H. Res. 1574 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 30, 2010. 

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

XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 

the bill (H.R. 3534) to provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of 

Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management 

and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of order 

against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall 

be confined to the bill and amendments specified in this section and shall not exceed one hour, with 40 minutes equally 

divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

member of the Committee on Natural Resources and 20 min-
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utes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 

minority member of the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 

amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 

Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill, it 

shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part A of the 

report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

considered as read. All points of order against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are waived except those 

arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. Notwithstanding clause 

11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that amendment in the 

nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed 

in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each 

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. All points of order against such amendments 

are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule 
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XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the 

House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The 

previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill 

and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening 

motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

SEC. 2. The Chair may entertain a motion that the 

Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Committee 

on Natural Resources or his designee. The Chair may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill 

(as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 

SEC. 3. Upon the adoption of this resolution it shall be 

in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under 

clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment printed in part 

C of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 

resolution shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against 

provisions of the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous 

question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) 

one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair 
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and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) one motion to recommit with or 

without instructions. 

SEC. 4. (a) In the engrossment of H.R. 3534, the Clerk 

shall— 

(1) add the text of H.R. 5851, as passed by the 

House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 3534; 

(2) assign appropriate designations to provisions 

within the engrossment; and 

(3) conform provisions for short titles within the engrossment. 

(b) Upon the addition of the text of H.R. 5851 to the 

engrossment of H.R. 3534, H.R. 5851 shall be laid on the 

table. 

Attest: 

Clerk.