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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 513 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To nullify certain Presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land, amend |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish limits on the author- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ity of the President to withdraw unleased offshore land, and for other |
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| 8 | 8 | | purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. H |
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| 12 | 12 | | IGGINSof Louisiana (for himself, Mr. HUNT, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | B |
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| 14 | 14 | | URCHETT, Mr. SHREVE, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mrs. MILLER |
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| 15 | 15 | | of West Virginia, Mr. C |
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| 16 | 16 | | RENSHAW, Mr. BRECHEEN, Ms. VANDUYNE, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | P |
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| 18 | 18 | | ERRY, Mr. TIFFANY, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr. OGLES, Mr. |
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| 19 | 19 | | B |
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| 20 | 20 | | URLISON, Mr. CLYDE, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, Mr. HARRISof Maryland, |
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| 21 | 21 | | and Mr. M |
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| 22 | 22 | | OOREof Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was re- |
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| 23 | 23 | | ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the |
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| 24 | 24 | | Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 25 | 25 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 26 | 26 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 27 | 27 | | A BILL |
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| 28 | 28 | | To nullify certain Presidential withdrawals of unleased off- |
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| 29 | 29 | | shore land, amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act to establish limits on the authority of the President |
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| 31 | 31 | | to withdraw unleased offshore land, and for other pur- |
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| 32 | 32 | | poses. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 39 | 39 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Offshore Lands Au-2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | thorities Act of 2025’’. 3 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SEC. 2. NULLIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL WITHDRAWALS 4 |
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| 42 | 42 | | OF UNLEASED OFFSHORE LAND. 5 |
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| 43 | 43 | | The following Presidential withdrawals of unleased 6 |
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| 44 | 44 | | offshore land shall have no force or effect: 7 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (1) The Presidential Memorandum of December 8 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 20, 2016, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 9 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Certain Portions of the United States Arctic Outer 10 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Continental Shelf From Mineral Leasing’’ (relating 11 |
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| 49 | 49 | | to the Chukchi Sea Planning Area and the Beaufort 12 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sea Planning Area). 13 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) The Presidential Memorandum of December 14 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 16, 2014, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 15 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Certain Areas of the United States Outer Conti-16 |
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| 54 | 54 | | nental Shelf From Leasing Disposition’’ (relating to 17 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area). 18 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (3) Section 3 of Executive Order 13754 (81 19 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Fed. Reg. 90669; relating to Northern Bering Sea 20 |
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| 58 | 58 | | climate resilience). 21 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (4) Section 4(b) of Executive Order 13990 (86 22 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Fed. Reg. 7037; relating to reinstating Executive 23 |
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| 61 | 61 | | Order 13754 and the Presidential Memorandum of 24 |
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| 62 | 62 | | December 20, 2016). 25 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (5) The Presidential Memorandum of March 1 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 13, 2023, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Certain Areas off the United States Arctic Coast of 3 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Gas Leas-4 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ing’’ (relating to the Beaufort Planning Area). 5 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (6) The Presidential Memorandum of December 6 |
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| 72 | 72 | | 20, 2016, titled ‘‘Memorandum on Withdrawal of 7 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Certain Areas off the Atlantic Coast on the Outer 8 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Continental Shelf From Mineral Leasing’’ (relating 9 |
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| 75 | 75 | | to canyons and canyon complexes offshore the Atlan-10 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tic coast). 11 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (7) The Presidential Memorandum of January 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | 6, 2025, titled ‘‘Memorandum on the Withdrawal of 13 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Certain Areas of the United States Outer Conti-14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | nental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing’’ (re-15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | lating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific 16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | areas). 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (8) The Presidential Memorandum of January 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | 6, 2025, titled ‘‘Memorandum on the Withdrawal of 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | Certain Areas of the United States Outer Conti-20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | nental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing’’ (re-21 |
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| 87 | 87 | | lating to the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resil-22 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ience Area). 23 |
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| 92 | 92 | | SEC. 3. LIMITATION OF AUTHORITY OF THE PRESIDENT TO 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | WITHDRAW UNLEASED OFFSHORE LANDS. 2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(a)) is amended— 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (1) by striking ‘‘(a)The President’’ and insert-5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ing the following: 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(a) W |
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| 99 | 99 | | ITHDRAWAL OF UNLEASEDLANDS BY THE 7 |
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| 100 | 100 | | P |
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| 101 | 101 | | RESIDENT.— 8 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 103 | 103 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | graphs (2) and (3), the President’’; 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (2) by inserting ‘‘Beginning on the date of en-11 |
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| 106 | 106 | | actment of the Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 12 |
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| 107 | 107 | | 2025, the President shall transmit a withdrawal 13 |
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| 108 | 108 | | made under the preceding sentence to the President 14 |
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| 109 | 109 | | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Rep-15 |
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| 110 | 110 | | resentatives.’’ after ‘‘outer Continental Shelf.’’; and 16 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 112 | 112 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 113 | 113 | | IMITATIONS.— 18 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(A) A |
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| 115 | 115 | | CRES.—A withdrawal under para-19 |
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| 116 | 116 | | graph (1) may not exceed an area larger than 20 |
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| 117 | 117 | | 150,000 acres in total or contiguous with any 21 |
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| 118 | 118 | | other withdrawal under such paragraph. 22 |
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| 119 | 119 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 120 | 120 | | ERIOD.—A withdrawal under para-23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | graph (1) may not be made for a period longer 24 |
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| 122 | 122 | | than 20 years. 25 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘(C) CUMULATIVE WITHDRAWALS .—No 1 |
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| 127 | 127 | | President may, under paragraph (1), withdraw 2 |
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| 128 | 128 | | more than 500,000 acres cumulatively without 3 |
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| 129 | 129 | | obtaining Congressional approval. 4 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 131 | 131 | | SSESSMENTS REQUIRED .—The President 5 |
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| 132 | 132 | | may not withdraw unleased lands of the outer Conti-6 |
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| 133 | 133 | | nental Shelf under paragraph (1) unless— 7 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(A) the Secretary completed a quan-8 |
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| 135 | 135 | | titative and qualitative geophysical and geologi-9 |
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| 136 | 136 | | cal mineral resource assessment of the lands to 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | be withdrawn during the 5-year period ending 11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | on the date of such withdrawal; 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(B) the Secretary, in consultation with 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Energy, the Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | retary of Agriculture, completed an assessment 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | of the economic, energy, and national security 17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | value of mineral deposits identified in the min-18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | eral resource assessment completed under sub-19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | paragraph (A); 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | ‘‘(C) the Secretary completed an assess-21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ment of the expected reduction in future Fed-22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | eral revenues resulting from the proposed with-23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | drawal to the Treasury, States (including from 24 |
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| 151 | 151 | | allocations made under section 105 of the Gulf 25 |
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| 155 | 155 | | of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 1 |
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| 156 | 156 | | U.S.C. 1331 note)), the Land and Water Con-2 |
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| 157 | 157 | | servation Fund, and the Historic Preservation 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Fund; and 4 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(D) the Secretary submits to the Commit-5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | tees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Armed 6 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Services, Energy and Commerce, and Foreign 7 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 8 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-9 |
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| 164 | 164 | | estry, Armed Services, Energy and Natural Re-10 |
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| 165 | 165 | | sources, and Foreign Relations of the Senate a 11 |
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| 166 | 166 | | report that includes the results of the assess-12 |
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| 167 | 167 | | ments completed under this subsection. 13 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 169 | 169 | | ONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL PROCE -14 |
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| 170 | 170 | | DURE.— 15 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(A) J |
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| 172 | 172 | | OINT RESOLUTION DEFINED .—For 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | the purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘joint 17 |
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| 174 | 174 | | resolution’ means only a joint resolution, which 18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | may not have a preamble, the matter after the 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That 20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Congress disapproves the withdrawal made 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | under section 12(a)(1) of the Outer Continental 22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | Shelf Lands Act on llll, relating to 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | llll, and such withdrawal shall have no 24 |
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| 184 | 184 | | force or effect.’ (the blank spaces being appro-1 |
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| 185 | 185 | | priately filled in). 2 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 187 | 187 | | EFERRAL.—A joint resolution de-3 |
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| 188 | 188 | | scribed in subparagraph (A) shall be referred to 4 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the committees in each House of Congress with 5 |
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| 190 | 190 | | jurisdiction. 6 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(C) D |
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| 192 | 192 | | ISCHARGE.—In the Senate, if the 7 |
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| 193 | 193 | | committee to which is referred a joint resolution 8 |
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| 194 | 194 | | described in subparagraph (A) has not reported 9 |
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| 195 | 195 | | such joint resolution (or a joint resolution 10 |
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| 196 | 196 | | aimed at the same Presidential withdrawal) at 11 |
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| 197 | 197 | | the end of 20 calendar days after the submis-12 |
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| 198 | 198 | | sion or introduction of legislation to disapprove 13 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the withdrawal, such committee may be dis-14 |
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| 200 | 200 | | charged from further consideration of such joint 15 |
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| 201 | 201 | | resolution and placed on the appropriate cal-16 |
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| 202 | 202 | | endar of the Senate upon a petition supported 17 |
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| 203 | 203 | | in writing by 30 Members of the Senate. 18 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ‘‘(D) F |
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| 205 | 205 | | LOOR CONSIDERATION.— 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 207 | 207 | | N GENERAL.—In the Senate, 20 |
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| 208 | 208 | | when the committee to which a joint reso-21 |
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| 209 | 209 | | lution is referred has reported, or when a 22 |
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| 210 | 210 | | committee is discharged (under subpara-23 |
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| 211 | 211 | | graph (C)) from further consideration of, a 24 |
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| 212 | 212 | | joint resolution described in subparagraph 25 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (A), it is at any time thereafter in order 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | (even though a previous motion to the 2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | same effect has been disagreed to) for a 3 |
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| 219 | 219 | | motion to proceed to the consideration of 4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | the joint resolution, and all points of order 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | against the joint resolution (and against 6 |
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| 222 | 222 | | consideration of joint resolution) are 7 |
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| 223 | 223 | | waived. The motion is not subject to 8 |
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| 224 | 224 | | amendment, to a motion to postpone, or to 9 |
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| 225 | 225 | | a motion to proceed to the consideration of 10 |
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| 226 | 226 | | other business. A motion to reconsider the 11 |
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| 227 | 227 | | vote by which the motion is agreed to or 12 |
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| 228 | 228 | | disagreed to shall not be in order. If a mo-13 |
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| 229 | 229 | | tion to proceed to the consideration of the 14 |
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| 230 | 230 | | joint resolution is agreed to, the joint reso-15 |
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| 231 | 231 | | lution shall remain the unfinished business 16 |
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| 232 | 232 | | of the Senate until disposed of. 17 |
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| 233 | 233 | | ‘‘(ii) D |
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| 234 | 234 | | EBATE.—In the Senate, debate 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | on the joint resolution, and on all debat-19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | able motions and appeals in connection 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | therewith, shall be limited to not more 21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | than 10 hours, which shall be divided 22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | equally between those favoring and those 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | opposing the resolution. A motion further 24 |
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| 241 | 241 | | to limit debate is in order and not debat-25 |
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| 245 | 245 | | able. An amendment to, or a motion to 1 |
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| 246 | 246 | | postpone, or a motion to proceed to the 2 |
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| 247 | 247 | | consideration of other business, or a mo-3 |
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| 248 | 248 | | tion to recommit the resolution is not in 4 |
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| 249 | 249 | | order. 5 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(iii) F |
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| 251 | 251 | | INAL PASSAGE.—In the Sen-6 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ate, immediately following the conclusion 7 |
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| 253 | 253 | | of the debate on a resolution described in 8 |
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| 254 | 254 | | subparagraph (A), and a single quorum 9 |
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| 255 | 255 | | call at the conclusion of the debate if re-10 |
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| 256 | 256 | | quested in accordance with the rules of the 11 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Senate, the vote on final passage of the 12 |
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| 258 | 258 | | resolution shall occur. 13 |
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| 259 | 259 | | ‘‘(iv) A |
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| 260 | 260 | | PPEALS.—In the Senate, ap-14 |
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| 261 | 261 | | peals from the decisions of the Chair relat-15 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ing to the application of the rules of the 16 |
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| 263 | 263 | | Senate to the procedure relating to a reso-17 |
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| 264 | 264 | | lution described in subparagraph (A) shall 18 |
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| 265 | 265 | | be decided without debate. 19 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(v) T |
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| 267 | 267 | | REATMENT IF OTHER HOUSE 20 |
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| 268 | 268 | | HAS ACTED.—If, before the passage by one 21 |
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| 269 | 269 | | House of a resolution of that House de-22 |
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| 270 | 270 | | scribed in subparagraph (A), that House 23 |
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| 271 | 271 | | receives from the other House a resolution 24 |
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| 275 | 275 | | described in subparagraph (A), then the 1 |
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| 276 | 276 | | following procedures shall apply: 2 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(I) N |
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| 278 | 278 | | ONREFERRAL.—The reso-3 |
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| 279 | 279 | | lution of the other House shall not be 4 |
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| 280 | 280 | | referred to a committee. 5 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(II) F |
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| 282 | 282 | | INAL PASSAGE.—With re-6 |
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| 283 | 283 | | spect to a resolution described in sub-7 |
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| 284 | 284 | | paragraph (A) of the House receiving 8 |
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| 285 | 285 | | the resolution— 9 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(aa) the procedure in that 10 |
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| 287 | 287 | | House shall be the same as if no 11 |
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| 288 | 288 | | resolution had been received from 12 |
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| 289 | 289 | | the other House; but 13 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(bb) the vote on final pas-14 |
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| 291 | 291 | | sage shall be on the resolution of 15 |
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| 292 | 292 | | the other House. 16 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ‘‘(vi) D |
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| 294 | 294 | | EBATE ON VETO MESSAGE .— 17 |
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| 295 | 295 | | In the Senate, debate on a veto message 18 |
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| 296 | 296 | | from the President on a joint resolution 19 |
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| 297 | 297 | | described in subparagraph (A), including 20 |
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| 298 | 298 | | all debatable motions and appeals in con-21 |
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| 299 | 299 | | nection therewith, shall be limited to not 22 |
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| 300 | 300 | | more than 10 hours, equally divided be-23 |
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| 301 | 301 | | tween those favoring and those opposing 24 |
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| 302 | 302 | | the resolution. A motion further to limit 25 |
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| 306 | 306 | | debate is in order and not debatable. No 1 |
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| 307 | 307 | | amendment to the veto message shall be in 2 |
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| 308 | 308 | | order. The vote on passage of the joint res-3 |
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| 309 | 309 | | olution following the veto message shall 4 |
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| 310 | 310 | | occur immediately following the conclusion 5 |
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| 311 | 311 | | of debate. 6 |
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| 312 | 312 | | ‘‘(E) C |
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| 313 | 313 | | ONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY .—Sub-7 |
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| 314 | 314 | | paragraphs (A) through (D) are enacted by 8 |
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| 315 | 315 | | Congress— 9 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(i) as an exercise of the rulemaking 10 |
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| 317 | 317 | | power of the Senate and the House of Rep-11 |
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| 318 | 318 | | resentatives, respectively, and as such it is 12 |
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| 319 | 319 | | deemed a part of the rules of each House, 13 |
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| 320 | 320 | | respectively, but applicable only with re-14 |
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| 321 | 321 | | spect to procedure to be followed in this 15 |
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| 322 | 322 | | paragraph, and it supersedes other rules 16 |
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| 323 | 323 | | only to the extent that it is inconsistent 17 |
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| 324 | 324 | | with such rules; and 18 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(ii) with full recognition of the con-19 |
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| 326 | 326 | | stitutional right of either House to change 20 |
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| 327 | 327 | | the rules (so far as relating to the proce-21 |
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| 328 | 328 | | dure of that House) at any time, in the 22 |
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| 329 | 329 | | same manner, and to the same extent as in 23 |
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| 330 | 330 | | the case of any other rule of that House. 24 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(F) LACK OF EFFECT OR CONTINUANCE ; 1 |
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| 335 | 335 | | SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR WITHDRAWALS .— 2 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(i) L |
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| 337 | 337 | | ACK OF EFFECT OR CONTINU -3 |
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| 338 | 338 | | ANCE.—A withdrawal made under section 4 |
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| 339 | 339 | | 12(a)(1) of the Outer Continental Shelf 5 |
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| 340 | 340 | | Lands Act shall not take effect (or con-6 |
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| 341 | 341 | | tinue), if the Congress enacts a joint reso-7 |
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| 342 | 342 | | lution of disapproval, described under sub-8 |
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| 343 | 343 | | paragraph (A), of the withdrawal. 9 |
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| 344 | 344 | | ‘‘(ii) S |
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| 345 | 345 | | UBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR WITH -10 |
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| 346 | 346 | | DRAWALS.—A withdrawal that does not 11 |
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| 347 | 347 | | take effect (or does not continue) under 12 |
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| 348 | 348 | | clause (i) may not be reissued in substan-13 |
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| 349 | 349 | | tially the same form, and a new withdrawal 14 |
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| 350 | 350 | | that is substantially the same as such a 15 |
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| 351 | 351 | | withdrawal may not be issued, unless the 16 |
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| 352 | 352 | | reissued or new withdrawal is specifically 17 |
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| 353 | 353 | | authorized by a law enacted after the date 18 |
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| 354 | 354 | | of the joint resolution disapproving the 19 |
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| 355 | 355 | | original withdrawal. 20 |
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| 357 | 357 | | UDICIAL REVIEW.—No determina-21 |
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| 358 | 358 | | tion, finding, action, or omission under this 22 |
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| 359 | 359 | | paragraph shall be subject to judicial review. 23 |
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| 360 | 360 | | ‘‘(H) S |
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| 361 | 361 | | UBMISSION OF COVERED AGENCY 24 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ACTION TO CONGRESS.— 25 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT .—Any 1 |
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| 367 | 367 | | covered agency action subject to the dis-2 |
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| 368 | 368 | | approval procedures under this subsection 3 |
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| 369 | 369 | | shall be submitted to Congress by the 4 |
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| 370 | 370 | | agency responsible for the action. Such 5 |
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| 371 | 371 | | submission must include the text of the 6 |
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| 372 | 372 | | agency action, a concise summary of the 7 |
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| 373 | 373 | | action, and the date on which the action 8 |
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| 374 | 374 | | was taken. 9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | RANSMITTAL.—For purposes of 10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | this subsection, the date of submission of 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | the covered agency action to Congress shall 12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | be the later of— 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(I) the date on which the agen-14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | cy submits the action to both the 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | President of the Senate and the 16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | Speaker of the House of Representa-17 |
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| 384 | 384 | | tives; or 18 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(II) the date on which the agen-19 |
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| 386 | 386 | | cy makes the action publicly available 20 |
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| 387 | 387 | | in the Federal Register or by another 21 |
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| 388 | 388 | | publicly accessible method. 22 |
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| 389 | 389 | | ‘‘(iii) S |
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| 390 | 390 | | TART OF PROCEDURES .—The 23 |
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| 391 | 391 | | submission of the covered agency action 24 |
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| 392 | 392 | | under clause (i) shall trigger the expedited 25 |
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| 396 | 396 | | parliamentary procedures set forth in this 1 |
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| 397 | 397 | | subsection. No resolution under this sub-2 |
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| 398 | 398 | | section may be considered in either cham-3 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ber until such submission has occurred. 4 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(iv) N |
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| 401 | 401 | | OTICE OF SUBMISSION.—Upon 5 |
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| 402 | 402 | | receipt of a covered agency action, the 6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | President of the Senate and the Speaker of 7 |
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| 404 | 404 | | the House of Representatives shall cause a 8 |
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| 405 | 405 | | notice of such submission to be published 9 |
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| 406 | 406 | | in the Congressional Record on the next 10 |
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| 407 | 407 | | calendar day of their respective chambers. 11 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ‘‘(5) I |
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| 409 | 409 | | NTEGRATION WITH 5 -YEAR OIL AND GAS 12 |
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| 410 | 410 | | LEASING PROGRAM.—The President may not make a 13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | withdrawal under paragraph (1) that conflicts with 14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | areas included in a lease sale scheduled under an oil 15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | and gas leasing program approved under Section 16 |
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