H.R. 1231

Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

At-a-Glance
Amendments
Rules

Rule Hearing Information:

Meeting Time: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. in H-313 The Capitol

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Resources:

Text of H.R. 1231 — Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium [PDF][XML]
Text of H.Rept. 112-69 — Report from the Committee on Natural Resources [PDF][XML]
Amendment Process Announcement for H.R. 1231
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For a copy of H.Res. 257, click here.
For a copy of H.Rept. 112-74, click here.

Amendments:

#	Version #	Sponsor(s)	Party	Summary	Status
#14	Version 1	Bishop, Tim (NY)	Democrat	Would require the Secretary to make public data regarding the tax subsidies received by the lessee.	Submitted
#20	Version 1	Boswell (IA)	Democrat	Would require the Secretary of Interior to include requirements for any person awarded a lease under the program to give preference to hiring veterans for activities under the lease.	Submitted
#10	Version 1	Brown, Corrine (FL)	Democrat	Would make permanent the current moratorium on drilling in the eastern gulf of Mexico that expires in 2022.	Made In Order
#26	Version 1	Capps (CA)	Democrat	Would seek to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease on OCS lands that are seaward or adjacent to a coastal State which has a moratorium on offshore oil, gas, and mining activities.	Submitted
#3	Version 1	Castor (FL)	Democrat	Would establish within the Department of Treasury a special fund for the collection of at least 80% of Clean Water Act fines and penalties related to the BP Gulf Spill.	Submitted
#8	Version 1	Connolly (VA), Scott, Bobby (VA), Moran, James (VA)	Democrat	Would clarify that new offshore drilling would not conflict with military operations.	Made In Order
#27	Version 2	Cuellar (TX)	Democrat	Revised Would require a GAO report detailing the effects of both the Obama Administration drilling moratorium and this Act on energy technology innovation and diversification, domestic energy prices in the United States, and the extent to which this Act has helped create new jobs.	Submitted
#28	Version 3	Cuellar (TX)	Democrat	Revised Would require that all new drilling continues to protect the coastal environment, marine environment, and human environment of state coastal areas and the Outer Continental Shelf.	Submitted
#31	Version 1	Garamendi, John, Thompson, Mike (CA), Schrader (OR)	Democrat	Would ensure the protection of the entire West Coast of the United States by amending the proposed criteria when making available for leasing any outer Continental Shelf planning areas for the 2012-2017 five-year oil and gas leasing program.	Submitted
#2	Version 1	Hastings, Doc (WA)	Republican	Would make technical numbering corrections to section 2 of the bill.	Made In Order
#19	Version 1	Hastings, Alcee (FL)	Democrat	Would prohibit any lease-sale from going forward where either the National Academy of Science or Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has determined that use by human beings of any non-renewable resource expected to be extracted from the subject property contributes to global climate change.	Submitted
#1	Version 1	Holt (NJ), Sarbanes (MD), Pascrell (NJ), Pallone (NJ), Rothman (NJ)	Democrat	Would prohibit oil and gas lease sales in the Atlantic Ocean.	Submitted
#29	Version 1	Holt (NJ)	Democrat	Would add a safety component to the oil production goal established by the bill without changing the production goal. The goal is to reduce the fatality rate for workers in the oil and gas industry to half or less of that for the 2004 to 2009 period.	Submitted
#30	Version 1	Inslee (WA)	Democrat	Would require the Washington state Governor and legislature approve any leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf off of Washington state.	Made In Order
#12	Version 1	Jackson Lee (TX)	Democrat	Would grant coastal states access to revenues generated from lease sales.	Submitted
#13	Version 1	Jackson Lee (TX)	Democrat	Would provide qualified outer continental shelf revenue to coastal producing states.	Submitted
#23	Version 1	Jackson Lee (TX)	Democrat	Would require the Secretary of Interior to conduct a study to identify the necessary levels of staffing and training of technical engineers and such other personnel as are necessary to review bids for leases to be made available in oil and gas leasing programs under this Act and report back to Congress.	Submitted
#24	Version 1	Jackson Lee (TX)	Democrat	Would change the short title to "Restoring America's Energy Leadership Act of 2011."	Submitted
#25	Version 1	Jackson Lee (TX)	Democrat	Would change the short title to "America's Plan for Offshore Energy Act of 2011."	Submitted
#11	Version 1	Keating (MA)	Democrat	Would require the Secretary to make public information about the lessee's executive bonuses from the most recent quarter.	Made In Order
#5	Version 1	Markey, Edward (MA)	Democrat	Would require that new 5-year leasing plans require that companies bidding on new leases first renegotiate any royalty-free leases they own; thus raising more than $2 billion over 10 years.	Made In Order
#7	Version 1	McGovern (MA), Welch (VT), Blumenauer (OR)	Democrat	Would reduce the federal deficit by $40 billion by eliminating subsidies to oil companies.	Submitted
#15	Version 1	Miller, George (CA)	Democrat	Would require that the Interior Secretary include safety information when compiling the report required by the bill. Such information should include companies' obligations under the Oil Pollution Act, history of worker fatalities, and violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, Clean Water Act, or Clean Air Act.	Submitted
#6	Version 1	Pallone (NJ), Holt (NJ)	Democrat	Would prohibit the Secretary of Interior from including lease sales in the Atlantic Ocean in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program.	Submitted
#9	Version 1	Runyan (NJ)	Republican	Would allow individual States to “opt-out” of five year leasing plans located within a state’s administrative boundaries if the people of a state agree to do so via a referendum vote.	Submitted
#4	Version 1	Thompson, Mike (CA)	Democrat	Would clarify that the legislation does not allow for oil and gas drilling on the northern coast of California.	Made In Order
#16	Version 1	Tonko (NY)	Democrat	Would rename the bill "Putting Big Oil Profits Above America's Safety Act".	Submitted
#17	Version 1	Tonko (NY)	Democrat	Would direct the Secretary of Interior to issue a yearly report to Congress detailing steps taken by industry and the agency to improve facility management. The report also calls for an update on progress made relating to NEPA and other steps taken to address safety and environmental concerns.	Submitted
#18	Version 1	Tonko (NY)	Democrat	Would direct the IG of the Department of Interior to submit a yearly report to Congress describing BOEMRE's efforts to improve offshore safety and accident investigation. The report also calls for an evaluation of the safety efforts and recommendations for improvements.	Submitted
#21	Version 2	Tsongas (MA)	Democrat	Revised Would require that all applicants for a drilling permit under a lease issued under H.R. 1231 would have to submit a worst-case scenario oil spill containment and clean-up plan.	Made In Order
#22	Version 1	Tsongas (MA), Markey, Edward (MA), Tierney (MA)	Democrat	Would protect the George's Bank fishing grounds from oil and gas development.	Submitted

Rule Information for H.R. 1231

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 7-3 on Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

FLOOR ACTION:
Reported by a record vote of 243-179, after agreeing to the previous question by record vote of 241-179, on Wednesday, May 11, 2011.

MANAGERS: Reed/McGovern

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Natural Resources.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the amendment recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources shall be considered as adopted and that the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the resolution. Provides that each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.

Summary of Amendments to be Made in Order:

(summaries derived from information provided by sponsors)

Sponsor	#	Description	Debate Time
1. Hastings, Doc (WA)	#2	Would make technical numbering corrections to section 2 of the bill.	(10 minutes)
2. Connolly (VA), Scott, Bobby (VA), Moran, James (VA)	#8	Would clarify that new offshore drilling would not conflict with military operations.	(10 minutes)
3. Markey, Edward (MA)	#5	Would require that new 5-year leasing plans require that companies bidding on new leases first renegotiate any royalty-free leases they own; thus raising more than $2 billion over 10 years.	(10 minutes)
4. Keating (MA)	#11	Would require the Secretary to make public information about the lessee's executive bonuses from the most recent quarter.	(10 minutes)
5. Tsongas (MA)	#21	Would require that all applicants for a drilling permit under a lease issued under H.R. 1231 would have to submit a worst-case scenario oil spill containment and clean-up plan.	(10 minutes)
6. Brown, Corrine (FL)	#10	Would make permanent the current moratorium on drilling in the eastern gulf of Mexico that expires in 2022.	(10 minutes)
7. Thompson, Mike (CA)	#4	Would clarify that the legislation does not allow for oil and gas drilling on the northern coast of California.	(10 minutes)
8. Inslee (WA)	#30	Would require the Washington state Governor and legislature approve any leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf off of Washington state.	(10 minutes)