H.R. 6168 – Reading Mode

112th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6168

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 24, 2012

Mr. Hastings of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and other applicable law.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the President Obama’s Proposed 2012–2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act.

Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

OCS Planning Area

Any reference to an OCS Planning Area means such Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as specified by the Department of the Interior as of January 1, 2012.

(2)

Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017)

The term Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) means such plan as transmitted to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on June 28, 2012.

Requirement to implement Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017)

The Secretary of the Interior shall implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), other applicable law, and the schedule established by such proposed program for conducting oil and gas lease sales in OCS Planning Areas in specified years as set forth in the following table:

Proposed Final Program for 2012–2017 Lease Sale Schedule Sale No.	Area	Year
229	Western Gulf of Mexico	2012
227	Central Gulf of Mexico	2013
233	Western Gulf of Mexico	2013
225	Eastern Gulf of Mexico	2014
231	Central Gulf of Mexico	2014
238	Western Gulf of Mexico	2014
235	Central Gulf of Mexico	2015
246	Western Gulf of Mexico	2015
226	Eastern Gulf of Mexico	2016
241	Central Gulf of Mexico	2016
237	Chukchi Sea	2016
248	Western Gulf of Mexico	2016
244	Cook Inlet	2016
247	Central Gulf of Mexico	2017
242	Beaufort Sea	2017