[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 771 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 771

To establish requirements for oil and gas leasing of areas of the Outer 
           Continental Shelf off the coast of South Carolina.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

    Mr. Duncan of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Benishek, and 
  Mr. Gowdy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish requirements for oil and gas leasing of areas of the Outer 
           Continental Shelf off the coast of South Carolina.

    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 ``South Carolina Offshore Drilling Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. LEASE SALES OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

    In determining the areas off the coast of South Carolina to be made 
available for leasing under Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas 
Leasing Program (2012-2017), the Secretary of the Interior--
            (1) shall act in accordance with section 18(a)(2)(F) of the 
        Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344(a)(2)(F)) and 
        take into consideration the laws, goals, and policies of the 
        State of South Carolina; and
            (2) shall focus on areas considered to have the most 
        geologically promising energy resources.
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