US Congress House Bill 2173 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)
Status: Introduced on June 14 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-10-14 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act - Exempts any project determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Defines an "offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project that is administered by the Department of the Interior and carried out on or in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf to test or monitor weather (including wind, tidal, current, and solar energy) using towers, buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure and that: (1) causes less than one acre of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower or other device and no more than five acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by the project (including hazards to navigation), (2) is decommissioned within five years of its commencement, and (3) provides meteorological information to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project on the outer Continental Shelf obtain a permit and right of way for the project; (2) decide whether to issue such a permit and right of way within 30 days after receiving an application; (3) provide an opportunity for submission of comments by the public; (4) consult with the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other federal, state, and local agencies that would be affected by issuance of the permit and right of way; and (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied.

Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act

Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]	Rep. Raul Labrador [R-ID]	Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]
Rep. Jeffrey Landry [R-LA]	Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA]	Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-10-14	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
2011-10-14	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-252.
2011-07-13	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 18.
2011-07-13	House	Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.
2011-07-13	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-06-23	House	Subcommittee Hearings Held.
2011-06-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2011-06-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

HB2172 (Related) 2011-12-01 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 200.
HB3882 (Related) 2012-02-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
SB3445 (Related) 2012-07-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
HB4480 (Related) 2012-07-10 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/2173/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2173/BILLS-112hr2173ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr2173/BILLS-112hr2173rh.pdf