House wraps up amendments, moves to final energy and water vote

— Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), blocking $24 million in funding for wind energy programs, to protest the wind industry’s role in the death of protected birds. Failed 94-329.

{mosads}— John Fleming (R-La.), prohibiting the payment of salaries to carry out language in the 2009 stimulus bill that provides loans for renewable energy sources. Passed 230-194.

— John Garamendi (D-Calif.), moving $100 million from nuclear weapons maintenance to the Army Corps of Engineers. Failed 170-253.

— Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), cutting fossil energy research by $30 million. Failed 174-250.

— Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), eliminating funding for various regional commissions, including the Appalachian Regional Commission. Failed 147-273.

Several other proposals were disposed of late Wednesday by voice vote, or withdrawn. Those were from:

— Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), prohibiting the use of funds for programs outlined in a 2012 memo from former Energy Secretary Steven Chu dealing with power marketing agencies. Accepted in voice vote.

— Michael Turner (R-Ohio), prohibiting the use of funds to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal without consenting with the Senate. Accepted in voice vote.

— Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), moving $15 million from the Army Corps of Engineers expenses to construction. Rejected in voice vote.

— Richard Nugent (R-Fla.), blocking funding to pay out lawsuits against the Army Corps of Engineers. Withdrawn.

— Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), prohibiting spending on vehicles that don’t meet the Obama administration’s fleet fuel performance standards. Accepted in voice vote.

— Joe Garcia (D-Fla.), increasing Corps of Engineers civil construction account by $1 million, to fund flood mitigation projects. Accepted in voice vote.

— Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), prohibiting funds for a study of the Missouri River authorized in 2009. Accepted in voice vote.

— Luetkemeyer, blocking funding for an environmental study under the Missouri River Ecosystem Recovery Plan. Accepted in voice vote.

— Kristi Noem (R-S.D.), blocking funding for rules or regulations to set up a fee for surplus water for Missouri River reservoirs. Accepted in voice vote.

— Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), increasing the Army Corps of Engineers by $10 million by moving it from the Department of Energy’s fossil fuels research program. Rejected in voice vote.

— G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.), adding a sense of Congress that the Army Corps of Engineers should prioritize projects that mitigate disasters. Killed in a point of order.

— Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), prohibiting harbor trust fund money from being used for reasons other than harbor dredging. Accepted in voice vote.

— Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.), limiting funding to ensure federal agencies follow the laws as written by Congress. Accepted in voice vote.

— Steve King (R-Iowa), preventing the Army Corps of Engineers from spending money to dump dredge spoil in the Missouri River for the benefit of fish in the river. Accepted in voice vote.

— Bill Flores (R-Texas), prohibiting the use of funds for implementing President Obama’s national oceans policy. Accepted in voice vote.

— Flores, preventing the use of funds to enforce a 2007 law on fuel restrictions for the military. Accepted in voice vote.

— Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.), preventing the use of funds to set water storage prices for municipal use. Killed in point of order.