•HRES 691 RH 
Resolved, That at any time after the 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 consider-
ation of the bill (H.R. 4480) to provide for the develop-
ment of a plan to increase oil and gas exploration, develop-
ment, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the In-
terior, and the Secretary of Defense in response to a draw-
down of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve. 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 resolution and shall not 
exceed two hours equally divided among and controlled by 
the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce and the chair and ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on Natural Resources. 
After general debate the bill shall be considered for 
amendment under the five-minute rule. In lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce now printed in 
the bill, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule 
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•HRES 691 RH 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of 
the text of Rules Committee Print 112-24. That amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute shall be considered as 
read. All points of order against that amendment in the 
nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order 
except those printed in the report of the Committee on 
Rules accompanying this resolution. Each such amend-
ment may be offered only in the order printed in the re-
port, may be offered 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 con-
trolled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be 
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a de-
mand 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 consider-
ation of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise 
and report the bill to the House with such amendments 
as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a 
separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted 
in the Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the amend-
ment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi-
nal text. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage 
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without intervening motion except one motion to recommit 
with or without instructions. 
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House Calendar No. 138 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 691 
[Report No. 112–540] 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4480) 
to provide for the development of a plan to in-
crease oil and gas exploration, development, and 
production under oil and gas leases of Federal 
lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of 
Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and the Secretary of De-
fense in response to a drawdown of petroleum re-
serves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 
JUNE 19, 2012 
Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
printed 
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