IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 417 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not 
adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Mr. MCCOTTER (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CARTER, Ms. 
GRANGER, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. COLE of Oklahoma, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. 
AKIN, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BONNER, 
Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mrs. 
CAPITO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HERGER, 
Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MCHUGH, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. NUNES, 
Mr. PLATTS, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. RENZI, Mr. TERRY, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. 
KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. RYAN of Wis-
consin, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. SHU-
STER, Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. 
PRICE of Georgia, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. GOODE, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. DANIEL 
E. LUNGREN of California, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
MCCAUL of Texas, Mr. PETERSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
LINDER, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. ROSKAM, Ms. FOXX, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. 
MUSGRAVE, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. TIAHRT, Mrs. 
WILSON of New Mexico, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. POE, 
Mr. SCALISE, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. BISHOP of 
Utah, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. PENCE, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. BROWN of South Carolina, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. 
WELDON of Florida, and Mr. SIMPSON) submitted the following concur-
rent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 
Science and Technology, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Con-
gress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy leg-
islation has been enacted. 
Whereas the United States has abundant domestic supplies 
of oil and natural gas that are currently unavailable for 
exploration in an environmentally sound manner; 
Whereas according to the Minerals Management Service, the 
United States Outer Continental Shelf contains tech-
nically recoverable undiscovered resources equaling 85.88 
billion barrels of oil and 419.88 trillion cubic feet of nat-
ural gas; 
Whereas 85 percent of the Outer Continental Shelf of the 
lower 48 States is subject to the congressional morato-
rium on expenditures for oil and gas leasing of the Outer 
Continental Shelf; 
Whereas according to an August 2008 Rassmussen Reports 
poll, 61 percent of Americans support lifting existing 
bans on offshore oil and gas drilling; 
Whereas the 110th Congress adjourned for the month of Au-
gust 2008 without passing meaningful legislation to im-
mediately reduce the price of gasoline at the pump or es-
tablishing a long-term plan for energy independence; 
Whereas the 110th Congress adjourned for the month of Au-
gust 2008 without passing meaningful legislation to reau-
thorize tax credits for alternative energy production, 
which will expire at the end of 2008; 
Whereas the United States continued reliance on foreign 
sources of oil undermines the United States national se-
curity; 
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Whereas as Americans struggle to pay for basic necessities, 
the Congress has failed to pass comprehensive energy leg-
islation; 
Whereas since January 2008, record energy prices have 
caused tens of thousands of Americans to lose their jobs 
and nationwide unemployment to rise from 4.9 percent to 
6.1 percent; and 
Whereas, as announced by the congressional Democratic Ma-
jority, from August 1, 2008, through January 1, 2009, 
the 110th Congress will only work 14 session days in 5 
months but receive their full salaries as legislators: Now, 
therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That the 110th Congress should not adjourn 
until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted 
into law that— 
(1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf, the Arc-
tic National Wildlife Refuge, and oil shale reserves 
to environmentally prudent exploration and extrac-
tion; 
(2) extends expiring renewable energy incen-
tives; 
(3) encourages the streamlined approval of new 
refining capacity and nuclear power facilities; 
(4) encourages advanced research and develop-
ment of clean coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon seques-
tration technologies; and 
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(5) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that 
unreasonably delay or prevent actual domestic en-
ergy production. 
Æ 
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