HR 1231 · 112th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources

Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

Introduced 2011-03-29· Sponsored by Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]· House

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Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.(2011-05-17)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2011-05-12
Roll #320
Yea 243Nay 179
Democrats
21 Yea·170 Nay
Republicans
222 Yea·9 Nay
PassedHouse · 2011-05-12
Roll #320
Yea 243Nay 179
Democrats
21 Yea·170 Nay
Republicans
222 Yea·9 Nay
FailedHouse · 2011-05-12
Roll #319
Yea 180Nay 243
Democrats
179 Yea·12 Nay
Republicans
1 Yea·231 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 are estimated to contain more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil or 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 pr…

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H.R. 1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

May 2, 2011

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 13, 2011

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans