Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA)
H.R. 2265, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Brady
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Tex.
Issue
9
Volume
43
Update Issue
17
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H3215

would direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue an oil and gas leasing program under section 18 of OCSLA for 2016 through 2020.

H.R. 2231, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Hastings
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Wash.
Issue
8
Volume
43
Update Issue
17
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H3094

would amend OCSLA to increase energy exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal states, and reorganize the functions of the former Minerals Management Service into distinct and separate agencies.

H.R. 1613, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Duncan
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-S.C.
Issue
6
Volume
43
Update Issue
12
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. H2156

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the properf ederal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs.

S. 199, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Begich
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Alaska
Issue
4
Volume
43
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. S438

would amend OCSLA to require that oil produced from federal leases in certain Arctic waters be transported by pipeline to onshore facilities and provide for the sharing of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues from areas in the Alaska Adjacent Zone.

S. 176, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Vitter
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-La.
Issue
4
Volume
43
Update Issue
4
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. S358

would reject and replace the final five-year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for fiscal years 2013 through 2018.

S. 45, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Boxer
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Issue
3
Volume
43
Update Issue
3
Update Volume
43
Congress Number
113
Congressional Record Number
159 Cong. Rec. S43

would amend OCSLA to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

H.R. 2360, Committee Reports
Update Type
Committee Name
Natural Resources
Committee Report
112-304
Issue
2
Volume
42
Update Issue
34
Update Volume
41
Congress Number
112
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H8074

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to extend the Constitution, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States to installations and devices attached to the seabed of the outer continental shelf for the production and support of production of energy from sources other than oil and gas.

Mobil Oil Exploration, Environmental Protection, and Contract Repudiation: It's Time to Recognize the Public Trust in the Outer Continental Shelf
Author
Robin Kundis Craig
Author Bios (long)

Robin Kundis Craig is an Assistant Professor of Law at Western New England College School of Law. Professor Craig received her J.D. in 1996 from the Lewis & Clark School of Law, her Ph.D. in English Literature in 1993 from the University of California, and her M.A. in Writing About Science in 1986 from the Johns Hopkins University. Professor Craig can be contacted through e-mail at rcraig@llama.lnet.wnec.edu or the Internet at http://wneclaw.wnec.edu/faculty/craig/default.html.

Date
December 2000
Volume
30
Issue
12
Page
11104
Type
Articles
Summary

In a recent article reviewing the U.S. Supreme Court's environmental decisions over the last 30 years (1969-1999), Professor Richard Lazarus argues that "the Justices have never fully appreciated environmental law as a distinct area of law."1

They perceive environmental law instead as merely an incidental factual context, in which environmental protection concerns are at stake, but there is nothing uniquely environmental about the legal issues being raised. The Justices, accordingly, fail to appreciate how the nature of the environmental concerns being addressed can sometimes be relevant to their resolution of those legal issues.2

H.R. 612, Bill Introduced
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Garamendi
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Cal.
Congress Number
112th
Congressional Record Number
157 Cong. Rec. H679

would amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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