H.Con.Res. 417: Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-16 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.

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Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

Plain summary

Declares that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted into law that: (1) opens the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and oil shale reserves to environmentally prudent exploration and extraction; (2) extends expiring renewable energy incentives; (3) encourages the streamlined approval of new refining capacity and nuclear power facilities, and advanced research and development of clean coal, coal-to-liquid, and carbon sequestration technologies; and (4) minimizes drawn out legal challenges that unreasonably delay or prevent actual domestic energy production.

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Official text

Expressing the sense of the Congress that the 110th Congress should not adjourn until comprehensive energy legislation has been enacted.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] · 104 cosponsors

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John R. Carter (R-TX), Tom Cole (R-OK), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Sam Graves (R-MO), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and 44 more.

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hconres417.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hconres>

Record fed-us-cong110-hconres417 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110