3.0.0 3646 2017-12-15T00:44:16Z 2017-12-15T00:44:16Z Senate S S 2008-09-27 110 2008-11-18 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1120 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. Calendars 2008-09-27 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2008-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. N Energy Administrative procedure Atlantic Coast (U.S.) Continental shelf Gas in submerged lands Government Operations and Politics Gulf of Mexico Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas leases Oil shales Oil well drilling Petroleum in submerged lands Public Lands and Natural Resources Energy 00 2008-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-07T19:18:14Z Drill Now Act of 2008 - Amends the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 to repeal its prohibitions against oil and natural gas preleasing and leasing activities in specified offshore areas, including the North Atlantic, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, and the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.

Declares that the United States reserves the right to designate national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to conduct leasing, preleasing, and related activities for any opened area before June 30, 2012.

Requires any lease issued by the Secretary for submerged land of the OCS in any opened area lying within 25 miles of the coastline of any state to include a prohibition against permanent surface occupancy.

Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit revenues from tracts leased under this Act into: (1) the general fund of the Treasury; and (2) a special account in the Treasury, for allocation among the states in accordance with prescribed guidelines.

Repeals the prohibition against the use of funds to prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public lands or to conduct an oil shale lease sale.

]]> Drill Now Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Drill Now Act of 2008 Display Title Drill Now Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize and expedite lease sales within the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2008-11-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3646pcs/xml/BILLS-110s3646pcs.xml Introduced in Senate 2008-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3646is/xml/BILLS-110s3646is.xml 2008-11-18 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1120 under authority of the order of the Senate of 11/17/2008. 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.