H.R. 1613 - Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 1613 PDF XML

    Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act (as reported)

    Text of H. Rept. 113-101 Part 1 PDF HTML

    Report from the Committee on Natural Resources

Rule Information

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Tuesday, June 25, 2013.

FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 274: 
ADOPTED by record vote of 235-187, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 228-194, on Wednesday, June, 26, 2013.  
 

MANAGERS: Bishop (UT)/Hastings (FL)

1. Structured rule for H.R. 1613.

2. Provides one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

6. Makes in order only the further amendment printed in Part A of the Rules Committee report, if offered by Representative Grayson of Florida. The amendment shall be considered as read, shall be separately debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in Part A of the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

9. Structured rule for H.R. 2231.

10. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources..

11. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

12. Makes in order as original text for purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-16 and provides that it shall be considered as read.

13. Waives all points of order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute.

14. Makes in order only those further amendments printed in Part B of the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

15. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in Part B of the report.

16. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

17. Open rule for H.R. 2410.

18. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations.

19. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

20. Waives points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI, except for sections 717, 718, 740, and specific provisions contained in section 719.

21. Provides that the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.

22. Authorizes the Chair to accord priority in recognition to members who have pre-printed their amendments in the Congressional Record.

23. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

24. Section 4 provides that on any legislative day during the period from June 29, 2013, through July 5, 2013: the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment.

25. Section 5 provides that the Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 4 of the resolution.

26. Section 6 provides for consideration of concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment during the month of July.

27. Section 7 provides that the Committee on Appropriations may, at any time before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, file privileged reports to accompany measures making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014.

 

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
3Version 1Broun (GA)RepublicanProvides that all claims arising from projects taking place due to the underlying bill be filed within 60 days and resolved within 180 days. Places restrictions on appeals and institute a “loser pays” requirement on individuals or entities filing suit, except in specified circumstances.Submitted
5Version 1Grayson (FL)DemocratEnsures that no portion of this legislation is construed as affecting the right of any state to prohibit the management, leasing, developing, and use of lands (including offshore oil drilling) beneath navigable waters within its boundaries. Made In Order
1Version 1Grijalva (AZ), Waters (CA), Cleaver (MO)DemocratWithdrawn Strikes section of the bill that creates an exemption from a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform Act requiring companies to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission any payments to governments that they make in connection with a natural resource extraction project.Withdrawn
4Version 1Israel (NY)DemocratRequires a report by the Secretary of State before implementation of the agreement with Mexico describing terrorist activities, including Iran and Hezbollah, in Mexico and steps the U.S. and Mexico are taking to combat these activities. Submitted
2Version 1Richmond (LA)DemocratWithdrawn Brings the new leasing area created by this bill into conformity with existing revenue sharing law that applies to surrounding leases by sharing 37.5% of qualified oil and gas revenues with Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama beginning in 2024. Withdrawn