05/12/11 2:00 PM
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
05/12/11 1:50 PM
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Holt motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to require each oil and gas leasing program in the underlying bill to specify that all oil and natural gas produced from such leases under the program, is offered for sale in the United States and not exported. It would also require the Secretary of Interior, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to seek to reduce the number of nonproducing offshore oil and gas leases by 50 percent by 2017.
05/12/11 1:49 PM
The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
05/12/11 1:49 PM
Mr. Holt moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources.
05/12/11 1:48 PM
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1231.
On agreeing to the Inslee amendment Failed by recorded vote: 160 - 256 (Roll no. 318).
05/12/11 1:43 PM
On agreeing to the Thompson (CA) amendment Failed by recorded vote: 156 - 263 (Roll no. 317).
05/12/11 1:40 PM
On agreeing to the Brown (FL) amendment Failed by recorded vote: 134 - 279 (Roll no. 316).
05/12/11 1:35 PM
On agreeing to the Tsongas amendment Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 223 (Roll no. 315).
05/12/11 1:11 PM
H.R. 1231:
to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes
05/12/11 1:11 PM
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on agreeing to the amendments to H.R. 1231 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
