[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. J. RES. 70

   Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior 
  regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer 
                           Continental Shelf.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2017

 Mr. Young of Alaska (for himself, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Cramer, 
 Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Biggs) submitted the following 
   joint resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
   Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior 
  regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer 
                           Continental Shelf.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress disapproves the 
rule submitted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 
and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of the Department of the 
Interior relating to ``Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer 
Continental Shelf--Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic 
Outer Continental Shelf'' (published at 81 Fed. Reg. 46477 (July 15, 
2016)), and such rule shall have no force or effect.
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