Virginia Access to Energy Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

R GoodlatteSponsor

6 cosponsors · 6 R

6 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Virginia Access to Energy Act or VA Energy Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas Lease Sale 220 on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) not later than one year after enactment of this Act.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Apr 5, 2011

Prohibits the Secretary from making any lease tract available if the President determines that it would create an unreasonable conflict with military operations.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit 50% of qualified revenues from such lease sales into the general fund of the Treasury to reduce the outstanding federal debt and 50% in a special account for specified payments to the state of Virginia.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Virginia Access to Energy Act

Also known as: VA Energy Act

Latest action (Apr 7, 2011): Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Policy area: Energy · Origin: House · Introduced: Apr 5, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.