US Congress Senate Bill 3438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on July 25 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-07-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Proposed Oil & Gas Leasing Program: 2012-2017 in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in it and in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Directs the Secretary to conduct each of specified oil and gas lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning Areas, including certain ones in the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2010-2015), during its specified year. Requires the Secretary to offer for sale, no later than December 31, 2013, leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara or Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area. Directs the Secretary to revise a specified Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement map, dated January 2010, to ensure that the square footage of the leasable area in the Mid-Atlantic planning area is directly proportional to the length of the tidal shoreline of the Mid-Atlantic States (Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia). Retains the authority of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to designate national defense areas on the OCS. Requires the Secretary to prepare a multisale environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for lease sales required under this Act that are not included in the Proposed Leasing Program (2012-2017). Declares that nothing in this Act affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. Requires all lease sales conducted pursuant to this Act, with specified exceptions, to be area-wide lease sales. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, for each of FY2012-FY2022, to deposit in a special account in the Treasury 37.5 % of all revenues due and payable to the United States from OCS areas not scheduled for lease sale under Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2012-2017. Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to disburse such funds to coastal states and coastal political subdivisions. Prescribes an allocation formula for coastal states and coastal political subdivisions. Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to repeal limitations placed upon the amount of distributed qualified OCS revenues.

Offshore Petroleum Expansion Now Act of 2012

Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]
Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-25	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB6082 (Related) 2012-07-30 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 474.
HB6168 (Related) 2012-07-25 - On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 164 - 261 (Roll no. 512).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/3438/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s3438/BILLS-112s3438is.pdf