Bill > HRes245

This Resolution establishes the rules for considering two bills in the House of Representatives: H.R. 1229, which aims to update the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to promote safe and efficient American energy production in the Gulf of Mexico, and H.R. 1230, which mandates the Secretary of the Interior to hold specific offshore oil and gas lease sales. The resolution allows the Speaker to bring these bills to the floor for debate and amendment, waiving most procedural objections and limiting general debate to one hour. It also specifies that an amendment recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources for H.R. 1229 will be considered adopted, and that further amendments to both bills will be restricted to those printed in the accompanying Rules Committee report, with strict time limits and debate controls. Notably, Section 3 of the resolution outlines a process to combine the text of H.R. 1230 into H.R. 1229 during the engrossment process, effectively merging the two bills into a single legislative package.