H R 6108 in Congressional Session 110
Official Summary
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Bill Number : H R 6108 |
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Title : To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. |
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SUMMARY AS OF: 5/21/2008--Introduced. Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Amends the Submerged Lands Act (SLA) regarding delineation of lateral offshore state boundaries with respect to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as well as related oil and gas mineral rights. Amends the OCSLA with respect to Adjacent Zones and Planning Areas in the outer Continental Shelf (OCS) subsoil and seabed. Revises procedures governing natural gas lease administration. Prohibits the President from: (1) revising or revoking a withdrawal that is extended by a state; or (2) withdrawing from leasing any area for which a state has failed to prohibit leasing. Requires the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to include, in each five-year OCS leasing program, lease sales that, when viewed as a whole, propose to offer to lease at least 75% of the available unleased acreage within each OCS Planning Area for oil and gas or natural gas. Prescribes conditions for a federal agency permit, without adjacent state concurrence, to construct a crude oil or petroleum products pipeline within the part of the adjacent state's Adjacent Zone that is withdrawn from oil and gas or natural gas leasing. Exempts lease suspensions and all preliminary activities on OCS tracks from the requirement to prepare environmental assessments or impact statements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Establishes the Federal Energy Natural Resources Enhancement Program to manage wildlife and natural resources related to energy and minerals development on federal lands. Declares without force or effect existing federal prohibitions against spending appropriated funds for leasing and preleasing OCS oil and natural gas. Prohibits a federal agency from permitting certain activities on the federal OCS or in state waters that are incompatible with: (1) oil or natural gas leasing; and (2) full exploration and production of tracts geologically prospective for oil or natural gas. Requires the Secretary to repurchase and cancel certain federal oil and gas, geothermal, coal, oil shale, tar sands, or other mineral leases, whether onshore or offshore. Redesignates the Minerals Management Service as the National Ocean Resources and Royalty Service. Rigs to Reefs Act of 2008 - Amends the OCSLA to prescribe requirements for the use of decommissioned offshore oil and gas platforms for an artificial reef, scientific research, or any other use authorized for leases, easements, or rights-of-way for energy and related purposes. Redesignates the Mining and Mineral Resource Institutes Act of 1984 as the Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act. Directs the Secretary to provide funds to state-chartered petroleum or mining schools. Establishes the Office of Petroleum and Mining Schools. Directs the Secretary to appoint an advisory Committee on Petroleum, Mining, and Mineral Engineering and Energy and Mineral Resource Education. Authorizes grants to schools for career technical education. Establishes a Physical Science, Engineering, and Technology Scholarship Program. Directs the Secretary to establish OCS Regional Headquarters in designated locations. National Geo Fund Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary to establish a program for production of: (1) fuels from strategic unconventional resources; and (2) oil and gas resources using CO2 enhanced recovery. Directs the Secretary to establish grant programs for production of: (1) geothermal and geopressure oil and gas energy; (2) liquid fuels; and (3) renewable energy from ocean waves, currents, and thermal resources. Grants the lessee of an existing oil and gas lease located completely within 100 miles of the coastline within the California or Florida Adjacent Zones the option of exchanging such lease for a new oil and gas lease having a primary term of five years. Amends OCSLA to repeal the coastal impact assistance program. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the requirement for payments for oil shale and tar sands leases. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prescribe requirements for treatment of oil shale or tar sands lease revenues and royalty rates for commercial leases. Amends OCSLA to make OCS receipts available in certain circumstances for payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. Repeals the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. |
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| Title : To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. | |
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| Title : To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. |
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| Sponsor: Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] (introduced 5/21/2008) |
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, ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Aderholt, Robert B. [AL-4] - 7/9/2008 Rep Akin, W. Todd [MO-2] - 7/31/2008 Rep Bachmann, Michele [MN-6] - 6/4/2008 Rep Bachus, Spencer [AL-6] - 6/17/2008 Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 5/22/2008 Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 6/20/2008 Rep Bishop, Rob [UT-1] - 5/21/2008 Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] - 5/22/2008 Rep Blunt, Roy [MO-7] - 5/22/2008 Rep Boehner, John A. [OH-8] - 6/10/2008 Rep Bonner, Jo [AL-1] - 6/9/2008 Rep Boozman, John [AR-3] - 6/18/2008 Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-7] - 6/10/2008 Rep Brady, Kevin [TX-8] - 5/22/2008 Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [SC-1] - 6/3/2008 Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [FL-5] - 6/18/2008 Rep Burgess, Michael C. [TX-26] - 5/22/2008 Rep Buyer, Steve [IN-4] - 5/22/2008 Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] - 6/17/2008 Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4] - 6/10/2008 Rep Cannon, Chris [UT-3] - 6/4/2008 Rep Cantor, Eric [VA-7] - 5/21/2008 Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2] - 7/15/2008 Rep Carter, John R. [TX-31] - 7/22/2008 Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 7/22/2008 Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 5/22/2008 Rep Crenshaw, Ander [FL-4] - 7/8/2008 Rep Cubin, Barbara [WY] - 6/12/2008 Rep Culberson, John Abney [TX-7] - 5/21/2008 Rep Davis, David [TN-1] - 7/15/2008 Rep Deal, Nathan [GA-9] - 5/22/2008 Rep Drake, Thelma D. [VA-2] - 5/21/2008 Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] - 6/9/2008 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2] - 5/22/2008 Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 5/21/2008 Rep Everett, Terry [AL-2] - 6/9/2008 Rep Fallin, Mary [OK-5] - 5/22/2008 Rep Feeney, Tom [FL-24] - 6/26/2008 Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] - 6/3/2008 Rep Fortuno, Luis G. [PR] - 6/19/2008 Rep Foxx, Virginia [NC-5] - 6/9/2008 Rep Franks, Trent [AZ-2] - 7/22/2008 Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] - 6/18/2008 Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] - 6/10/2008 Rep Goodlatte, Bob [VA-6] - 6/12/2008 Rep Hall, Ralph M. [TX-4] - 5/22/2008 Rep Hastings, Doc [WA-4] - 7/30/2008 Rep Hayes, Robin [NC-8] - 6/9/2008 Rep Heller, Dean [NV-2] - 6/5/2008 Rep Hensarling, Jeb [TX-5] - 6/11/2008 Rep Herger, Wally [CA-2] - 6/3/2008 Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] - 6/3/2008 Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] - 5/22/2008 Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] - 6/19/2008 Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] - 7/30/2008 Rep Kingston, Jack [GA-1] - 5/21/2008 Rep Kline, John [MN-2] - 6/10/2008 Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [NY-29] - 6/3/2008 Rep Lamborn, Doug [CO-5] - 6/11/2008 Rep Latham, Tom [IA-4] - 7/9/2008 Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] - 6/18/2008 Rep Linder, John [GA-7] - 5/21/2008 Rep Lucas, Frank D. [OK-3] - 6/17/2008 Rep Marchant, Kenny [TX-24] - 7/15/2008 Rep McCarthy, Kevin [CA-22] - 6/19/2008 Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] - 5/22/2008 Rep McCrery, Jim [LA-4] - 5/22/2008 Rep McHenry, Patrick T. [NC-10] - 6/9/2008 Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23] - 6/12/2008 Rep McKeon, Howard P. "Buck" [CA-25] - 6/18/2008 Rep McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [WA-5] - 7/24/2008 Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] - 7/14/2008 Rep Neugebauer, Randy [TX-19] - 5/22/2008 Rep Pearce, Stevan [NM-2] - 5/22/2008 Rep Pence, Mike [IN-6] - 7/22/2008 Rep Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [MS-3] - 5/22/2008 Rep Pitts, Joseph R. [PA-16] - 5/22/2008 Rep Porter, Jon C. [NV-3] - 7/15/2008 Rep Radanovich, George [CA-19] - 5/22/2008 Rep Regula, Ralph [OH-16] - 5/21/2008 Rep Rehberg, Dennis R. [MT] - 6/17/2008 Rep Rogers, Harold [KY-5] - 6/11/2008 Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8] - 5/22/2008 Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6] - 6/18/2008 Rep Sali, Bill [ID-1] - 5/22/2008 Rep Scalise, Steve [LA-1] - 6/17/2008 Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] - 6/18/2008 Rep Shadegg, John B. [AZ-3] - 5/22/2008 Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19] - 5/22/2008 Rep Smith, Adrian [NE-3] - 5/22/2008 Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 6/17/2008 Rep Souder, Mark E. [IN-3] - 5/21/2008 Rep Stearns, Cliff [FL-6] - 6/18/2008 Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1] - 5/22/2008 Rep Tancredo, Thomas G. [CO-6] - 5/22/2008 Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2] - 5/21/2008 Rep Thornberry, Mac [TX-13] - 6/12/2008 Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12] - 6/18/2008 Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 5/22/2008 Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] - 7/29/2008 Rep Westmoreland, Lynn A. [GA-3] - 7/8/2008 Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] - 5/22/2008 Rep Wilson, Heather [NM-1] - 5/22/2008 Rep Wolf, Frank R. [VA-10] - 7/22/2008 Rep Young, Don [AK] - 5/22/2008 |
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| Bill Number : H R 6108 |
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| Title : To provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources on the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. |
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