3.0.0 1890 2019-11-15T21:29:38Z 2019-11-15T21:29:38Z House H HR 2011-05-12 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TSONGAS:H.R. 1890.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Constitution[Page H3281]]]> hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Referred to 2011-05-24T20:30:46Z Referred to 2011-05-12T14:04:15Z 2011-05-24 hsii06 Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Committee 2011-05-12 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2011-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-05-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000465 Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-5] Niki Tsongas D MA 5 N Energy Accidents Emergency planning and evacuation Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Energy 00 2011-05-12 Introduced in House 2011-09-01T21:08:51Z Save America from Environmentally Reckless Drilling Act or SAFER Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to require, as a condition and term of any exploration plan or any development and production plan, that the applicant submit and implement an oil spill containment and cleanup plan (to be approved by the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [EPA]) capable of handling a worst-case scenario oil spill.

Describes required plan contents.

Allows approval by the Administrator only if the applicant has demonstrated adequate technology, organization, resources, and capacity both to contain and to prevent shoreline contamination by a significant proportion of a worst-case spill, and to provide for long-term cleanup and remediation of the marine and coastal environments.

Authorizes cancellation of a lease (without compensation) upon failure of the lease holder to submit an exploration plan or development and production plan in accordance with this Act or to implement an approved oil spill containment and cleanup plan.

]]> SAFER Drilling Act Short Titles as Introduced SAFER Drilling Act Short Titles as Introduced Save America from Environmentally Reckless Drilling Act Display Title SAFER Drilling Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require, as a condition and term of any exploration plan or development and production plan submitted under that Act, that the applicant for the plan must submit an oil spill containment and clean-up plan capable of handling a worst-case scenario oil spill, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr1890ih/xml/BILLS-112hr1890ih.xml 2011-05-24 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.