On the recordNovember 2, 2023
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end, before the short title, insert the following: rice's whale Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used by the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management or the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to implement the terms of the ``Stipulated Agreement to Stay Proceedings'' (July 21, 2023; Docket No. 8:20-cv-03060-DLB) entered into by the Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, and Turtle Island Restoration Network and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries of the National Marine Fisheries Service, including the ``Notice to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas, and Sulphur Leases in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf; Expanded Rice's Whale Protection Efforts During Reinitiated Consultation with NMFS'' (BOEM NTL No. 2023-G01; August 17, 2023). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 838, the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Graves) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Louisiana.
