United States · Bill · S
S. 600 (112th)
Use It or Lose It Act of 2011
Introduced
16 March 2011
Last action
16 March 2011 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsors
Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Charles Schumer, Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11], Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Durbin, Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Jeff Merkley, Patty Murray, Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Use It or Lose It Act of 2011 - Requires holders of leases authorizing exploration and production of oil or natural gas to develop them diligently in order to ensure timely production from the lease. Amends the Mineral Leasing Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to require a lessee, as a condition of such a lease, to pay an annual fee of $4 per acre on the acres covered by a non-producing lease. Directs the Secretary to issue regulations that: (1) prescribe requirements and benchmarks for diligent oil and gas development to produce oil and gas from each lease to the maximum extent practicable during the primary term of the lease, and (2) require each leaseholder to submit a diligent development plan describing how the lessee will meet such benchmarks.
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Timeline
16 March 2011
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
16 March 2011
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 March 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 March 2011
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 March 2011
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 16 March 2011
Sponsors
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Charles Schumer · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse · D · Sponsor
- Richard Durbin · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Jeff Merkley · D · Sponsor
- Patty Murray · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] · D · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/600
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/600
- us · 112-s-600 · source updated 24 March 2026