[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3545 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3545

    To require a study of the effect of a 6-month moratorium on new 
     deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on small businesses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 29, 2010

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
    referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require a study of the effect of a 6-month moratorium on new 
     deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on small businesses.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Gulf of Mexico Economic Recovery and 
Job Impact Analysis Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF A 6-MONTH MORATORIUM ON NEW DEEPWATER 
              DRILLING IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration shall conduct a 
study evaluating the effect of a 6-month moratorium on new deepwater 
drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on small business concerns (as defined 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 2 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Office of Advocacy of the Small Business Administration 
shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 
the House of Representatives a report regarding the results of the 
study conducted under subsection (a), which shall include--
            (1) a survey of the effect of a 6-month moratorium on 
        deepwater drilling on small business concerns in the industries 
        directly involved in oil and natural gas exploration in the 
        Gulf of Mexico;
            (2) a survey of the effect of the moratorium on small 
        business concerns in the industries indirectly involved in oil 
        and natural gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, including 
        suppliers of supplies or services and customers of industries 
        directly involved in oil and natural gas exploration;
            (3) an estimate of the effect of the moratorium on the 
        revenues of small business concerns located near the Gulf of 
        Mexico and, if practicable, nationwide; and
            (4) any policy recommendations to mitigate possible 
        negative effects on small business concerns resulting from the 
        moratorium.
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