8/12/22; Congressional
Quarterly, 8/12/22;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
5376]
2017: Fitzpatrick Voted For Federal Rules On Greenhouse Gas Emissions
For The Oil And Natural Gas Industries. In September 2017, Fitzpatrick
voted against an amendment that would have, according to Congressional
Quarterly, "prohibit[ed] the use of funds appropriated by the bill to
enforce rules relating to source performance standards for greenhouse
gas emissions and volatile organic compound emissions from the oil and
natural gas sector." The underlying legislation was a legislative
vehicle for an FY 2018 Omnibus appropriations bill. The House adopted
the amendment by a vote of 218 to 195. The House later passed the
overall bill. The Senate took no substantive action on the overall
legislation. [House Vote 488,
9/13/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 9/13/17; Congressional
Actions, H. Amdt.
368;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
3354]
2017: Fitzpatrick Voted Against The FY 2018 Congressional Progressive
Caucus's Budget Resolution, Which Among Other Things, Increased Taxes On
The Rich And Corporations And Called For Closing Loopholes And Subsidies
For Coal, Oil And Natural Gas. In October 2017, Fitzpatrick voted
against an FY 2018 CPC budget resolution. According to Congressional
Quarterly, the resolution would "provide for $3.8 trillion in new
budget authority in fiscal 2018, not including off-budget accounts. It
would raise overall spending by $3.5 trillion over 10 years and would
increase revenues by $8.2 trillion over the same period through
policies that would increase taxes for corporations and high-income
individuals. It would repeal the Budget Control Act sequester and caps
on discretionary spending, would modify the tax code by adding five
higher marginal tax rates, would create a public insurance option to be
sold within the current health insurance exchanges and would call for
implementation of comprehensive immigration overhaul." In addition,
according to the Congressional Progressive Caucus, "Closes tax loopholes
and ends subsidies provided to oil, gas and coal companies." The
amendment was a substitute amendment for the GOP's FY 2018 budget
resolution in part designed to start the process for tax reform. The
House rejected the amendment by a vote of 108 to 314. [House Vote 553,
10/4/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 10/4/17; Congressional
Progressive Caucus, Accessed
10/12/17;
Congressional Actions, H. Amdt.
453;
Congressional Actions, H. Con. Res.
71]