[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 350 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 350

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee 
  reports to include domestic energy impact statements, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 8, 2009

  Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, 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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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee 
  reports to include domestic energy impact statements, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Energy Impact Statement Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. COMMITTEE REPORTS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REQUIRED TO 
              INCLUDE DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) Amendment to Rule.--Clause 3(d) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
            ``(4)(A) A statement (if timely submitted to the committee 
        by the Comptroller General before the filing of the report) for 
        each such bill or joint resolution that would have an impact on 
        the governance of public lands, including the outer Continental 
        Shelf, of the impact of such bill on domestic energy 
        availability.
            ``(B) Each such statement shall contain--
                    ``(i) the physical/geographic size of any new areas 
                of public lands which are opened up or closed off for 
                energy exploration; and
                    ``(ii) the total amount of cubic feet of dry 
                natural gas or the total number of barrels of oil or 
                liquid natural gas, or the total number of short tons 
                of coal, which could be recovered from any public lands 
                which are opened up or closed off for energy 
                exploration.''.
    (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Powers.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives, and as such shall be considered as part of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives, with full recognition of the 
constitutional right of the House of Representatives to change such 
Rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the 
case of any other Rule of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 3. DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) The Comptroller General shall, to the extent practicable, 
prepare for each bill or joint resolution reported by any committee of 
the House of Representatives or the Senate that would have an impact on 
domestic energy availability, and submit to such committee a domestic 
energy impact statement containing--
            ``(1) the physical/geographic size of any new areas of 
        public lands which are opened up or closed off for energy 
        exploration; and
            ``(2) the total amount of cubic feet of dry natural gas or 
        the total number of barrels of oil or liquid natural gas, or 
        the total number of short tons of coal, which could be 
        recovered from any public lands which are opened up or closed 
        off for energy exploration.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to bills and joint resolutions reported by committees of the 
House of Representatives or the Senate 90 or more days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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