[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1230 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1230

 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under 
 which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into 
memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of 
                   oil and gas production activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 6, 2015

 Ms. Murkowski 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 direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program under 
 which the Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into 
memoranda of understanding with States providing for State oversight of 
                   oil and gas production activities.

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

SECTION 1. STATE OVERSIGHT OF OIL AND GAS PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--On request of the Governor of a State, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall establish a program under which the 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management shall enter into a memorandum 
of understanding with the State to create consistent rules and 
processes for the measurement of oil and gas production activities, 
inspection of meters or other measurement methodologies, and other 
operational activities, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for the program described in 
subsection (a), a State shall administer oil and gas programs in the 
State sufficient to fulfill the oversight and enforcement 
responsibilities of the Bureau of Land Management, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior.
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