US Congress House Bill 2157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 23)
Status: Introduced on April 26 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

OCEAN Act Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf. The President may prohibit oil and gas leasing on areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in a national marine sanctuary designated in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act or by statute or rule. Any suspension of operations under a lease arising from a state of war or declaration of national emergency shall be for 90 days and may be renewed. The bill rescinds existing moratoriums on oil and gas leasing on areas of the outer Continental Shelf other than marine sanctuaries and national monuments. The President may not declare or reserve any ocean waters or lands beneath ocean waters as a national monument.

OCEAN Act Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act

Rep. Dave Brat [R-VA]	Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]	Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]	Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Doug LaMalfa [R-CA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]
Rep. Gary Palmer [R-AL]	Rep. Garret Graves [R-LA]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]
Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]	Rep. Barry Loudermilk [R-GA]	Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]	Rep. Andy Biggs [R-AZ]
Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2017-05-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2017-04-26	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-04-26	House	Introduced in House

SB956 (Related) 2017-04-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4239 (Related) 2018-11-02 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 781.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2157/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2157/BILLS-115hr2157ih.pdf