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<dc:title>117 HRES 1247 RH: Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the 2023–2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.</dc:title>
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<distribution-code display="yes">IV</distribution-code><calendar display="yes">House Calendar No. 114</calendar><congress display="yes">117th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. RES. 1247</legis-num><associated-doc role="report" display="yes">[Report No. 117–497]</associated-doc><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20220722">July 22, 2022</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="G000577">Mr. Graves of Louisiana</sponsor> submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HII00">Committee on Natural Resources</committee-name></action-desc></action><action display="yes"><action-date date="20220928">September 28, 2022</action-date><action-desc>Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><legis-type>RESOLUTION</legis-type><official-title display="yes">Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the 2023–2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.</official-title></form><resolution-body changed="added" style="traditional" committee-id="HII00" reported-display-style="italic" id="H0A1D829828564BCFA7461DD9DFC2FBB5"><section id="HEFD689741E364DE692C93A13C6AABA1B" display-inline="yes-display-inline" section-type="undesignated-section"><enum/><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> That the Secretary of the Interior is directed to transmit, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, memorandum, correspondence, and other communication, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the 2023–2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing, including the following:</text><paragraph id="H39C1357550B7434582231D05FEC8203B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All documents and communications referring or relating to the proposed program for offshore oil and gas leasing for 2023–2028.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0BBFD80D88438B8DDDF05A1CB2B2C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All documents and communications referring or relating to compliance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act’s requirement to develop a five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H07DE8F8F2287439689FAF37F3908BBDC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All documents and communications relating to the 2017–2022 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing, including any reference to—</text><subparagraph id="HECE6A61CBCD741BC978D5E143B087BB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the decision to cancel or delay planned lease sales;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4D95F6466C341B4B7ACFAE33DA85ED9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the decision to not pursue an appeal to the judgment vacating Lease Sale 257; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61647D01600B4EAB9EC366E3B4468FA5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of such program’s expiration without the creation of a 2023–2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32950258544F4072B3A7F88942A324C1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All documents and communications referring or relating to Secretary Debra Haaland’s commitment to release a proposed five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing for 2023–2028 by June 30, 2022.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H86A8F0FE390345C99ED430A3596D35C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>All documents and communications relating to funding implications of such proposed program, including any reference to—</text><subparagraph id="H039BFCCA5EB64C569808D81721ECD63A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6575DE2773DC40BA825C9BB60C253972"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Land and Water Conservation Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56FBF1B41DDB4436AC054A358736B072"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Historic Preservation Fund;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E4B82D983CC48D0BD5BE58607C237E8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve related to the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H658A59FBB0EF46929BCCDF68620097CB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the general fund of the Treasury of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBE88144543D84A5F8886E7D17A3B135A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any meeting or communication that occurred between Secretary Debra Haaland, or her representative, and environmental advocacy groups relating to the 2023–2028 five-year program for offshore oil and gas leasing.</text></paragraph></section></resolution-body><endorsement display="yes"><action-date date="20220928">September 28, 2022</action-date><action-desc>Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed</action-desc></endorsement></resolution> 

