PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Congressional Research Service
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 14, 1999
Ute Economic Opportunity Act of 1999 - Amends the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 to direct the Secretary of Energy to administer Oil Share Reserve Number 2. Requires the Secretary to enter into: (1) a cooperative management and resource assessment agreement with the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation for the management, administration, and development of the Reserve; and (2) an oil and gas lease with such Tribe to explore, prospect, conserve, develop, use, operate, market, and sell the petroleum of such Reserve. Allows the Secretary to enter into agreements with such Tribe with respect to minerals other than petroleum and other commodities. Provides funding. Waives requirements of presidential and congressional approval and consultation prior to contracting for an oil shale reserve with respect to the agreement, assessment, or administration required under this Act.
People & committees
Sen. Bennett, Robert F. [R-UT] · R–UT
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10852)
Introduced in Senate
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
Source last updated: Aug 20, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze S.1581 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine S.1581 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine S.1581 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine S.1581 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.