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“I was getting to the point that it is very germane to meet our climate change promises, pursuant to the Paris accords, to meet the Justice40 Initiative, to make sure that economic justice is also at the forefront of our energy production. It is very germane. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair is prepared to rule. Both gentlemen have yielded back. The gentleman from South Carolina makes a point of order that the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York is not germane. Clause 7 of rule XVI, the germaneness rule, provides that no proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment. The bill prohibits the drawdown of petroleum products in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve until the Secretary of Energy has developed a plan to increase the percentage of certain Federal lands leased for oil or gas production. The amendment would add new requirements beyond the plan in the bill to address the Paris climate accords. The Chair finds that the amendment goes beyond the subject matter of the underlying bill. It is, therefore, not germane. The point of order is sustained. {time} 1915 Amendment No. 74 Offered by Ms. Ocasio-Cortez”