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House Calendar No. 40 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 548 

[Report No. 116–200] 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 205) to amend the Gulf of 

Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico; providing for 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 115–97 

(commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic 

National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, and for other purposes; 

and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1941) to amend the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the 

Interior including in any leasing program certain planning areas, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 

Mr. HASTINGS, 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. 205) to amend 

the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to 

permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain 

areas of the Gulf of Mexico; providing for consideration 

of the bill (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 115– 

97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) 

to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and 


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gas program, and for other purposes; and providing for 

consideration of the bill (H.R. 1941) to amend the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary 

of the Interior including in any leasing program certain 

planning areas, and for other purposes. 

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. 205) to amend the Gulf of Mexico 

6 Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the 

7 moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mex8 ico. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. 

9 All points of order against consideration of the bill are 

10 waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and 

11 amendments specified in this section and shall not exceed 

12 one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and 

13 ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural 

14 Resources. After general debate the bill shall be considered 

15 for amendment under the five-minute rule. An amendment 

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

17 Committee Print 116–29, modified by the amendment 

18 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 

19 accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as 

20 adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. 

21 The bill, as amended, shall be considered as the original 


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1 bill for the purpose of further amendment under the five2 minute rule and shall be considered as read. All points 

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

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

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

6 report of the Committee on Rules. Each such further 

7 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 

8 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 

9 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat10 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 

11 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 

12 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 

13 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 

14 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 

15 such further amendments are waived. At the conclusion 

16 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 

17 shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House 

18 with such further amendments as may have been adopted. 

19 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 

20 the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 

21 thereto to final passage without intervening motion except 

22 one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 

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

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

25 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 


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1 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

2 of the bill (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 115–97 

3 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal 

4 the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, 

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

6 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider7 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con8 fined to the bill and amendments specified in this section 

9 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con10 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

11 Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate the 

12 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five13 minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of 

14 a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural 

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

16 nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Com17 mittee Print 116–30, modified by the amendment printed 

18 in part C of the report of the Committee on Rules accom19 panying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted in 

20 the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, 

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

22 the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute 

23 rule and shall be considered as read. All points of order 

24 against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No 

25 further amendment to the bill, as amended, shall be in 


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1 order except those printed in part D of the report of the 

2 Committee on Rules. Each such further amendment may 

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

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

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

6 specified in the report equally divided and controlled by 

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

8 amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for divi9 sion of the question in the House or in the Committee 

10 of the Whole. All points of order against such further 

11 amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider12 ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 

13 and report the bill, as amended, to the House with such 

14 further amendments as may have been adopted. The pre15 vious question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, 

16 as amended, and on any further amendment thereto to 

17 final passage without intervening motion except one mo18 tion to recommit with or without instructions. 

19 SEC. 3. At any time after adoption of this resolution 

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

21 declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 

22 Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration 

23 of the bill (H.R. 1941) to amend the Outer Continental 

24 Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior 

25 including in any leasing program certain planning areas, 


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

2 be dispensed with. All points of order against consider3 ation of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con4 fined to the bill and amendments specified in this section 

5 and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con6 trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 

7 Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate the 

8 bill shall be considered for amendment under the five9 minute rule. An amendment in the nature of a substitute 

10 consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116–31, 

11 modified by the amendment printed in part E of the report 

12 of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, 

13 shall be considered as adopted in the House and in the 

14 Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 

15 considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 

16 amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be consid17 ered as read. All points of order against provisions in the 

18 bill, as amended, are waived. No further amendment to 

19 the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those printed 

20 in part F of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each 

21 such further amendment may be offered only in the order 

22 printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 

23 designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall 

24 be debatable for the time specified in the report equally 

25 divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 


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1 shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be sub2 ject to a demand for division of the question in the House 

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

4 against such further amendments are waived. At the con5 clusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 

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

7 the House with such further amendments as may have 

8 been adopted. The previous question shall be considered 

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

10 amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 

11 motion except one motion to recommit with or without in12 structions. 


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House Calendar No. 40 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 548 

[Report No. 116–200] 

RESOLUTION 

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 205) 

and for other purposes. in any leasing program certain planning areas, to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior including to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act viding for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1941) gas program, and for other purposes; and prorepeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and monly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to (H.R. 1146) to amend Public Law 115–97 (comMexico; providing for consideration of the bill rium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratoto amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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