To officially replace, within the 60-day Congressional review period under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, President Obama's Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) with a congressional plan that will conduct additional oil and natural gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development, job creation, and increased domestic energy production to ensure a more secure energy future in the United States, and for other purposes.

Summary: Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan - (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) in accordance with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in it and in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

Instructs the Secretary to conduct each of specified oil and gas lease sales in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Planning Areas, including certain ones in the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2010-2015), during its specified year.

(Sec. 4) Requires the Secretary to offer for sale, by December 31, 2013, leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area.

Requires the Secretary to include in such leases any terms and conditions necessary to require that development and production may occur only from offshore infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or from onshore-based drilling.

(Sec. 5) Retains the authority of the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to designate national defense areas on the OCS.

Prohibits exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas on the OCS under a lease issued under this Act that would conflict with any military operation determined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, including any revision or replacement for that agreement agreed to after that date but before the issuance of the lease under which such exploration, development, or production is conducted.

(Sec. 6) Requires the Secretary to prepare a multisale environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for lease sales required under this Act that are not included in the Proposed Final Leasing Program (2012-2017).

States that the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental effects of such alternative courses of action. Requires the Secretary only to: (1) identify a preferred action for leasing and not more than one alternative leasing proposal, and (2) analyze the environmental effects and potential mitigation measures for such preferred action and such alternative leasing proposal.

(Sec. 7) Declares that nothing in this Act affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006.

(Sec. 8) Directs the Secretary, in determining the areas off the coasts of South Carolina and California to be made available for leasing under this Act, to: (1) consult with the governor and legislature of each state; and (2) focus on areas considered to have the most geologically promising energy resources.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Replacement of 
President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling 
Plan''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) OCS planning area.--Any reference to an ``OCS Planning 
        Area'' means such Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area as 
        specified by the Department of the Interior as of January 1, 
        2012.
            (2) Proposed final outer continental shelf oil & gas 
        leasing program (2012-2017).--The term ``Proposed Final Outer 
        Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017)'' means 
        such program as transmitted to the Speaker of the House and 
        President of the Senate on June 28, 2012.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO IMPLEMENT PROPOSED OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM 
              (2012-2017).

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall implement the Proposed Final Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017) in accordance 
with the schedule for conducting oil and gas lease sales set forth in 
such proposed program, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.), and otherwise applicable law.
    (b) Modified and Additional Lease Sales.--Notwithstanding the 
schedule of lease sales in the Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf 
Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-2017), the Secretary shall conduct 
under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) 
oil and gas lease sales in OCS Planning Areas as specified in the 
following table, in the year specified in the table for each lease 
sale:


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             Lease Sale No.                     OCS Planning Area                          Year
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229                                       Western Gulf of Mexico.......  2012
220                                       Mid-Atlantic.................  2013
225                                       Eastern Gulf of Mexico.......  2013
227                                       Central Gulf of Mexico.......  2013
249                                       Southern California (existing  2013
                                           infrastructure sale)........
233                                       Western Gulf of Mexico.......  2013
244                                       Cook Inlet...................  2013
212                                       Chukchi Sea..................  2013
228                                       Southern California..........  2014
230                                       Mid-Atlantic.................  2014
231                                       Central Gulf of Mexico.......  2014
238                                       Western Gulf of Mexico.......  2014
242                                       Beaufort Sea.................  2014
221                                       Chukchi Sea..................  2014
245                                       Mid-Atlantic.................  2015
232                                       North Atlantic...............  2015
234                                       Eastern Gulf of Mexico.......  2015
235                                       Central Gulf of Mexico.......  2015
246                                       Western Gulf of Mexico.......  2015
237                                       Chukchi Sea..................  2016
239                                       North Aleutian Basin.........  2016
248                                       Western Gulf of Mexico.......  2016
241                                       Central Gulf of Mexico.......  2016
226                                       Eastern Gulf of Mexico.......  2016
217                                       Beaufort Sea.................  2016
243                                       Southern California..........  2017
250                                       Mid-Atlantic.................  2017
247                                       Central Gulf of Mexico.......  2017
255                                       South Atlantic-South Carolina  2015
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    (c) Lease Sales Described.--For purposes of subsection (b)--
            (1) lease sale numbers 229, 227, 233, 244, 225, 231, 238, 
        235, 242, 246, 226, 241, 237, 248, and 247 are such sales 
        proposed in, and shall be conducted in accordance with, the 
        Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing 
        Program (2012-2017), except each such lease sale shall be 
        conducted in the year specified for such sale in the table in 
        subsection (b);
            (2) lease sale numbers 220, 212, 228, 230, 221, 245, 232, 
        234, 239, 217, and 243 are such sales proposed in, and shall be 
        conducted in accordance with, the Draft Proposed Outer 
        Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2010-
        2015 as published in Federal Register on January 21, 2009 (74 
        Fed. Reg. 12), except each such lease sale shall be conducted 
        in the year specified for such sale in the table in subsection 
        (b); and
            (3) lease sale numbers 249 and 250 shall be conducted--
                    (A) for lease tracts in the Southern California OCS 
                Planning Area and Mid-Atlantic OCS Planning Area, 
                respectively, as determined by and at the discretion of 
                the Secretary, subject to subparagraph (C);
                    (B) in the year specified for each such lease sale 
                in the table in subsection (b); and
                    (C) in accordance with the other provisions of this 
                Act.

SEC. 4. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE LEASE SALE.

    (a) In General.--In lease sale 249 under section 3, the Secretary 
shall offer for sale leases of tracts in the Santa Maria and Santa 
Barbara/Ventura Basins of the Southern California OCS Planning Area as 
soon as practicable, but not later than December 31, 2013.
    (b) Use of Existing Structures or Onshore-Based Drilling.--The 
Secretary of the Interior shall include in leases offered for sale 
under lease sale 249 such terms and conditions as are necessary to 
require that development and production may occur only from offshore 
infrastructure in existence on the date of the enactment of this Act or 
from onshore-based drilling.

SEC. 5. NATIONAL DEFENSE.

    (a) National Defense Areas.--This Act shall in no way affect the 
existing authority of the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of 
the President, to designate national defense areas on the outer 
Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).
    (b) Prohibition on Conflicts With Military Operations.--No person 
may engage in any exploration, development, or production of oil or 
natural gas on the Outer Continental Shelf under a lease issued under 
this Act that would conflict with any military operation, as determined 
in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department 
of Defense and the Department of the Interior on Mutual Concerns on the 
Outer Continental Shelf signed July 20, 1983, and any revision or 
replacement for that agreement that is agreed to by the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of the Interior after that date but before 
the date of issuance of the lease under which such exploration, 
development, or production is conducted.

SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--For the purposes of this Act and in order to 
conduct lease sales in accordance with the lease sale schedule 
established by this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall prepare a 
multisale environmental impact statement under section 102 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332) for all 
lease sales required under this Act that are not included in the 
Proposed Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012-
2017).
    (b) Actions To Be Considered.--Notwithstanding section 102 of the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332), in such 
statement--
            (1) the Secretary is not required to identify nonleasing 
        alternative courses of action or to analyze the environmental 
        effects of such alternative courses of action; and
            (2) the Secretary shall only--
                    (A) identify a preferred action for leasing and not 
                more than one alternative leasing proposal; and
                    (B) analyze the environmental effects and potential 
                mitigation measures for such preferred action and such 
                alternative leasing proposal.

SEC. 7. EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO NOT INCLUDED.

    Nothing in this Act affects restrictions on oil and gas leasing 
under the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of 
division C of Public Law 109-432; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note).

SEC. 8. LEASE SALES OFF THE COASTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CALIFORNIA.

    In determining the areas off the coast of South Carolina and the 
coast of California to be made available for leasing under this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall--
            (1) consult with the Governor and legislature of each such 
        State; and
            (2) focus on areas considered to have the most geologically 
        promising energy resources.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 25, 2012.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.