3.0.0 3543 2020-01-29T20:30:48Z 2020-01-29T20:30:48Z Senate S S 2008-09-23 110 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-23T22:54:55Z Minerals Management Service Improvement Act of 2008 110 7211 HR 2008-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS 2008-09-23 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2008-09-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9282-9283) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2008-09-23 True Energy Auditing Commerce Conflict of interests Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Crime and Law Enforcement Department of the Interior Employee training Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Financial disclosure Gas in submerged lands Gas industry Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government ethics Governmental investigations Labor and Employment Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mines and mineral resources Mining leases Mining royalties Oil and gas royalties Oil well drilling Ombudsman Petroleum in submerged lands Petroleum industry Stocks Energy 00 2008-09-23 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-23T17:16:58Z Integrity in Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008 - Prohibits any employee of the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the Interior from: (1) knowingly accepting a gift from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining or from being employed by such an entity while employed in the Service; and (2) accepting employment from an entity engaged in the business of mineral mining during the one-year period after termination of employment with the Service. Makes violations of such prohibitions a felony. Requires financial disclosure by employees of the Service in positions equivalent to GS-13 or higher.

Suspends the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to carry out royalty-in-kind programs (payment of royalties from oil and gas leases in the form of production rather than cash) until the Secretary certifies that a comprehensive review of such programs has been conducted, implements an ethics training program for employees of the Minerals Management Service, and creates an ombudsman position to monitor the progress of the Service in carrying out reforms. Requires the Secretary to perform at least 550 audits in each fiscal year of oil and gas leases for which payment is made under a royalty-in-kind program.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal the authority of the Secretary to pay salaries and other administrative costs related to a royalty-in kind program from royalty-in-kind sales revenues.

]]> Integrity in Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Integrity in Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008 Display Title Integrity in Offshore Energy Resources Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the administration of the Minerals Management Service, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3543is/xml/BILLS-110s3543is.xml 2008-09-23 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.