[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H. Con. Res. 417 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. CON. RES. 417

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not 
    adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2008

  Mr. McCotter (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Carter, Ms. 
 Granger, Mr. Cantor, Mr. Cole of Oklahoma, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Akin, Mrs. 
   Bachmann, Mr. Bilirakis, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Brady of 
Texas, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Camp of Michigan, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Conaway, Mr. 
  Fortenberry, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Herger, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McHugh, Mrs. 
McMorris Rodgers, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Platts, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Renzi, Mr. 
Terry, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Kline of Minnesota, Mr. English of Pennsylvania, 
  Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Hall of Texas, Mr. McCrery, Mr. 
 Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Graves, Mr. 
  Shuster, Mr. McCarthy of California, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. 
  Price of Georgia, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Goode, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. 
   Wilson of South Carolina, Ms. Fallin, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Daniel E. 
 Lungren of California, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. McCaul of 
   Texas, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Linder, Mr. 
 Gingrey, Mr. Roskam, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. Musgrave, Mr. Broun of 
Georgia, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs. Wilson of New Mexico, Mr. Jordan 
of Ohio, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Poe, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Young of 
Alaska, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
 Pence, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. 
Weldon of Florida, and Mr. Simpson) submitted the following concurrent 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
 and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Science and 
    Technology, and Ways and Means, 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

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not 
    adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

Whereas the United States has abundant domestic supplies of oil and natural gas 
        that are currently unavailable for exploration in an environmentally 
        sound manner;
Whereas according to the Minerals Management Service, the United States Outer 
        Continental Shelf contains technically recoverable undiscovered 
        resources equaling 85.88 billion barrels of oil and 419.88 trillion 
        cubic feet of natural gas;
Whereas 85 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf of the lower 48 States is 
        subject to the congressional moratorium on expenditures for oil and gas 
        leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf;
Whereas according to an August 2008 Rassmussen Reports poll, 61 percent of 
        Americans support lifting existing bans on offshore oil and gas 
        drilling;
Whereas the 110th Congress adjourned for the month of August 2008 without 
        passing meaningful legislation to immediately reduce the price of 
        gasoline at the pump or establishing a long-term plan for energy 
        independence;
Whereas the 110th Congress adjourned for the month of August 2008 without 
        passing meaningful legislation to reauthorize tax credits for 
        alternative energy production, which will expire at the end of 2008;
Whereas the United States continued reliance on foreign sources of oil 
        undermines the United States national security;
Whereas as Americans struggle to pay for basic necessities, the Congress has 
        failed to pass comprehensive energy legislation;
Whereas since January 2008, record energy prices have caused tens of thousands 
        of Americans to lose their jobs and nationwide unemployment to rise from 
        4.9 percent to 6.1 percent; and
Whereas, as announced by the congressional Democratic Majority, from August 1, 
        2008, through January 1, 2009, the 110th Congress will only work 14 
        session days in 5 months but receive their full salaries as legislators: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy 
legislation has been enacted into law that--
            (1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf, the Arctic National 
        Wildlife Refuge, and oil shale reserves to environmentally 
        prudent exploration and extraction;
            (2) extends expiring renewable energy incentives;
            (3) encourages the streamlined approval of new refining 
        capacity and nuclear power facilities;
            (4) encourages advanced research and development of clean 
        coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon sequestration technologies; 
        and
            (5) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that unreasonably 
        delay or prevent actual domestic energy production.
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