To provide for the development of a plan to increase oil and gas production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Energy, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of Defense in conjunction with a drawdown of petroleum reserves from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Strategic Production Response Act
This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Energy (DOE) submits to Congress a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production. Specifically, the bill prohibits DOE from drawing down petroleum in the SPR for nonemergency purposes until it submits a plan to increase the percentage of federal lands, including submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, that are leased for oil and gas production to offset any drawdowns on or after January 21, 2021.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Grijalva amendment No. 145, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Grijalva demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Jackson (NC) amendment No. 46 under the five-minute rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jackson (NC) amendment No. 46, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Pallone demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Greene (GA) amendment No. 147 under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sherman amendment No. 88 under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Sherman amendment No. 88 under the five-minute rule, pending a reservation of a point of order.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lieu amendment No. 61 under the five-minute rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lieu amendment No. 61, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Lieu demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
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DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Lieu amendment No. 62 under the five-minute rule.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Nickel amendment No. 77 under the five-minute rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Nickel amendment No. 77, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Nickel demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 5, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with debate on the Pallone amendment No. 95 under the five-minute rule, pending a reservation of a point of order.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 21.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 93).
Roll Call #93 (House)On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 205 (Roll no. 93).
Roll Call #93 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 21.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.