Expedited Offshore Permitting Act of 2011

Summary

Expedited Offshore Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to approve or disapprove any application for a permit for drilling a well under an approved exploration or development plan for an oil and gas lease, or any application to amend a previously approved permit under such a lease, within 30 days after its submission. Authorizes the Secretary to disapprove an application if any proposed activity under the permit: (1) would result in serious harm or damage to life (including fish and other aquatic life), to property, to any mineral (in areas leased or not leased), to the national security or defense, or to the marine, coastal, or human environment; and (2) cannot be modified to avoid such condition. Requires the Secretary, after disapproving a permit application, if there is no other well on areas subject to the applicable leases capable of production in paying quantities, to pay to the record title holders of any of the applicable leases the amount of any bonus bid paid for the lease plus interest.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 16 March 2011

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 March 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 16 March 2011

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 18 March 2011

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

• Introduced in House · 16 March 2011 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 March 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 16 March 2011

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 16 March 2011

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Bill Flores · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Landry, Jeffrey M. [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
• Jeff Duncan · R · Sponsor
• Louie Gohmert · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Canseco, Francisco "Quico" [R-TX-23] · R · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.