3.0.0 3404 2022-02-03T05:54:17Z 2022-02-03T05:54:17Z Senate S S 2012-07-19 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-07-19T14:37:59Z 2012-07-19 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2012-07-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY N V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2012-07-19 True Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Alternative and renewable resources Department of Energy Department of the Interior Environmental regulatory procedures Executive agency funding and structure Government liability Legal fees and court costs Licensing and registrations Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Energy 00 2012-07-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-18T15:42:41Z Department of Energy Reorganization Act of 2012 - Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) an Office of Federal Energy Production, headed by a Director appointed by the Secretary of Energy.

Transfers to such Director the current functions of the Directors of: (1) the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, (2) the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and (3) the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior with respect to oil and gas development and renewable energy production.

Establishes within DOE the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, to whose Director are transferred the functions and regulatory authority of the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement of the Department of the Interior. Terminates the latter Bureau upon completion of all transfers.

Establishes within DOE the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, to whose Director are transferred the functions of the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management of the Department of the Interior. Terminates the latter Bureau upon completion of all transfers.

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, with respect to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas leasing program, to require the Secretary to certify that the oil and gas leasing program prepared will best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following its approval or reapproval. Directs the Secretary to amend the program to include additional lease sales in additional areas if it is determined that the United States will require more than one million barrels of oil per day for the next fiscal year from foreign sources other than Canada and Mexico.

Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize appropriations to the Secretary to implement oil shale and gilsonite leases and permits.

Exempts DOE from the jurisdiction of the Equal Access to Justice Act.

]]> Department of Energy Reorganization Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Department of Energy Reorganization Act of 2012 Display Title Department of Energy Reorganization Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish within the Department of Energy an Office of Federal Energy Production, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3404is/xml/BILLS-112s3404is.xml 2012-07-19 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.