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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes.

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What This Bill Does

This resolution sets rules for the House of Representatives to debate and vote on H.R. 1. H.R. 1 is a bill designed to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing (the extraction and preparation of minerals needed for various industries). The resolution also allows the House to consider changes to H.R. 1 before voting on it. ##

Who It Affects

The bill directly affects members of the House of Representatives who will debate and vote on H.R. 1. The specific impacts on businesses, workers, or the public depend on what is actually in H.R. 1, which is not described in this resolution text. ##

Key Provisions

- The Speaker of the House can start debate on H.R. 1 at any time after this resolution passes (Preamble) - Lawmakers will have seven hours total to debate the bill, split among three House committees: Energy and Commerce gets three hours, Natural Resources gets three hours, and Transportation and Infrastructure gets one hour (Lines 10-19) - One set of amendments (changes to the bill) already approved by the Rules Committee will automatically be added to H.R. 1 before the House votes (Lines 22-24) - Only additional amendments listed in the Rules Committee report can be offered, and only by the members named in that report (Lines 3-6) - All points of order (technical objections based on House rules) against the bill and its amendments are waived (eliminated), allowing the bill to move forward (Lines 9, 12-13) ##

What Changes

If this resolution passes, the House will be able to debate and amend H.R. 1 under specific time limits and rules set by this resolution. The actual changes to energy policy depend on what is in H.R. 1 itself, which this resolution does not describe. ##

Important Definitions

- **Committee of the Whole House**: A procedural structure where all House members can debate and amend a bill together - **Points of order**: Technical objections to whether a bill follows House rules - **Five-minute rule**: A procedure allowing members five minutes each to speak for or against amendments ##

Effective Date

Not specified in bill text

IV House Calendar No. 11 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 [Report No. 118–30] Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and crit- ical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, per- mitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 28, 2023 Mr. RESCHENTHALER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolution; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed RESOLUTION Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes. Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this reso- 1 lution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:29 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR260.RH HR260 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 260 RH XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of 1 the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider- 2 ation of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increas- 3 ing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, 4 and critical minerals processing, by promoting trans- 5 parency, accountability, permitting, and production of 6 American resources, and by improving water quality cer- 7 tification and energy projects, and for other purposes. The 8 first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 9 of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Gen- 10 eral debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex- 11 ceed seven hours, with three hours equally divided and 12 controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of 13 the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respec- 14 tive designees, three hours equally divided and controlled 15 by the chair and ranking minority member of the Com- 16 mittee on Natural Resources or their respective designees, 17 and one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair 18 and ranking minority member of the Committee on Trans- 19 portation and Infrastructure or their respective designees. 20 After general debate the bill shall be considered for 21 amendment under the five-minute rule. The amendment 22 printed in part A of the report of the Committee on Rules 23 accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopt- 24 ed in the House and in the Committee of the Whole. The 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:29 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR260.RH HR260 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 260 RH bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points 1 of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are 2 waived. No further amendment to the bill, as amended, 3 shall be in order except those printed in part B of the 4 report of the Committee on Rules. Each such further 5 amendment may be offered only in the order printed in 6 the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 7 in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debat- 8 able for the time specified in the report equally divided 9 and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 10 not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to 11 a demand for division of the question in the House or in 12 the Committee of the Whole. All points of order against 13 such further amendments are waived. At the conclusion 14 of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee 15 shall rise and report the bill, as amended, to the House 16 with such further amendments as may have been adopted. 17 The previous question shall be considered as ordered on 18 the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment 19 thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except 20 one motion to recommit. 21 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:29 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR260.RH HR260 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS House Calendar No. 11 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 260 [Report No. 118–30] RESOLUTION Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to lower energy costs by increasing American energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting, and production of American resources, and by improving water quality certification and energy projects, and for other purposes. MARCH 28, 2023 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:29 Mar 28, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\HR260.RH HR260 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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