No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act
Latest action · Feb 27, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2593-2595)
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 27, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act - Authorizes exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas from the Western Coastal Plain.
Defines the Western Coastal Plain as the area of Coastal Plain: (1) that borders the land of Alaska to the west and Alaska offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea on the north; and (2) from which the Secretary of the Interior finds oil and gas can be produced through horizontal drilling or other subsurface technology from sites outside or underneath the Coastal Plain surface.
Authorizes the Secretary to establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Western Coastal Plain.
Considers such program to be compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish lease sale procedures; and (2) offer for lease those tracts the Secretary considers to have the greatest potential for the discovery of hydrocarbons.
Authorizes the Secretary to grant a lease for land on the Western Coastal Plain to the highest responsible qualified bidder. Prescribes lease terms and conditions.
Provides for expedited judicial review.
Directs the Secretary to establish in the Treasury the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to offset any planning, land use-related, or service-related impacts of offshore development caused by this Act.
Prescribes a scheme for the allocation of revenues produced by bonus, rental, and royalty revenues from the federal oil and gas leasing and operations authorized under this Act, requiring 50% to be paid semiannually to the state of Alaska, and the remainder to designated federal entities.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2009 to Mar 30, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AK | Mark Begich | Original | Feb 27, 2009 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Mar 30, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2593-2595)
- Feb 27, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2592-2593)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Alaska
- Alternative and renewable resources
- Arctic and polar regions
- Arctic Ocean
- Department of the Interior
- Energy
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Government trust funds
- Judicial review and appeals
- Oil and gas
- State and local finance
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2009Introduced in Senate
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