COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
10:00 a.m.

• Official hearing transcript
• Press Release - Chairman Hastings on DOI Report: Invented Definition Allows the Administration to Mischaracterize Two-Thirds of the Gulf as Inactive (3/30/2011)
• Committee Action - Natural Resources Committee to Hold Hearings on Gulf of Mexico De Facto Moratorium and BOEMRE FY2012 Budget Request (3/7/2011)
• Letter - Reps. Hastings and Lamborn Letter to Gulf State Members Announcing Upcoming Hearings on de facto Moratorium (2/23/2011)

OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:

• "Examining the Spending Priorities and the Missions of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), and the President's FY 2012 Budget Proposal"

OPENING STATEMENT:

The Honorable Doc Hastings
Chairman

WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY:

Panel I

The Honorable Michael R. Bromwich
Director
Bureau of Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE)

BACKGROUND:

This hearing will focus on the spending priorities outlined in the President's Fiscal Year 2012 budget for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), which includes the reorganization of the former Minerals Management Service (MMS). This hearing will provide an opportunity for BOEMRE Director Michael Bromwich to expand upon the mission and spending priorities of the Bureau and the many issues affecting federal offshore oil and gas exploration and development. BOEMRE’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget request is $358.4 million, an increase of $119.3 million over the Fiscal Year 2010 enacted budget after adjusting for funds transferred to the Office of the Secretary as part of the ongoing reorganization of the former MMS.