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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 350 

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee 

reports to include domestic energy impact statements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 8, 2009 

Mr. TERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require committee reports to include domestic energy 

impact statements, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Energy Im5 pact Statement Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COMMITTEE REPORTS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA2 TIVES REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC EN3 ERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT TO RULE.—Clause 3(d) of rule XIII 

5 of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 

6 by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(4)(A) A statement (if timely submitted to the 

8 committee by the Comptroller General before the fil9 ing of the report) for each such bill or joint resolu10 tion that would have an impact on the governance 

11 of public lands, including the outer Continental 

12 Shelf, of the impact of such bill on domestic energy 

13 availability. 

14 ‘‘(B) Each such statement shall contain— 

15 ‘‘(i) the physical/geographic size of any 

16 new areas of public lands which are opened up 

17 or closed off for energy exploration; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the total amount of cubic feet of dry 

19 natural gas or the total number of barrels of oil 

20 or liquid natural gas, or the total number of 

21 short tons of coal, which could be recovered 

22 from any public lands which are opened up or 

23 closed off for energy exploration.’’. 

24 (b) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.—The 

25 amendment made by subsection (a) is enacted as an exer26 cise of the rulemaking power of the House of RepresentaVerDate Nov 24 2008 03:04 Jan 12, 2009 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H350.IH H350

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1 tives, and as such shall be considered as part of the Rules 

2 of the House of Representatives, with full recognition of 

3 the constitutional right of the House of Representatives 

4 to change such Rules at any time, in the same manner, 

5 and to the same extent as in the case of any other Rule 

6 of the House of Representatives. 

7 SEC. 3. DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 719 of title 31, United 

9 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(i) The Comptroller General shall, to the extent 

12 practicable, prepare for each bill or joint resolution re13 ported by any committee of the House of Representatives 

14 or the Senate that would have an impact on domestic en15 ergy availability, and submit to such committee a domestic 

16 energy impact statement containing— 

17 ‘‘(1) the physical/geographic size of any new 

18 areas of public lands which are opened up or closed 

19 off for energy exploration; and 

20 ‘‘(2) the total amount of cubic feet of dry nat21 ural gas or the total number of barrels of oil or liq22 uid natural gas, or the total number of short tons 

23 of coal, which could be recovered from any public 

24 lands which are opened up or closed off for energy 

25 exploration.’’. 


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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

2 subsection (a) shall apply to bills and joint resolutions re3 ported by committees of the House of Representatives or 

4 the Senate 90 or more days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act. 

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