HR 291 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Coastal Economies Protection Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 5, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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.

  1. IntroducedJan 8, 2019
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Coastal Economies Protection Act

This bill prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing until June 30, 2029, in the following areas:

  • the North Atlantic planning area,
  • the Mid-Atlantic planning area,
  • the South Atlantic planning area,
  • the Straits of Florida planning area, or
  • the Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 8, 2019 to May 24, 2019, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLFrancis RooneyOriginalJan 8, 2019
D-HIEd CaseFeb 25, 2019
D-VAElaine G. LuriaFeb 25, 2019
R-NJJefferson Van DrewFeb 25, 2019
D-CAJimmy PanettaFeb 25, 2019
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezFeb 25, 2019
D-NCDavid E. PriceMar 5, 2019
R-FLMatt GaetzApr 12, 2019
D-NYKathleen M. RiceMay 24, 2019

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 5, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
  2. Jan 10, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H372)
  3. Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House
  4. Jan 8, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 8, 2019Introduced in House

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