3.0.0 735 2020-01-29T20:28:12Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z Senate S S 2005-04-06 109 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-06T23:39:42Z 2005-04-06 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2005-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-06-23 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Alabama Commerce Continental shelf Contracts Easements Energy Finance and Financial Sector Gas pipelines Government Operations and Politics Government liability Land transfers Law Louisiana Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mineral reserves Mining leases Mississippi Offshore structures Oil and gas leases Oil and gas royalties Petroleum pipelines Right-of-way State laws Submerged lands Territorial waters Transportation and Public Works Valuation Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-31T19:25:29Z Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Submerged Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in the expanded submerged land of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, if the state involved demonstrates that specified conditions will be met. Numbers among such conditions the requirement that the state enact, and keep updated, laws or promulgate regulations equivalent to federal law or regulations regarding: (1) the environmental protection, safety, and operations of any operation pipeline in existence on the date of conveyance; and (2) valuation of oil, gas, or other mineral production from existing interests for royalty purposes.

Provides that if any existing federal oil and gas or other mineral lease or unit would be divided by the expanded seaward boundary of a state, the federal interest in the leased minerals underlying the portion of the lease or unit that lies within the expanded submerged boundary shall not be considered to be conveyed to the state until the date on which the lease or unit expires or is relinquished by the United States.

]]> Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 Display Title Offshore Fairness Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Submerged Lands Act to make the seaward boundaries of the States of Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi equivalent to the seaward boundaries of the State of Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s735is/xml/BILLS-109s735is.xml 2005-04-06 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.