U.S. Congress (through OCS legislation and oversight)

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The U.S. Congress (through OCS legislation and oversight) is the federal legislative body responsible for creating and supervising the legal framework that governs oil, gas, and other resource activities on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
federal legislative body ⓘ
aimsToBalance national energy security and local community interests in Alaska OCS policy ⓘ
resource development and environmental protection on the Alaska OCS ⓘ
canCondition funding for OCS regulatory and leasing programs ⓘ
canMandate consultation requirements with affected Alaska communities ⓘ
specific environmental studies for Alaska OCS ⓘ
technology and safety standards for Arctic offshore operations ⓘ
canModify liability and spill response frameworks for offshore operations ⓘ
royalty and revenue-sharing provisions for OCS resources ⓘ
statutory requirements for OCS leasing in Alaska ⓘ
canRestrict offshore leasing areas in the Alaska OCS ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
delegatesImplementationTo Bureau of Ocean Energy Management ⓘ
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ⓘ
U.S. Department of the Interior ⓘ
directs studies and reports on Alaska OCS resource development ⓘ
exercisesFunction appropriations for offshore resource management programs ⓘ
legislation for offshore oil and gas development ⓘ
oversight of offshore oil and gas development ⓘ
governs federal legal framework for the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver gas activities on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
mineral resource activities on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
oil activities on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
hasComponent United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
holds oversight hearings on Alaska OCS activities ⓘ
influences environmental protection standards for Alaska OCS operations ⓘ
fiscal terms for offshore oil and gas development in Alaska ⓘ
pace and scope of leasing on the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
worker safety standards for Alaska OCS operations ⓘ
interactsWith Alaska Native and coastal communities through OCS policy ⓘ
State of Alaska on OCS-related issues ⓘ
oversees environmental and safety regulation of OCS activities in Alaska ⓘ
federal agencies managing the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf ⓘ
implementation of OCS leasing programs in Alaska ⓘ
regulatesThrough Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ⓘ
amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ⓘ
other federal offshore energy legislation ⓘ
sets broad national policy for offshore energy development ⓘ

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Alaska Outer Continental Shelf → oversightBy → U.S. Congress (through OCS legislation and oversight) ⓘ