HR 1231 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

Introduced Mar 29, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Doc Hastings R-WA

Latest action · May 17, 2011 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.

Progress

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IntroducedMar 29, 2011
Passed HouseMay 12, 2011
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the OCS, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area; and (2) any state subdivision of an OCS planning area that the Governor of such state requests be made available for leasing.

Directs the Secretary, in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to make available for leasing OCS planning areas that: (1) are estimated to contain more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil; or (2) are estimated to contain more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Directs the Secretary, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas. Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production of at least: (1) 3 million barrels of oil, and (2) 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

Recorded votes 9

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Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 320	On Passage	Passed243–179	May 12, 2011

House 319	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Failed180–243	May 12, 2011

House 318	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed160–256	May 12, 2011

House 317	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed156–263	May 12, 2011

House 316	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Failed134–279	May 12, 2011

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Cosponsors 69

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2011 to May 2, 2011; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-OH	Bill Johnson	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-MO	Billy Long	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-WY	Cynthia M. Lummis	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-CA	Jeff Denham	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	Jeffrey M. Landry	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	John Fleming	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-NY	Michael G. Grimm	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-GA	Paul C. Broun	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-TX	Pete Olson	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler	Original	Mar 29, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 30, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Mar 30, 2011
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Mar 30, 2011
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Mar 30, 2011
R-NE	Lee Terry		Mar 30, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 30, 2011
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		Apr 6, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Apr 6, 2011
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 6, 2011
R-TN	David P. Roe		Apr 6, 2011
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Apr 6, 2011
R-TX	Francisco "Quico" Canseco		Apr 6, 2011
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Apr 6, 2011
R-MN	John Kline		Apr 6, 2011
R-GA	Rob Woodall		Apr 6, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Apr 6, 2011
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Apr 13, 2011
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Apr 13, 2011
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Apr 13, 2011
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Apr 15, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		Apr 15, 2011
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		May 2, 2011
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		May 2, 2011
R-TN	Diane Black		May 2, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		May 2, 2011
R-CA	Ken Calvert		May 2, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		May 2, 2011
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		May 2, 2011
R-IN	Mike Pence		May 2, 2011
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		May 2, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		May 2, 2011
R-TX	Ted Poe		May 2, 2011
R-SC	Tim Scott		May 2, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		May 2, 2011

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 Mar 29, 2011Markup Apr 13, 2011Reported May 2, 2011
	Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee	Referred Mar 31, 2011Hearings Apr 6, 2011Discharged Apr 13, 2011

Actions 50

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 17, 2011Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.
May 16, 2011Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
May 12, 2011Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3237-3242)
May 12, 2011The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
May 12, 2011The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1231.

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In the Congressional Record 13

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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H2062	Stevan Pearce R-NM	Apr 24, 2012
House	Debate and remarks H8080	Charles W. Boustany, Jr. R-LA	Dec 2, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H7422	E. Scott Rigell R-VA	Nov 14, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H4928	Jeff Duncan R-SC	Jul 12, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H4594	Renee L. Ellmers R-NC	Jul 6, 2011

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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.

Committee report

H. Rept. 112-69

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

May 2, 2011H.R. 1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 13, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2038.

Printed hearings 5

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 112-466	CLEAN ENERGY150 pages	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	May 17, 2012
Serial No. 112-84	THE FUTURE OF U.S. OIL AND NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT ON FEDERAL LANDS AND WATERS70 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Nov 16, 2011
Serial No. 112-38	OVERSIGHT HEARING ON ``DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS: ALASKAN RESOURCES, ACCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE.''50 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Jun 2, 2011
Serial No. 112-43	REGULATORY IMPEDIMENTS TO JOB CREATION IN THE NORTHEAST--PART II81 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Apr 20, 2011
Serial No. 112-20	H.R. 1229, ``PUTTING THE GULF BACK TO WORK ACT''; H.R. 1230, ``AMERICAN OFFSHORE LEASING NOW ACT''; AND H.R. 1231, ``REVERSING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S OFFSHORE MORATORIUM ACT''54 pages	Natural Resources Committee	Apr 6, 2011

CRS reports 4

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 4

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R42942	Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Recent Activities and Ongoing Developments Archived	Report	Apr 17, 2015
R41684	Enacted and Proposed Oil Spill Legislation in the 112th Congress Archived	Report	Jan 16, 2013
R42123	Controlling Air Emissions from Outer Continental Shelf Sources: A Comparison of Two Programs—EPA and DOI Archived	Report	Nov 26, 2012
R40645	U.S. Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Prospects and Processes Archived	Report	Feb 10, 2012

Amendments 8

Amendments offered to this bill.

Amendment	Description	Offered by	Status
HAmdt 280	An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 112-74 to make technical numbering corrections to section 2 of the bill.	Don Young R-AK	On agreeing to the Young (AK) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
HAmdt 281	An amendment numbered 2 printed in House Report 112-74 to clarify that new offshore drilling would not conflict with military operations.	Gerald E. Connolly D-VA	On agreeing to the Connolly (VA) amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 228 (Roll no. 312).
HAmdt 282	An amendment numbered 3 printed in House Report 112-74 to require that new 5-year leasing plans require that companies bidding on new leases first renegotiate any royalty-free leases they own; thus raising more than $2 billion over 10 years.	Edward J. Markey D-MA	On agreeing to the Markey amendment (A003) Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 238 (Roll no. 313).
HAmdt 283	An amendment numbered 4 printed in House Report 112-74 to require the Secretary to make public information about the lessee's executive bonuses from the most recent quarter.	William R. Keating D-MA	On agreeing to the Keating amendment (A004) Failed by recorded vote: 186 - 240 (Roll no. 314).
HAmdt 284	An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 112-74 to require that all applicants for a drilling permit under a lease issued under H.R. 1231 would have to submit a worst-case scenario oil spill containment and clean-up plan.	Niki Tsongas D-MA	On agreeing to the Tsongas amendment (A005) Failed by recorded vote: 195 - 223 (Roll no. 315). (consideration: CR H3237-3238)

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Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 257	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1231) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes.	Procedurally related	May 11, 2011
S 2365	WEST Act	Related bill	Apr 25, 2012
HR 3410	Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act	Related bill	Feb 9, 2012

Titles 4

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
Short Titles as Reported to House: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
Short Titles as Passed House: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

Subjects

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