U.S. Congress - H.R.1231 Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
H.R.1231 - Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)
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- Official: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as introduced.
- Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as reported to house.
- Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as passed house.
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Result: Passed - May 12, 2011
Roll call number 320 in the House
Question: On Passage: H R 1231 Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes:
56%
Official Summary
5/17/2011--Passed House amended. 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 acOfficial Summary
5/17/2011--Passed House amended. 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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Organizations Supporting H.R.1231
- American Petroleum Institute
- Petroleum Marketers Association of America
- Independent Petroleum Association of America
- American Conservative Union
- American Gas Association
- American Chemistry Council
- ...and 27 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing H.R.1231
- Public Citizen
- Sierra Club
- Ocean Champions
- Alaska Wilderness League
- Defenders of Wildlife
- Center for Biological Diversity
- ...and 41 more. See all.
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