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HR 5634 111th Congress House

Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act

Official title: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil and gas drilling and production operations on the outer Continental Shelf must have in place… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that oil and gas drilling and production operations on the outer Continental Shelf must have in place the best available technology for blowout preventers and emergency shutoff equipment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 2010 See on congress.gov
Energy AccidentsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the InteriorEnvironmental technology
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Marine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionOil and gas
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Jul 2, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 29, 2010
Referred to House Natural Resources
Jun 29, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 2, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations requiring: (1) that all oil and gas drilling and production operations on the outer Continental Shelf have safety and environmental management systems in place, including blowout preventers and additional backup emergency shutoff equipment such as acoustic shut-off technology; and (2) that such equipment use the best available and safest technologies. Requires consideration of the need for different technology requirements in different environments and depths.

Applies such regulations to: (1) all new oil and gas drilling and production operations, and (2) all existing drilling and production operations six months after the issuance of the regulations.

Requires the Secretary, every five years thereafter, to review blowout preventer and emergency shutoff equipment technology and revise the regulations as necessary to require use of the best available technology.

Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to require the Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretaries to identify the best available and safest technology for offshore oil and gas exploration and production.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 19, 2010
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 13, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5634: Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5634/
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"H.R. 5634: Offshore Drilling Safety Improvement Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5634/.
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H.R. 5634, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-5634/.
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