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Ocean Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2016
Three agencies in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing
the nation's ocean energy resources, which cover approximately 1.7 billion acres on the
U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS).' The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
administers offshore energy leasing; the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
(BSEE) oversees offshore operational safety and environmental responsibility; and the Office of
Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) manages public revenues from federally regulated offshore
and onshore energy projects.2 BOEM, B SEE, and ONRR receive appropriations in the annual
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill.
This report discusses FY2016 appropriations for the three agencies, including the Obama
Administration's funding request for each agency and subsequent congressional action. PL. 114-
113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, signed into law on December 18, 2015, provided
FY2016 appropriations for BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR. Earlier, the House and Senate
Appropriations Committees each reported an appropriations bill for Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies-H.R. 2822 in the House and S. 1645 in the Senate-but no regular
appropriations act for FY2016 was enacted prior to the end of FY2015. A series of laws (P.L. 114-
53, PL. 114-96, and P.L. 114-100) continued appropriations for ocean energy agencies at FY2015
enacted levels, minus a 0.2108% rescission, until full-year FY2016 appropriations were enacted
in P.L. 114-113.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management3
BOEM manages U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing, renewable energy development, and marine
mineral leasing, with a mission to balance national interests in energy supply and environmental
protection.4 BOEM's responsibilities include developing a five-year offshore oil and gas leasing
program, managing oil and gas lease sales and marine mineral agreements, reviewing exploration
and development plans, facilitating renewable energy development on the OCS, conducting
resource evaluations and economic analysis, and performing environmental reviews, among
others.
BOEM's operations are funded both by discretionary appropriations under the agency's Ocean
Energy Management account and by the authority to expend offsetting collections derived from a
portion of OCS rental receipts and cost recovery fees.5 The initial discretionary appropriation for
1 The U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS) consists of submerged lands, subsoil, and seabed that lie beyond the outer
seaward reaches of a state's jurisdiction and are subject to U.S. jurisdiction (43 U.S.C. 1331[a]). For more information
on domestic and international ocean jurisdictions, see CRS Report RL33404, Offshore Oil and Gas Development:
Legal Framework, by Adam Vann.
2 BOEM, BSEE, and ONRR were established in a departmental reorganization following the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill of April 2010. Prior to the spill, the nation's OCS energy resources were administered by the Minerals
Management Service (MMS). An interim agency, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), replaced MMS directly after the spill. The current structure of three agencies has been in
place since October 2012.
3 This section was prepared by Laura Comay, Analyst in Natural Resources Policy.
4 43 U.S.C. 1344(a)(3).
s Language in annual appropriations acts since 1995 has contained authority for BOEM or its predecessor organizations
to retain rental revenues above the $3.00/acre rate in effect on August 5, 1993, up to an annual cap, to fund current
operations. The provisions also have allowed BOEM to use cost recovery fees authorized under the Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1131 ff.) to partially fund mission-related activities. For more information, see BOEM,
Budget Justifications and Performance Information: Fiscal Year 2016, pp. 127-128, at http://www.boem.gov/BOEM-
FY-2016-Budget-Justification/.Congressional Research Service
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Comay, Laura B. & Humphries, Marc. Ocean Energy Agency Appropriations, FY2016, report, February 5, 2016; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc824669/m1/4/?q=%22energy%22: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.