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H.R. 6285 - Alaska’s Right to Produce Act of 2023
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 7-4 on Monday, April 29, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1173:
Agreed to by a record vote of 209-205, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 209-205, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
MANAGERS: Fischbach/Leger Fernández
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Closed rules for H.R. 615, H.R. 2925, and H.R. 3195. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of each bill. |
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Provides that the respective amendments in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in each bill shall be considered as adopted and each bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in each bill, as amended. |
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Provides one hour of general debate on each bill equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Provides each bill one motion to recommit. |
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Closed rule for H.R. 764. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
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Provides that the bill shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Provides one motion to recommit. |
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Closed rule for H.R. 3397. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
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Provides that in lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 118-32 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Provides one motion to recommit. |
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Structured rule for H.R. 6285. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
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Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees. |
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Makes in order only the amendment printed in part B of the Rules Committee report. Each amendment shall be considered 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. |
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Waives all points of order against the amendment printed in part B of the report. |
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Provides one motion to recommit. |
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Closed rule for H.R. 6090. |
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Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. |
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Provides that the bill shall be considered as read. |
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Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill. |
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Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. |
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Provides one motion to recommit. |
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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| 1 | Version 2 | Peltola (AK) | Democrat | Revised Clarifies that the bill applies to onshore Arctic development | Revised |
| 2 | Version 2 | Garamendi (CA) | Democrat | Revised Requires that all crude oil and natural gas from Alaska's Coastal Plain exported overseas be transported on a United States-flag vessel (crewed by U.S. mariners, as required by existing law) and owned by U.S. citizens. This same requirement applied to all seaborne exports of crude oil from Alaska's North Slope from 1995 to 2015. | Revised |
| 3 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Strikes ‘‘in the Coastal Plain’’ on page 6 line 1 | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 1 | Leger Fernández (NM) | Democrat | Protects tribes from judicial review restrictions for claims alleging a violation of law related to subsistence rights or public health. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | DeSaulnier (CA) | Democrat | Strikes Section 6(b) and preserve Executive Order 13990 to protect public health and address the climate crisis | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Stauber (MN) | Republican | MANAGER’S AMENDMENT Makes a technical change to the legislation, updating the correct federal register citation relating to the Biden Administration’s rule titled ‘‘Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.” | Considered as Adopted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Graves (LA) | Republican | Requires BOEM to hold additional offshore lease sales in the Western and Central Regions of the Gulf of Mexico and the Cook Inlet Region of Alaska. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Strikes and replaces bill text with H.R. 724, Arctic Refuge Protection Act. | Submitted |
| 9 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the bill from going into effect until the Secretary completes a study on the impact of oil and gas development on subsistence resources in ANWR/NPR-A and carries out tribal consultation. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Levin (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits any new leasing for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas along the Southern California coast. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Pallone (NJ) | Democrat | Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the Secretary from issuing leases until revenue meets or exceeds Congressional Budget Office cost estimates. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 1 | Perry (PA) | Republican | Exempts vessels transporting liquefied natural gas from Jones Act restrictions. This exemption does not apply to Russian or Chinese built, flagged, or crewed vessels. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Huffman (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits oil and gas leasing in Arctic Ocean Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Williams (GA) | Democrat | Requires the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to submit to a Congress a report on any potential harms to the grizzly bear, polar bear, and black bear populations in the State of Alaska that may result from the implementation of this Act. | Submitted |
| 17 | Version 1 | Stauber (MN) | Republican | Late Prohibits the Department of the Interior from creating a new Special Area or expanding an existing Special Areas within the NPR-A, without specific Congressional authorization. | Made in Order |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 220
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to amend the rule to make in order amendment #4 to H.R. 6285, offered by Representative Leger Fernández, which protects tribes from judicial review restrictions for claims alleging a violation of law related to subsistence rights or public health. Defeated: 3–7
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
Nay
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
No Vote
Mr. Austin Scott
Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 221
Motion by Mrs. Fischbach to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
Yea
Mr. Norman
No Vote
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
No Vote
Mr. Austin Scott
Yea
Mr. Burgess, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
Nay
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay