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The House Energy Action Team will unveil the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act, a package of domestic energy production bills, that will not only reduce energy costs that hard-working families and small businesses currently face, but also spur badly-needed economic growth and job creation. As part of a Republican energy agenda that embraces a true “all of the above” approach, this bill will drive a manufacturing renaissance that will be a catalyst to America’s overall economic recovery.

 WHO:          

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (CA-22)

Chairman “Doc” Hastings (WA-4)

Chairman Fred Upton (MI-6)

Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5)

           Rep. Cory Gardner (CO-4)

 Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-1)

 Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-3)

 Rep. Mike Coffman (CO-6)

 Rep. Bill Johnson (OH-6) 

WHAT:            Unveiling of the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act

WHEN:            Wednesday, June 6, 2012

TIME:               3:00pm ET

WHERE:          Capitol Visitor Center HVC Studio A

Colorado Member bills included in the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act:

Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012, H.R. 4383 (Rep. Doug Lamborn, CO-5)       

The Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act (H.R. 4383) wouldensure a reliable permitting process to increase American energy production. It would remove government roadblocks and bureaucratic red tape that hinder and delay American energy production and American job creation. It streamlines and reforms the process for energy permitting, once a lease is in hand, to encourage the timely development of our federal onshore oil, natural gas, and renewable resources.

Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012, H.R. 4480(Rep. Cory Gardner, CO-4): 

The Strategic Energy Production Act of 2012 (H.R. 4480) links tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to increasing energy production on federal lands. If the President taps the SPR, this bill will create over 50,000 jobs, and   produce 1 million barrels of oil a day, which is enough to replace our imports from Saudi Arabia. 

Planning for American Energy Act of 2012, H.R.4381 (Rep. Scott Tipton, CO-3)

The Planning for American Energy Act of 2012 (H.R. 4381) would require the Secretary of the Interior to establish an “all-of-the-above” energy program for federal lands by reviewing the nation’s energy needs and then establishing goals for federal land energy production to meet those needs from all energy sources, oil, natural gas, coal and renewables. 

Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012, H.R 4382(Rep. Mike Coffman, CO-6)

The Providing Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012 (H.R. 4382) would: 1) require a minimum annual acreage leasing plan that makes available at least 25 percent of the lands open for leasing each year for which there is interest in development and 2) set firm timelines for the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases and adjudicate lease protests. It would also prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from withdrawing leases and adding additional lease stipulations after they have been sold.