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Conservation Funding Protection Act
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Conservation Funding Protection Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. In addition, the bill establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.
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2021 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
HR __ Orphaned Well Cleanup and Jobs Act; Draft legislation to establish more efficient leasing of federal lands under the Bureau of Lands Management Program; HR 519 Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act; S __ Oil and Gas Bonding Reform and Orphaned Well Remediation Act; S 69 Conservation Funding Protection Act; S 76 POWER Act; 77 Fed. Reg. 56365 Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers; 80 Fed. Reg. 22148 Oil and Gas Leasing: Royalty on Production, Rental Payments, Minimum Acceptable Bids, Bonding Requirements, and Civil Penalty Assessments; 82 Fed. Reg. 34464 Oil and Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing on Federal and Indian Lands, Rescission of a 2015 Rule; 85 Fed. Reg. 55940 Oil and Gas Site Security, Oil Measurement, and Gas Measurement Regulations; 85 Fed. Reg. 62054 ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule; Efforts regarding the leasing, permitting and drilling of federal onshore lands; Efforts related to a ban on federal lands leasing; Efforts related to anticipated regulations for gathering lines; Efforts related to government royalties for federal oil and gas production; Efforts related to oil and gas leasing on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; Efforts related to orphaned wells; Efforts relating to the use of categorical exclusions as defined in Section 390 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; Regulatory efforts regarding BLM Instructional Memorandum 2011-184.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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Sources: Congress.gov
Client expense: $1,230,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Natl Economic Council (NEC), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office
2021 · first_quarter · Natural Resources
General resource access (including leasing, permitting, interagency coordination, and allocation of agency resources)and royalty rates in priority areas for offshore oil, gas and wind and related economic, environmental, and national security benefits. Hypothetical comprehensive legislation on offshore energy--Proposals including preserving access to the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas, the Atlantic for wind, and additional items related to wind including revenue share Memoranda on theWithdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Leasing Disposition, 2020--Presidential withdrawals of acreage for energy leasing and potential avenues for reversal, including potential legislation or agency action. S. 69, H.R. 552--Conservation Funding Protection Act--Provisions mandating lease sales and permitting decisions in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico. H.R. 1325--More Energy More Jobs Act--Discussed potential re-introduction of bill on offshore energy leasing. Nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Department of Interior--Her positions on various natural resources and energy issues Draft version of The Reinvesting in Shoreline Economies and Ecosystems (RISEE) --Language incorporating the COASTAL Act and OFFSHORE Acts from the 116th Congress regarding revenue sharing from energy in federal waters, and potential amendments related to offshore energy leasing H.R. 8632 (in 116th)--Oceans Based Climate Solutions Act--Discussed bills potential reintroduction and various provisions impacting fossil fuel leasing and production or offshore wind, including possible amendments. 2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program--Importance of resource access H.R. 218--Saving America's Energy Future Act--Provisions on resource access and energy leasing BOEM 2020-057--South Fork Wind Farm and South Fork Export Cable Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement--Timely approval BOEM 2021-0012--Final Environmental Impact Statement for Vineyard Wind LLC Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts--Timely approval and community impacts DOI Order No. 3395--Temporary Suspension of Delegated Authority--Impact on timely leasing, permitting, and approvals of offshore oil and gas-related actions EO 14008--Executive Order on Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad--Impact on timely leasing, permitting, and approvals of offshore oil and gas-related actions, including previously planned March lease sale 257 DOI Order No. 3394--Establishment of New Department Leadership Team and Temporary Redelegation of Authority--Impact on timely permitting of offshore oil and gas-related actions H.R. 519--Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. S. 76, H.R. 543--Protecting our Wealth of Energy Resources Act--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. H.R. 859--Protecting American Energy Jobs Act--Provisions impacting offshore oil and gas leasing. American Jobs Plan or similar potential federal infrastructure package--Potential provisions related to funding ports improvements for facilitating offshore wind, funding or tax assistance related to the construction of domestic offshore wind-enabling vessels, interconnection of offshore wind into the domestic electrical grid, potential General discussion on provisions impacting offshore energy. Specific possible provisions include tax assistance for offshore wind, lending related to domestic renewable energy manufacturing, jobs training for renewable energy, and concerns related to tax provisions impacting offshore oil and gas. Nomination of Elizabeth Klein as Deputy Secretary to the Department of Interior--Her positions on various natural resources and energy issues Potential nomination of Thomas Beadreau to Deputy Secretary at the Department of Interior--His positions on various energy and natural resources issues.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE, White House Office
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| Roger F. Wicker | Republican | MS |
| Steve Daines | Republican | MT |
| Ted Cruz | Republican | TX |