On the recordJuly 30, 2010
I am, in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. CASSIDY moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3534 to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the House forthwith with the following amendment: Strike section 231 and insert the following: SEC. 231.--TERMINATION OF MORATORIA ON OFFSHORE DRILLING. Notwithstanding, any other provision of this Act, the mortorium set forth in the Minerals Managment Service Notice to Lessees No. 2010-N04, dated May 30, 2010, the decision memorandum from the Secretary of the Interior to the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement regarding the suspension of certain offshore permitting and drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf, dated July 12, 2010, and any suspension of operations issued in connection with the moratorium or the decision memorandum, shall have no force or effect. Mr. RAHALL (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent the reading of the motion be dispensed with. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from West Virginia? There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana is recognized for 5 minutes in support of his motion.
