H.R. 6082
Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan
Rule Hearing Information:
Meeting Time: Monday, July 23, 2012 at 5:00 PM in H-313 The Capitol
Amendment Process: Deadline on Monday, July 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM
For more on this hearing, click here.
Resources:
- Text of H.R. 6082 — Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan [Rules Committee Print 112-29, showing text of the bill as ordered reported] [PDF]
- Text of H. Rept. 112-615 — Report from the Committee on Natural Resources [PDF][XML]
- Hearing Documents:
:: Rule [PDF]
:: H. Res. 738 [PDF]
:: H. Rept. 112-616 [PDF][XML]
Amendments:
Last Updated: 07/23/2012 at 8:30 PM
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
| #12 | Version 2 | Bishop, Tim (NY) | Democrat | Revised Would add a new section that would designate surplus revenue toward deficit reduction. | Submitted |
| #15 | Version 1 | Capps (CA) | Democrat | Would strike lease sales 249, 228 and 243 relating to the Southern California Planning Area, as well as Section 4. | Submitted |
| #16 | Version 1 | Capps (CA) | Democrat | Would block Lease Sale 249 until the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the offshore and onshore facilities that would be used to support development occurring from that lease sale are capable of handling increased volumes of oil and gas, and will be able to sustain that capacity for the foreseeable life of that drilling project. | Submitted |
| #17 | Version 1 | Capps (CA) | Democrat | Would add an additional requirement to Section 5 that a lease sale cannot present a wide range of significant operational constraints to the national space launch mission; be within the ‘Impact Limit Lines’ of an active Space Launch Complex, including a safety clear zone; or severely complicate emergency response in the event of a natural disaster or catastrophic mission failure at an active Space Launch Complex. | Submitted |
| #23 | Version 1 | Capps (CA) | Democrat | Late Would raise the civil and criminal penalties for polluters that violate the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. It increases the daily civil penalty maximum to $75,000 and $150,000 per day if there is threat of serious or irreparable harm to life or the environment. It also raises the criminal penalty maximum to $10,000,000. | Submitted |
| #20 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Late Would prohibit oil leasing on areas east of the military mission line in the Gulf of Mexico | Submitted |
| #21 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Late Would repeal tax privileges for major oil companies. | Submitted |
| #22 | Version 2 | Garamendi (CA) | Democrat | Late Revised Would establish a Buy America requirement for new oil and natural gas facilities constructed for leases issued under the Act. | Submitted |
| #9 | Version 1 | Hastings, Alcee (FL) | Democrat | Would require each drilling permit application to include an estimate of how much the price of gasoline will decrease as a result of any oil or gas found under the permit. | Made In Order |
| #10 | Version 1 | Hastings, Alcee (FL) | Democrat | Would require each drilling permit application to include an estimate of the impact on global change of the consumption of any oil or gas found under the permit. | Made In Order |
| #18 | Version 1 | Hastings, Doc (WA) | Republican | SUBSTITUTE Would replace the lease sale plan in the underlying text with President Obama’s lease sale program as submitted to Congress. | Submitted |
| #19 | Version 1 | Hastings, Doc (WA) | Republican | Manager's Amendment. Would make technical corrections to the underlying bill. | Made In Order |
| #13 | Version 1 | Holt (NJ) | Democrat | Would end free drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by requiring oil companies to pay in order to receive new leases on public lands. | Made In Order |
| #14 | Version 1 | Holt (NJ) | Democrat | Would strike the provision that requires the Secretary of Interior to conduct a single multi-sale environmental impact statement for all of the new areas opened for drilling by the underlying bill. | Made In Order |
| #2 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Would establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion that will be responsible for all matters relating to diversity in management, employment, and business activities. The office would assess the diversity policies and practices in the Department and take affirmative steps to seek diversity in the workforce the Department at all levels. | Submitted |
| #3 | Version 2 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Revised Would require a study prior to the implementation of this act to determine the efficacy of utilizing a single Environmental Impact Statement under this Act. | Submitted |
| #7 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Would establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training. | Submitted |
| #4 | Version 1 | Markey, Edward (MA) | Democrat | Would prohibit gas produced under new leases authorized by this legislation from being exported to foreign countries. | Made In Order |
| #5 | Version 1 | Markey, Edward (MA) | Democrat | Would create a statutory requirement that new leases offered pursuant to this act include drilling safety improvements in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. | Made In Order |
| #8 | Version 1 | Pallone (NJ), Holt (NJ) | Democrat | Would strike all leases sales in the mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic. | Submitted |
| #6 | Version 1 | Richardson (CA) | Democrat | Would add a new section which provides that in determining the areas off the coast of California to be made available for leasing under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Governor and legislature of the State of California. | Made In Order |
| #11 | Version 1 | Runyan (NJ) | Republican | Would allow the people of the state of New Jersey to opt out of leases within New Jersey’s administrative boundaries, via a referendum vote. | Submitted |
| #1 | Version 1 | Tonko (NY) | Democrat | Would prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from awarding a lease to a bidder on offshore oil and gas leases if the bidder does not disclose information about the campaign and SuperPac contributions the bidder made to influence an election for federal office during the 5-year period preceding the submission of the bid to the Secretary. | Submitted |
Rule Information for H.R. 4078 and
H.R. 6082
General and Amendment Debate
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY RECORD VOTE of 6-3 on Monday, July 23, 2012.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 738:
Adopted by record vote of 244-170, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 238-177, on Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
MANAGERS: Foxx/Hastings
1. Structured rule for H.R. 4078
2. Provides two hours of general debate equally divided among and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-28, as modified by the amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
6. Makes in order only those further amendments to H.R. 4078 printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed 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.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in Part B of the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit H.R. 4078 with or without instructions.
9. Structured rule for H.R. 6082.
10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources.
11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
12. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 112-29 and provides that it shall be considered in read.
13. Waives all points or order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.
14. Makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 6082 printed in Part C of the Rules Committee report. 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.
15. Waives all pints of order against the amendments printed in Part C of the report.
16. Provides one motion to recommit H.R. 6082 with or without instructions.
Summary of Amendments in Part A Proposed to be Considered As Adopted:
Summary of Amendments in Part B Proposed to be Made in Order:
(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)
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Description
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Debate Time
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#16
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(REVISED) Would provide an exception to the underlying legislation, permitting agencies to make regulatory actions intended to ensure safe drinking water.
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(10 minutes)
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#58
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Would exempt regulatory actions pertaining to privacy from Title I of the bill and exempts midnight rules pertaining to privacy from Title II of the bill. The amendment would also exempt consent decrees and settlement agreements in an action to compel agency action pertaining to privacy from Title III of the bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#56
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Would exempt from the provisions of the bill any significant regulatory action specifically aimed at limiting oil speculation.
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(10 minutes)
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#30
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Would provide an exception for regulations which are intended to promote energy efficiency.
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(10 minutes)
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#13
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Would allow regulations protecting the public from extreme weather, including drought, flooding and catastrophic wildfire, to go forward despite the prohibitions in the underlying bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#52
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Would exempt regulatory actions that are regulatory actions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that streamline the application process for patents and trademarks, including rules implementing the micro entity provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, from Title I of the bill and exempts midnight rules implementing such provisions from Title II of the bill. The amendment also would exempt consent decrees and settlement agreements in an action to compel agency action by the PTO to help streamline the application process for patents and trademarks from Title III of the bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#36
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Would allow actions that would lower prices for gasoline, diesel, oil, or other motor fuels.
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(10 minutes)
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#8
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Would ensure that the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 can be carried out.
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(10 minutes)
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#10
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Would allow regulations that protect consumers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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(10 minutes)
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#41
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Would clarify the procedure for considering a request for a congressional waiver by the President.
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(10 minutes)
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#48
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Would require that awarded attorney’s fees and costs for small businesses in Title I would be paid out of the administrative budget of the office in the agency that proposed the regulation.
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(10 minutes)
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#22
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Would exempt issues relating to nuclear power plants from the obstacles to establishing safety protections in the following titles of H.R. 4078: Title I (Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act); Title III (Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act); Title V (Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act).
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(10 minutes)
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#3
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Would reduce the term “significant regulatory action” from $100,000,000 or more to $50,000,000 or more in annual cost to the economy. This amendment would allow for more oversight on Federal Agency Regulations by lowering the dollar amount threshold.
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(10 minutes)
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#70
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(LATE) Would define "annual cost to the economy" as being inclusive of business revenue, so that determination of the bill's application shall be accurately applied.
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(10 minutes)
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#21
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Would exempt from the definition of significant regulatory action a rule that would prevent or reduce deaths or injuries caused by explosions and fires related to the ignition of combustible dusts in the workplace.
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(10 minutes)
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#11
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Would exempt from the definition of significant regulatory action a rule that would prevent or reduce the number of workers suffering electrocutions or other fatalities associated with working on high voltage transmission and distribution lines.
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(10 minutes)
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#45
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Would exempt from the provisions of the bill a consent decree or settlement agreement pertaining to the Affordable Care Act.
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(10 minutes)
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#5
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Would authorize appropriations 1) to enable the SEC and CFTC to carry out the additional cost/benefit analysis requirements under the bill; 2) for costs of litigation incurred by the Commissions related to the requirements under the bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#66
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(LATE) (REVISED) Would direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to take into account the large burden of section 404b of Sarbanes-Oxley on companies with a public float less than $250 million, compared to the benefit.
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(10 minutes)
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#50
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Would keep the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from enforcing or issuing interpretive guidance on climate change. .
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(10 minutes)
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#24
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Would mandate that Title VI cannot take effect until the Chair of the SEC certifies that in conducting the cost benefit analysis no resources will be diverted away from the SEC’s mission to protect investors, maintain efficient markets and promote access to capital.
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(10 minutes)
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#26
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(REVISED) Would require each Federal agency to submit and obtain approval from the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of scientific information relied upon by the agency.
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(10 minutes)
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#39
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Would add a new Title to the bill requiring the tracking and reporting of all payments issued pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA). Would establish a publicly available, online searchable database to access information regarding EAJA payments and the parties involved in the adjudicatory action leading to an EAJA payment.
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#40
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Would add a new Title to the bill that amends the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) to require a consistent net worth limit, and a direct and personal interest in an adjudicatory action to be eligible for an EAJA payment. Would establish a publicly available, online searchable database to access information regarding EAJA payments and the parties involved in the adjudicatory action leading to an EAJA payment.
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(10 minutes)
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#68
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(LATE) (REVISED) Would make it clear that the definition of "significant regulatory action" would include new Treasury regulations regarding non-resident alien deposits.
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(10 minutes)
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Summary of Amendments in Part C Proposed to be Made in Order:
(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)
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Sponsor
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Description
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Debate Time
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#19
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Manager's Amendment. Would make technical corrections to the underlying bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#14
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Would strike the provision that requires the Secretary of Interior to conduct a single multi-sale environmental impact statement for all of the new areas opened for drilling by the underlying bill.
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(10 minutes)
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#6
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Would add a new section which provides that in determining the areas off the coast of California to be made available for leasing under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the Governor and legislature of the State of California.
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(10 minutes)
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#4
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Would prohibit gas produced under new leases authorized by this legislation from being exported to foreign countries.
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(10 minutes)
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#5
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Would create a statutory requirement that new leases offered pursuant to this act include drilling safety improvements in response to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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(10 minutes)
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#13
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Would end free drilling in the Gulf of Mexico by requiring oil companies to pay in order to receive new leases on public lands.
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(10 minutes)
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#9
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Would require each drilling permit application to include an estimate of how much the price of gasoline will decrease as a result of any oil or gas found under the permit.
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(10 minutes)
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#10
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Would require each drilling permit application to include an estimate of the impact on global change of the consumption of any oil or gas found under the permit.
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(10 minutes)
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