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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 188 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href='http://www.gpo.gov'>www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GRIJALVA:H.R. 4426.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:U.S. Cont. art. IV, sec. 3, cl. 2, sen. aThe Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make allneedful Rule and Regulations respecting the Territory ofother Property belonging to the United States;[Page H9426]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <text>Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses sustainable energy development, including to (1)increase royalty rates and penalties for oil and gas leasing; (2)increase the amount of renewable energy on public land and waters; (3)prepare and manage for the impacts of climate change;(4)revise the onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development program; and (5)include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.</p> <p><i>Having Open Access to Relevant Data Act or the Hoard Act</i></p> <p>The bill requires the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the number and age of unused approved oil and gas drilling permits and the average cost to the Bureau of Land Management of approving such permits. </p>]]></text>
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