S 916 · 112th Congress · Energy
Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011
Bill Progress
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144.(2011-08-30)
Plain Language Summary
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Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize appropriations for the coordination and processing of oil and gas use authorizations and for oil and gas inspection and enforcement on onshore federal land under the jurisdiction of Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project offices. Amends the of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to authorize leases for geothermal energy production on land that is under an oil and gas lease that is subject to an approved application for permit to drill and from which oil and gas production is occurring. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a comprehensive inventory of oil and natural gas (including facilitating seismic studies of resources) and prepare a summary regarding how certain resource estimates in OCS areas have changed for the waters of the United States Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Atlantic Region, the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Alaska Region. Directs the Secretary to establish a regional joint OCS lease and permit processing office for the Alaska OCS region. Repeals: (1) incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in the shallow wat…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeS. 916, Oil and Gas Facilitation Act of 2011
Aug 19, 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on July 21, 2011
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office