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House Calendar No. 35 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274 

[Report No. 113–131] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1613) to amend the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for 

other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2231) to 

amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement the reorganization 

of the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into distinct 

and separate agencies, and for other purposes; providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 2410) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 

purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from June 29, 

2013, through July 5, 2013; and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2013 

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 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1613) to amend 

the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for 

the proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for other purposes; 


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providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2231) to 

amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and production on the Outer 

Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing 

for all coastal States, implement the reorganization of 

the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into distinct and separate agencies, and for other 

purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 

2410) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 

Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2014, and for other purposes; providing for proceedings during the period from June 29, 2013, through 

July 5, 2013; and for other purposes. 

1 Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 

2 it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 

3 1613) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

4 to provide for the proper Federal management and over5 sight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for 

6 other purposes. All points of order against consideration 

7 of the bill are waived. The amendment in the nature of 

8 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 

9 Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as 

10 adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. 

11 All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amend12 ed, are waived. The previous question shall be considered 

13 as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further 

14 amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening 


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1 motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and 

2 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

3 the Committee on Natural Resources; (2) the further 

4 amendment printed in part A of the report of the Com5 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution, if offered 

6 by Representative Grayson of Florida or his designee, 

7 which shall be in order without intervention of any point 

8 of order, shall be considered as read, shall be separately 

9 debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled 

10 by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be sub11 ject to a demand for division of the question; and (3) one 

12 motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

13 SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu14 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

15 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

16 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider17 ation of the bill (H.R. 2231) to amend the Outer Conti18 nental Shelf Lands Act to increase energy exploration and 

19 production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for eq20 uitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement 

21 the reorganization of the functions of the former Minerals 

22 Management Service into distinct and separate agencies, 

23 and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall 

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1 fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di2 vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

3 member of the Committee on Natural Resources. After 

4 general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 

5 under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in 

6 the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee 

7 on Natural Resources now printed in the bill, it shall be 

8 in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of 

9 amendment under the five-minute rule an amendment in 

10 the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

11 Committee Print 113–16. That amendment in the nature 

12 of a substitute shall be considered as read. All points of 

13 order against that amendment in the nature of a sub14 stitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in 

15 the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those 

16 printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 

17 accompanying this resolution. Each such amendment may 

18 be offered only in the order printed in the report, may 

19 be offered only by a Member designated in the report, 

20 shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time 

21 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

22 the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 

23 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi24 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

25 of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments 


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1 are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 

2 for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 

3 bill to the House with such amendments as may have been 

4 adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the 

5 House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of 

6 the Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature 

7 of a substitute made in order as original text. The previous 

8 question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and 

9 amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

10 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in11 structions. 

12 SEC. 3. At any time after the adoption of this resolu13 tion the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

14 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

15 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider16 ation of the bill (H.R. 2410) making appropriations for 

17 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Adminis18 tration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year 

19 ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. The 

20 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 

21 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen22 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex23 ceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 

24 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appro25 priations. After general debate the bill shall be considered 


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1 for amendment under the five-minute rule. Points of order 

2 against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with 

3 clause 2 of rule XXI are waived except as follows: section 

4 717; section 718; the words ‘‘or any other’’ on page 64, 

5 line 13; the words ‘‘or any other’’ on page 65, line 9; and 

6 section 740. Where points of order are waived against part 

7 of a section, points of order against a provision in another 

8 part of such section may be made only against such provi9 sion and not against the entire section. During consider10 ation of the bill for amendment, the chair of the Com11 mittee of the Whole may accord priority in recognition on 

12 the basis of whether the Member offering an amendment 

13 has caused it to be printed in the portion of the Congres14 sional Record designated for that purpose in clause 8 of 

15 rule XVIII. Amendments so printed shall be considered 

16 as read. When the committee rises and reports the bill 

17 back to the House with a recommendation that the bill 

18 do pass, the previous question shall be considered as or19 dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 

20 without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 

21 with or without instructions. 

22 SEC. 4. On any legislative day during the period from 

23 June 29, 2013, through July 5, 2013— 

24 (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day 

25 shall be considered as approved; and 


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1 (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House ad2 journed to meet at a date and time, within the limits of 

3 clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be an4 nounced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 

5 SEC. 5. The Speaker may appoint Members to per6 form the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period 

7 addressed by section 4 of this resolution as though under 

8 clause 8(a) of rule I. 

9 SEC. 6. It shall be in order without intervention of 

10 any point of order to consider concurrent resolutions pro11 viding for adjournment during the month of July. 

12 SEC. 7. The Committee on Appropriations may, at 

13 any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, file 

14 privileged reports to accompany measures making appro15 priations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014. 


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House Calendar No. 35 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 274 

[Report No. 113–131] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1613) 

and for other purposes. riod from June 29, 2013, through July 5, 2013; poses; providing for proceedings during the peending September 30, 2014, and for other purRelated Agencies programs for the fiscal year velopment, Food and Drug Administration, and making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Deviding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2410) separate agencies, and for other purposes; proMinerals Management Service into distinct and the reorganization of the functions of the former revenue sharing for all coastal States, implement Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable crease energy exploration and production on the the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to inconsideration of the bill (H.R. 2231) to amend ervoirs, and for other purposes; providing for and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon resto provide for the proper Federal management to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

JUNE 25, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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