3.0.0 2953 2020-01-29T20:30:00Z 2020-01-29T20:30:00Z Senate S S 2008-05-01 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-01T16:46:10Z 2008-05-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-05-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3701-3704) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN N W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2008-05-01 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2008-05-01 True Energy Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Carbon dioxide Caribbean area Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commerce Congress Congressional oversight Continental shelf Cuba Department of the Interior Energy prices Environmental Protection Export controls Florida Foreign Trade and International Finance Gas in submerged lands Gas industry Geology Georgia Government Operations and Politics Gulf of Mexico International Affairs Latin America Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Natural gas North Carolina Oil and gas leases Oil well drilling Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum industry Petroleum reserves Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Right to travel Sanctions (International law) South Carolina Strategic materials Territorial waters Transportation and Public Works Virginia Energy 00 2008-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-07-31T21:16:37Z Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008, or the DOES Act - Permits United States persons to: (1) engage in 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 pertinent equipment for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Identifies as persons authorized to travel to Cuba any full-time employees, executives, and agents and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) decrease to 45 miles within the coastline of Florida the moratorium on oil and gas leasing.

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

Authorizes such Secretary to inventory the oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, only if the respective state governor requests it.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy, in evaluating applications for enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection, to grant priority consideration to applications carried out in geologically challenging fields.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy (Secretaries) to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during calendar 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries to resume such acquisition after the President notifies Congress that the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel.

]]> DOES Act Short Titles as Introduced DOES Act Short Titles as Introduced Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008 Display Title DOES Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the development and inventory of certain outer Continental Shelf resources, to suspend petroleum acquisition for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2953is/xml/BILLS-110s2953is.xml 2008-05-01 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.