•HRES 245 RH 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1229) to amend the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Lands Act to facilitate the safe and timely 
production of American energy resources from the Gulf 
of Mexico. The first reading of the bill shall be dispensed 
with. All points of order against consideration of the bill 
are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill 
and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Natural Resources. After general debate the 
bill shall be considered for amendment under the five- 
minute rule. The amendment recommended by the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall 
be considered as adopted in the House and in the Com-
mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be consid-
ered as the original bill for the purpose of further amend-
ment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, 
as amended, are waived. No further amendment to the bill, 
as amended, shall be in order except those printed in part 
A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying 
this resolution. Each further 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 con-
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sidered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amend-
ment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division 
of the question in the House or in the Committee of the 
Whole. All points of order against such further amend-
ments are waived. At the conclusion of consideration of 
the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and re-
port the bill, as amended, to the House with such further 
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 in-
structions. 
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolu-
tion 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
sales, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill 
shall be dispensed with. All points of order against consid-
eration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be con-
fined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
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member of the Committee on Natural Resources. After 
general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment 
under the five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered 
as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill 
are waived. No amendment to the bill shall be in order 
except those printed in part B of the report of the Com-
mittee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such 
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 debat-
able 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 in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 
such amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consid-
eration 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. 3. In the engrossment of H.R. 1229, the Clerk 
shall— 
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(1) add the text of H.R. 1230, as passed by the 
House, as new matter at the end of H.R. 1229; 
(2) conform the title of H.R. 1229 to reflect the 
addition of H.R. 1230, as passed by the House, to 
the engrossment; 
(3) assign appropriate designations to provi-
sions within the engrossment; and 
(4) conform cross-references and provisions for 
short titles within the engrossment. 
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House Calendar No. 34 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 245 
[Report No. 112–73] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1229) 
to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 
to facilitate the safe and timely production of 
American energy resources from the Gulf of Mex-
ico, and providing for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of the Inte-
rior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease 
sales, and for other purposes. 
MAY 4, 2011 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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