OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF

Articles and editorials

Again, With Feeling—No New Drilling, S6491 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: share certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in Alaska Adjacent Zone (see S. 1560), S8681 [3AU]

California: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast (see H.R. 1906), H4520 [2AP]

Coastal zones: develop a Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal State waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 365), H158 [9JA]

———establish a national integrated system of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems (see H.R. 367), H158 [9JA]

Courts: establish procedures for causes and claims relative to actions or decisions on leasing of Federal lands for exploration, development, production, or transmission of energy resources (see H.R. 3694), H10455 [1OC]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (see H.R. 3534), H9341 [8SE]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H35 [6JA]

———prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see S. 783), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1696), H3834 [24MR] (see H.R. 2439), H5665 [14MY]

Minerals Management Service: reform by establishing as an independent agency (see H.R. 3736), H11110 [7OC]

Mining and mineral resources: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 2120), H4839 [27AP]

NOAA: conduct a technological capability assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding recovery of minerals from shallow and deep seabed (see H.R. 2834), H6617 [11JN]

Oceans: authorize funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide services specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineate U.S. extended continental shelf, and monitor coastal changes (see S. 1515), S8094 [24JY] (see H.R. 2864), H6743 [12JN]

Petroleum: reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (see H.R. 2631), H6012 [21MY]

Power resources: enhance domestic energy security by increasing production from fossil-based resources in an economically and environmentally responsible manner (see S. 1517), S8094 [24JY]

———enhance energy security by diversifying energy sources for onroad transportation, increasing supply of energy resources, and strengthening energy infrastructure (see S. 774), S4172 [1AP]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S3025 [11MR] (see H.R. 1431), H3337 [11MR]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H.R. 797), H920 [3FE]

———limit withdrawals of offshore lands from oil and gas exploration, development, or production, allow States to petition for exploration and extraction, and share offshore oil and gas revenues with States (see H.R. 1143), H2631 [24FE]

———permit U.S. companies to participate in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from a foreign maritime exclusive economic zone contiguous to U.S. exclusive economic zone (see H.R. 1918), H4520 [2AP]

———prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (see S. 851), S4573 [22AP] (see H.R. 790), H875 [2FE]

———review and approve oil and gas exploration and production projects under existing Federal leases, and limit administrative and judicial proceedings relative to such projects (see H.R. 1811), H4249 [31MR]

States: enhance authority for coastal and ocean resources and expansion of America's natural gas and oil supply (see H.R. 1108), H2601 [23FE]

Letters

Effect of Dept. of the Interior-administrated oil and gas leasing on military training and readiness in Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Dept. of Defense (2005), S6489 [11JN]

Remarks in House

California: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast, H7133 [23JN]

Coastal zones: develop a Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal State waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf (H.R. 365), E62 [9JA]

———establish a national integrated system of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems, H3983 [25MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing (H.R. 3534), H9555 [16SE]

———impact of job loss due to cuts in energy development and production projects, leases, and royalties funding, H8429 [21JY]

———permit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H9903, H9904 [24SE], E2341 [23SE]

Petroleum: reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (H.R. 2631), E1247 [21MY]

Power resources: establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (H.R. 1431), H4491-H4498 [2AP]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H93 [9JA], H1071-H1073 [9FE], H2610 [24FE], H3127 [10MR], H6337 [9JN], H6533 [10JN], H9248 [31JY], H10490 [6OC], H11114 [8OC]

———prohibit issuance of oil or natural gas leases in any marine national monument or national marine sanctuary or in Georges Bank fishing area (H.R. 790), E172 [2FE]

———proposed elimination of tax incentives for exploration, development, or production of oil and natural gas, H2933 [4MR], H3057 [6MR], H3111 [10MR]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: share certain Outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in Alaska Adjacent Zone (S. 1560), S8685 [3AU], S11021 [3NO]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to delay implementation of the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, S9647 [22SE], S9724 [23SE], S9809 [24SE]

Power resources: effect of lifting moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions on Navy and Air Force training bases in Florida panhandle, S6489-S6491 [11JN]

———enhance energy security by diversifying energy sources for onroad transportation, increasing supply of energy resources, and strengthening energy infrastructure (S. 774), S5009-S5011 [1MY]

———ensure that cost of producing energy from domestic sources does not increase, S4647, S4656, S4657 [23AP]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for oil and gas leasing revenues for coastal States, S4246, S4257 [2AP]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (S. 570), S3034 [11MR], S3036, S3069 [12MR], S6138-S6140 [4JN]

———lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S2092 [11FE], S4159 [1AP], S6693 [17JN]

Statements

Energy Development on Public Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf: Ken Salazar, Sec. of the Interior, S3339 [18MR]

———Senator Bingaman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S3340 [18MR]

Texts of

S. 774, National Energy Security Act, S4181-S4191 [1AP]