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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5519 
To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling and to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling operations. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2010 
Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Mr. CAO, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. 
SCALISE, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. ROGERS of 
Alabama, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. COLE, Mr. BOREN, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. 
PENCE, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. MCCAUL, 
Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 
OLSON, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. THOMPSON of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. HALL 
of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To terminate the moratorium on deepwater drilling and to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to ensure the safety 
of deepwater drilling operations. 
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 ‘‘Gulf Coast Jobs Pres-
ervation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Approximately one-third of the oil produced 
by the United States, and 10 percent of the natural 
gas, comes from the Gulf of Mexico. 
(2) Eighty percent of the oil from the Gulf of 
Mexico, and 45 percent of the natural gas, comes 
from deepwater drilling operations in more than 
1,000 feet of water. 
(3) As a result of the Six-Month Deepwater 
Moratorium placed by the Secretary of the Interior 
on deepwater drilling, 33 floating drilling rigs will be 
idled or removed from the Gulf of Mexico for six 
months or longer, at a cost of between $250,000 and 
$500,000 per day for each idled rig. 
(4) The moratorium puts tens of thousands of 
jobs at risk, as each drilling rig employs an average 
of 180 to 280 employees, and each exploration and 
production job supports four other jobs. 
(5) The total amount of wages lost due to the 
moratorium could equal between $165,000,000 and 
$330,000,000 per month for all 33 drilling rigs. 
(6) The moratorium will impact numerous sup-
pliers and others providing support services, includ-
ing welders, pipefitters, divers, and transportation 
providers. 
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(7) As a result of the moratorium, the Federal 
Government and State and local governments will 
experience a loss of revenue from oil production, in-
cluding a loss of oil revenue dedicated to the restora-
tion and protection of coastline. 
(8) According to independent estimates, the 
drilling moratorium will cause the amount of oil and 
gas production from deepwater drilling in the Gulf 
of Mexico to be reduced by 46,000 barrels per day 
in 2010 and 193,000 barrels per day in 2011. 
(9) The Energy Information Administration has 
estimated that the ‘‘total cumulative reductions in 
the output of crude oil from the deepwater Gulf of 
Mexico [will equal] 2.4 million barrels in 2010 and 
25 million barrels in 2011 because of the recently- 
imposed 6-month drilling moratorium.’’ 
SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF MORATORIUM ON DEEPWATER 
DRILLING. 
The moratorium set forth in the Minerals Manage-
ment Service Notice to Lessees No. 2010–N04, dated May 
30, 2010, and any suspension of operations issued in con-
nection with the moratorium, shall have no force or effect. 
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SEC. 4. SAFETY MEASURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Interior shall 
expeditiously act to ensure that all deepwater drilling oper-
ations are conducted in compliance with Federal law. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL SAFETY MEAS-
URES.—The Secretary of the Interior shall identify addi-
tional measures to ensure the safety of deepwater drilling, 
based on the most accurate information available about 
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident. 
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