Bill > HR1231

Introduced Session

Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the OCS, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area; and (2) any state subdivision of an OCS planning area that the Governor of such state requests be made available for leasing. Directs the Secretary, in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to make available for leasing OCS planning areas that: (1) are estimated to contain more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil; or (2) are estimated to contain more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Directs the Secretary, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas. Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production of at least: (1) 3 million barrels of oil, and (2) 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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Doc Hastings (R)*,  W. Todd Akin (R),  Michele Bachmann (R),  Diane Black (R),  Charles Boustany (R),  Kevin Brady (R),  Paul Broun (R),  Dan Burton (R),  Ken Calvert (R),  Francisco Canseco (R),  Shelley Moore Capito (R),  John Carter (R),  Bill Cassidy (R),  Mike Coffman (R),  Jeff Denham (R),  Jeff Duncan (R),  John Duncan (R),  Renee Ellmers (R),  Blake Farenthold (R),  Stephen Fincher (R),  Chuck Fleischmann (R),  John Fleming (R),  Bill Flores (R),  Phil Gingrey (R),  Louie Gohmert (R),  Bob Goodlatte (R),  Sam Graves (R),  Michael Grimm (R),  Vicky Hartzler (R),  Dean Heller (R),  Lynn Jenkins (R),  Bill Johnson (R),  Mike Kelly (R),  John Kline (R),  Doug Lamborn (R),  Jeffrey Landry (R),  Jerry Lewis (R),  Billy Long (R),  Cynthia Lummis (R),  Donald Manzullo (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Howard McKeon (R),  Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R),  Sue Myrick (R),  Kristi Noem (R),  Devin Nunes (R),  Alan Nunnelee (R),  Pete Olson (R),  Ron Paul (R),  Stevan Pearce (R),  Mike Pence (R),  Ted Poe (R),  Mike Pompeo (R),  Bill Posey (R),  Denny Rehberg (R),  Reid Ribble (R),  E. Scott Rigell (R),  David Roe (R),  Dennis Ross (R),  Steve Scalise (R),  Tim Scott (R),  Pete Sessions (R),  Mike Simpson (R),  Steve Stivers (R),  Lee Terry (R),  G.T. Thompson (R),  Scott Tipton (R),  Lynn Westmoreland (R),  Rob Wittman (R),  Rob Woodall (R), 

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52. (on 05/17/2011)

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