H. Res. 245 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
May 5, 2011. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this res-
olution 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. 1229) to amend the Outer Continental 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 controlled by 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. The amendment recommended by 
the Committee 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 considered 
as the original bill for the purpose of further amendment
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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 des-
ignated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be de-
batable 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 de-
mand for division of the question in the House or in the 
Committee of the Whole. All points of order against such fur-
ther amendments are waived. At the conclusion of consider-
ation 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 ques-
tion shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amend-
ments thereto to final passage without intervening motion ex-
cept one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
SEC. 2. At any time after the adoption of this resolution 
the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, de-
clare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole 
House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1230) to require the Secretary of the Interior to con-
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vening motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. 
SEC. 3. In the engrossment of H.R. 1229, the Clerk 
shall— 
(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 ad-
dition of H.R. 1230, as passed by the House, to the en-
grossment; 
(3) assign appropriate designations to provisions 
within the engrossment; and 
(4) conform cross-references and provisions for 
short titles within the engrossment. 
Attest: 
Clerk.