3.0.0 2290 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z 2023-01-13T04:49:04Z Senate S S 2006-02-15 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-02-15T22:28:45Z 2006-02-15 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2006-02-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1359-1360) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-02-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford N W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2006-02-15 True T000024 Sen. Talent, Jim [R-MO] JIM TALENT R MO 2006-02-15 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2006-02-16 False S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA 2006-04-27 False Energy Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Alabama Alaska Animals Atlantic Ocean California Continental shelf Department of the Interior Economics and Public Finance Energy supplies Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal-state relations Florida Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine parks and reserves Natural gas Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Pacific Ocean Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Revenue sharing Water Resources Development Water conservation Wildlife conservation Wildlife refuges Energy 00 2006-02-15 Introduced in Senate 2006-03-13T15:22:44Z Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue a lease for development and production of gas and associated condensate and other hydrocarbon liquids in a moratorium area beginning with the five-year outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program for 2007 through 2012.

Revises projected state lines for the subsoil and seabed of the OCS, including artificial islands and fixed structures.

Establishes leasing moratoria, until June 30, 2012, for designated areas of the OCS.

Authorizes a state governor to request the Secretary to: (1) extend the withdrawal from leasing of any area within the state's Adjacent Zone within 125 miles of its coastline; (2) provide a current estimate of proven and potential natural gas resources that may result in state revenues in any moratorium area adjacent to, or lying seaward of, the state coastline; and (3) make available for leasing any portion of a moratorium area in the Adjacent Zone.

Requires the Secretary to notify a neighboring state for its concurrence with or objection to any proposed natural gas lease located within 20 miles of the nearest point on the coastline of such state.

Prescribes guidelines for state participation in revenue sharing from moratorium and nonmoratorium areas.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the requirement to conduct comprehensive inventory of OCS natural gas resources.

Grants the lessee of a natural gas lease within specified areas of the California or Florida Adjacent Zones the option, without compensation, of exchanging the lease for a new natural gas lease having a primary term of five years.

Cites circumstances under which the Secretary shall repurchase and cancel any federal natural gas lease in the OCS.

]]> Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006 Display Title Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for affordable natural gas by rebalancing domestic supply and demand and to promote the production of natural gas from domestic resources. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006 Introduced in Senate 2006-02-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2290is/xml/BILLS-109s2290is.xml 2006-02-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.