United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5525 (111th)
To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior.
Introduced
15 June 2010
Last action
16 June 2010 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sponsors
Pete Olson, Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6], JOE BARTON, Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10], LAMAR SMITH, KEVIN BRADY, Louie Gohmert, Ted Poe, Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3], Gregg Harper, Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19], Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3], Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22], Henry Cuellar, JOHN CULBERSON, Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3], Bill Cassidy, Jeb Hensarling, Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4], Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16], Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6], Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-42], Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6], Kenny Marchant, JOHN SHIMKUS, Tom McClintock, Rob Bishop, Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5], Marsha Blackburn, K. Conaway, Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3], Glenn Thompson
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
28 November 2025
Summary
Declares without force or effect: (1) the moratorium on deepwater drilling issued by the Secretary of the Interior set forth in the Minerals Management Service Notice to Lessees No. 2010-N04, dated May 30, 2010; and (2) any suspension of deepwater drilling operations issued in connection with such moratorium.
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Timeline
15 June 2010
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
15 June 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
15 June 2010
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
16 June 2010
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 15 June 2010 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 15 June 2010
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 15 June 2010
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 15 June 2010
Sponsors
- Pete Olson · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6] · R · Sponsor
- JOE BARTON · R · Sponsor
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] · R · Sponsor
- LAMAR SMITH · R · Sponsor
- KEVIN BRADY · R · Sponsor
- Louie Gohmert · R · Sponsor
- Ted Poe · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
- Gregg Harper · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-22] · R · Sponsor
- Henry Cuellar · D · Sponsor
- JOHN CULBERSON · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] · R · Sponsor
- Bill Cassidy · R · Sponsor
- Jeb Hensarling · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [D-TX-4] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-42] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-6] · R · Cosponsor
- Kenny Marchant · R · Cosponsor
- JOHN SHIMKUS · R · Cosponsor
- Tom McClintock · R · Cosponsor
- Rob Bishop · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Fallin, Mary [R-OK-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Marsha Blackburn · R · Cosponsor
- K. Conaway · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Westmoreland, Lynn A. [R-GA-3] · R · Cosponsor
- Glenn Thompson · R · Cosponsor
- · hsii00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/5525
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hr/5525
- us · 111-hr-5525 · source updated 28 November 2025