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House Calendar No. 229 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1574 

[Report No. 111–582] 

Providing 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; 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30 (legislative day, JULY 29), 2010 

Ms. PINGREE of Maine, 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. 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; and providing 


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for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore 

oil and gas industry. 

1 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 

2 resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 

3 rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 

4 of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider5 ation of the bill (H.R. 3534) to provide greater effi6 ciencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the 

7 administration of Federal mineral and energy resources 

8 by consolidating administration of various Federal energy 

9 minerals management and leasing programs into one enti10 ty to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Min11 erals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for 

12 other purposes. The first reading of the bill shall be dis13 pensed with. All points of order against consideration of 

14 the bill are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

15 10 of rule XXI. General debate shall be confined to the 

16 bill and amendments specified in this section and shall not 

17 exceed one hour, with 40 minutes equally divided and con18 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

19 Committee on Natural Resources and 20 minutes equally 

20 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

21 member of the Committee on Transportation and Infra22 structure. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

23 for amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 


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1 amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 

2 the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the 

3 bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for 

4 the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule the 

5 amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in part 

6 A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 

7 this resolution. That amendment in the nature of a sub8 stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order 

9 against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 

10 waived except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI. 

11 Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment 

12 to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be 

13 in order except those printed in part B of the report of 

14 the Committee on Rules. Each amendment may be offered 

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

16 only by a Member designated in the report, shall be con17 sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 

18 in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro19 ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend20 ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 

21 of the question. All points of order against such amend22 ments are waived except those arising under clause 9 or 

23 10 of rule XXI. At the conclusion of consideration of the 

24 bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report 

25 the bill to the House with such amendments as may have 


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1 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

2 as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final 

3 passage without intervening motion except one motion to 

4 recommit with or without instructions. 

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

6 Committee rise only if offered by the chair of the Com7 mittee on Natural Resources or his designee. The Chair 

8 may not entertain a motion to strike out the enacting 

9 words of the bill (as described in clause 9 of rule XVIII). 

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

11 be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 5851) 

12 to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in 

13 the offshore oil and gas industry. All points of order 

14 against consideration of the bill are waived except those 

15 arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The amendment 

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

17 accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt18 ed. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All 

19 points of order against provisions of the bill, as amended, 

20 are waived. The previous question shall be considered as 

21 ordered on the bill, as amended, to final passage without 

22 intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally 

23 divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 

24 member of the Committee on Education and Labor; and 

25 (2) one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 


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

2 Clerk shall— 

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

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

5 (2) assign appropriate designations to provi6 sions within the engrossment; and 

7 (3) conform provisions for short titles within 

8 the engrossment. 

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

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

11 on the table. 


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House Calendar No. 229 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 1574 

[Report No. 111–582] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3534) 

workers in the offshore oil and gas industry. to provide whistleblower protections to certain viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5851) of the Interior, and for other purposes; and proEnergy and Minerals Leasing of the Department one entity to be known as the Office of Federal minerals management and leasing programs into dating administration of various Federal energy Federal mineral and energy resources by consoliturns, and accountability in the administration of to provide greater efficiencies, transparency, reJULY 30 (legislative day, JULY 29), 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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