US Congress House Bill 2276 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on May 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Seismic Moratorium Act This bill prohibits conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development in any area located within a specified exclusive economic zone located off the coastline of Florida. This moratorium shall only be terminated if the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (of the Department of Commerce) determines that the reasonably foreseeable impacts of such activities are minimal to individuals or populations of marine mammals, sea turtles, or fish. These geological or geophysical activities are described in the final programmatic environmental impact statement of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (of the Department of the Interior) entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas," completed February 2014.

Seismic Moratorium Act

Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]
Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2015-06-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2015-05-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2015-05-12	House	Introduced in House

HB2279 (Same As) 2015-06-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
SB1171 (Same As) 2015-04-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2276/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2276/BILLS-114hr2276ih.pdf