1.This Act may be cited as the
President Obama’s Proposed 2012–2017
Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act
.
2.In this Act:
(1)Any reference to an OCS Planning Area means
such Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as specified by the Department of
the Interior as of January 1, 2012.
(2)Proposed Oil and
Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017)The term Proposed Final Outer
Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017) means such
plan as transmitted to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate on
June 28, 2012.
3.Requirement to
implement Proposed Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2012–2017)The Secretary of the Interior shall
implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing
Program (2012–2017) in accordance with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), other applicable law, and the schedule established by
such proposed program for conducting oil and gas lease sales in OCS Planning
Areas in specified years as set forth in the following table:
Proposed Final Program for 2012–2017 Lease Sale
Schedule Sale No.AreaYear
229Western Gulf of
Mexico2012
227Central Gulf of
Mexico2013
233Western Gulf of
Mexico2013
225Eastern Gulf of
Mexico2014
231Central Gulf of
Mexico2014
238Western Gulf of
Mexico2014
235Central Gulf of
Mexico2015
246Western Gulf of
Mexico2015
226Eastern Gulf of
Mexico2016
241Central Gulf of
Mexico2016
237Chukchi Sea2016
248Western Gulf of
Mexico2016
244Cook Inlet2016
247Central Gulf of
Mexico2017
242Beaufort Sea2017