3.0.0 1810 2019-11-15T21:29:02Z 2019-11-15T21:29:02Z House H HR 2009-03-31 111 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2009-04-06T20:42:07Z Referred to 2009-03-31T14:33:48Z 2009-04-06 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2009-03-31 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2009-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001256 Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] Michele Bachmann R MN 6 N Public Lands and Natural Resources Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Department of the Interior Energy research Land transfers Oil and gas Research and development Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2009-03-31 Introduced in House 2009-06-08T19:39:57Z Fast Track Shale Act - Repeals the prohibition under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 on the use of funds to: (1) prepare or publish final regulations regarding a commercial leasing program for oil shale (and tar sands) resources on public lands; or (2) conduct an oil shale lease sale pursuant to such Act.

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue all regulations necessary to implement the Oil Share, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 with respect to oil shale.

Directs the Secretary, immediately after issuing such regulations, to offer for leasing: (1) additional 160-acre tracts of lands the Secretary considers necessary for research and development of oil shale resources; and (2) public lands, for commercial exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources, in states for which the Secretary finds sufficient support and interest.

]]> Fast Track Shale Act Short Titles as Introduced Fast Track Shale Act Display Title Fast Track Shale Act Official Title as Introduced To open Federal Bureau of Land Management and National Forest lands to leasing for exploration, development, and production of oil shale resources, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-03-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1810ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1810ih.xml 2009-04-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 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.