H.R. 1449 - Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act
H.R. 1449 - Committing Leases for Energy Access Now Act
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Friday, November 15, 2024 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Announcement For November 18, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 118-730 PDF
Report from the Committee on Natural Resources to accompany H.R. 1449
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 118-754PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 9-3 on Monday, November 18, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1576:
Agreed to by a record vote of 212-203, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 210-199, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
MANAGERS: Fischbach/McGovern
1. Structured rule for H.R. 1449.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. 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.
4. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each 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.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
8. Provides one motion to recommit.
9. Closed rule for H.R. 9495.
10. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
11. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways
and Means now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read.
12. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
13. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means
or their respective designees.
14. Provides one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Houlahan (PA) | Democrat | Adds a section providing agencies the ability to defer a final permitting decision if it cannot be reached within the 30-day deadline outlined by the bill text. If an agency chooses to defer, they must communicate to the applicant what is needed from them to reach a final decision, or what specific actions the agency is still working on to reach a decision. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Vasquez (NM) | Democrat | Provides geothermal technologies permitting parity with oil and gas for well-field development. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ), Tlaib (MI) | Democrat | Extends the timeline for determining permit completeness to 90 days, as requested by the Department of the Interior, and provides flexibility in the timeline to issue final determinations on a permit. | Made in Order |
| 4 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ), Kamlager-Dove (CA) | Democrat | Conditions the effective date on a certification that the Bureau of Land Management and other Federal permitting agencies have sufficient staff and funding to comply with the deadlines established by this Act. | Made in Order |
| 5 | Version 1 | Ocasio-Cortez (NY) | Democrat | Replaces the deadlines in this bill with similar language that passed the House on suspension by voice vote (H.R. 7370, Rep. Curtis, GEO Act). | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Grijalva (AZ) | Democrat | Strikes the permit approval deadlines in this Act and replaces them with those agreed upon in the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 277
Motion by Mrs. Fischbach to report the rule. Adopted: 9–3