[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 516 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 516

  To extend outer Continental Shelf leases to accommodate permitting 
 delays and to provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety 
                             requirements.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2011

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Vitter, Ms. 
 Murkowski, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Sessions) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend outer Continental Shelf leases to accommodate permitting 
 delays and to provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety 
                             requirements.

    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 ``Lease Extension and Secure Energy 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASES.

    (a) Definition of Covered Lease.--In this section, the term 
``covered lease'' means each oil and gas lease for the Gulf of Mexico 
outer Continental Shelf region issued under section 8 of the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) that was--
            (1) not producing as of April 30, 2010; or
            (2) suspended from operations, permit processing, or 
        consideration, in accordance with the moratorium set forth in 
        the Minerals Management Service Notice to Lessees and Operators 
        No. 2010-N04, dated May 30, 2010, or the decision memorandum of 
        the Secretary of the Interior entitled ``Decision memorandum 
        regarding the suspension of certain offshore permitting and 
        drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf'' and dated 
        July 12, 2010.
    (b) Extension of Covered Leases.--The Secretary of the Interior 
shall extend the term of a covered lease by 1 year.
    (c) Effect on Suspensions of Operations or Production.--The 
extension of covered leases under this Act is in addition to any 
suspension of operations or suspension of production granted by the 
Minerals Management Service or Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement after May 1, 2010.
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