[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4091 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4091

 To dissolve the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the 
                               Interior.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1998

  Mr. Skeen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To dissolve the Minerals Management Service of the Department of the 
                               Interior.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the Department of the Interior must streamline 
        operations and use the savings from streamlining for other 
        programs;
            (2) the Congress and executive branch have prohibited 
        expansion of the offshore oil and gas program into new areas, 
        thus containing it in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska;
            (3) reorganization of the Minerals Management Service to 
        place the offshore oil and gas functions under the direct 
        management of Presidential appointees confirmed by the United 
        States Senate will bring more accountability; and
            (4) royalty functions should be maintained at the Assistant 
        Secretary level because of the Secretary's trust responsibility 
        to Indian oil, gas, and mineral activities.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF MMS AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall terminate the Minerals 
Management Service and transfer the functions of the Offshore Minerals 
Management Division to the Bureau of Land Management and the functions 
of the Royalty Management Program to the office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget.
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