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113TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 113–493 

PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4899) TO LOWER GASOLINE PRICES FOR THE AMERICAN FAMILY BY INCREASING DOMESTIC 

ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENERGY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, 

TO STREAMLINE AND IMPROVE ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENERGY PERMITTING AND ADMINISTRATION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 4923) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 

AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2015, AND 

FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

JUNE 24, 2014.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. BISHOP (UT), from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 641] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 641, by a record vote of 9 to 3, report the same to the 

House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. 

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4899, the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014, 

under a structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 

The resolution makes in order as original text for the purpose of 

amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting 

of the text of Rules Committee Print 113–50 and provides that it 

shall be considered as read. The resolution waives all points of 

order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute. The 

resolution makes in order only those further amendments printed 

in this report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the 

order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this 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. The 

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ed in this report. The rule provides one motion to recommit with 

or without instructions. 

Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 

4923, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2015, under a modified-open rule. The resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points of order 

against consideration of the bill. The resolution waives points of 

order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 

2 of rule XXI. The resolution provides that after general debate the 

bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 

During consideration of the bill for amendment: (1) amendments 

shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by 

the proponent and an opponent and shall not be subject to amendment; and (2) no pro forma amendments shall be in order except 

that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 

Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro 

forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate. 

Under the rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment 

by paragraph. The resolution authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record. The resolution provides one 

motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

Section 3 of the resolution provides that on any legislative day 

during the period from June 27, 2014, through July 7, 2014: the 

Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered 

as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair 

in declaring the adjournment. 

Section 4 of the resolution provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration 

of the period addressed by section 3. 

Section 5 of the resolution provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of 

July. 

Section 6 of the resolution provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 

2014, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H.R. 4899, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 4899 made in 

order as original text, the Committee is not aware of any points of 

order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the resolution waives all points of order against the 

amendments printed in this report, the Committee is not aware of 

any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

The waiver of all points of order against consideration of H.R. 

4923 includes a waiver of clause 4(c) of rule XIII, which prohibits 

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mittee on Appropriations from being considered in the House until 

the third calendar day on which printed hearings of the Committee 

on Appropriations thereon have been available to Members. 

The resolution includes a waiver of points of order against provisions in H.R. 4923 for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, 

which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill. The waiver is necessary because the 

bill contains unauthorized appropriations and legislative provisions 

included in the bill. 

COMMITTEE VOTES

The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to 

report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are 

printed below: 

Rules Committee record vote No. 147 

Motion by Ms. Slaughter to report open rules for H.R. 4899 and 

H.R. 4923. Defeated: 3–9 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Nay Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Yea 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Nay Mr. McGovern ................................................... Yea 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Yea 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Nay Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Nay 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Nay 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. Nay 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Nay 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Nay 

Rules Committee record vote No. 148 

Motion by Mr. Bishop of Utah to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Cole ............................................................ Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... ...................

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Yea 

Ms. Ros-Lehtinen ............................................. Yea 

Mr. Burgess ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Sessions, Chairman ................................... Yea 

SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4899 MADE IN ORDER

1. Wittman (VA), Duncan (SC): Grants the Secretary of the Interior the ability to add a lease sale area to a finalized 5 year plan, 

as long as all of the National Environmental Policy Act requirements have been met on that specific area within the last 5 years. 

(10 minutes) 

2. Lowenthal (CA), Capps (CA), Farr (CA), Holt (NJ), Honda 

(CA), Huffman (CA), Langevin (RI), Peters, Scott (CA), Pingree 

(ME), Shea-Porter (NH), Lee, Barbara (CA): Strikes section 10410 

which prohibits BOEM and BSEE from coordinating coastal and 

marine spatial planning under the National Ocean Policy. (10 minutes) 


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3. Duncan (SC), Rigell (VA), Wittman (VA), Hudson (NC), 

Graves, Tom (GA), Ellmers (NC): Directs the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to include Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia into an administrative planning area for offshore 

leasing purposes. (10 minutes) 

4. Wittman (VA): Fosters STEM education in the South Atlantic 

states by allowing colleges, universities and historically black colleges and universities (with a preference to military veteran serving institutions of higher education) to partner with the Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management to train the next generation of geological and geophysical scientists to better understand the oil, gas and 

other hydrocarbon potential of the offshore South Atlantic. (10 minutes) 

5. Capps (CA), Brownley (CA), Huffman (CA), Lowenthal (CA): 

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to notify all relevant state 

and local regulatory agencies and publish a notice in the Federal 

Register, within 30 days after receiving any application for a permit that would allow the conduct of any offshore oil and gas well 

stimulation activities. (10 minutes) 

6. Deutch (FL): Strikes the provision that an action involving a 

covered energy decision shall take precedence over all other pending matters before the district court. (10 minutes) 

7. Blumenauer (OR): Requires companies holding leases, which 

allow them to drill on public lands off-shore without paying a royalty, to renegotiate those leases prior to bidding on new leases 

issued pursuant to Title I of this Act. (10 minutes) 

8. Bishop, Rob (UT): Prohibits the Secretary from canceling, deferring or withdrawing any lease previously announced to be auctioned based on public comments received by the Department after 

the public comment period has expired. (10 minutes) 

9. Jackson Lee (TX): Establishes an Office of Energy Employment and Training to ensure that veterans, women, and underrepresented minorities are fully included in the hiring and training efforts of the Department of the Interior’s energy planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies. (10 minutes) 10. DeFazio (OR): Authorizes $10 million of the revenue generated by the underlying bill for the Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission to use existing authority to limit speculation in energy 

markets. (10 minutes) 

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4899 MADE IN ORDER

1. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WITTMAN

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 9, after line 17, add the following: 

SEC. ll. ADDITION OF LEASE SALES AFTER FINALIZATION OF 5-YEAR 

PLAN. 

Section 18(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 

U.S.C. 1344(d)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘After’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4), after’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(4) The Secretary may add to the areas included in an approved 

leasing program additional areas to be made available for leasing 

under the program, if all review and documents required under 


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section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4332) have been completed with respect to leasing of each 

such additional area within the 5-year period preceding such addition.’’. 

2. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE

LOWENTHAL OF CALIFORNIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 

MINUTES

Page 49, beginning at line 7, strike section 10410. 

3. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DUNCAN

OF SOUTH CAROLINA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 51, after line 21, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. SOUTH ATLANTIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF PLANNING 

AREA DEFINED. 

For the purposes of this Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and any regulations or 5-year plan 

issued under that Act, the term ‘‘South Atlantic Outer Continental 

Shelf Planning Area’’ means the area of the outer Continental Shelf 

(as defined in section 2 of that Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) that is located 

between the northern lateral seaward administrative boundary of 

the State of Virginia and the southernmost lateral seaward administrative boundary of the State of Georgia. 

4. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE WITTMAN

OF VIRGINIA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 51, after line 21, insert the following: 

SEC. ll. ENHANCING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION FOR AMERICA’S ENERGY FUTURE. 

Section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

1340) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(i) ENHANCING GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INFORMATION FOR

AMERICA’S ENERGY FUTURE.— 

‘‘(1) The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, shall facilitate and support the 

practical study of geology and geophysics to better understand 

the oil, gas, and other hydrocarbon potential in the South Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area by entering into 

partnerships to conduct geological and geophysical activities on 

the outer Continental Shelf. 

‘‘(2)(A) No later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That 

Works Act of 2014, the Governors of the States of Georgia, 

South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia may each nominate for participation in the partnerships— 

‘‘(i) one institution of higher education located within the 

Governor’s State; and 

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sity, as defined in section 631(a) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1132(a)). 

‘‘(B) In making nominations, the Governors shall give preference to those institutions of higher education that demonstrate a vigorous rate of admission of veterans of the Armed 

Forces of the United States. 

‘‘(3) The Secretary shall only select as a partner a nominee 

that the Secretary determines demonstrates excellence in geophysical sciences curriculum, engineering curriculum, or information technology or other technical studies relating to seismic 

research (including data processing). 

‘‘(4) Notwithstanding subsection (d), nominees selected as 

partners by the Secretary may conduct geological and geophysical activities under this section after filing a notice with 

the Secretary 30-days prior to commencement of the activity 

without any further authorization by the Secretary except 

those activities that use solid or liquid explosives shall require 

a permit. The Secretary may not charge any fee for the provision of data or other information collected under this authority, 

other than the cost of duplicating any data or information provided. Nominees selected as partners under this section shall 

provide to the Secretary any data or other information collected under this subsection within 60 days after completion of 

an initial analysis of the data or other information collected, if 

so requested by the Secretary. 

‘‘(5) Data or other information produced as a result of activities conducted by nominees selected as partners under this 

subsection shall not be used or shared for commercial purposes 

by the nominee, may not be produced for proprietary use or 

sale, and shall be made available by the Secretary to the public. 

‘‘(6) The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Natural 

Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate reports on the 

data or other information produced under the partnerships 

under this section. Such reports shall be made no less frequently than every 180 days following the conduct of the first 

geological and geophysical activities under this section. 

‘‘(7) In this subsection the term ‘geological and geophysical 

activities’ means any oil- or gas-related investigation conducted 

on the outer Continental Shelf, including geophysical surveys 

where magnetic, gravity, seismic, or other systems are used to 

detect or imply the presence of oil or gas.’’. 

5. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE CAPPS OF

CALIFORNIA OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

In title I, at the end of subtitle F (page 51, after line 21) add the 

following: 

SEC. ll. NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF ANY APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT 

THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONDUCT OF ANY OFFSHORE 

OIL AND GAS WELL STIMULATION ACTIVITIES. 

The Secretary of the Interior shall notify all relevant State and 

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that would allow the conduct of any offshore oil and gas well stimulation activities. 

6. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEUTCH OF

FLORIDA OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 52, at line 14 insert ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon, at line 17 

strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a period, and strike lines 18 and 19. 

7. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BLUMENAUER OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title I (page 54, after line 24) add the following: 

Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 

SEC. 25001. ELIGIBILITY FOR NEW LEASES AND THE TRANSFER OF 

LEASES. 

(a) ISSUANCE OF NEW LEASES.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fiscal year 2016, the Secretary of the Interior shall not accept bids on any new leases 

offered pursuant to this title (including the amendments made 

by this title) from a person described in paragraph (2) unless 

the person has renegotiated each covered lease with respect to 

which the person is a lessee, to modify the payment responsibilities of the person to require the payment of royalties if 

the price of oil and natural gas is greater than or equal to the 

price thresholds described in clauses (v) through (vii) of section 

8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

1337(a)(3)(C)). 

(2) PERSONS DESCRIBED.—A person referred to in paragraph 

(1) is— 

(A) a person that is a lessee that— 

(i) holds a covered lease on the date on which the 

Secretary considers the issuance of the new lease; or 

(ii) was issued a covered lease before the date of enactment of this Act, but transferred the covered lease 

to another person or entity (including a subsidiary or 

affiliate of the lessee) after the date of enactment of 

this Act; or 

(B) any other person that has any direct or indirect interest in, or that derives any benefit from, a covered lease. 

(3) MULTIPLE LESSEES.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph (1), if there 

are multiple lessees that own a share of a covered lease, 

the Secretary may implement separate agreements with 

any lessee with a share of the covered lease that modifies 

the payment responsibilities with respect to the share of 

the lessee to include price thresholds that are equal to or 

less than the price thresholds described in clauses (v) 

through (vii) of section 8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)). 


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(B) TREATMENT OF SHARE AS COVERED LEASE.—Beginning on the effective date of an agreement under subparagraph (A), any share subject to the agreement shall not 

constitute a covered lease with respect to any lessees that 

entered into the agreement. 

(b) TRANSFERS.—A lessee or any other person who has any direct 

or indirect interest in, or who derives a benefit from, a covered 

lease shall not be eligible to obtain by sale or other transfer (including through a swap, spinoff, servicing, or other agreement) any 

new lease offered pursuant to this title (including the amendments 

made by this title) or the economic benefit of any such new lease, 

unless the lessee or other person has— 

(1) renegotiated each covered lease with respect to which the 

lessee or person is a lessee, to modify the payment responsibilities of the lessee or person to include price thresholds that are 

equal to or less than the price thresholds described in clauses 

(v) through (vii) of section 8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)); or 

(2) entered into an agreement with the Secretary to modify 

the terms of all covered leases of the lessee or other person to 

include limitations on royalty relief based on market prices 

that are equal to or less than the price thresholds described in 

clauses (v) through (vii) of section 8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)). 

(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COVERED LEASE.—The term ‘‘covered lease’’ means a lease 

for oil or gas production in the Gulf of Mexico that is— 

(A) in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 

(B) issued by the Department of the Interior under section 304 of the Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act (43 U.S.C. 1337 note; Public Law 104-58); 

and 

(C) not subject to limitations on royalty relief based on 

market price that are equal to or less than the price 

thresholds described in clauses (v) through (vii) of section 

8(a)(3)(C) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 

U.S.C. 1337(a)(3)(C)). 

(2) LESSEE.—The term ‘‘lessee’’ includes any person or other 

entity that controls, is controlled by, or is in or under common 

control with, a lessee. 

(3) NEW LEASE.—The term ‘‘new lease’’ means a lease issued 

in a lease sale under this title or the amendments made by 

this title. 

8. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE BISHOP OF

UTAH OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Page 69, after line 4, insert the following (and redesignate the 

subsequent subparagraphs accordingly): 

‘‘(F) After the conclusion of the public comment period for a 

planned competitive lease sale, the Secretary shall not cancel, 

defer, or withdraw any lease parcel announced to be auctioned in 

the lease sale. 


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9. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON

LEE OF TEXAS OR HER DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

Add at the end the following: 

TITLE ll—MISCELLANEOUS 

PROVISIONS 

SEC. 01. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF ENERGY EMPLOYMENT AND 

TRAINING. 

(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of the Interior shall establish an Office of Energy Employment and Training, which shall 

oversee the hiring and training efforts of the Department of the Interior’s energy planning, permitting, and regulatory agencies. 

(b) DIRECTOR.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall be under the direction of 

a Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and 

Training, who shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary 

for Energy, Lands and Minerals Management, and shall be 

fully employed to carry out the functions of the Office. 

(2) DUTIES.—The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Employment and Training shall perform the following functions: 

(A) Develop and implement systems to track the Department’s hiring of trained skilled workers in the energy permitting and inspection agencies. 

(B) Design and recommend to the Secretary programs 

and policies aimed at expanding the Department’s hiring 

of women, minorities, and veterans into the Department’s 

workforce dealing with energy permitting and inspection 

programs. Such programs and policies shall include— 

(i) recruiting at historically black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, women’s colleges, and colleges that typically serve majority minority populations; 

(ii) sponsoring and recruiting at job fairs in urban 

communities; 

(iii) placing employment advertisements in newspapers and magazines oriented toward minorities, veterans, and women; 

(iv) partnering with organizations that are focused 

on developing opportunities for minorities, veterans, 

and women to be placed in Departmental internships, 

summer employment, and full-time positions relating 

to energy; 

(v) where feasible, partnering with inner-city high 

schools, girls’ high schools, and high schools with majority minority populations to demonstrate career opportunities and the path to those opportunities available at the Department; 

(vi) coordinating with the Department of Veterans 

Affairs and the Department of Defense in the hiring of 

veterans; and 

(vii) any other mass media communications that the 

Deputy Assistant Secretary determines necessary to 


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advertise, promote, or educate about opportunities at 

the Department. 

(C) Develop standards for— 

(i) equal employment opportunity and the racial, 

ethnic, and gender diversity of the workforce and senior management of the Department; and 

(ii) increased participation of minority-owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts with the Department. 

(D) Review and propose for adoption the best practices 

of entities regulated by the Department with regards to 

hiring and diversity policies, and publish those best practices for public review. 

(c) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress an annual 

report regarding the actions taken by the Department of the Interior agency and the Office pursuant to this section, which shall include— 

(1) a statement of the total amounts paid by the Department 

to minority contractors; 

(2) the successes achieved and challenges faced by the Department in operating minority, veteran or service-disabled 

veteran, and women outreach programs; 

(3) the challenges the Department may face in hiring minority, veteran, and women employees and contracting with veteran or service-disabled veteran, minority-owned, and womenowned businesses; and 

(4) any other information, findings, conclusions, and recommendations for legislative or Department action, as the Director determines appropriate. 

(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 

(1) MINORITY.—The term ‘‘minority’’ means United States 

citizens who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific American, Black American, Hispanic American, or Native American. 

(2) MINORITY-OWNED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘minority-owned 

business’’ means a for-profit enterprise, regardless of size, 

physically located in the United States or its trust territories, 

that is owned, operated, and controlled by minority group 

members. ‘‘Minority group members’’ are United States citizens 

who are Asian Indian American, Asian Pacific American, Black 

American, Hispanic American, or Native American (terminology in NMSDC categories). Ownership by minority individuals means the business is at least 51 percent owned by such 

individuals or, in the case of a publicly owned business, at 

least 51 percent of the stock is owned by one or more such individuals. Further, the management and daily operations are 

controlled by those minority group members. For purposes of 

NMSDC’s program, a minority group member is an individual 

who is a United States citizen with at least 1/4 or 25 percent 

minimum (documentation to support claim of 25 percent required from applicant) of one or more of the following: 

(A) Asian Indian American, which is a United States citizen whose origins are from India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh. 


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(B) Asian Pacific American, which is a United States citizen whose origins are from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Samoa, Guam, the United States Trust 

Territories of the Pacific, or the Northern Marianas. 

(C) Black American, which is a United States citizen 

having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. 

(D) Hispanic American, which is a United States citizen 

of true-born Hispanic heritage, from any of the Spanishspeaking areas of the following regions: Mexico, Central 

America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin only. 

(E) Native American, which means a U.S. citizen enrolled to a federally recognized tribe, or a Native as defined under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 

(3) NMSDC.—The term ‘‘NMSDC’’ means the National Minority Supplier Development Council. 

(4) WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘women-owned 

business’’ means a business that can verify through evidence 

documentation that 51 percent or more is women-owned, managed, and controlled. The business must be open for at least 6 

months. The business owner must be a United States citizen 

or legal resident alien. Evidence must indicate that— 

(A) the contribution of capital or expertise by the woman 

business owner is real and substantial and in proportion 

to the interest owned; 

(B) the woman business owner directs or causes the direction of management, policy, fiscal, and operational matters; and 

(C) the woman business owner has the ability to perform 

in the area of specialty or expertise without reliance on either the finances or resources of a firm that is not owned 

by a woman. 

(5) SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN.—The term ‘‘Service Disabled 

Veteran’’ must have a service-connected disability that has 

been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs or Department of Defense. The SDVOSBC must be small under the 

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 

assigned to the procurement; the SDV must unconditionally 

own 51 percent of the SDVOSBC; the SDVO must control the 

management and daily operations of the SDVOSBC; and the 

SDV must hold the highest officer position in the SDVOSBC 

(6) VETERAN-OWNED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘veteran-owned 

business’’ means a business that can verify through evidence 

documentation that 51 percent or more is veteran-owned, managed, and controlled. The business must be open for at least 6 

months. The business owner must be a United States citizen 

or legal resident alien and honorably or service-connected disability discharged from service. 

10. AN AMENDMENT TO BE OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE DEFAZIO

OF OREGON OR HIS DESIGNEE, DEBATABLE FOR 10 MINUTES

At the end of title II, add the following: 


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Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 

SEC. 25001. CERTAIN REVENUES GENERATED BY THIS ACT TO BE 

MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION TO LIMIT EXCESSIVE SPECULATION IN 

ENERGY MARKETS. 

The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) is amended by 

redesignating section 44 as section 45, and by inserting after section 43 the following: 

‘‘SEC. 44. REVENUES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION. 

‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TREASURY ACCOUNT.—The Secretary of 

the Treasury (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary’) shall establish an account in the Treasury of the United States. 

‘‘(b) DEPOSIT INTO ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN REVENUES GENERATED

BY THIS ACT.—The Secretary shall deposit into the account established under subsection (a) the first $10,000,000 of the total of the 

amounts received by the United States under leases issued under 

this Act or any plan, strategy, or program under this Act. 

‘‘(c) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FUNDS.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the amounts in 

the account established under subsection (a) shall be made 

available to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to 

use its existing authorities to limit excessive speculation in energy markets. 

‘‘(2) SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATIONS.—The authority provided in 

paragraph (1) may be exercised only to such extent, and with 

respect to such amounts, as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’’. 

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