Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2008 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 195 (Roll no. 469). (text: CR H6110)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 12, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed.
Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the five-year original term of the lease; and (2) require each leaseholder to submit a diligent development plan showing how the lessee will meet the benchmarks.
Establishes a civil penalty for noncompliance with this Act.
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands Act to set forth lease terms for an initial period of five years, renewable for additional one-year periods, subject to specified conditions.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 469 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Failed223–195 | Jun 26, 2008 |
Cosponsors 61
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2008 to Jun 26, 2008; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-IL | Rahm Emanuel | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jun 12, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 17, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Jun 17, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jun 12, 2008 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Mr. Rahall moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 26, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6110-6121)
- Jun 26, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6251.
- Jun 26, 2008DEBATE - Ms. Fallin asked unanimous consent that debate on the motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 6251 be extended by 10 minutes, equally divided and controlled. Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 26, 2008At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
In the Congressional Record 16
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-745 | OIL BUBBLE OR NEW REALITY: HOW WILL SKYROCKETING OIL PRICES AFFECT THE U.S. ECONOMY?108 pages | Joint Economic Committee | Jun 25, 2008 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| RL33493 | Outer Continental Shelf: Debate Over Oil and Gas Leasing and Revenue Sharing Archived | Report | Apr 3, 2009 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3239 | Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act | Related bill | Jul 10, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative procedure
- Commerce
- Continental shelf
- Department of the Interior
- Energy
- Energy development
- Fines (Penalties)
- Gas in submerged lands
- Gas industry
- Government Operations and Politics
- Law
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Petroleum industry
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Rent
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 12, 2008Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
