H.R. 6251 — 110th Congress
Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act
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Latest action
Jun 26, 2008On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 223 - 195 (Roll no. 469). (text: CR H6110)
CRS summary
As of Jun 12, 2008Introduced in House
Responsible Federal Oil and Gas Lease Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from authorizing any new lease for exploration or production of oil or natural gas unless the lessee: (1) certifies for each existing lease that the lessee has diligently developed the lands in order to produce oil or natural gas, or is producing oil or natural gas from such lands; or (2) has relinquished all federal oil and gas leases that are not being diligently developed.
Instructs the Secretary to promulgate diligent development regulations that: (1) include benchmarks for oil and gas development to ensure that leaseholders produce oil and gas from each lease within the five-year original term of the lease; and (2) require each leaseholder to submit a diligent development plan showing how the lessee will meet the benchmarks.
Establishes a civil penalty for noncompliance with this Act.
Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, and the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands Act to set forth lease terms for an initial period of five years, renewable for additional one-year periods, subject to specified conditions.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordJun 26, 2008 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Full roll call192 of 434 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 223: 124 D · 6 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| RAMSTAD, James | MN |
| DICKS, Norman DeValois | WA |
| CASTLE, Michael Newbold | DE |
| CHANDLER, A. B. | KY |
| CARDOZA, Dennis A. | CA |
| MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby | WV |
| ALLEN, Thomas H. | ME |
| WATT, Melvin L. | NC |
| SESTAK, Joe | PA |
| BERMAN, Howard Lawrence | CA |
| STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr. | CA |
| GORDON, Barton Jennings | TN |
| KLEIN, Ron | FL |
| JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr. | IL |
| MOORE, Dennis | KS |
| ROTHMAN, Steven | NJ |
| KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks | MI |
| SHULER, Heath | NC |
| HARE, Phil | IL |
| RICHARDSON, Laura | CA |
| FRANK, Barney | MA |
| MAHONEY, Tim | FL |
| OBEY, David Ross | WI |
| HALL, John | NY |
| WATSON, Diane Edith | CA |
| WILSON, Charlie | OH |
| KAGEN, Steven | WI |
| TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane | CA |
| ELLSWORTH, Brad | IN |
| KUCINICH, Dennis | OH |
| HOOLEY, Darlene | OR |
| MILLER, Brad | NC |
| TAYLOR, Gary Eugene | MS |
| SOLIS, Hilda L. | CA |
| OBERSTAR, James Louis | MN |
| BEAN, Melissa L. | IL |
| BOYD, F. Allen, Jr. | FL |
| TOWNS, Edolphus | NY |
| SALAZAR, John | CO |
| MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr. | PA |
| DELAHUNT, Bill | MA |
| HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea | NY |
| BERKLEY, Shelley | NV |
| HARMAN, Jane L. | CA |
| WOOLSEY, Lynn C. | CA |
| HERSETH SANDLIN, Stephanie | SD |
| GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas | MD |
| MARSHALL, Jim | GA |
| DAVIS, Artur | AL |
| SPACE, Zack | OH |
| BACA, Joe | CA |
| MURPHY, Patrick | PA |
| BOSWELL, Leonard L. | IA |
| INSLEE, Jay Robert | WA |
| SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV | MO |
| WU, David | OR |
| ABERCROMBIE, Neil | HI |
| BOYDA, Nancy | KS |
| DAVIS, Lincoln | TN |
| KILDEE, Dale Edward | MI |
| COSTELLO, Jerry Francis | IL |
| ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard | NY |
| SPRATT, John McKee, Jr. | SC |
| SUTTON, Betty | OH |
| CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. | AL |
| HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy | PA |
| CARNAHAN, Russ | MO |
| MEEK, Kendrick B. | FL |
| POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III | ND |
| ALTMIRE, Jason | PA |
| ETHERIDGE, Bobby R. | NC |
| STUPAK, Bart T. | MI |
| KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph | RI |
| KANJORSKI, Paul E. | PA |
| MITCHELL, Harry E. | AZ |
| ARCURI, Michael | NY |
| WEINER, Anthony D. | NY |
| HODES, Paul | NH |
| JONES, Stephanie Tubbs | OH |
| FILNER, Bob | CA |
| EDWARDS, Thomas Chester | TX |
| CAZAYOUX, Donald J., Jr. | LA |
| ANDREWS, Robert Ernest | NJ |
| DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln | FL |
| GIFFORDS, Gabrielle | AZ |
| EMANUEL, Rahm | IL |
| McNULTY, Michael Robert | NY |
| HILL, Baron P. | IN |
| PAYNE, Donald Milford | NJ |
| OLVER, John Walter | MA |
| HAYES, Robert Cannon | NC |
| BAIRD, Brian | WA |
| CARNEY, Chris | PA |
| Ed Pastor | AZ |
| Raúl M. Grijalva | AZ |
| Adam B. Schiff | CA |
| Anna G. Eshoo | CA |
| Barbara Lee | CA |
| Brad Sherman | CA |
| Doris O. Matsui | CA |
| George Miller | CA |
| Grace F. Napolitano | CA |
| Henry A. Waxman | CA |
| Jackie Speier | CA |
| Jerry McNerney | CA |
| Linda T. Sánchez | CA |
| Lois Capps | CA |
| Loretta Sanchez | CA |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | CA |
| Maxine Waters | CA |
| Michael M. Honda | CA |
| Mike Thompson | CA |
| Sam Farr | CA |
| Susan A. Davis | CA |
| Xavier Becerra | CA |
| Zoe Lofgren | CA |
| Diana DeGette | CO |
| Ed Perlmutter | CO |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Christopher Murphy | CT |
| Joe Courtney | CT |
| John B. Larson | CT |
| Rosa L. DeLauro | CT |
| Alcee L. Hastings | FL |
| Corrine Brown | FL |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz | FL |
| Kathy Castor | FL |
| David Scott | GA |
| Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | GA |
| John Barrow | GA |
| John Lewis | GA |
| Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | GA |
| Mazie K. Hirono | HI |
| Bruce L. Braley | IA |
| David Loebsack | IA |
| Bill Foster | IL |
| Daniel Lipinski | IL |
| Danny K. Davis | IL |
| Janice D. Schakowsky | IL |
| Luis V. Gutiérrez | IL |
| André Carson | IN |
| Joe Donnelly | IN |
| Peter J. Visclosky | IN |
| John A. Yarmuth | KY |
| Edward J. Markey | MA |
| James P. McGovern | MA |
| John F. Tierney | MA |
| Michael E. Capuano | MA |
| Niki Tsongas | MA |
| Richard E. Neal | MA |
| Stephen F. Lynch | MA |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | MD |
| Chris Van Hollen | MD |
| Donna F. Edwards | MD |
| Elijah E. Cummings | MD |
| John P. Sarbanes | MD |
| Steny H. Hoyer | MD |
| Michael H. Michaud | ME |
| John Conyers, Jr. | MI |
| John D. Dingell | MI |
| Sander M. Levin | MI |
| Betty McCollum | MN |
| Collin C. Peterson | MN |
| Keith Ellison | MN |
| Timothy J. Walz | MN |
| Emanuel Cleaver | MO |
| Wm. Lacy Clay | MO |
| Bennie G. Thompson | MS |
| David E. Price | NC |
| G. K. Butterfield | NC |
| Mike McIntyre | NC |
| Carol Shea-Porter | NH |
| Albio Sires | NJ |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | NJ |
| Frank Pallone, Jr. | NJ |
| Rush Holt | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Brian Higgins | NY |
| Carolyn B. Maloney | NY |
| Carolyn McCarthy | NY |
| Charles B. Rangel | NY |
| Eliot L. Engel | NY |
| Gregory W. Meeks | NY |
| Jerrold Nadler | NY |
| José E. Serrano | NY |
| Joseph Crowley | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Louise McIntosh Slaughter | NY |
| Nita M. Lowey | NY |
| Nydia M. Velázquez | NY |
| Steve Israel | NY |
| Timothy H. Bishop | NY |
| Yvette D. Clarke | NY |
| Tim Ryan | OH |
| Earl Blumenauer | OR |
| Peter A. DeFazio | OR |
| Allyson Y. Schwartz | PA |
| Chaka Fattah | PA |
| Michael F. Doyle | PA |
| Robert A. Brady | PA |
| James R. Langevin | RI |
| James E. Clyburn | SC |
| Jim Cooper | TN |
| Steve Cohen | TN |
| Al Green | TX |
| Eddie Bernice Johnson | TX |
| Lloyd Doggett | TX |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | TX |
| James P. Moran | VA |
| Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | VA |
| Peter Welch | VT |
| Jim McDermott | WA |
| Rick Larsen | WA |
| Gwen Moore | WI |
| Ron Kind | WI |
| Tammy Baldwin | WI |
| Nick J. Rahall II | WV |
| Mike Rogers | AL |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | FL |
| Mario Diaz-Balart | FL |
| Christopher H. Smith | NJ |
| Frank A. LoBiondo | NJ |
| David G. Reichert | WA |
Nay — 195: 101 R · 5 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| PORTER, Jon C. | NV |
| DAVIS, David | TN |
| BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner | MD |
| BOREN, Daniel David | OK |
| LEWIS, Charles Jeremy | CA |
| DRAKE, Thelma D. | VA |
| PUTNAM, Adam | FL |
| FOSSELLA, Vito John | NY |
| MCCRERY, James O., III | LA |
| LAHOOD, Ray H. | IL |
| LaTOURETTE, Steven C. | OH |
| FALLIN, Mary | OK |
| ALEXANDER, Rodney | LA |
| EHLERS, Vernon James | MI |
| LINDER, John Elmer | GA |
| RENZI, Rick | AZ |
| BUYER, Stephen Earle | IN |
| REYES, Silvestre | TX |
| BILBRAY, Brian P. | CA |
| JOHNSON, Timothy V. | IL |
| BROWN-WAITE, Virginia | FL |
| HOBSON, David Lee | OH |
| LAMPSON, Nicholas V. | TX |
| KUHL, John R. (Randy), Jr. | NY |
| SALI, William | ID |
| SOUDER, Mark Edward | IN |
| TANNER, John S. | TN |
| SHAYS, Christopher H. | CT |
| DAVIS, Thomas M., III | VA |
| KELLER, Richard | FL |
| MANZULLO, Donald A. | IL |
| REYNOLDS, Thomas M. | NY |
| BROWN, Henry Edward, Jr. | SC |
| INGLIS, Robert Durden | SC |
| BIGGERT, Judy Borg | IL |
| RADANOVICH, George P. | CA |
| McCOTTER, Thaddeus George | MI |
| MUSGRAVE, Marilyn N | CO |
| FERGUSON, Michael | NJ |
| SULLIVAN, John | OK |
| ORTIZ, Solomon P. | TX |
| WILSON, Heather | NM |
| BOUCHER, Frederick C. | VA |
| KNOLLENBERG, Joseph | MI |
| RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D. | TX |
| CHILDERS, Travis W. | MS |
| SCHMIDT, Jean | OH |
| McHUGH, John Michael | NY |
| DREIER, David Timothy | CA |
| YOUNG, Charles William | FL |
| CANTOR, Eric | VA |
| REHBERG, Denny | MT |
| BARRETT, James Gresham | SC |
| PAUL, Ronald Ernest | TX |
| PLATTS, Todd | PA |
| STEARNS, Clifford Bundy | FL |
| CUBIN, Barbara L. | WY |
| MACK, Connie, IV | FL |
| HULSHOF, Kenny | MO |
| REGULA, Ralph Straus | OH |
| PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr. | MS |
| GOODE, Virgil H., Jr. | VA |
| ROSS, Michael Avery | AR |
| WAMP, Zachary Paul | TN |
| HOEKSTRA, Peter | MI |
| FEENEY, Tom | FL |
| EMERSON, Jo Ann | MO |
| SNYDER, Victor F. | AR |
| MYRICK, Sue | NC |
| JEFFERSON, William Jennings | LA |
| LUNGREN, Daniel Edward | CA |
| DEAL, John Nathan | GA |
| BURTON, Danny Lee | IN |
| ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan | PA |
| BERRY, Robert Marion | AR |
| WALSH, James T. | NY |
| BONO, Mary | CA |
| WELDON, David Joseph | FL |
| DAVIS, Geoffrey C. | KY |
| HERGER, Walter William | CA |
| GALLEGLY, Elton W. | CA |
| MELANCON, Charles J. | LA |
| HUNTER, Duncan Lee | CA |
| PENCE, Mike | IN |
| GONZALEZ, Charles A. | TX |
| PRYCE, Deborah D. | OH |
| BONNER, Jr., Josiah Robins | AL |
| SAXTON, Hugh James | NJ |
| TIAHRT, Todd | KS |
| Jim Costa | CA |
| Gene Green | TX |
| Henry Cuellar | TX |
| Rubén Hinojosa | TX |
| Jim Matheson | UT |
| Don Young | AK |
| Robert B. Aderholt | AL |
| Spencer Bachus | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Jeff Flake | AZ |
| Trent Franks | AZ |
| Dana Rohrabacher | CA |
| Darrell Issa | CA |
| Devin Nunes | CA |
| Edward R. Royce | CA |
| Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | CA |
| John Campbell | CA |
| Kevin McCarthy | CA |
| Doug Lamborn | CO |
| Ander Crenshaw | FL |
| Gus M. Bilirakis | FL |
| Jeff Miller | FL |
| John L. Mica | FL |
| Vern Buchanan | FL |
| Jack Kingston | GA |
| Lynn A. Westmoreland | GA |
| Paul C. Broun | GA |
| Phil Gingrey | GA |
| Tom Price | GA |
| Steve King | IA |
| Tom Latham | IA |
| Michael K. Simpson | ID |
| John Shimkus | IL |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Peter J. Roskam | IL |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Ed Whitfield | KY |
| Harold Rogers | KY |
| Charles W. Boustany Jr. | LA |
| Steve Scalise | LA |
| Candice S. Miller | MI |
| Dave Camp | MI |
| Fred Upton | MI |
| Mike Rogers | MI |
| Tim Walberg | MI |
| John Kline | MN |
| Michele Bachmann | MN |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Sam Graves | MO |
| Howard Coble | NC |
| Patrick T. McHenry | NC |
| Virginia Foxx | NC |
| Walter B. Jones | NC |
| Adrian Smith | NE |
| Jeff Fortenberry | NE |
| Lee Terry | NE |
| Rodney P. Frelinghuysen | NJ |
| Scott Garrett | NJ |
| Stevan Pearce | NM |
| Dean Heller | NV |
| Peter T. King | NY |
| Jim Jordan | OH |
| John A. Boehner | OH |
| Michael R. Turner | OH |
| Patrick J. Tiberi | OH |
| Robert E. Latta | OH |
| Steve Chabot | OH |
| Frank D. Lucas | OK |
| Tom Cole | OK |
| Greg Walden | OR |
| Bill Shuster | PA |
| Charles W. Dent | PA |
| Jim Gerlach | PA |
| Joseph R. Pitts | PA |
| Tim Murphy | PA |
| Joe Wilson | SC |
| John J. Duncan, Jr. | TN |
| Marsha Blackburn | TN |
| Jeb Hensarling | TX |
| Joe Barton | TX |
| John Abney Culberson | TX |
| John R. Carter | TX |
| K. Michael Conaway | TX |
| Kay Granger | TX |
| Kenny Marchant | TX |
| Kevin Brady | TX |
| Lamar Smith | TX |
| Louie Gohmert | TX |
| Mac Thornberry | TX |
| Michael C. Burgess | TX |
| Michael T. McCaul | TX |
| Pete Sessions | TX |
| Ralph M. Hall | TX |
| Randy Neugebauer | TX |
| Sam Johnson | TX |
| Ted Poe | TX |
| Rob Bishop | UT |
| Bob Goodlatte | VA |
| Frank R. Wolf | VA |
| Robert J. Wittman | VA |
| Cathy McMorris Rodgers | WA |
| Doc Hastings | WA |
| F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | WI |
| Paul D. Ryan | WI |
| Thomas E. Petri | WI |
| Shelley Moore Capito | WV |
Not Voting — 16: 3 D · 3 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| WELLER, Gerald C. | IL |
| SHADEGG, John B. | AZ |
| PETERSON, John | PA |
| AKIN, W. Todd | MO |
| WEXLER, Robert | FL |
| DOOLITTLE, John Taylor | CA |
| TANCREDO, Thomas G. | CO |
| CANNON, Christopher B. | UT |
| EVERETT, Robert Terry | AL |
| LEWIS, Ron | KY |
| Bobby L. Rush | IL |
| Marcy Kaptur | OH |
| Adam Smith | WA |
| Gary G. Miller | CA |
| Ken Calvert | CA |
| J. Randy Forbes | VA |
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