Bill > S3383

This bill declares that the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-2015, issued by the Secretary of the Interior, will serve as the final leasing program for oil and gas exploration and extraction on the Outer Continental Shelf for fiscal years 2012 through 2017, effectively rejecting a previous plan from the Administration. It also states that the Secretary is considered to have completed all necessary environmental reviews, specifically a final environmental impact statement, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), a law designed to ensure federal agencies consider the environmental effects of their actions. However, this bill explicitly excludes specific lease sales, identified as Lease Sales 214, 232, and 239, from this final program. Furthermore, it clarifies that this legislation does not alter any existing restrictions on oil and gas leasing in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, as established by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.