US Congress Senate Bill 828 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Geological and geophysical activities for oil and gas exploration generally include deep penetration seismic airgun surveys, electromagnetic surveys, deep stratigraphic and shallow test drilling, and various remote-sensing methods. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB1606 (Same As) 2019-03-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/828/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s828/BILLS-116s828is.pdf