To establish procedures for causes and claims relating to the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 26, 2008 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedSep 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Confers exclusive jurisdiction upon the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to hear causes and claims arising from a covered energy project, any action or decision by a federal official regarding: (1) leasing federal lands for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of any source or form of energy; (2) actions and decisions regarding the selection or offering of federal lands for such leasing; or (3) any action under such a lease.
Bars any cause or claim not filed within a 60-day period for filing a complaint.
Prescribes a 180-day deadline for court resolution of a complaint or cause of action.
Declares that such a complaint or cause of action shall take precedence over all other pending matters before the District Court.
Restricts to the Supreme Court any judicial review of an interlocutory or final judgment, decree, or order of the district court. Prescribes a 180-day deadline for Supreme Court resolution of such a matter.
Declares that all such proceedings shall take precedence over all other matters then before the Supreme Court.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 26, 2008 to Sep 29, 2008; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-CA | Daniel E. Lungren | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-CA | George Radanovich | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-NY | John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr. | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Original | Sep 26, 2008 |
| R-UT | Chris Cannon | Sep 27, 2008 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Sep 27, 2008 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 29, 2008 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Sep 29, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Sep 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish procedures for causes and claims relating to the leasing of Federal lands (including submerged lands) for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2008Introduced in House
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