House Floor Summary

VACATED PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Hastings asked unanimous consent to vacate the proceedings on his amendment numbered 98 printed Part B of House Report 115-295, which was postponed, to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection.

On agreeing to the Hastings amendment; Failed by voice vote.

VACATED PROCEEDINGS - Mr. Hastings asked unanimous consent to vacate the proceedings on his amendment numbered 97 printed Part B of House Report 115-295, which was postponed, to the end that the Chair put the question de novo. Agreed to without objection.

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration pursuant to H. Res. 500.

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3354 as unfinished business.

On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

Mr. Calvert moved that the committee rise.

On agreeing to the Sanford amendment; Failed by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 504, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Sanford amendment No. 51.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Sanford, numbered 51 printed in House Report 115-297 to prohibit funds to authorize, permit, or conduct geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane and hydrate exploration and development in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic or the Straits of Florida.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Goodlatte amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Scott(VA) 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. 504, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Goodlatte amendment No. 50.

On agreeing to the Westerman amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 504, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Westerman amendment No. 45.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Westerman, numbered 45 printed in House Report 115-297 to restrict funding from being used to enforce the final rule entitled "Onshore Oil and Gas Operations; Federal and Indian Oil and Gas Leases; Measurement of Oil" and published by the Bureau of Land Management on November 17, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 81462).

On agreeing to the Young (AK) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Young(AK) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Jayapal 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. 504, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Young (AK) amendment No. 44.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Young (AK), numbered 44 printed in House Report 115-297 to prohibit funds from this Act to be used by the Department of Interior t o change existing placer mining plans of operations in regard to re-vegetation.

WORDS TAKEN DOWN - During the course of debate, exception was taken to certain words used and a demand was made to have the words taken down. Mr. Young (AK) asked unanimous consent to withdraw the words. Without objection the words were withdrawn. The Committee of the Whole resumed with debate on the Young (AK) amendment.