3.0.0 405 2023-01-11T13:20:25Z 2023-01-11T13:20:25Z Senate S S 2011-02-17 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-17T22:46:51Z 2011-02-17 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S907-908) IntroReferral 2011-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S907) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N Energy Bahamas Caribbean area Cuba Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Florida Gulf of Mexico Latin America Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Mexico Oil and gas Pollution liability Energy 00 2011-02-17 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-14T21:46:18Z Gulf Stream Protection Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from granting an oil or gas lease to a bidder conducting oil and gas operations off the coast of Cuba unless the bidder submits to the Secretary: (1) a Cuban oil spill response plan, which includes worst-case-scenario oil discharge plans; and (2) evidence that the bidder has sufficient financial and other resources necessary for a cleanup effort to respond to a worst case scenario oil discharge in Cuba that occurs in, or would impact, the waters of the United States.

Requires the Secretary to implement an oil spill risk analysis and planning process for oil spill response plans for nondomestic oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.

Instructs: (1) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct modeling of the Cuban waters; and (2) the Secretary to take into account any such modeling data collected.

Authorizes the Secretary to verify that companies operating in the United States that are conducting drilling operations off the coast of Cuba are subject to standards as stringent as OCSLA standards.

]]> Gulf Stream Protection Act of 2011 Display Title Gulf Stream Protection Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide a requirement for certain lessees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gulf Stream Protection Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-02-17T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s405is/xml/BILLS-112s405is.xml 2011-02-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S907-908) 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.