I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6082 
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 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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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 Conti-
nental Shelf Planning Area as specified by the De-
partment of the Interior as of January 1, 2012. 
(2) PROPOSED OIL AND GAS LEASING PROGRAM 
(2012–2017).—The term ‘‘Proposed Final Outer Con-
tinental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (2012– 
2017)’’ means such plan 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 Leas-
ing 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. 
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(b) MODIFIED AND ADDITIONAL LEASE SALES.— 
Notwithstanding the schedule of lease sales in the Pro-
posed 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 
(c) LEASE SALES DESCRIBED.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)— 
(1) lease sale numbers 229, 227, 233, 244, 225, 
231, 238, 235, 242, 246, 226, 241, 237, 248, and 
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247 are such sales proposed in, and shall be con-
ducted 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 Cali-
fornia OCS Planning Area and Mid-Atlantic 
OCS Planning Area, respectively, 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 
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(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 prac-
ticable, 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 de-
velopment 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 pur-
suant 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, 
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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 de-
termined in accordance with the Memorandum of Agree-
ment between the Department of Defense and the Depart-
ment 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 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 Environ-
mental 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 Leas-
ing 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 
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 pro-
posal; and 
(B) analyze the environmental effects and 
potential mitigation measures for such pre-
ferred action and such alternative leasing pro-
posal. 
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). 
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