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HJR 4                                                                                                                         
A message dated April 1, 2015, was read stating the Senate passed:                                                              
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4                                                                                                
    Urging the United States Congress to provide a means for                                                                    
    consistently and equitably sharing with all oil and gas producing                                                           

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    states adjacent to federal outer continental shelf areas a portion of                                                       
    revenue generated from oil and gas development on the outer                                                                 
    continental shelf to ensure that those states develop necessary                                                             
    infrastructure to support outer continental shelf development and                                                           
    preserve environmental integrity.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
with the following amendment, and it is transmitted for consideration:                                                          
                                                                                                                                
    SENATE CS FOR HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4(RES)                                                                             
    Urging the United States Congress to provide a means for                                                                    
    consistently and equitably sharing with all oil and gas producing                                                           
    states adjacent to federal outer continental shelf areas a portion of                                                       
    revenue generated from oil and gas development on the outer                                                                 
    continental shelf to ensure that those states develop necessary                                                             
    infrastructure to support outer continental shelf development and                                                           
    preserve environmental integrity; urging the United States                                                                  
    Congress to reject any proposal to divert or otherwise reduce                                                               
    revenue sharing to the coastal states and their political                                                                   
    subdivisions under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of                                                                
    2006; and urging the President of the United States to direct, to                                                           
    the maximum extent possible, federal funds received from outer                                                              
    continental shelf development, and not dedicated to states or other                                                         
   federal programs, to federal infrastructure in the affected states.                                                         
                                                                                                                                
    (SCR 8 - title change resolution)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
HJR 4 is under Unfinished Business.