[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6302 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6302

  To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating the 
   effect of laws prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds and 
Presidential withdrawals and authorities to conduct oil and natural gas 
leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental 
                                 Shelf.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2008

   Mr. Poe introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To achieve greater national energy independence by terminating the 
   effect of laws prohibiting the spending of appropriated funds and 
Presidential withdrawals and authorities to conduct oil and natural gas 
leasing and preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental 
                                 Shelf.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``American Energy Independence through 
Offshore Drilling Act''.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF LAWS PROHIBITING THE SPENDING OF APPROPRIATED 
              FUNDS FOR OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASING ACTIVITIES.

    All provisions of existing Federal law prohibiting the spending of 
appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and 
preleasing activities for any area of the Outer Continental Shelf shall 
have no force or effect.

SEC. 3. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL WITHDRAWALS.

    All withdrawals of Federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental 
Shelf from leasing, including withdrawals by the President under the 
authority of section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1341(a)), are hereby revoked and are no longer in effect with 
respect to the leasing of areas for exploration for, and development 
and production of, oil and natural gas.

SEC. 4. REVOCATION OF EXISTING PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY.

    All authorities given to the President with respect to the leasing 
of Federal submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, given under 
section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1341(a)), are hereby revoked; except in the interest of national 
security.
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