S.3492: Emergency Relief Well Act

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about energy
  • Introduced June 15, 2010
  • Latest Major Action June 15, 2010

Bill Summary

Emergency Relief Well Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, with respect to geological and geophysical explorations as well as oil and gas development and production, to require an exploration plan submitted for approval to include a plan for drilling at least one emergency relief well concurrently with the drilling of the proposed well. Requires any exploratory drilling in submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf conducted...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
June 15, 2010

Introduced in the Senate by Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)

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