I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5436 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 27, 2010 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the Minerals Management Service from issuing permits or environmental or safety waivers for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico until the discharge of oil from the last Deepwater Horizon well has stopped and a congressional committee has issued a report finding the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon.

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Prohibition on issuance of permits and waivers for deepwater oil drilling in Gulf of Mexico

(a)

Prohibition

The Minerals Management Service may not issue any permit or grant any waiver of any environmental or safety requirement or restriction under any Federal law for any deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico before the date on which— (1)the discharge of oil from the last well drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon has stopped; and (2)a Committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate has issued a report that includes a finding of the cause of the explosion on and sinking of the semi-submersible drilling rig Deepwater Horizon. (b)

Definitions

In this section— (1)the term deepwater drilling rig means an offshore facility used for drilling in, exploring for, developing, or producing oil in water that is greater than 1,000 feet in depth; and (2)the term offshore facility has the meaning that term has in the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).