HR 6009 · 118th Congress 2023–2025, ended

Restoring American Energy Dominance Act

Introduced Oct 20, 2023 Originated House Sponsor Lauren Boebert R-CO

Latest action · Mar 21, 2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedOct 20, 2023
Passed HouseMar 20, 2024
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Restoring American Energy Dominance Act

This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw a proposed rule titled Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process. The rule would make various changes to oil and gas leasing on public lands, including to implement provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021.

Recorded votes 2

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 95	On Passage	Passed216–200	Mar 20, 2024

House 94	On Motion to Recommit	Failed204–211	Mar 20, 2024

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2023 to Nov 1, 2023; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TN	Andrew Ogles	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls	Original	Oct 20, 2023
R-FL	Byron Donalds		Nov 1, 2023
R-OK	Josh Brecheen		Nov 1, 2023

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Natural Resources Committee	Referred Oct 25, 2023Markup Dec 6, 2023Reported Feb 7, 2024 Mar 20, 2024
Senate	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Referred Mar 21, 2024

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 21, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 20, 2024Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1085. (consideration: CR H1264-1270)
Mar 20, 2024Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, H. Con. Res. 86, H. Res. 987 and H.R. 7023. The resolution provides for consideration H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, H. Con. Res. 86, and H. Res. 987 under a closed rule, and H.R. 7023 under a structured rule, each with one hour of general debate. The rule provides for one motion to recommit each on H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, and H.R. 7023.
Mar 20, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 6009.
Mar 20, 2024The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Mar 20, 2024Ms. Porter moved to recommit to the Committee on Natural Resources. (text: CR H1270)
Mar 20, 2024The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
Mar 20, 2024POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 6009, the chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced that the noes prevailed. Mr. Stauber demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
Mar 20, 2024Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1272-1273)
Mar 20, 2024On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 204 - 211 (Roll no. 94).
Mar 20, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 200 (Roll no. 95). (text: CR H1264)
Mar 20, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 19, 2024Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1085 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, H. Con. Res. 86, H. Res. 98and H.R. 7023. The resolution provides for consideration H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, H. Con. Res. 86, and H. Res. 987 under a closed rule, and H.R. 7023 under a structured rule, each with one hour of general debate. The rule provides for one motion to recommit each on H.R. 1023, H.R. 1121, H.R. 6009, and H.R. 7023.
Feb 7, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-376.
Feb 7, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 307.
Dec 6, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 6, 2023Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
Oct 25, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Oct 20, 2023Introduced in House

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E291	Betty McCollum D-MN	Mar 29, 2024
House	Debate and remarks H1308	Joe Wilson R-SC	Mar 21, 2024
House	Debate and remarks H1247–H1254, H1264–H1270, H1278Text printed H1247, H1264Motions H1270Recorded votes H1253, H1254, H1272consideration (H. Res. 1085), previous questionPorter motion to recommit (GAO certification that regulations relative to mineral leases and leasing process will reduce energy costs for consumers)	Burgess Owens R-UT, Garret Graves R-LA, Guy Reschenthaler R-PA, Jared Huffman D-CA, Katie Porter D-CA (motion), Kevin Mullin D-CA, Lauren Boebert R-CO, Mary Gay Scanlon D-PA, Mike Levin D-CA, Nicholas A. Langworthy R-NY, Pete Stauber R-MN, Sydney Kamlager-Dove D-CA	Mar 20, 2024

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

H. Rept. 118-376

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Feb 6, 2024H.R. 6009, Restoring American Energy Dominance ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on December 6, 2023

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; The single subject of this legislation is: This bill requires the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral leases and leasing process.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 173, October 20, 2023, page H5039.

Printed hearings 2

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 118-120	OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EXAMINING THE PRESIDENT'S FY 2025 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND NATIONAL PARK SERVICE97 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 15, 2024
Serial No. 118-72	H.R. 1449, H.R. 2855, H.R. 6009, AND H.R. 601176 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Oct 25, 2023

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R46537	Revenues and Disbursements from Oil and Natural Gas Leases on Onshore Federal Lands	Report	Feb 12, 2026

Amendments 1

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 867	Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1085 the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources is considered adopted.	Rules Committee	On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 1085	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1023) to repeal section 134 of the Clean Air Act, relating to the greenhouse gas reduction fund; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1121) to prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6009) to require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral leases and leasing process, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 86) expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R 7023) to amend section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to codify certain regulatory provisions relating to nationwide permits for dredged or fill material, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Mar 20, 2024

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the Director of the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposed rule relating to fluid mineral leases and leasing process, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Restoring American Energy Dominance Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to House: Restoring American Energy Dominance Act
Short Title(s) as Passed House: Restoring American Energy Dominance Act
Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text: Restoring American Energy Dominance Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 21, 2024Referred in Senate
Mar 20, 2024Engrossed in House
Feb 7, 2024Reported in House
Oct 25, 2023Introduced in House

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