A bill to require that the 5-year plan prepared by the Secretary of the Interior for gas and oil leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf be enacted into law.

Summary

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit a proposed oil and gas leasing program to the President and to the Congress. (Currently such submission must be made 60 days prior to the Secretary's approval and must indicate why any specific recommendation of the Attorney General of any governmental unit was not accepted.) Precludes any leasing program from taking effect unless it is approved by the Congress and enacted into law. Authorizes the Secretary to submit a leasing program for congressional approval at any time.

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Timeline

1. 28 May 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 28 May 1987

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 28 May 1987

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 8 June 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Panama Canal and Outer Continental Shelf.

   Source: Committee

5. 8 June 1987

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior, DOE.

   Source: Committee

6. 9 June 1987

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 May 1987

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Levine, Mel [D-CA-27] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Studds, Gerry E. [D-MA-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Lowry, Mike [D-WA-7] · D · Sponsor
• · hsii00 · Standing
• · hsmm00 · Standing

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