US Congress House Bill 2469 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans 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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determines that the reasonably foreseeable impacts of such activities are minimal to individuals or populations of marine mammals, sea turtles, or fish. These geological and geophysical activities are described in the final programmatic environmental impact statement of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas," which was completed in February 2014.

Seismic Moratorium Act

Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
2017-05-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2017-05-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2017-05-16	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2469/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2469/BILLS-115hr2469ih.pdf