,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #e1 #bjac ,mr4 
,brady of ,texas 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,wittman1 and ,mr4 ,shimkus7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary  
of the ,interior to issue an oil and gas
 leasing program under section #ah of   
the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands   
,act for the #e-year period #bjaf       
through #bjbj1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,more ,energy ,more ,jobs ,act4 
#b4 ,findings ,the ,congress finds the  
following3  7#a7 ,more than #he percent 
of all offshore areas remain off-limits 
to oil and gas exploration4 ,the current
 plan for offshore oil and gas          
development under the ,outer            
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acca et seq471 the           
,five-,year ,,ocs ,oil and ,gas ,leasing
 ,program for #bjab-bjag1 scales back on

 previous draft plans by removing the   
,eastern ,gulf of ,mexico and areas in  
the ,atlantic4 ,it also excludes the    
entire ,atlantic ,coast1 the entire     
,pacific ,coast1 and nearly all of the  
,eastern ,gulf of ,mexico1 which have   
been little explored4  7#b7 ,many ,state
 governments have expressed a desire to 
proceed with oil and gas exploration and
 development off their coasts1 but have 
not had the support of the ,federal     
,government4  7#c7 ,the ,congress       
delegated its authority over ,federal   
lands of the outer ,continental ,shelf  
7as that term is defined in the ,outer  
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acca et seq4771 including for
 the offshore oil and gas leasing       
process1 to the ,secretary of the       
,interior under that ,act4 ,the         
,congress has the authority to enlarge  
the role of interested ,state           
governments4  #c4 ,requirement to issue 
new #e-year oil and gas leasing program 
7a7 ,in general  7#a7 ,requirement ,not 

later than #bd months after the date of 
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,interior shall issue an oil and 
gas leasing program under section #ah of
 the ,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands  
,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 for the      
subsequent #e-year period4  7#b7        
,termination of existing program ,the   
,five-,year ,,ocs ,oil and ,gas ,leasing
 ,program for #bjab-bjag shall have no  
force or effect after the issuance of an
 oil and gas leasing program under this 
section4  7b7 ,requirements for         
development of new leasing programs     
,section #ah7;c7 of the ,outer          
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7;c77 is amended by      
redesignating paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7  
as paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f71 and by     
inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the      
following3  7#b7 ,development of program
 ,in preparing each leasing program     
under this section1 the ,secretary      
shall--  7,a7 allow the ,governor of a  
coastal ,state to nominate for leasing  

under such program areas of the outer   
,continental ,shelf 7as that term is    
used in that ,act7 that are adjacent to 
the waters of that ,state2  7,b7 include
 each area nominated under subparagraph 
7,a7 in the draft leasing program under 
this section and consider leasing of    
such areas as an alternative ,federal   
action2 and  7,c7 include in development
 of the program resource estimates that 
are available1 and develop resource     
estimates for the areas for which such  
data are not available including for the
 areas nominated under subparagraph     
7,a74  7#c7 ,inclusion of               
,state-,nominated areas ,the ,secretary 
shall include in the final program      
issued under this section each area     
nominated by a ,state under paragraph   
7#b71 unless the ,secretary determines  
that the impacts of oil and gas         
development in a particular area cannot 
be effectively mitigated and the        
development is not in the national      
economic interest4 ,if the ,secretary   

omits any area nominated under paragraph
 7#b71 the ,secretary shall submit to   
the ,governor that nominated the area   
and the ,committee on ,natural          
,resources of the ,house of             
,representatives a report detailing why 
oil and gas development in such area is 
not in the national economic interest or
 why the impact of oil and gas          
development in such area could not be   
effectively mitigated1 and what steps   
the ,secretary took to try and do so4   
,after submittal of such report to such 
,governors1 each such ,governor shall be
 provided #fj days within which to offer
 alternative views on why the           
,secretary's findings are not consistent
 with the national economic interest and
 why oil and gas development in the area
 concerned can be effectively mitigated4
  7#d7 ,notice of effectiveness of plan 
,the ,secretary shall publish in the    
,federal ,register a notice of the      
effectiveness of each oil and gas       
leasing program issued under this       

section on the date such program takes  
effect4  4