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HJR 4                                                                                                                         
The Resources Committee considered 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 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, and recommended it be replaced with                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
          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.                                                                        
          (Title Change SCR 8)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
Signing do pass: Senator Giessel, Chair; Senators Costello,                                                                     
Wielechowski, Coghill, Micciche, Stedman, Stoltze.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                

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The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                                                  
     Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, House Resources Committee                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
The resolution was referred to the Rules Committee.