United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 3534 (111th)
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2010
Introduced
8 September 2009
Last action
4 August 2010 · Calendars
Status
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 510.
Sponsors
Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]
Subjects
Energy, Taxation
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of the Interior the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing. Transfers to such Office certain functions of: (1) the Minerals Management Service; and (2) the Oil and Gas Management program of the Bureau of Land Management. Amends the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 to revise miscellaneous specified administrative requirements. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified actions regarding oil and gas royalties, including: (1) a pilot project assessing costs and benefits of automatic transmission of certain data produced under federal leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) determination and reporting of BTU values of natural gas from federal leases; and (3) final regulations concerning required recordkeeping of natural gas measurement data. Modifies oil and gas leasing requirements under the Mineral Leasing Act, adding requirements for coal mine methane recovery. Amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to: (1) extend the Land and Water Conservation Fund through FY2040; (2) make $900 million available from the Fund each fiscal year without further appropriation; and (3) revise requirements for allocation of funds for federal purposes and financial assistance to states. Sets forth a public land leasing program for commercial wind or solar energy development. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to set forth a uranium leasing program on specified public lands. Designates specified OCS Regions for federal renewable and nonrenewable energy resources development. Directs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Commerce to establish Regional Outer Continental Shelf Councils to: (1) coordinate siting and development of energy resources; and (2) prepare OCS Strategic Plans. Establishes in the Treasury the Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance Fund (ORCA), from which grants shall be made to: (1) coastal states and affected Indian tribes; (2) the Ocean, Coastal and Great Lakes Grants Program (to be established under this Act); and (3) Regional Ocean Partnerships. Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal: (1) royalty incentives for natural gas production from deep wells in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) royalty relief for deep water production in the Gulf of Mexico. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee for specified leases of federal onshore and offshore lands for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring in commercial quantities. Prohibits the following authorities from developing or approving a fishery management plan to permit or regulate offshore aquaculture: (1) the Secretary of Commerce; (2) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or (3) the Regional Fishery Management Councils. Declares invalid any permit issued for the conduct of offshore aquaculture.
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Timeline
8 September 2009
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 September 2009
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 September 2009
Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
17 September 2009
Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
30 June 2010
Committee
Committee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
14 July 2010
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
15 July 2010
Vote
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 21.
Source: Committee
15 July 2010
Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Source: Committee
28 July 2010
Calendars
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 332.
Source: Calendars
28 July 2010
Discharge
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Source: Discharge
28 July 2010
Committee
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Source: Committee
28 July 2010
Introduced
Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Agriculture for a period ending not later than July 28, 2010 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(a), rule X.
Source: IntroReferral
28 July 2010
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 111-575, Part I.
Source: Committee
28 July 2010
Reported
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 111-575, Part I.
Source: Committee
30 July 2010
Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H6558)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 3534.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Passed
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Vote
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 193, 1 Present (Roll no. 513).
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Vote
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 193, 1 Present (Roll no. 513).
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Vote
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 166 - 239, 1 Present (Roll no. 512). (consideration: CR H6559-6560)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H6559)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
Mr. Cassidy moved to recommit with instructions to Natural Resources. (consideration: CR H6558-6559; text: CR H6558)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Passed
The House adopted the amendment in the nature of a substitute as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union. (text: CR H6511-6536)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3534.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3534 as unfinished business.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Passed
On motion that the Committee now rise Agreed to by voice vote.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
Mr. Rahall moved that the Committee now rise.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Committee
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Natural Resources, H. Rept. 111-575, Part II.
Source: Committee
30 July 2010
Committee
Supplemental report filed by the Committee on Natural Resources, H. Rept. 111-575, Part II.
Source: Committee
30 July 2010
Floor
POINT OF ORDER - Mr. Hastings (WA) stated that the bill and committee report violated the provisions of clause 9(a) rule XXI and was not in order for consideration. The Chair sustained the point of order.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
The Speaker designated the Honorable Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. to act as Chairman of the Committee.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 1574 and Rule XVIII.
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Floor
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1574. (consideration: CR H6498-6552, H6555-6561)
Source: Floor
30 July 2010
Reported
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1574 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3534 and H.R. 5851. General debate for H.R. 3534 shall be one hour and forty minutes. After general debate, the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. And, it shall be in order to consider as an original bill the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in Part A of the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying the resolution. Notwithstanding clause 11 of rule XVIII, no amendment to that amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be in order except those printed in Part B of the report of the Committee on Rules. The rule also makes in order
Source: Floor
3 August 2010
Calendars
Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Source: Calendars
4 August 2010
Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 510.
Source: Calendars
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Placed on Calendar Senate · 4 August 2010 · Download file
- Engrossed in House · 30 July 2010 · Download file
- Reported in House · 28 July 2010 · Download file
- Introduced in House · 8 September 2009 · Download file
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Placed on Calendar Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3534) to provide greater efficiencies, transparency, returns, and accountability in the administration of Federal mineral and energy resources by consolidating administration of various Federal energy minerals management and leasing programs into one entity to be known as the Office of Federal Energy and Minerals Leasing of the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5851) to provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.
- related to ← Uranium Mining Modernization Act
- amends ← An amendment numbered 8 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to seek to end the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling. The moratorium would be prohibited from enforcement on those rigs that meet safety requirements set forth in NTL 05 and NTL 06.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to ensure there is no delay in the development of ocean renewable energy resources, including offshore wind, in the establishment of the new Bureau of Energy and Resource Management.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 1 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to clarify certain provisisons in the bill and add various requirements.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 4 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to ensure that the ethics guidelines required for certain Department of Interior employees are updated at least every three years. The amendment would also ensure that the best available technology for oil spill response and mitigation, and the availability and accessibility of that technology is part of the Offshore Technology Research and Risk Assessment Program. Finally, the amendment would require that operators annually certify that their response and exploration plans include the best available technology and its availability.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 2 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to allow a group of companies to cooperate to meet financial responsibility requirements by pooling of resources or joint insurance coverage.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 7 printed in Part A of House Report 111-582 to prevent oil companies from shifting oil spill cleanup costs onto taxpayers by ensuring that Oil Pollution Act liabilities of an oil subsidiary will be inherited by the parent oil company in the event the subsidiary goes bankrupt and does not sell its assets. The amendment does not alter underlying liability provisions of OPA, and includes technical corrections from the Department of Justice.
- amends ← An amendment numbered 3 printed in Part B of House Report 111-582 to require that no less than 1.5 percent of the Land and Water Conservation Fund each year go toward securing recreational public access to Federal Lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreation.
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/3534
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