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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1230 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil 

and gas lease sales, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 29, 2011 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. 

LANDRY, Mr. FLORES, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. DUNCAN of South 

Carolina, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. 

GOHMERT, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 

BOUSTANY, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mr. GRAVES

of Missouri, Mrs. MYRICK, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 

POMPEO, Mr. OLSON, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. LONG, 

Mr. SIMPSON, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. KELLY, Mr. RIGELL, Mr. HELLER, and 

Mrs. HARTZLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 

offshore oil and gas lease sales, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restarting American 

5 Offshore Leasing Now Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 

2 GAS LEASE SALE 216 IN THE CENTRAL GULF 

3 OF MEXICO. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

5 conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 216 under section 

6 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 

7 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than 4 months 

8 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

9 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 

10 that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for 

11 the 2007–2012 5-Year OCS Plan and the Multi-Sale Envi12 ronmental Impact Statement are deemed to satisfy the re13 quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

14 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

15 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 

16 GAS LEASE SALE 218 IN THE WESTERN GULF 

17 OF MEXICO. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

19 conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 218 under section 

20 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 

21 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than 8 months 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

23 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 

24 that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for 

25 the 2007–2012 5-Year OCS Plan and the Multi-Sale Envi26 ronmental Impact Statement are deemed to satisfy the reVerDate Mar 15 2010 03:16 Mar 30, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1230.IH H1230

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1 quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

2 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

3 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 

4 GAS LEASE SALE 220 ON THE OUTER CONTI5 NENTAL SHELF OFFSHORE VIRGINIA. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

7 conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 under section 

8 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 

9 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than one year 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

11 (b) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY

12 OPERATIONS.—The Secretary shall not make any tract 

13 available for leasing under this section if the President, 

14 through the Secretary of Defense, determines that drilling 

15 activity on that tract would create an unreasonable con16 flict with military operations. 

17 SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO CONDUCT PROPOSED OIL AND 

18 GAS LEASE SALE 222 IN THE CENTRAL GULF 

19 OF MEXICO. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 

21 conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 222 under section 

22 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (33 U.S.C. 

23 1337) as soon as practicable, but not later than June 1, 

24 2012. 


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1 (b) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.—For the purposes of 

2 that lease sale, the Environmental Impact Statement for 

3 the 2007–2012 5-Year OCS Plan and the Multi-Sale Envi4 ronmental Impact Statement are deemed to satisfy the re5 quirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 

6 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

7 SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) The term ‘‘Environmental Impact State10 ment for the 2007–2012 5 Year OCS Plan’’ means 

11 the Final Environmental Impact Statement for 

12 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Pro13 gram: 2007–2012 (April 2007) prepared by the Sec14 retary of the Interior. 

15 (2) The term ‘‘Multi-Sale Environmental Im16 pact Statement’’ means the Environmental Impact 

17 Statement for Proposed Western Gulf of Mexico 

18 OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, 

19 and 218, and Proposed Central Gulf of Mexico OCS 

20 Oil and Gas Lease Sales 205, 206, 208, 213, 216, 

21 and 222 (September 2008) prepared by the Sec22 retary of the Interior. 

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