3.0.0 55 2023-01-11T13:28:46Z 2023-01-11T13:28:46Z Senate S 2015-01-07 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-07T20:44:45Z 2015-01-07 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA N C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2015-01-12 False Public Lands and Natural Resources Alabama Atlantic Ocean Fishes Florida Georgia Gulf of Mexico Intergovernmental relations Land transfers Louisiana Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mining Mississippi North Carolina Oil and gas South Carolina State and local government operations Texas Virginia Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2015-01-07 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-27T22:24:01Z Offshore Fairness Act

This bill amends the Submerged Lands Act to change the seaward boundaries of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia from a distance of three geographic miles from the coast line to a distance of three marine leagues. This change expands the offshore jurisdictions of those states.

The Department of the Interior must convey the submerged land in the Outer Continental Shelf that is within this expanded area to a state upon request. After a conveyance, states are prohibited from imposing on that land: (1) burdens or requirements on an interest owner that would be stricter than federal burdens or requirements, or (2) administrative or judicial penalties or sanctions on an interest owner that are more severe than the federal penalties or sanctions.

The submerged land within the seaward boundaries of those states are subject to federal oil and gas mineral rights and are considered to be part of the federal Outer Continental Shelf for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, and other laws applicable to the leasing of the oil and gas resources.

Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are given exclusive fishery management authority to manage and conserve the Gulf of Mexico red snapper in adjacent coastal waters of the applicable state and through the exclusive economic zone. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration must provide financial assistance to those states for stock assessments and data collection relating to the Gulf of Mexico red snapper.

]]> Offshore Fairness Act Display Title Offshore Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to extend the seaward boundaries of certain States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Offshore Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s55is/xml/BILLS-114s55is.xml 2015-01-07 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.