[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2975. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Vitter) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2953 
proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to provide for the 
modernization of the energy policy of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER 
                   CONTINENTAL SHELF.

       The Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section 
     as the ``Secretary'') shall not finalize, implement, or 
     enforce the proposed rule entitled ``Oil and Gas and Sulphur 
     Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf-Blowout Preventer 
     Systems and Well Control'' (80 Fed. Reg. 21504 (April 17, 
     2015)) (referred to in this section as the ``proposed rule'') 
     unless and until the Secretary--
       (1) issues a revised version of the proposed rule that 
     incorporates the information learned from additional 
     technical workshops conducted after the date of enactment of 
     this Act with industry experts, focusing on mitigation of 
     prescriptive requirements contained in the proposed rule, 
     including those that adversely impact personnel safety;
       (2) provides notice and an opportunity for public comment 
     of not less than 90 days on the revised version of the 
     proposed rule after completion of the technical workshops 
     described in paragraph (1); and
       (3) submits to Congress a report--
       (A) after the technical workshops conducted under paragraph 
     (1), that describes distinct changes made in the proposed 
     rule based on the workshops; and
       (B) after the period for public comment under paragraph 
     (2), that describes distinct changes made in the proposed 
     rule based on the comments.
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