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Union Calendar No. 447 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6082 
[Report No. 112–615] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2012 
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 20, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. LAMBORN and Mr. LANDRY 
JULY 20, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 9, 2012] 
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A BILL 
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 devel-
opment, job creation, and increased domestic energy pro-
duction to ensure a more secure energy future in the 
United States, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Replace-
ment 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 OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM 
(2012–2017).—The term ‘‘Proposed Final Outer Conti-
nental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012– 
2017)’’ means such plan as transmitted to the Speak-
er 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 
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program, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.), and otherwise applicable law. 
(b) MODIFIED AND ADDITIONAL LEASE SALES.—Not-
withstanding 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: 
Lease Sale No. 
OCS Planning Area 
Year 
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 (exist-
ing infrastructure sale)
2013 
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 Caro-
lina ..................................
2015 
(c) LEASE SALES DESCRIBED.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)— 
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(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 INFRASTRUC-
TURE 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 in-
clude in leases offered for sale under lease sale 249 such 
terms and conditions as are necessary to require that devel-
opment and production may occur only from offshore infra-
structure 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)). 
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(b) PROHIBITION ON CONFLICTS WITH MILITARY OP-
ERATIONS.—No person may engage in any exploration, de-
velopment, 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 Inte-
rior 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 explo-
ration, development, or production is conducted. 
SEC. 6. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT REQUIRE-
MENT. 
(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 re-
quired under this Act that are not included in the Proposed 
Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program 
(2012–2017). 
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(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 non-
leasing alternative courses of action or to analyze the 
environmental effects of such alternative courses of ac-
tion; and 
(2) the Secretary shall only— 
(A) identify a preferred action for leasing 
and not more than one alternative leasing pro-
posal; 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 SALE OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
In determining the areas off the coast of South Caro-
lina to be made available for leasing under this Act, the 
Secretary of the Interior shall— 
(1) consult with the Governor and legislature of 
the State of South Carolina; and 
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(2) focus on areas considered to have the most 
geologically promising energy resources. 
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Union Calendar No. 447 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6082 
[Report No. 112–615] 
A BILL 
To officially replace, within the 60-day Congres-
sional 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 develop-
ment, job creation, and increased domestic en-
ergy production to ensure a more secure energy 
future in the United States, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 20, 2012 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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