[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S375-S376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3106. 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. ___. REPORTS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) BSEE.--The term ``BSEE'' means the Bureau of Safety and 
     Environmental Enforcement.
       (2) Proposed rule.--The term ``proposed rule'' means the 
     proposed rule of the BSEE 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)).

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       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the department in which the BSEE is operating.
       (b) Report Required.--Not later than the later of 90 days 
     after the date of enactment of this Act or the day before the 
     date of publication of the final version of the proposed 
     rule, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate 
     and the Committees on Appropriations and Natural Resources of 
     the House of Representatives a report containing an analysis 
     of the proposed rule--
       (1) to demonstrate the extent to which industry and 
     government have already effectively and comprehensively 
     enhanced offshore safety;
       (2) to identify any existing gaps and the best manner with 
     which to fill those gaps; and
       (3) to identify and provide justification for any 
     improvements to safety claimed in the proposed regulations 
     and rules.
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