US Congress House Bill 1431 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 51-0)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-08-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009 - Deems the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 issued by the Secretary of the Interior approved as a final oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Deems the Secretary to have issued a final environmental impact statement for the program under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Directs the Secretary to conduct a lease sale in each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area for which there is a commercial interest in purchasing federal oil and gas production leases. Authorizes the Secretary to conduct commercial lease sales of federally-owned resources to: (1) produce renewable energy; or (2) cultivate marine organisms in their natural habitat. Amends OCSLA to direct the Secretary to develop: (1) a plan to address streamlining the process of making payments to states; and (2) a procedure to provide expedited funding to projects. Amends the Submerged Lands Act to extend from three geographical miles to 12 nautical miles a coastal state's allowable seaward boundary. Authorizes the leasing of land within the 1002 Coastal Plain Area of Alaska to any person qualified to obtain a lease for deposits of oil and gas under the Mineral Leasing Act. Prescribes procedures for lease sales and grants of leases. Directs the Secretary to administer the leasing program, with respect to Coastal Plain environmental protection, according to the No Significant Adverse Effect Standard. Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to finance local government impact aid and community service assistance. Establishes an Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Alternative Energy Trust Fund. Amends the Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005 to require the Secretary to conduct related lease sales in any state during any period for which there is sufficient support and interest in the state in the development of tar sands and oil shale resources. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to repeal the requirement of 30 days' public notice before a hearing on each application for a construction permit for a new new nuclear power plant. Grants the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction to hear all causes and claims arising from any covered project of federal land leasing for exploitation of oil, natural gas, or any other source or form of energy. Amends NEPA to require completion and review of environmental impact statements within 270 days after their commencement or the action concerned shall be considered a final agency action with no significant environmental impact. Amends the Clean Air Act to declare that carbon dioxide, methane from agriculture or livestock, or water vapor are not air pollutants. Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) to require the Secretary concerned, upon the declaration of an emergency by a state governor, for the duration of the emergency, to exempt from the prohibition against taking, and against adverse modification of critical habitat, any action reasonably necessary to avoid or ameliorate the impact of the emergency, including the operation of any water supply or flood control project by a federal agency. Prohibits consideration of the impact of greenhouse gas on any species of fish or wildlife or plant for any purpose in the implementation of the ESA.

No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009

Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Henry Brown [R-SC]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX]	Rep. Mary Fallin [R-OK]	Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Scott Garrett [R-NJ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Wally Herger [R-CA]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Rep. John Kline [R-MN]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH]	Rep. Jerry Lewis [R-CA]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R-CA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]
Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]
Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Tom Price [R-GA]	Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]
Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. John Shadegg [R-AZ]
Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. John Sullivan [R-OK]	Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-08-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
2009-08-19		Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
2009-03-13		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2009-03-12		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-03-12		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-03-11		Referred to House Science and Technology
2009-03-11		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-11		Referred to House Judiciary
2009-03-11		Referred to House Natural Resources
2009-03-11		Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, and Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB570 (Same As) 2009-03-12 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 31.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/1431/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr1431/BILLS-111hr1431ih.pdf