HR 989
102th Congress
House
Energy
Congressional reporting requirements
Continental shelf
Energy policy
Gas in submerged lands
Oil and gas leases
Petroleum
Petroleum in submerged lands
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf.
Introduced: February 20, 1991
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6 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 7, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf.
Mar 7, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, Treasury, EPA, CEQ.
Mar 4, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Offshore Energy Resources.
Feb 20, 1991
Referred concurrently to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries for a period ending not late than 30 legislative days following the date on which the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs files its report in the House.
Feb 20, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Feb 20, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas exploration leases or licenses on submerged lands off the coastlines of the eastern seaboard, western seaboard, and Alaska (the Outer Continental Shelf). Retains the leases, licenses, and permits in effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Directs the Secretary to cancel (with compensation) specified leases or permits in effect on such date.
Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on alternative options for compensating leaseholders of specified land tracts.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf.