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ture of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee 
Print 113–26 shall be considered as adopted in the House 
and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, 
shall be considered as the original bill for the purpose of fur-
ther amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be con-
sidered 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 accom-
panying this resolution. Each such further amendment may 
be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be of-
fered 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 
in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points 
of order against such further amendments are waived. At the 
conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the 
Committee shall rise and report 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, as amended, and any further amendment thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions.
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SEC. 2. At any time after 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. 
2728) to recognize States’ authority to regulate oil and gas 
operations and promote American energy security, develop-
ment, and job creation. 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 amendments specified in this section and shall not 
exceed one hour, with 40 minutes equally divided and con-
trolled by the chair and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Natural Resources and 20 minutes equally di-
vided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority mem-
ber of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for amend-
ment 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, an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules 
Committee Print 113–27 shall be considered as adopted in 
the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as 
amended, shall be considered as the original bill for the pur-
pose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and 
shall be considered as read. All points of order against provi-
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sions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No further amend-
ment to the bill, as amended, shall be in order except those 
printed in part B of the report of the Committee on Rules 
accompanying this resolution. Each such 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 considered as read, shall be debatable for the time speci-
fied in the report equally divided and controlled by the pro-
ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, 
and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the ques-
tion in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All 
points of order against such further amendments are waived. 
At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment 
the Committee shall rise and report 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, as amended, and any further amendment thereto 
to final passage without intervening motion except one mo-
tion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Attest: 
Clerk.