Florida Offshore Drilling bill
Official title A bill to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Jul 12, 2001 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 25, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Conditions the sale of an option to enter into an oil and gas lease (except in the case of a plan for natural gas production and transportation) upon an environmental impact statement and a State consistency certification.
Authorizes the Secretary to purchase rights to oil and gas development and production covered by specified leases outstanding in the Gulf of Mexico.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 25, 2001.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Apr 25, 2001 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Apr 25, 2001Hearings Jul 12, 2001 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 12, 2001Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
- Apr 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Apr 25, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3923)
- Apr 25, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3923 | Bob Graham D-FL | Apr 25, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-144 | NATIONAL ENERGY ISSUES202 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | May 24, 2001–Jul 12, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1631 | To permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes. | Identical bill | May 3, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.
- Popular Titles
- Florida Offshore Drilling bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Coastal zone
- Continental shelf
- Energy
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental Protection
- Florida
- Gas in submerged lands
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Gulf of Mexico
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Ocean mining
- Oil and gas leases
- Petroleum in submerged lands
- Prospecting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Submarine oil well drilling
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 25, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
