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1		-	H. Res. 987
2		-	In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
3		-	March 21, 2024.
	1	+	IV
	2	+	118THCONGRESS
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	4	+	DSESSION H. RES. 987
	5	+	Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden
	6	+	administration, and for other purposes.
	7	+	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	8	+	JANUARY31, 2024
	9	+	Mr. N
	10	+	EWHOUSE(for himself, Ms. BOEBERT, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK,
	11	+	Mr. M
	12	+	EUSER, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. CAREY, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. FALLON, Mr.
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	14	+	SSA, Mr. ARMSTRONG, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. WILLIAMSof Texas, Mr.
	15	+	M
	16	+	OYLAN, Mrs. MILLERof West Virginia, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mr.
	17	+	W
	18	+	OMACK, and Mr. FULCHER) submitted the following resolution; which
	19	+	was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition
	20	+	to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently
	21	+	determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
	22	+	sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
	23	+	RESOLUTION
	24	+	Denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of
	25	+	the Biden administration, and for other purposes.
4	26		Whereas President Joe Biden and his administration have
5	27		proposed and finalized regulations that increase the cost
6	28		of energy for domestic consumers, hamper domestic pro-
7	29		duction of energy, and increase reliance on foreign adver-
8	30		saries for energy needs;
9	31		Whereas then-candidate Joe Biden is quoted as saying, ‘‘I
10	32		will end fossil fuels.’’;
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11	36		Whereas decreasing domestic production of fossil fuels does
12	37		not prevent the fuels from being produced globally, but
13	38		instead increases the United States reliance on other
14	39		countries for its energy needs;
15	40		Whereas the United States is reliant on China and other for-
16	41		eign adversaries for many of the minerals necessary for
17	42		renewable energy development;
18	43		Whereas the Biden administration has blocked domestic min-
19	44		eral development despite the massive increase in demand
20	45		for these minerals;
21	46		Whereas the United States became the global leader in
22	47		liquified natural gas exports for the first time in 2023;
23	48		Whereas, on January 26, 2024, the Biden administration an-
24		-	nounced guidance that would prohibit liquified natural 2
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	49	+	nounced guidance that would prohibit liquified natural
26	50		gas exports and permitting for export facilities under sec-
27	51		tion 3 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717b);
28	52		Whereas, under President Biden, gasoline prices reached a
29	53		record-breaking high in 2022, with prices soaring to a
30	54		nationwide average of over $4 a gallon and nearly $5 for
31	55		diesel;
32	56		Whereas gas prices have increased due to President Biden’s
33	57		policies, affecting families and small businesses who
34	58		struggle to make ends meet;
35	59		Whereas, in May 2023, it was calculated that nearly
36	60		20,000,000 households in the United States were behind
37	61		on their utility bills because of rising energy prices;
38	62		Whereas energy prices increased roughly 37.2 percent in
39	63		President Biden’s first 26 months in office, which is the
40	64		largest increase of any of the last 7 Presidents;
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41	68		Whereas President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline
42	69		on his first day in office, preventing over 11,000 jobs,
43	70		hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil per day, and mil-
44	71		lions in revenue;
45	72		Whereas the Biden administration illegally canceled leases in
46	73		the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, even though the
47	74		leases were mandated under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act;
48	75		Whereas the Biden administration added extraction restric-
49	76		tions to 13,000,000 acres of the National Petroleum Re-
50	77		serve–Alaska;
51	78		Whereas the Biden administration canceled 3 proposed lease
52	79		sales in the Gulf of Mexico;
53	80		Whereas President Trump held 9 offshore lease sales and
54		-	President Obama held 20; 3
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	81	+	President Obama held 20;
56	82		Whereas the Biden administration has proposed numerous
57	83		antifossil fuel policies that restrict Federal land develop-
58	84		ment causing companies to cease investment in research,
59	85		development, and exploration;
60	86		Whereas the Biden administration implemented a 20-year
61	87		mining moratorium on 225,000 acres of the Superior Na-
62	88		tional Forest in northern Minnesota;
63	89		Whereas the Biden administration continues to restrict min-
64	90		eral extraction in areas including Chaco Canyon, Black
65	91		Hills National Forest, and the Thompson Divide;
66	92		Whereas, in 2022, more than one-third of Americans say they
67	93		reduced or skipped basic expenses, such as medicine or
68	94		food, to pay an energy bill;
69	95		Whereas President Biden issued Executive Order 14008 on
70	96		his first day in office, which halted all new oil and nat-
71	97		ural gas leasing on Federal lands, violating the Mineral
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72	101		Leasing Act, which requires the Department of the Inte-
73	102		rior to hold quarterly lease sales;
74	103		Whereas the Biden administration did not hold an onshore
75	104		lease sale until June 2022, and the first sale excluded
76	105		nearly 80 percent of eligible lands while instituting a 50-
77	106		percent royalty increase;
78	107		Whereas, in fiscal year 2022, the first full fiscal year of the
79	108		Biden administration, the Bureau of Land Management
80	109		approved an average of 233 drilling permits per month;
81	110		Whereas, in contrast, the Bureau of Land Management was
82	111		approving nearly 400 drilling permits monthly in fiscal
83	112		year 2020;
84	113		Whereas the Biden administration has held only 18 lease
85		-	sales over 36 months in office; 4
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	114	+	sales over 36 months in office;
87	115		Whereas the Biden administration has leased roughly
88	116		232,000 acres bringing in roughly $180,000,000 in Fed-
89	117		eral funding, approximately one-tenth of the acreage and
90	118		revenue secured by the Trump administration;
91	119		Whereas, over the same time period, the Trump administra-
92	120		tion had held 82 lease sales, leasing 3,700,000 acres and
93	121		bringing in over $1,700,000,000 for taxpayers.
94	122		Whereas the Bureau of Land Management proposed a rule
95	123		titled ‘‘Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royal-
96	124		ties, and Resource Conservation’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 73588)
97	125		which aims to further regulate natural gas emissions
98	126		from oil and natural gas production on Federal lands;
99	127		Whereas the Bureau of Land Management issued Instruc-
100	128		tional Memoranda that restrict the rights of existing
101	129		leaseholders, ignore statutory mandates, and will limit
102	130		acreage in future sales;
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103	134		Whereas the Biden administration proposed the rule titled
104	135		‘‘Conservation and Landscape Health’’ (88 Fed. Reg.
105	136		19583) that would illegally elevate conservation as a mul-
106	137		tiple use under the Federal Land Management Policy Act
107	138		of 1976;
108	139		Whereas the Biden administration has proposed a rule titled
109	140		‘‘Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process’’ (88. Fed.
110	141		Reg. 47562) that would establish preference criteria to
111	142		limit oil and gas leasing on Federal lands, while increas-
112	143		ing royalty and bonding rates for oil and gas producers
113	144		on Federal lands; and
114	145		Whereas the Biden administration proposed numerous sup-
115	146		plemental environmental impact statements for resource
116		-	management plans across Western States that would lock 5
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	147	+	management plans across Western States that would lock
118	148		up millions of acres of Federal lands from resource devel-
119	149		opment: Now, therefore, be it
120		-	Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
121		-	(1) denounces the harmful anti-American energy
122		-	policies of the Biden administration;
123		-	(2) denounces the irrational and unpredictable Fed-
124		-	eral lands policies of the Biden administration;
125		-	(3) condemns the energy crisis plaguing families,
126		-	businesses, and Americans around the country that has
127		-	been caused by the Biden administration; and
128		-	(4) encourages the domestic production of reliable
129		-	and affordable energy generation sources.
130		-	Attest:
131		-	Clerk.
	150	+	Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1
	151	+	(1) denounces the harmful anti-American en-2
	152	+	ergy policies of the Biden administration; 3
	153	+	(2) denounces the irrational and unpredictable 4
	154	+	Federal lands policies of the Biden administration; 5
	155	+	(3) condemns the energy crisis plaguing fami-6
	156	+	lies, businesses, and Americans around the country 7
	157	+	that has been caused by the Biden administration; 8
	158	+	and 9
	159	+	(4) encourages the domestic production of reli-10
	160	+	able and affordable energy generation sources. 11
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