[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3811 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3811

      To terminate the effect of laws prohibiting the spending of 
     appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and 
preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To terminate the effect of laws prohibiting the spending of 
     appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and 
preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. TERMINATION OF LAWS PROHIBITING THE SPENDING OF APPROPRIATED 
              FUNDS FOR OCS LEASING ACTIVITIES.

    All provisions of existing Federal law prohibiting the spending of 
appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and 
preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf shall 
have no force or effect.

SEC. 2. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL WITHDRAWALS.

    All existing withdrawals by the President under the authority of 
section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341) 
are hereby revoked and are no longer in effect.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT LEASE SALE FOR SUBMERGED LANDS OF THE 
              OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall, 180 days the date of the 
enactment of this Act and under section 8 of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337), conduct a sale of oil and gas leases 
on all submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf in the Eastern 
Gulf of Mexico that--
            (1) are depicted as ``Leased or Deferred-Not Offered'' on 
        the Minerals Management Service document entitled ``Eastern 
        Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 181, December 2001 Lease Terms, 
        Economic Conditions, Stipulations, and Deferred Blocks for the 
        FINAL NOTICE OF SALE 181''; and
            (2) are not subject to a lease under that section.
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