New Sticking Points For Thorny Budget Talks

The House made dozens of amendments to a comprehensive spending bill before passing a version early Saturday that would cut more than $60 billion from the federal budget.

Some of the changes the Republican-led House adopted made deep cuts that went beyond what was in the original bill. Others restored or increased funding to particular programs. Either way, the changes are sure to complicate talks with President Obama and Senate Democrats over how to to keep the government open for business beyond March 4. That's when a stopgap spending bill for the fiscal year that started nearly five months ago expires.

CQ Roll Call summarized the amendments the House adopted before its spending bill passed in a 233-198 vote:

ARTS AND CULTURE

Reduce funding for the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs by $4.5 million (sponsored by Francisco "Quico" Canseco (R-TX); approved, 248-177)

Reduce funding for the National Endowment for the Arts by $20.6 million (sponsored by Tim Walberg (R-MI); approved, 217-209)

Reduce the Presidio Trust Fund by $15 million (sponsored by Tom Reed (R-NY); approved, 239-186)

DEFENSE

Terminate funding for the F-35 alternative engine (sponsored by Tom Rooney (R-FL); approved, 233-198)

Prohibit the use of funds to implement the disestablishment, closure or realignment of the U.S. Joint Forces Command. (sponsored by J. Randy Forbes (R-VA); approved by voice vote)

Prohibit the use of funds by the Defense Department for official representation activities (sponsored by J. Randy Forbes (R-VA).; approved, 241-184)

EDUCATION

Increase Individuals with Disabilities Education Act state grants to fiscal 2010 levels; reduce school improvement and teacher quality grants (sponsored by Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA); approved, 249-179)

Prohibit the use of funds for the Education Jobs Fund program (sponsored by Michael C. Burgess (R-TX); approved, 235-187)

Prohibit the use of funds to implement new regulations on gainful employment programs (sponsored by John Kline, (R-MN); approved, 289-136)

Strike language to eliminate funding for Alaska Native Educational Equity program and the Education for Native Hawaiians program (sponsored by Don Young (R-AK); approved, 313-117)

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

Prohibit the use of funds for the construction of an ethanol blender pump or an ethanol storage facility (sponsored by Jeff Flake (R-AZ), ; approved, 261-158)

Prohibit the use of funds for contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (sponsored by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-M)); approved, 244-179)

Reduce funding for EPA's Environmental Programs and Management account by $8 million (sponsored by Mike Pompeo (R-KS).; approved, 239-185)

Reduce funding for EPA's State and Tribal Assistance Grants by $10 million (sponsored by Tom Reed (R-NY); approved, 228-203)

Prohibit the use of funds to enforce an EPA rule regulating cement manufacturing emissions (sponsored by John Carter (R-TX); approved, 250-177)

Block the Environmental Appeals Board from reviewing air pollution permits for Arctic drilling (sponsored by Don Young (R-AK); approved, 243-185)

Strike funds for enforcement of any EPA rule issued after Jan. 1 to limit stationary-source emissions (sponsored by Ted Poe (R-TX); approved, 249-177)

Prohibit the use of funds to develop, promulgate, evaluate, implement, provide oversight to or backstop total maximum daily loads or watershed implementation plans for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (sponsored by Robert W. Goodlatte (R-VA).; approved, 230-195)

Prohibit funding to implement, administer or enforce the rule titled "Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida's Lakes and Flowing Waters" (sponsored by Tom Rooney (R-FL); approved, 237-189)

Prohibit the use of funds for implementing, administering or enforcing EPA regulations and guidance issued on surface coal-mining permit coordination, or to carry out reviews of surface coal-mining operations (sponsored by Morgan Griffith (R-VA).; approved, 235-185)

Prohibit the use of funds in the EPA administrator decision entitled "Partial Grant of Clean Air Act Waiver Application Submitted by Growth Energy to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent" (sponsored by John Sullivan (R-OK); approved, 285-136)

Prohibit the use of funds by the EPA administrator to carry out section 404(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (sponsored by David B. McKinley (R-WV); approved, 240-182)

Prohibit the use of EPA funds to develop, propose, finalize, implement, administer or enforce any regulation that identifies or lists fossil fuel combustion waste as hazardous waste subject to regulation. (sponsored by David B. McKinley (R-WV); approved, 239-183)

Prohibit the use of funds to modify the national primary ambient air quality standard or the national secondary ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter under section 109 of the Clean Air Act (sponsored by Kristi Noem (R-SD); approved, 255-168)

Prohibit the use of funds for any fishery under the jurisdiction of the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England or Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (sponsored by Walter B. Jones (R-NC); approved, 259-159)

Reduce funding for Bureau of Land Management by $2 million (sponsored by Dan Burton (R-IN); approved by voice vote)

Reduce funding for Bureau of Reclamation's water and related resources account by $2 million (sponsored by Tom McClintock (R-CA); approved by voice vote)

Prohibits use of funds to implement the Klamath Dam Removal and Sedimentation Study (sponsored by Tom McClintock (R-CA); approved, 215-210)

Prohibit the use of funds by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to develop, carry out, implement or otherwise enforce proposed regulations published June 18, 2010 (sponsored by Bill Johnson, (R-OH); approved, 239-186)

Prohibit the use of funds to establish a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Service (sponsored by Ralph M. Hall (R-TX); approved, 233-187)

Prohibit the use of funds for a study of the Missouri River Projects (sponsored by Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO).; approved, 245-176)

Reduce funding "greening" the Capitol by $1.5 million (sponsored by Edward Whitfield (R-KY); approved by voice vote)

FOREIGN AID AND FOREIGN POLICY

Prohibit the use of funds to provide military assistance to Chad (sponsored by Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE); approved by voice vote)

Eliminate $10.7 million in funding for the East West Center, a research institution created by Congress to promote relations with Asia and the Pacific (sponsored by Francisco "Quico" Canseco (R-TX); approved, 274-155)

Prohibit the use of funds to provide aid and military assistance to Saudi Arabia (sponsored by Anthony Weiner (D-NY); approved by voice vote)

Prohibit "locality pay" adjustments for Foreign Service personnel serving overseas (sponsored by Tom Reed (R-NY); approved by voice vote)

Reduce funding for the U.S. Institute of Peace by $43 million (sponsored by Anthony Weiner (D-NY); approved, 268-163)

Prohibit funds for the design, renovation, construction or rental of any U.N. headquarters in the United States (sponsored by Cliff Stearns (R-FL); approved, 231-191)

HEALTH CARE

Reassign funds within the Health and Human Services Department (sponsored by Doc Hastings (R-WA); approved by voice vote)

Prohibit the use of funds to implement the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or Title I or subtitle B of Title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (sponsored by Denny Rehberg (R-MT); approved, 239-187)

Bar the use of funds to implement provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act or any amendment made by either (sponsored by Steve King (R-IA); approved, 241-187)

Bar the use of funds to pay salary of any federal employee carrying out provisions of the health care overhaul (sponsored by Steve King (R-IA); approved, 237-191)

Prohibit the IRS from using funds to enforce the individual mandate of the health care overhaul (sponsored by Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO); approved, 246-182)

Prohibit implementation of a provision of the health care law that states that the federal standard included in the law relating to high-risk insurance pools supersedes state laws and standards (sponsored by Tom Price (R-GA); approved, 241-185)

Prohibit the use of funds to any officer or employee of the Health and Human Services Department who develops or promulgates regulations or guidance with regard to health insurance exchanges under the 2010 health care overhaul laws (sponsored by Cory Gardner (R-CO); approved, 241-184)

Prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Health and Human Services Department's Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (sponsored by Michael C. Burgess (R-TX); approved, 239-182)

Prohibit the use of funds to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor or Treasury who specifies or defines essential benefits under the health care overhaul (sponsored by Joe Pitts (R-PA); approved, 239-183)

Prohibit the use of funds to implement section 1899A of the Social Security Act as added under the health care overhaul (sponsored by J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ); approved by voice vote)

Deny funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its affiliates (sponsored by Mike Pence (R-IN); approved, 240-185)

JUSTICE

Eliminate funding for the National Drug Intelligence Center (sponsored by Jeff Flake (R-AZ); approved, 262-169)

Increase funding for Community Oriented Policing Services by $298 million (sponsored by Anthony Weiner (D-NY); approved, 228-203)

Direct $20 million to implement the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Improvement Amendments Act (sponsored by Rush D. Holt (D-NJ); approved by voice vote)

Make additional funds available for carrying out the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2008 (sponsored by Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL); approved by voice vote)

Prohibits the use of funds to require licensed firearms and ammunition manufacturers or dealers to report information about the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person (sponsored by Dan Boren (D-OK); approved, 177-149)

Deny the recovery of court costs to individuals who win suits against the government (sponsored by Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); approved, 232-197)

OTHER PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES

Agriculture: Prohibit the use of funds for salaries of staff to provide non-recourse marketing assistance loans for mohair (sponsored by Anthony Weiner (D-NY); approved by voice vote)

Agriculture: Prohibit the designation of roads, trails and areas for motor vehicle use in any administrative unit of the National Forest System (sponsored by Wally Herger (R-CA); approved, 227-197)

Consumer Protection: Prohibit the use of funds to carry out any of the activities described in section 6A of the Consumer Product Safety Act (sponsored by Mike Pompeo (R-KS).; approved, 234-187)

FCC: Prohibit the use of funds to implement order on open Internet and broadband industry practices (sponsored by Greg Walden (R-OR); approved, 244-181)

Federal Czars: Prohibit the use of funds to pay salaries and expenses for specified Federal agency "czars" (sponsored by Steve Scalise (R-LA); approved, 249-179)

FEMA: Increase funding for firefighter assistance grants by $510 million (sponsored by Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-NJ); approved, 318-113)

FEMA: Bar the use of funds to implement certain requirements of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (sponsored by Tom Price (R-GA); approved, 267-159)

Homeland Security: Limit Urban Area Security Initiative grants to 25 high-risk urban areas (sponsored by Nita M. Lowey (D-NY); approved by voice vote)

Presidential Election Campaign Fund: Prohibit the use of funds to implement the fund (sponsored by Tom Cole (R-OK); approved, 247-175)

Treasury's debt restructuring: Reduce funding by $20 million (sponsored by Tom McClintock (R-CA); approved by voice vote)