To limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.

Declares that a specified suspension of (moratorium on) certain offshore permitting and drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf shall not apply to a drill permit applicant that has complied with specified National Notices and has completed all required safety inspections.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to make a determination on whether to issue a permit within 30 days after determining that the applicant is in compliance with such Notices and has completed such inspections.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5772 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5772

 To limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities 
    issued by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2010

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit the moratorium on certain permitting and drilling activities 
    issued by the Secretary of the Interior, 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. LIMITATION ON MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN PERMITTING AND DRILLING 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--The moratorium set forth in the decision 
memorandum of the Secretary of the Interior entitled ``Decision 
memorandum regarding the suspension of certain offshore permitting and 
drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf'' and dated July 12, 
2010, and any suspension of operations issued in connection with the 
moratorium, shall not apply to an applicant for a permit to drill if 
the Secretary determines that the applicant--
            (1) has complied with the notice entitled ``National Notice 
        to Lessees and Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, Outer 
        Continental Shelf (OCS)'' dated June 8, 2010 (NTL No. 2010-N05) 
        and the notice entitled ``National Notice to Lessees and 
        Operators of Federal Oil and Gas Leases, Outer Continental 
        Shelf (OCS)'' dated June 18, 2010 (NTL No. 2010-N06); and
            (2) has completed all required safety inspections.
    (b) Determination on Permit.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which the Secretary makes a determination that an applicant has 
complied with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall make a determination on whether to issue the permit.
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