S. 3308: A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

S. 3308: A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-05-05 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-05-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Directs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend until a certain date: (1) all activities relating to the development of a new or revised five-year plan for the outer Continental Shelf (OCS); (2) new OCS exploration, development, and production activities (including geological and geophysical surveys); and (3) any exploration or development activities commenced before the enactment of this Act, unless the Secretary certifies they pose no significant risk of accident. Continues the suspension of such activities until completion of: (1) the joint investigation by the Secretaries of the Interior and of Homeland Security into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) a final report identifying methods to prevent future incidents in the OCS. Grandfathers any production activities commenced before enactment of this Act.

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A bill to suspend certain activities in the outer Continental Shelf until the date on which the joint investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico has been completed, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] · 5 cosponsors

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Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s3308.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s3308 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111