[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 163 (Tuesday, October 2, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1356]
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                   S. 756, SAVE OUR SEAS ACT OF 2018

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, October 2, 2018

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the following 
letters of exchange which were to have been placed during consideration 
of S. 756 on July 25, 2018.

         Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of 
           Representatives,
                                    Washington, DC, July 10, 2018.
     Hon. Rob Bishop,
     Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Chairman Bishop: On June 27, 2018, the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure ordered reported with 
     amendment S. 756, the Save Our Seas Act of 2017. The bill was 
     referred primarily to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure, with an additional referral to the Committee 
     on Natural Resources.
       I ask that you allow the Committee on Natural Resources to 
     be discharged from further consideration of the bill so that 
     it may be scheduled by the Majority Leader. This discharge in 
     no way affects your jurisdiction over the subject matter of 
     the bill, and it will not serve as precedent for future 
     referrals. In addition, should a conference on the bill be 
     necessary, I would support your request to have the Committee 
     on Natural Resources represented on the conference committee. 
     Finally, I would be pleased to include this letter and any 
     response in the bill report filed by the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure, as well as in the 
     Congressional Record during floor consideration, to 
     memorialize our understanding.
       Thank you for your consideration of my request.
           Sincerely,
                                                     Bill Shuster,
                                                         Chairman.
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                                         House of Representatives,


                               Committee on Natural Resources,

                                    Washington, DC, July 10, 2018.
     Hon. Bill Shuster
     Chairman, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: Thank you for contacting me regarding S. 
     756, the Save Our Seas Act of 2017, which was additionally 
     referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
       In the interest of permitting you to proceed expeditiously 
     to floor consideration of this bill, I will agree to 
     discharge the Natural Resources Committee from further 
     consideration of S. 756. I do so with the understanding that 
     the Natural Resources Committee does not waive any future 
     jurisdictional claim over the subject matter contained in the 
     bill that fall within its Rule X jurisdiction. I also 
     appreciate your support to name members of the Natural 
     Resources Committee to any conference committee to consider 
     such provisions and for inserting our exchange of letters on 
     S. 756 into the Congressional Record during consideration of 
     the measure on the House floor.
       Thank you once again for the very cooperative spirit in 
     which you and your staff have worked regarding this matter 
     and many others between our respective committees.
           Sincerely,
                                                       Rob Bishop,
     Chairman.

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