Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-39
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2003-01-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Air traffic
Alaska
Animal breeding
Animals
Archaeology
Arctic and polar regions
Arts, Culture, Religion
Caribou
Coastal zone
Commerce
Competitive bidding
Contracts
Cultural property
Department of the Interior
District courts
Drainage
Easements
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Explosives
Export controls
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fishery management
Fishing
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fuel storage
Gas industry
Gas pipelines
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Grants-in-aid
Habitat conservation
Hazardous wastes
Hunting
Impact aid
Indian claims
Indian lands
Indigenous peoples
Infrastructure
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Labor contracts
Land transfers
Law
Liability for environmental damages
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Minorities
Minority business enterprises
Minority employment
Native Americans
Nature conservation
Oil and gas leases
Oil and gas royalties
Oil fields
Oil pollution
Oil well drilling
Petroleum engineering
Petroleum industry
Petroleum pipelines
Pipeline siting
Prospecting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reclamation of land
Refuse and refuse disposal
Right-of-way
Road construction
Roads and highways
Sand and gravel industry
Solvents
Sports and Recreation
Standards
State laws
Stream conservation
Transportation and Public Works
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain.
Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal the prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and any leasing or development leading to such production.
States that, for purposes of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program is compatible with the purposes for which the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was established, and that no further findings or decisions are required to implement this determination.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) designate a maximum total of Coastal Plain acreage as "Special Areas;" (2) permit oil and gas exploration leasing in such Areas (but prohibit surface occupancy); and (3) permit horizontal drilling technology from lease sites located outside the Special Areas.
States that this Act constitutes the Secretary's sole authority to close Coastal Plain lands to oil and gas leasing and to exploration, development, and production.
Prescribes procedures for: (1) lease sales; (2) grants of leases; (3) lease terms and conditions; and (4) coastal plain environmental protection.
Shields rights-of-way and easements issued by the Secretary for the transportation of oil and gas across the Coastal Plain from Title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980.
Directs the Secretary to convey: (1) the surface estate of specified lands to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation; and (2) the remaining subsurface estate of specified lands to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation.
Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to provide financial assistance to specified entities that are directly impacted by oil and gas production and exploration on the coastal Plain.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-04-05
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-03-12
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2003-02-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-01-07
text: Introduced in House