American Energy First Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
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.
- IntroducedSep 11, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
American Energy First Act
This bill addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands.
Among other things, the bill
- allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders;
- limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS;
- establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the OCS to certain states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska);
- provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state;
- requires the Department of the Interior to establish certain federal land as geothermal and wind energy leasing priority areas; and
- limits the authority of Interior to declare a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas activities unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 11, 2019 to Nov 8, 2019; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-WY | Liz Cheney | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | Original | Sep 11, 2019 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Sep 17, 2019 | |
| R-IN | Greg Pence | Sep 18, 2019 | |
| R-AZ | Debbie Lesko | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Sep 26, 2019 | |
| R-VA | Ben Cline | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Kevin Hern | Nov 8, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Sep 11, 2019 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Sep 16, 2019 | |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Sep 16, 2019 | |
| Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee | Referred Sep 16, 2019 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Sep 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
- Sep 16, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
- Sep 11, 2019Introduced in House
- Sep 11, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7675 | Liz Cheney R-WY | Sep 12, 2019 |
| House | Debate and remarks H7629 | Raúl M. Grijalva D-AZ | Sep 11, 2019 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 145, September 11, 2019, page H7665.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46537 | Revenues and Disbursements from Oil and Natural Gas Leases on Onshore Federal Lands | Report | Feb 12, 2026 |
| IF10987 | Legislative Proposals to Address National Park Service Deferred Maintenance Archived | Resource | Jul 16, 2020 |
Related bills 8
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 218 | ONSHORE Act | Related bill | Jan 24, 2019 |
| S 499 | Offshore Wind for Territories Act | Related bill | May 14, 2019 |
| HR 998 | State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019 | Related bill | Feb 22, 2019 |
| HR 1014 | Offshore Wind for Territories Act | Related bill | Oct 11, 2019 |
| HR 1650 | Ending Duplicative Permitting Act | Related bill | Mar 29, 2019 |
| S 2270 | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act | Related bill | Jul 25, 2019 |
| HR 3424 | SEA Act of 2019 | Related bill | Jul 2, 2019 |
| HR 4026 | Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act | Related bill | Sep 19, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To empower States to manage the development and production of oil and gas on available Federal land, to distribute revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf to certain coastal States, to promote alternative energy development, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- American Energy First Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Alaska
- Alternative and renewable resources
- American Samoa
- Animal protection and human-animal relationships
- Aquaculture
- Aquatic ecology
- Archaeology and anthropology
- Atlantic Ocean
- Caribbean area
- Congressional oversight
- Department of the Interior
- Endangered and threatened species
- Energy
- Energy revenues and royalties
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Environmental regulatory procedures
- Georgia
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Guam
- Gulf of Mexico
- Historic sites and heritage areas
- Indian lands and resources rights
- Intergovernmental relations
- Judicial review and appeals
- Land use and conservation
- Licensing and registrations
- Mammals
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Military operations and strategy
- Mining
- Monuments and memorials
- North Carolina
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Oil and gas
- Pacific Ocean
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public-private cooperation
- Puerto Rico
- South Carolina
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Strategic materials and reserves
- Trade restrictions
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- User charges and fees
- Virgin Islands
- Virginia
- Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
- Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 11, 2019Introduced in House
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.
