Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
Latest action · Sep 7, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 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 24, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 6, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to conduct offshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based bidding methods.
Before conducting any Internet-based sale, BOEM is required to gather information from each company present for bidding at the 10 most recent oil and gas lease sales conducted under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. The information is designed to provide the bidding public sufficient opportunity to share ideas, methods, and concerns regarding Internet-based leasing.
All Internet-based sales must meet certain requirements and BOEM shall publicly disclose statistical data regarding any sale on the day the sale is executed.
Additionally, BOEM must conduct at least one Internet-based lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Region within 18 months.
BOEM must also provide a report to Congress within 90 days after it conducts a third Internet-based lease sale.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 24, 2016 to Jul 12, 2016; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Original | Jun 24, 2016 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-LA | John Fleming | Jul 12, 2016 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Jul 12, 2016 |
Committees 2
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 24, 2016Markup Jul 13, 2016Reported Sep 6, 2016 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Jun 24, 2016Hearings Jul 6, 2016Discharged Jul 12, 2016 | |
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2016 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- Sep 6, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-713.
- Sep 6, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 552.
- Sep 6, 2016Mr. Thompson (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 6, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5069-5070)
- Sep 6, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5577.
- Sep 6, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5069-5070)
- Sep 6, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 13, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 13, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
- Jul 12, 2016Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
- Jul 12, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 6, 2016Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Jun 24, 2016Introduced in House
- Jun 24, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- Jun 24, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H5069, H5070Text printed H5069 | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. D-VA, Garret Graves R-LA, Glenn Thompson R-PA | Sep 6, 2016 |
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
- Sep 2, 2016H.R. 5577, Innovation in Offshore Leasing ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on July 13, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 102, June 24, 2016, page H4180.
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 authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live lease sales, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 7, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 6, 2016Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2016Engrossed in House
- Jun 24, 2016Introduced 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.
