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HJM025....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
OFFSHORE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT - Stating findings of the Legislature and
encouraging the President of the United States of America to revoke
administrative withdrawals on offshore energy development on the nation's
Outer Continental Shelf and direct the Minerals Management Service to
contract for test wells to be drilled in order to provide needed energy
resources to the United States in an environmentally responsible manner;
and encouraging the Congress of the United States of America to make the
nation's Outer Continental Shelf available for energy development in an
environmentally responsible manner.
03/22 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/23 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/27 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Raybould
Title apvd - to Senate
03/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Res/Env
03/30 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
04/03 10th Ord - ADOPTED - 26-7-2
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Geddes,
Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Keough, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKenzie,
Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Williams
NAYS -- Burkett, Kelly, Langhorst, Malepeai, Marley, Stennett, Werk
Absent and excused -- Gannon, Sweet
Floor Sponsor - Brandt
Title apvd - to House
04/04 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL NO. 25
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 A JOINT MEMORIAL
2 TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
3 TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, TO THE CONGRESSIONAL
4 DELEGATION REPRESENTING THE STATE OF IDAHO IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED
5 STATES, AND TO THE UNITED STATES SECRETARIES OF THE INTERIOR AND OF
6 ENERGY.
7 We, your Memorialists, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the
8 State of Idaho assembled in the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth
9 Idaho Legislature, do hereby respectfully represent that:
10 WHEREAS, policies of the federal government have placed much of the Outer
11 Continental Shelf off-limits to oil and natural gas production; and
12 WHEREAS, development of oil and natural gas resources, where allowed off
13 our shore, has coexisted for decades with recreational and commercial activi-
14 ties while benefitting the entire nation; and
15 WHEREAS, America's increased dependence on foreign energy supplies and
16 global competition for oil and natural gas will create a threat to our
17 national security; and
18 WHEREAS, since 2000, natural gas and oil prices have more than doubled;
19 and
20 WHEREAS, rising energy costs are taking a toll on poor families throughout
21 the nation and, in a recent annual survey by the National Energy Assistance
22 Directors' Association, 32% of families had to sacrifice medical care, 24%
23 failed to make their rent or mortgage payment, 20% were without food for at
24 least a day, and 44% skipped paying or paid less than their home energy bill
25 in the past year; and
26 WHEREAS, the nation's farming and ranching sectors depend on a reliable
27 and affordable supply of energy to run equipment, fertilize crops, and trans-
28 port products to market; and
29 WHEREAS, the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of
30 Agriculture estimates that farmers' fuel expenses for 2005 exceeded their 2004
31 fuel expenses by 37%, and higher energy prices mean increased costs to farmers
32 and ranchers, who already face tremendous economic challenges; and
33 WHEREAS, in spite of significant progress in energy efficiency, the United
34 States will still need 32% more energy to support economic growth by 2025; and
35 WHEREAS, inland states throughout the west are doing more to increase
36 domestic energy production, and the public lands that lie off our nation's
37 coasts also hold enormous potential for energy production, which could signif-
38 icantly help to meet the energy needs of all Americans.
39 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
40 sion of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
41 the Senate concurring therein, that we encourage the President of the United
42 States of America, the Honorable George W. Bush, to revoke administrative
43 withdrawals on offshore energy development on the nation's Outer Continental
44 Shelf and direct the Minerals Management Service to contract for test wells to
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1 be drilled in order to provide needed energy resources to the United States in
2 an environmentally responsible manner.
3 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we encourage the Congress of the United
4 States of America to make the nation's Outer Continental Shelf available for
5 energy development in an environmentally responsible manner.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the House of Representa-
7 tives be, and she is hereby authorized and directed to forward a copy of this
8 Memorial to the President of the United States of America, the President of
9 the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Congress, the
10 congressional delegation representing the State of Idaho in the Congress of
11 the United States, and the United States Secretaries of the Interior and of
12 Energy.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16268
The purpose of this legislation is to encourage the President of
the United States to revoke administrative withdrawals on
offshore development on the nation's Outer Continental Shelf and
direct the Minerals Management Service to contract for test wells
to be drilled to provide needed energy resources to the United
States in an environmentally-responsible manner.
FISCAL NOTE
There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Rep. Dell Raybould
Phone: (208) 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HJM 25