Ed Markey: “I have an amendment made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of…”

“I have an amendment made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. __. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. The Secretary of the Interior shall require that drilling operations conducted under each lease issued under this Act meet requirements for-- (1) third-party certification of safety systems related to well control, such as blowout preventers; (2) performance of blowout preventers, including quantitative risk assessment standards, subsea testing, and secondary activation methods; (3) independent third-party certification of well casing and cementing programs and procedures; (4) mandatory safety and environmental management systems by operators on the outer Continental Shelf (as that term is used in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act); and (5) procedures and technologies to be used during drilling operations to minimize the risk of ignition and explosion of hydrocarbons. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 738, the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Massachusetts.”