DRILL NOW Act of 2008
Latest action · Jul 2, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008, or DRILL NOW Act of 2008 - Declares without force or effect all existing federal law which prohibits spending appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing on the outer Continental Shelf.
Revokes: (1) all withdrawals from leasing on federal submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf (including withdrawals by the President); and (2) Presidential authorities with respect to such leasing (except in the interest of national security).
Amends of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize a state governor to petition the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases for oil and natural gas exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the state's coastal zone.
Cites circumstances under which the Secretary shall approve or deny the petition.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit revenues from leasing operations into designated funds and accounts.
Provides that any funds that would be received by the United States as royalties under any existing federal oil and gas lease on the outer Continental Shelf that lies within 50 miles of the coastal zone of the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama shall be paid to that state if it enacts an expenditure plan for those funds.
Cosponsors 27
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2008 to Jul 22, 2008; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Jul 10, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 10, 2008 | |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Jul 10, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| R-ID | Bill Sali | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-SC | Henry E. Brown, Jr. | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-AL | Jo Bonner | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Jul 16, 2008 | |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Jul 16, 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 26, 2008 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 2, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating longstanding moratoriums on the domestic production of offshore oil and natural gas and to authorize States to petition for authorization to conduct offshore oil and natural gas exploration and extraction in the coastal zone of their State.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Developing Resources Immediately and Long-Term through Leases on Our Nation's Offshore Waters Act of 2008
- DRILL NOW Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative remedies
- Alabama
- Alternative energy sources
- Appropriations
- Coastal zone
- Continental shelf
- Department of the Interior
- Economics and Public Finance
- Energy
- Environmental Protection
- Federal-state relations
- Gas in submerged lands
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government trust funds
- Law
- Louisiana
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine pollution
- Mississippi
- Natural gas
- Ocean energy resources
- Oil and gas leases
- Oil and gas royalties
- Oil pollution
- Oil well drilling
- Petroleum
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Presidential powers
- Prospecting
- Revenue sharing
- Texas
- Water pollution control
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
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