H.R. 2021: Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
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H.R. 2021: Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
112th Congress · introduced 2011-05-26 · Environmental Protection · Latest: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-05-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 12 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 467 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22), Failed. See all
- Where it stands now: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 86. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require any air quality impact of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sources to be measured or modeled and determined solely with respect to the impacts in the corresponding onshore area. Provides that: (1) emissions from any vessel servicing or associated with an OCS source, including emissions while at the OCS source or in route to or from the OCS source within 25 miles of the OCS source, shall be considered direct emissions from the OCS source (current law) but shall not be subject to any emission control requirement applicable to such source; and (2) an OCS source, for platform or drill ship exploration, is established when drilling commences at a location and ceases to exist when drilling activity ends at such location or is temporarily interrupted because the platform or drill ship relocates. Requires: (1) final agency action on a permit application for platform or drill ship exploration for an OCS source under such Act to be taken no later than six months after the filing of such application; (2) such final agency action to be considered to be nationally applicable under judicial review; and (3) judicial review of such action to be without additional administrative review or adjudication. Prohibits: (1) the Environmental Appeals Board of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from having any authority to consider any matter regarding the consideration, issuance, or denial of such permit; and (2) extending any administrative stay of the effectiveness of such permit beyond six months after the date of filing of such application.
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Official text
Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4] · 26 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Steve Scalise (R-LA), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Tom Cole (R-OK), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Robert E. Latta (R-OH)
Recorded votes
- House roll call 467 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 468 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 469 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 470 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 471 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 472 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 473 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 474 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 475 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 476 (2011): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 477 (2011): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Failed
- House roll call 478 (2011): On Passage, HR2021 (2011-06-22): Passed
Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr2021.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr2021 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112