National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act
Latest action · Oct 14, 2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 165.
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 13, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act - (Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the National Petroleum Reserve (NPR) in Alaska remains explicitly designated to provide oil and natural gas resources to the United States, and (2) it is national policy to actively advance oil and gas development within the NPR.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to require the mandatory program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the NPR to include at least one lease sale annually in those areas of the NPR most likely to produce commercial quantities of oil and natural gas each year in the period 2011-2021.
(Sec. 4) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to ensure permits, according to a specified timeline, for all surface development activities, including pipelines and roads construction to: (1) develop and bring into production any areas within the NPR that are subject to oil and gas leases; and (2) transport oil and gas from and through the NPR to existing transportation or processing infrastructure on the North Slope of Alaska.
(Sec. 5) Instructs the Secretary to issue regulations establishing clear requirements to ensure that the Department of the Interior is supporting development of oil and gas leases in the NPR.
(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to assess all technically recoverable fossil fuel resources within the NPR, including all conventional and unconventional oil and natural gas.
Requires the resource assessment to be implemented by the U.S. Geological Survey, which is authorized to use resources and funds provided by the state of Alaska.
Cosponsors 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 13, 2011 to Jul 12, 2011; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-TN | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-GA | Paul C. Broun | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Jun 13, 2011 |
| R-FL | David Rivera | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| R-LA | Jeffrey M. Landry | Jun 22, 2011 | |
| R-CA | Jeff Denham | Jul 12, 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 Jun 13, 2011Markup Jul 13, 2011Reported Oct 14, 2011 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jun 14, 2011Hearings Jun 16, 2011Discharged Jul 13, 2011 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 14, 2011Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-249.
- Oct 14, 2011Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 165.
- Jul 13, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 13, 2011Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- Jul 13, 2011Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 14.
- Jun 16, 2011Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 14, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Jun 13, 2011Introduced in House
- Jun 13, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 19, 2011H.R. 2150, National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2011
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H4075.
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. 112-42 | H.R. 2150, ``NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE ALASKA ACCESS ACT''60 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jun 16, 2011 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4480 | Domestic Energy and Jobs Act | Related bill | Jul 10, 2012 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the Reserve each year in the period 2011 through 2021, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 14, 2011Reported in House
- Jun 13, 2011Introduced 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.
