Hastings (R-WA): Amendment No. 1—[Manager’s amendment] Makes technical corrections to the underlying bill.
Holt (D-NJ): Amendment No. 2—Strikes the provision of the bill that would require the Secretary of Interior conduct a single multi-sale environmental impact statement for all of the new areas opened for drilling by the underlying bill.
Richardson (D-CA): Amendment No. 3—Requires that in determining the areas off the coast of California to be made available for leasing under this Act, the Secretary of the Interior must consult with the Governor and legislature of the State of California and look at most potentially productive areas.
Markey (D-MA): Amendment No. 4—Prohibits gas produced under new leases from being exported.
Markey (D-MA): Amendment No. 5—Creates a new statutory requirement that leases offered under the bill would be require to include specific drilling safety modifications.
Holt (D-NJ): Amendment No. 6—Bars new leases to companies who have not renegotiated Clinton-era leases in the Gulf of Mexico to raise royalty rates.
Hastings (D-FL): Amendment No. 7—Requires an additional report from the Secretary on each well to be drilled under a lease to include the amount of oil and gas that is expected and the effect on gas prices.
Hastings (D-FL): Amendment No. 8—Requires an additional report from the Secretary on each well to be drilled under a lease regarding the impact on global change of the consumption of any oil or gas from the well.
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