3.0.0 3019 2020-01-29T20:29:58Z 2020-01-29T20:29:58Z Senate S S 2008-05-14 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-05-14T21:06:29Z 2008-05-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-05-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO N Energy Administrative procedure Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of the Interior Energy development Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Government Operations and Politics Law Oil and gas leases Oil shales Public Lands and Natural Resources Energy 00 2008-05-14 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-29T21:16:57Z Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) report to Congress on a commercial leasing program for oil shale and tar sands; and (2) arrange with the National Academy of Sciences to assess for a report to Congress the environmental and commercial framework for oil shale and tar sands development.

Authorizes the senior executive of an affected state or local governmental unit to submit recommendations to the Secretary with respect to size, timing, or location of either a proposed lease sale, or a proposed development and production plan.

Requires an environmental impact statement prior to: (1) any lease sale under the commercial leasing program under this Act; and (2) authorization, on a site-specific basis, of development activity on leased land.

]]> Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008 Display Title Oil Shale and Tar Sands Leasing Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote oil shale and tar sands leasing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-05-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3019is/xml/BILLS-110s3019is.xml 2008-05-14 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.