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111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5513
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 10, 2010
Ms. Pingree of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold, or discharged under a lease under that Act, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Spilled Oil Royalty Collection
Act
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Application of royalty to oil that is saved, removed, sold, or discharged under offshore oil and gas leases
In general
Section 8(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
Notwithstanding the terms of any bidding otherwise authorized by paragraph (1) and the authority of the Secretary to reduce or eliminate royalty or net profit share under paragraph (3), any royalty under a lease under this section, other than a deepwater lease, shall apply to all oil that is saved, removed, sold, or discharged, without regard to whether any of the oil is unavoidably lost or used on, or for the benefit of, the lease.
Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3)—
royalty shall apply to all oil that is discharged under a deepwater lease, at a rate of not less than 121/2 percent fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of any oil that is discharged; and
such royalty shall apply without regard to whether any of the oil is thereafter unavoidably lost.
In this paragraph—
the term deepwater lease means a lease for a tract in water depths of 200 meters or greater; and
the term discharged means any emission (other than natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes, but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping.
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Effective date
This section shall take effect April 15, 2010.