Federal Lands Subcommittee, Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee, Natural Resources Committee
Introduced
In Committee
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American Energy First Act This bill addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands. Among other things, the bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders; limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS; establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the OCS to certain states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska); provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state; requires the Department of the Interior to establish certain federal land as geothermal and wind energy leasing priority areas; and limits the authority of Interior to declare a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas activities unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAlaskaAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsAquacultureAquatic ecologyArchaeology and anthropologyAtlantic OceanCaribbean areaCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorEndangered and threatened speciesEnergy revenues and royaltiesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGeorgiaGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsGuamGulf of MexicoHistoric sites and heritage areasIndian lands and resources rightsIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMilitary operations and strategyMiningMonuments and memorialsNorth CarolinaNorthern Mariana IslandsOil and gasPacific OceanParks, recreation areas, trailsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic contracts and procurementPublic-private cooperationPuerto RicoSouth CarolinaState and local financeState and local government operationsStrategic materials and reservesTrade restrictionsUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVirginiaVirgin IslandsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection
American Energy First Act
USA116th CongressHR-4294| House
| Updated: 9/16/2019
American Energy First Act This bill addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands. Among other things, the bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders; limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS; establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the OCS to certain states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska); provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state; requires the Department of the Interior to establish certain federal land as geothermal and wind energy leasing priority areas; and limits the authority of Interior to declare a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas activities unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesAlaskaAlternative and renewable resourcesAmerican SamoaAnimal protection and human-animal relationshipsAquacultureAquatic ecologyArchaeology and anthropologyAtlantic OceanCaribbean areaCongressional oversightDepartment of the InteriorEndangered and threatened speciesEnergy revenues and royaltiesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGeorgiaGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsGuamGulf of MexicoHistoric sites and heritage areasIndian lands and resources rightsIntergovernmental relationsJudicial review and appealsLand use and conservationLicensing and registrationsMammalsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMilitary operations and strategyMiningMonuments and memorialsNorth CarolinaNorthern Mariana IslandsOil and gasPacific OceanParks, recreation areas, trailsPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic contracts and procurementPublic-private cooperationPuerto RicoSouth CarolinaState and local financeState and local government operationsStrategic materials and reservesTrade restrictionsUser charges and feesU.S. territories and protectoratesVirginiaVirgin IslandsWilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitatsWildlife conservation and habitat protection