3.0.0 1268 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z 2023-01-11T16:32:44Z Senate S S 2007-05-02 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-02T19:41:34Z 2007-06-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7508-7511) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-02 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE N C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2007-05-02 True Energy Administrative procedure Carbon cycle Carbon dioxide Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Continental shelf Cuba Department of the Interior Equipment and supplies Export controls Florida Foreign Trade and International Finance Gas in submerged lands Gas industry Geology Georgia Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Gulf of Mexico Latin America Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries North Carolina Oil and gas leases Oil well drilling Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum industry Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Right to travel South Carolina Territorial waters Transportation and Public Works Virginia Energy 00 2007-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2007-06-20T19:36:55Z Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act - Authorizes United States persons to: (1) engage in any transaction necessary for exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of any foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States; and (2) export without license authority all equipment necessary for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to grant general license authority for travel-related expenditures to, from, or within Cuba by persons engaging in hydrocarbon exploration and extraction in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the oil and gas leasing moratorium governing any area east of the Military Mission Line; and (2) decrease from within 125 to within 45 miles of the Florida coastline the moratorium upon oil and gas leasing in the Eastern and Central Planning Area.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that establish environmental safeguards for exploration and production of oil and natural gas on the outer Continental Shelf.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an oil and natural gas inventory beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, but only upon request of the affected state governor.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 regarding the program of grants to oil and gas producers to carry out projects to inject carbon dioxide for the purpose of enhancing oil or natural gas recovery while increasing the sequestration of carbon dioxide. Directs the Secretary of Energy to grant priority consideration to applications that, together with meeting other requirements, are carried out in geologically challenging fields.

]]> Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act Display Title Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the development and inventory of certain outer Continental Shelf resources. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act Introduced in Senate 2007-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1268is/xml/BILLS-110s1268is.xml 2007-06-12 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7508-7511) 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.