Spilled Oil Royalty Collection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to declare that any royalty under an oil and gas lease on submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf, except a deepwater lease, shall apply to all oil that is saved, removed, sold, or discharged, without regard to whether any of the oil is unavoidably lost or used on, or for the benefit of, the lease.
Declares that: (1) royalty shall apply to all oil discharged under a deepwater lease, at a rate of not less than 12.5% fixed by the Secretary of the Interior in amount or value of any oil that is discharged; and (2) such royalty shall apply without regard to whether any of the oil is thereafter unavoidably lost.
Declares April 15, 2010, the effective date of this Act (five days before the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico).
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5513 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5513
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of
royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold, or discharged under a
lease under that Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 10, 2010
Ms. Pingree of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require payment of
royalty on all oil and gas saved, removed, sold, or discharged under a
lease under that Act, and for other purposes.
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 ``Spilled Oil Royalty Collection
Act''.
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF ROYALTY TO OIL THAT IS SAVED, REMOVED, SOLD, OR
DISCHARGED UNDER OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASES.
(a) In General.--Section 8(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(9)(A) Notwithstanding the terms of any bidding otherwise
authorized by paragraph (1) and the authority of the Secretary to
reduce or eliminate royalty or net profit share under paragraph (3),
any royalty under a lease under this section, other than a deepwater
lease, shall apply to all oil that is saved, removed, sold, or
discharged, without regard to whether any of the oil is unavoidably
lost or used on, or for the benefit of, the lease.
``(B) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (3)--
``(i) royalty shall apply to all oil that is discharged
under a deepwater lease, at a rate of not less than 12\1/2\
percent fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of any oil
that is discharged; and
``(ii) such royalty shall apply without regard to whether
any of the oil is thereafter unavoidably lost.
``(C) In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `deepwater lease' means a lease for a tract
in water depths of 200 meters or greater; and
``(ii) the term `discharged' means any emission (other than
natural seepage), intentional or unintentional, and includes,
but is not limited to, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, or dumping.''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect April 15, 2010.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4445)
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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