Full Committee Markup on:

• H.R. 6087 (Rep.  Liz Cheney of Wyoming), To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recover the cost of processing administrative protests for oil and gas lease sales, applications for permits to drill, and right of way applications, and for other purposes. Removing Barriers to Energy Independence Act.
• Markup Memo
• Cheney #1
• Huffman_001
• H.R. 6088 (Rep. John R. Curtis of Utah), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize notifications of permit to drill, and for other purposes. Streamlining Permitting Efficiency in Energy Development Act or SPEED Act.
• Markup Memo
• Curtis #1
• Grijalva_001
• McEachin_003
• Lowenthal_004
• H.R. 6106 (Rep. Stevan Pearce of New Mexico), To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify the authorized categorical exclusions and authorize additional categorical exclusions to streamline the oil and gas permitting process, and for other purposes. Common Sense Permitting Act.
  
• Markup Memo
• Pearce #1
• Barragan_042
• Gallego_001
• Velazquez_002
• H.R. 6107 (Rep. Stevan Pearce of New Mexico), To clarify that Bureau of Land Management shall not require permits for oil and gas activities conducted on non-Federal surface estate to access subsurface mineral estate that is less than 50 percent Federally owned, and for other purposes. Ending Duplicative Permitting Act.
• Markup Memo
• Pearce #1
• Lowenthal_001

Markup Action:

H.R. 6088 (Rep. John R. Curtis), To amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize notifications of permit to drill, and for other purposes.  “Streamlining Permitting Efficiencies in Energy Development Act” or “SPEED Act”.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Curtis [#1], was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Grijalva [001], was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 21 nays.

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The Committee adjourned without taking further action on this bill.

H.R. 6106 (Rep. Stevan Pearce), To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to clarify the authorized categorical exclusions and authorize additional categorical exclusions to streamline the oil and gas permitting process, and for other purposes.  “Common Sense Permitting Act”.

• An amendment offered by Mr. Pearce [#1], was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Ms. Barragan [042], was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 17 yeas and 22 nays.
• An amendment offered by Mr. Gallego [001], was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 22 nays.
• An amendment offered by Ms. Velázquez [002], was not agreed to by a roll call vote of 18 yeas and 22 nays.

H.R. 6106, as amended, was adopted and ordered favorably reported to the House of Representatives by a roll call vote of 22 yeas and 18 nays.

Related Documents:

• Full Committee Markup Notice -- June 15, 2018