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House Calendar No. 75 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 419 

[Report No. 113–271] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1965) to streamline and ensure 

onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and 

give certainty to oil shale development for American energy security, 

economic development, and job creation, and for other purposes, and 

providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) to recognize States’ 

authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 18, 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. 1965) to streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for 

onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale 

development for American energy security, economic development, and job creation, and for other purposes, 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) 

to recognize States’ authority to regulate oil and gas 

operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation. 


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1 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso2 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 

3 XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 

4 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 1965) to streamline and ensure on6 shore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing cer7 tainty, and give certainty to oil shale development for 

8 American energy security, economic development, and job 

9 creation, and for other purposes. The first reading of the 

10 bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order against 

11 consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall 

12 be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this 

13 section and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and 

14 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 

15 the Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate 

16 the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five17 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

18 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 

19 Resources now printed in the bill, an amendment in the 

20 nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com21 mittee Print 113-26 shall be considered as adopted in the 

22 House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 

23 amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the 

24 purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule 

25 and shall be considered as read. All points of order against 


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1 provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No further 

2 amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order ex3 cept those printed in part A of the report of the Com4 mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 

5 further amendment may be offered only in the order print6 ed in the report, may be offered only by a Member des7 ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

8 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

9 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 

10 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub11 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

12 or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 

13 against such further amendments are waived. At the con14 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

15 Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to 

16 the House with such further amendments as may have 

17 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

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

19 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

20 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in21 structions. 

22 SEC. 2. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

23 the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, 

24 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

25 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 


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1 of the bill (H.R. 2728) to recognize States’ authority to 

2 regulate oil and gas operations and promote American en3 ergy security, development, and job creation. The first 

4 reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of 

5 order against consideration of the bill are waived. General 

6 debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments speci7 fied in this section and shall not exceed one hour, with 

8 40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

9 ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 

10 Resources and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled 

11 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com12 mittee on Science, Space, and Technology. After general 

13 debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under 

14 the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the na15 ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 

16 Natural Resources now printed in the bill, an amendment 

17 in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 

18 Committee Print 113-27 shall be considered as adopted 

19 in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 

20 bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original bill 

21 for the purpose of further amendment under the five22 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

23 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 

24 waived. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, 

25 shall be in order except those printed in part B of the 


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1 report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this reso2 lution. Each such further amendment may be offered only 

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

4 by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered 

5 as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 

6 report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and 

7 an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 

8 not be subject to a demand for division of the question 

9 in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 

10 of order against such further amendments are waived. At 

11 the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment 

12 the Committee shall rise and report the bill, as amended, 

13 to the House with such further amendments as may have 

14 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

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

16 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

17 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in18 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 75 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 419 

[Report No. 113–271] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1965) 

curity, development, and job creation. gas operations and promote American energy seto recognize States’ authority to regulate oil and viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2728) job creation, and for other purposes, and proican energy security, economic development, and give certainty to oil shale development for Amerting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and to streamline and ensure onshore energy permitNOVEMBER 18, 2013 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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