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HR 2540 111th Congress House

Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act

Official title: To set clear rules for the development of United States oil shale resources, to promote shale technology research and development, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2009 See on congress.gov
Energy Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the InteriorEnergy researchEnergy revenues and royalties
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Oil and gasPublic contracts and procurementResearch and development
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Jun 1, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 21, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
May 21, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 1, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to hold a lease sale offering an additional 10 parcels for lease for research, development, and demonstration of oil shale resources under the terms offered in the solicitation of bids for such leases published on January 15, 2009.

Applies the oil shale management final rules published by the Department of the Interior on November 18, 2008, to all commercial leasing for the management of federally owned oil shale, and any associated minerals, located on federal lands.

Authorizes the Secretary to reduce temporarily any royalties, fees, rentals, bonus, or other payments for leases of federal lands for oil shale resources development and production as necessary to incentivize and encourage development of such resources, if the Secretary determines that such payments, otherwise authorized by law, are hindering production of such resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Republican 1
Chaffetz, Jason
· May 21, 2009
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2540: Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2540/
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"H.R. 2540: Protecting Investment in Oil shale the Next generation of Environmental, Energy and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2540/.
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H.R. 2540, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2540/.
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