COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
10:00 a.m.

FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON:

• HR 3407 (Hastings of WA), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, to ensure secure energy supplies for the continental Pacific Coast of the United States, lower prices, and reduce imports, and for other purposes. "Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act"
  • Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3407
• HR 3408 (Lamborn), To set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes. "Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act" or "PIONEERS Act"
  • Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3408
• HR 3410 (Stivers), To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American infrastructure, and for other purposes. "Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act"
  • Amendment in the nature of substitute to H.R. 3410

OPENING STATEMENTS:

The Honorable Doc Hastings
Full Committee Chairman

The Honorable Doug Lamborn
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Chairman

COMMITTEE ACTION:

The Committee on Natural Resources met in an open markup session on Wednesday, February 1, 2012, and considered the following bills:

H.R. 3408 (Lamborn), To set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes. “PIONEERS Act”, or “Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act”

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of HR 3408 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment in the nature of a substitute was offered by Mr. Lamborn.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Rivera.016 was WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment to the ANS was offered by Mr. Tipton:
  • A substitute amendment to Tipton amendment was offered by Mr. Garamendi.072, was NOT AGREED TO a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 26 nays.
  • The Tipton amendment to the ANS WAS AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mrs. Napolitano.002 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 26 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Holt.001 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 26 nays.
• The amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, was AGREED TO by voice vote.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 27 yeas and 16 nays.

H.R. 3407 (Hastings of WA), To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, to ensure secure energy supplies for the continental Pacific Coast of the United States, lower prices, and reduce imports, and for other purposes. “Alaskan Energy for American Jobs Act”

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of HR 3407 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment in the nature of a substitute was offered by Mr. Hastings of Washington.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Markey.001 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 11 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS (Mr. Holt.005) offered by Mr. Grijalva was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 13 yeas and 28 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.002 was offered and WITHDRAWN.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Markey.004 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 28 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Broun.082 was offered WITHDRAWN.
• The amendment in the nature of a substitute was AGREED TO by voice vote.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 29 yeas and 13 nays.

H.R. 3410 (Stivers), To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American infrastructure, and for other purposes. “Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act”

The Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources was discharged from further consideration of HR 3410 by unanimous consent.

• An amendment in the nature of a substitute was offered by Mr. Hastings of Washington.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Sarbanes.03 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 12 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. DeFazio.10 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.06 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Garamendi.071 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Ms. Tsongas.04 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote 15 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Ms. Tsongas.12 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 16 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS (Mr. Grijalva.05) offered by Mr. Markey was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 14 yeas and 30 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Holt.099 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 27 nays.
• An amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Markey.01 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 16 yeas and 28 nays.
• An amendment was offered by Mr. Runyan.025:
  • A substitute amendment offered by Mr. Garamendi to the Runyan.025 amendment was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 20 yeas and 24 nays.
  • The amendment to the ANS offered by Mr. Runyan.025 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• The amendment in the nature of a substitute was AGREED TO by a voice vote.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 25 yeas and 19 nays.