H.R. 1231: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

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H.R. 1231: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-29 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.

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Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

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Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to make available for leasing and to conduct lease sales including: (1) at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources (on a total btu basis) based upon the most recent national geologic assessment of the OCS, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area; and (2) any state subdivision of an OCS planning area that the Governor of such state requests be made available for leasing. Directs the Secretary, in the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to make available for leasing OCS planning areas that: (1) are estimated to contain more than 2.5 billion barrels of oil; or (2) are estimated to contain more than 7.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Directs the Secretary, in developing a 5-year oil and gas leasing program, to determine a domestic strategic production goal for the development of oil and natural gas. Makes the production goal for the 2012-2017 5-year oil and gas leasing program an increase by 2027 in daily production of at least: (1) 3 million barrels of oil, and (2) 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

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Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4] · 69 cosponsors

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Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Glenn Thompson (R-PA) and 9 more.

Recorded votes

• House roll call 312 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-11): Failed
• House roll call 313 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-11): Failed
• House roll call 314 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-11): Failed
• House roll call 315 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Failed
• House roll call 316 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Failed
• House roll call 317 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Failed
• House roll call 318 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Failed
• House roll call 319 (2011): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Failed
• House roll call 320 (2011): On Passage, HR1231 (2011-05-12): Passed

Sources

• Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
• Congress.gov
• Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr1231.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr1231 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112