US Congress House Bill 5817 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-2)
Status: Introduced on July 14 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-08-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. John Carney [D-DE]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]
Rep. Mark Sanford [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-08-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2016-07-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2016-07-14	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5817/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5817/BILLS-114hr5817ih.pdf