Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2005-04-21 — COAST Anti-Drilling Act: cross-connection with atlantic-ocs-leasing-ban: COAST Anti-Drilling Act is a geographically targeted carve-out from the broader OCS oil and gas leasing program, restricting only Mid- and North Atlantic planning areas. (novelty: 2)
- 2006-02-15 — Reliable and Affordable Natural Gas Energy Reform Act of 2006: cross-connection with ocs-natural-gas-leasing: The bill proposed carving natural gas leasing out of the OCS oil-and-gas moratoria, treating gas as separable from oil for purposes of state opt-in and lease sales. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-03-20 — FAIR Act of 2013: cross-connection with ocs-coastal-state-revenue-sharing: FAIR Act would tie non-Gulf OCS lease revenues to adjacent-state disbursements, linking OCS leasing decisions to a broader coastal-state revenue pool. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-01-22 — West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2013: 2013 — West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2013 (S. introduced, referred to committee) would bar Interior from issuing any OCS oil or natural gas leases off California, Oregon, or Washington — a regional statutory withdrawal proposal that did not advance. (novelty: 2)
- 2013-02-27 — Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013: 2013 — Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 (introduced, S. referral) would have deemed the 2010–2015 OCS oil and gas leasing plan final, required Interior to decide drill permits within 20 days, and expanded coastal-state royalty sharing from offshore production — an early legislative marker for statutorily forced OCS lease sales and permit deadlines. (novelty: 3)