I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 350 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to require committee 
reports to include domestic energy impact statements, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 8, 2009 
Mr. TERRY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require committee reports to include domestic energy 
impact statements, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Domestic Energy Im-
pact Statement Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMITTEE REPORTS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES REQUIRED TO INCLUDE DOMESTIC EN-
ERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO RULE.—Clause 3(d) of rule XIII 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(4)(A) A statement (if timely submitted to the 
committee by the Comptroller General before the fil-
ing of the report) for each such bill or joint resolu-
tion that would have an impact on the governance 
of public lands, including the outer Continental 
Shelf, of the impact of such bill on domestic energy 
availability. 
‘‘(B) Each such statement shall contain— 
‘‘(i) the physical/geographic size of any 
new areas of public lands which are opened up 
or closed off for energy exploration; and 
‘‘(ii) the total amount of cubic feet of dry 
natural gas or the total number of barrels of oil 
or liquid natural gas, or the total number of 
short tons of coal, which could be recovered 
from any public lands which are opened up or 
closed off for energy exploration.’’. 
(b) EXERCISE
OF
RULEMAKING
POWERS.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a) is enacted as an exer-
cise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representa-
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tives, and as such shall be considered as part of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, with full recognition of 
the constitutional right of the House of Representatives 
to change such Rules at any time, in the same manner, 
and to the same extent as in the case of any other Rule 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 3. DOMESTIC ENERGY IMPACT STATEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 719 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(i) The Comptroller General shall, to the extent 
practicable, prepare for each bill or joint resolution re-
ported by any committee of the House of Representatives 
or the Senate that would have an impact on domestic en-
ergy availability, and submit to such committee a domestic 
energy impact statement containing— 
‘‘(1) the physical/geographic size of any new 
areas of public lands which are opened up or closed 
off for energy exploration; and 
‘‘(2) the total amount of cubic feet of dry nat-
ural gas or the total number of barrels of oil or liq-
uid natural gas, or the total number of short tons 
of coal, which could be recovered from any public 
lands which are opened up or closed off for energy 
exploration.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to bills and joint resolutions re-
ported by committees of the House of Representatives or 
the Senate 90 or more days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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