Gulf of America Act; DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern

H. Res. 377 · H.R. 276, H.R. 881

This rule currently governs H.R. 276, H.R. 881.

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Overview

Floor outcome, , and debate structure.

Floor adoption

213-209

Floor vote date

May 6, 2025

h118-1-119

9-2

206-200

one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees.

Committee motion

Motion by Mr. Austin Scott to report the rule. Adopted: 9-2

Who Ran The Debate?

The and the original source documents.

Measures Governed

The bills and resolutions linked to this special rule entry.

H.R. 276

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Gulf of America Act

H.R. 881

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DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Rule Instructions

Numbered parsed from the source rule text.

No.	Provision text
2	Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3	Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
4	Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
5	Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources or their respective designees.

Rules Committee Vote

Recorded votes on the .

Member	Vote	Party bloc
Mrs. Fischbach	yea	Majority
Mr. Norman	yea	Majority

Amendment	Sponsor	Summary
1	Huffman (CA)	Adds that the bill shall not take effect until the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the name “Denali” has been restored to North America’s highest peak.
2	Soto (FL)	Adds that the bill shall not take effect until the President permanently withdraws the Eastern Gulf of Mexico from oil and gas leasing.
3	Dexter (OR)	Clarifies that nothing in this bill authorizes the federal government to engage in retribution or censorship against a news organization that refers to the gulf as “Gulf of Mexico.”
4	Rivas (CA)	Ensures this bill shall not take effect until the Secretary of Interior, through the Department of the Interior Office of Policy Analysis, provides the House Committee on Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with an economic policy assessment to determine whether this Act would improve the American economy.