COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
10:00 a.m.

• Press Release - Committee Approves Bipartisan Job-Creating Energy Bill to Replace President Obama’s No-New-Jobs, No-New-Energy Offshore Plan (7/18/2012)
• Press Release - Committee to Markup Plan to Replace President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan (7/9/2012)

FULL COMMITTEE MARKUP ON:

• H.R. 6082 (Hastings of WA), To officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama’s Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes. "The Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Doc Hastings
Chairman

COMMITTEE ACTION:

The Committee on Natural Resources met in an open markup session on Wednesday, July 18, 2012, and considered the following bill:

H.R. 6082 (Hastings of WA), To officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama’s Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes. "Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan"

• An amendment offered by Mr. Duncan of South Carolina#1 was AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Runyan.050 was NOT AGREED TO by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Tonko.003 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 13 yeas and 20 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Holt.005 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 19 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Holt.006 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 16 yeas and 21 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.002 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 15 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Markey.004 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 25 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Pallone.059 was NOT AGREED TO by a roll call vote of 16 yeas and 26 nays.

Adopted and favorably reported to the House of Representatives, as amended, by a roll call vote of 24 yeas and 17 nays.