[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 245 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  House Calendar No. 34
112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 245

                          [Report No. 112-73]

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely 
 production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and 
  providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
                     sales, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2011

Mr. Bishop of Utah, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following 
resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely 
 production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and 
  providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
                     sales, and for other purposes.

    Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the 
House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely 
production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico. The 
first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 
against consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be 
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Natural Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 
for amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment recommended by 
the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall be 
considered as adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 
The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the 
purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be 
considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 
as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, 
shall be in order except those printed in part A of the report of the 
Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each further amendment 
may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered 
only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, 
shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided 
and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject 
to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against such further amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 
report the bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendments 
as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be considered as 
ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without 
intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions.
    Sec. 2.  At any time after the adoption of this resolution the 
Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House 
resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the 
Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
sales, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be 
dispensed with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not 
exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources. After general 
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute 
rule. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
provisions in the bill are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be in 
order except those printed in part B of the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may be offered 
only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a 
Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of 
consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and 
report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 
adopted. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the 
bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion 
except one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
    Sec. 3.  In the engrossment of H.R. 1229, the Clerk shall--
            (1) add the text of H.R. 1230, as passed by the House, as 
        new matter at the end of H.R. 1229;
            (2) conform the title of H.R. 1229 to reflect the addition 
        of H.R. 1230, as passed by the House, to the engrossment;
            (3) assign appropriate designations to provisions within 
        the engrossment; and
            (4) conform cross-references and provisions for short 
        titles within the engrossment.
                                                  House Calendar No. 34

112th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                              H. RES. 245

                          [Report No. 112-73]

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                               RESOLUTION

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely 
 production of American energy resources from the Gulf of Mexico, and 
  providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
                     sales, and for other purposes.

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                              May 4, 2011

        Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed