3.0.0 3308 2023-01-11T13:20:01Z 2023-01-11T13:20:01Z Senate S S 2010-05-05 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-05-05T14:32:21Z To suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes. 111 5222 HR 2010-05-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS 2010-05-05 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2010-05-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2010-05-05 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2010-05-05 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2010-05-05 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2010-05-05 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2010-05-11 False Energy Accidents Government studies and investigations Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Water quality Energy 00 2010-05-05 Introduced in Senate 2010-05-21T20:24:10Z Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend until a certain date: (1) all activities relating to the development of a new or revised five-year plan for the outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) new OCS exploration, development, and production activities (including geological and geophysical surveys); and (3) any exploration or development activities commenced before the enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary certifies they pose no significant risk of accident.

Continues the suspension of such activities until completion of: (1) the joint investigation by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Homeland Security into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) a final report identifying methods to prevent future incidents in the OCS.

Grandfathers any production activities commenced before enactment of this Act.

]]> A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2010-05-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3308is/xml/BILLS-111s3308is.xml 2010-05-05 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.