Amendment sought to require that leases granted by the Secretary must meet requirements for the following: a third-party certification of safety systems related to well control, such as blowout preventers; performance of blowout preventers including the qualitative risk and subsea testing; an independent third-party certification of well casing and cementing programs and procedures; mandatory safety and environmental management systems of the operators in the OCS; and procedures and technologies to be used during drilling operations to minimize the risk of igniting an explosion of hydrocarbons.

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Amendment Number
946
Description
Amendment sought to require that leases granted by the Secretary must meet requirements for the following: a third-party certification of safety systems related to well control, such as blowout preventers; performance of blowout preventers including the qualitative risk and subsea testing; an independent third-party certification of well casing and cementing programs and procedures; mandatory safety and environmental management systems of the operators in the OCS; and procedures and technologies to be used during drilling operations to minimize the risk of igniting an explosion of hydrocarbons.
Purpose
An amendment numbered 15 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to require that offshore oil and gas leases contain specific safety requirements.
Congress
112
Type
HAMDT
Latest Action Date
Feb 16, 2012
Latest Action Text
On agreeing to the Hanabusa amendment (A015) Failed by recorded vote: 189 - 228 (Roll no. 65).
Latest Action Time
17:27:26
Submitted Date
Feb 16, 2012
Chamber
House of Representatives
Update Date
Feb 3, 2022
Amendment 946 — Informed