1.Deepwater Horizon Incident
Investigation
(a)Until the date
described in subsection (b), the Secretary of the Interior shall
suspend—
(1)all activities relating to the development
of a new or revised 5-year plan for the outer Continental Shelf under section
18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344);
(2)any new
exploration, development, and production activities in the outer Continental
Shelf, including the conduct of seismic and other geological and geophysical
surveys; and
(3)any exploration or
development activities that have commenced before the date of enactment of this
Act, unless the Secretary of the Interior certifies that the activities pose no
significant risk of accident.
(b)The date referred to in subsection (a) is
the date on which—
(1)the joint investigation conducted by the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect
to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed in
accordance with the joint statement of principles and convening order entitled
Joint Department of the Interior and Department of Homeland Security
Statement of Principles and Convening Order Regarding Investigation into the
Marine Casualty, Explosion, Fire, Pollution, and Sinking of Mobile Offshore
Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, With Loss of Life in the Gulf of Mexico 21–22
April 2010
; and
(2)a final report identifying methods to
prevent future incidents in the outer Continental Shelf has been completed in
accordance with the joint statement described in paragraph (1).
(c)Nothing
in this Act affects production activities that have commenced before the date
of enactment of this Act.