House Floor Summary

Mr. Lowenthal moved that the Committe rise.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rouda amendment No. 8.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Rouda, numbered 8 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to require the Department of Commerce to complete an economic impact study and assessment of potential damage related to offshore oil drilling, including tourism, commercial fishing, recreational fishing, boating, transportation, and other waterfront-related and coastal-related business.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gosar amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gosar demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Gosar amendment No. 7.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Gosar, numbered 7 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to allow the bill to go into effect when DOI, in consultation with DOL, certifies that the offshore energy moratorium in the bill will not eliminate a substantial number of minority and women jobs.

On agreeing to the Levin (MI) amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Levin (MI) amendment No. 6.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Levin (MI), numbered 6 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to establish a moratorium on oil, gas, and methane hydrate-related seismic activities in the Atlantic Ocean.

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

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Rouda amendment No. 5.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Rouda, numbered 5 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to direct the Department of the Interior to make the information from the inspections and payments made into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund required by the bill available to the public, including information related to the operators, facilities, amounts paid into the fund, and inspection results.

On agreeing to the Langevin amendment Agreed to by voice vote.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Langevin amendment No. 4.

An amendment, offered by Mr. Langevin, numbered 4 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to require a GAO study on the impacts of offshore drilling on coastal communities and coastal economies.

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

An amendment, offered by Mrs. Lesko, numbered 3 printed in Part F of House Report 116-200 to require the Department of the Interior, in consultation with the Department of Defense, to confirm that this legislation poses no national security risk due to potential increases in dependence on foreign oil.

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Gosar amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Gosar demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment until a time to be announced.

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 548, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Lesko amendment No. 3.