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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 2 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To remove Federal Government obstacles to the production of more domestic energy; to ensure transport of that energy... · Sec. 10402

Sec. 10402. Bureau of Ocean Energy

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There is established in the Department of the Interior a Bureau of Ocean Energy (referred to in this section as the Bureau ), which shall— be headed by a Director of Ocean Energy (referred to in this section as the Director ); and be administered under the direction of the Assistant Secretary of Ocean Energy and Safety. The Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior. The Director shall be compensated at the rate provided for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.
The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out through the Bureau all functions, powers, and duties vested in the Secretary relating to the administration of a comprehensive program of offshore mineral and renewable energy resources management. The Director shall promulgate and implement regulations— for the proper issuance of leases for the exploration, development, and production of nonrenewable and renewable energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf; relating to resource identification, access, evaluation, and utilization; for development of leasing plans, lease sales, and issuance of leases for such resources; and regarding issuance of environmental impact statements related to leasing and post leasing activities including exploration, development, and production, and the use of third party contracting for necessary environmental analysis for the development of such resources.
The Secretary shall not carry out through the Bureau any function, power, or duty that is— required by section 10403 to be carried out through the Ocean Energy Safety Service; or required by section 10404 to be carried out through the Office of Natural Resources Revenue. Nothing in this section shall affect the authorities of the Bureau of Land Management under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq. ) or of the Forest Service under the National Forest Management Act of 1976 ( Public Law 94–588 ).
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