S.Amdt. 5165
What it does: Adds SEC. __. USE OF INFORMATION ABOUT OIL AND GAS PUBLIC CHALLENGES wherever appropriate
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)What it changes
1 change to S. 3268
Adds SEC. __. USE OF INFORMATION ABOUT OIL AND GAS PUBLIC CHALLENGES wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. USE OF INFORMATION ABOUT OIL AND GAS PUBLIC CHALLENGES.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the Government Accountability Office, in report GAO-05-124, found that--
Inserted: (1) the Bureau of Land Management does not systematically gather and use nationwide information on public challenges to manage the oil and gas program of the Bureau; and
Inserted: (2) that failure--
Inserted: (A) prevents the Director of the Bureau from assessing the impact of public challenges on the workload of the Bureau of Land Management State offices; and
Inserted: (B) eliminates the ability of the Director to make appropriate staffing and funding resource allocation decisions.
Inserted: (b) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall systematically--
Inserted: (1) collect and use nationwide information on public challenges to manage the oil and gas programs of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respectively;
Inserted: (2) gather the information at the planning, leasing, exploration, and development stages; and
Inserted: (3) maintain the information electronically with current data.
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At the appropriate place, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 5165. Mr. BURR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3268, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act, to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. USE OF INFORMATION ABOUT OIL AND GAS PUBLIC CHALLENGES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds that the Government Accountability Office, in report GAO-05-124, found that--
(1) the Bureau of Land Management does not systematically gather and use nationwide information on public challenges to manage the oil and gas program of the Bureau; and
(2) that failure--
(A) prevents the Director of the Bureau from assessing the impact of public challenges on the workload of the Bureau of Land Management State offices; and
(B) eliminates the ability of the Director to make appropriate staffing and funding resource allocation decisions.
(b) Requirements.--The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall systematically--
(1) collect and use nationwide information on public challenges to manage the oil and gas programs of the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, respectively;
(2) gather the information at the planning, leasing, exploration, and development stages; and
(3) maintain the information electronically with current data.
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Senate amendment submitted
July 24, 2008