US Congress Senate Bill 516 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-17 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-51.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act of 2011- Directs the Secretary of the Interior to extend by one year the term of each oil and gas lease (covered lease) for the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf region that was: (1) not producing as of April 30, 2010; or (2) suspended from operations, permit processing, or consideration, in accordance with either a certain moratorium dated May 30, 2010, or the decision memorandum of the Secretary dated July 12, 2010. States that this extension of covered leases is in addition to any suspension of operations or suspension of production granted by the Minerals Management Service or the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement after May 1, 2010.

Lease Extension and Secure Energy Act of 2011

Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX]	Sen. Thad Cochran [R-MS]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. Richard Shelby [R-AL]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Jim Webb [D-VA]	Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-17	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-51.
2011-03-09	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB993 (Same As) 2011-03-11 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1754-1755)
HB3400 (Related) 2011-11-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
SB2199 (Related) 2012-03-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/516/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s516/BILLS-112s516is.pdf