GREEN Act

Getting Resources Efficiently and Effectively Now Act or the GREEN Act - Directs the President (or a designee) to review all projects for the exploration, development, or production of oil and gas resources under federal leases for lands (or submerged lands) located onshore or offshore to determine whether the projects comply with federal laws.

Requires the projects to be approved and authorized to proceed upon a written finding by the President (or the designee) that they serve the public interest in responsible domestic oil and gas development and comply with federal laws.

Shields decisions of the President from further administrative or judicial review, stay, or injunction, except with respect to an appeal filed by the applicant or permittee.

Declares that the President's (or designee's) determinations pre-empt any state law.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6953 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6953

     To authorize the President to review and approve oil and gas 
   exploration, development, and production projects under existing 
  Federal oil and gas leases, both onshore and offshore, and to limit 
administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to such projects, 
 upon finding that such a project complies with all applicable Federal 
                     laws, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2008

Mrs. Bachmann introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize the President to review and approve oil and gas 
   exploration, development, and production projects under existing 
  Federal oil and gas leases, both onshore and offshore, and to limit 
administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to such projects, 
 upon finding that such a project complies with all applicable Federal 
                     laws, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Getting Resources Efficiently and 
Effectively Now Act'' or the ``GREEN Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL OF EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
              PRODUCTION PROJECTS UNDER EXISTING FEDERAL OIL AND GAS 
              LEASES.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to authorize the 
President to review and approve oil and gas exploration, development, 
and production projects under existing Federal oil and gas leases, both 
onshore and offshore, upon finding that such a project complies with 
all applicable Federal laws.
    (b) Review and Approval of Projects.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the President or a designee of the President shall 
review all projects for the exploration, development, or production of 
oil and gas resources under Federal leases, for lands (or submerged 
lands) located onshore or offshore, to determine whether the project 
complies with all applicable Federal laws. Upon a written finding by 
the President or the designee, in his or her sole discretion, that the 
project including all authorizations, permits, studies, or other form 
of executive branch approvals otherwise required to conduct such 
activities, (i) serves the public interest in responsible domestic oil 
and gas development and (ii) complies with all applicable Federal laws, 
the project shall be conclusively approved and authorized to proceed.
    (c) Limitation on Administrative and Judicial Proceedings.--The 
decisions of the President or designee under this section, any 
permitting decisions or conditions under such approval, and the project 
so approved shall not be subject to further administrative or judicial 
review, stay, or injunction or, if pending, continued administrative or 
judicial review, stay, or injunction, except with respect to an appeal 
filed by the applicant or permittee. A project approved under this 
section shall continue to be subject to the regulatory oversight and 
enforcement actions of the Federal agencies with jurisdiction over such 
activities, as otherwise provided by law, and shall be regulated under 
the terms, conditions, and requirements of any authorization, permit, 
or other approval necessary to conduct such activities. The President's 
or the President's designee's determinations under this section shall 
pre-empt any State law.
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