Jeff Bingaman United States Senator from New Mexico

  The purposes of this Act are--

  (1) to rationalize and reform the responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the management of the outer Continental Shelf in order to improve the management, oversight, accountability, safety, and environmental protection of all the resources on the outer Continental Shelf;

  (2) to provide independent development and enforcement of safety and environmental laws (including regulations) governing--

  (A) energy development and mineral extraction activities on the outer Continental Shelf; and

  (B) related offshore activities; and

  (3) to ensure a fair return to the taxpayer from, and independent management of, royalty and revenue collection and disbursement activities from mineral and energy resources.