S 2418 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

COASTAL Act

Introduced Aug 1, 2019 Originated Senate Sponsor Bill Cassidy R-LA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Feb 25, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.

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

Summary

Conservation Of America's Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act or the COASTAL Act

This bill addresses the distribution of revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and the Alaska OCS.

Specifically, the bill

  • increases the revenue Gulf states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas) receive from certain federal oil and leases in the Gulf of Mexico and eliminates the revenue sharing cap;
  • exempts from sequestration payments of such revenue to Gulf states;
  • allocates revenue from energy development in the Alaska OCS to Alaska for specified purposes, including mitigation of damage to fish, wildlife, or natural resources; and
  • eliminates the 2% fee that the federal government currently deducts from a state's share to cover administrative or other costs.

Cosponsors 6

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 1, 2019 to Nov 19, 2019; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-AKDan SullivanOriginalAug 1, 2019
D-ALDoug JonesOriginalAug 1, 2019
R-LAJohn KennedyOriginalAug 1, 2019
R-AKLisa MurkowskiOriginalAug 1, 2019
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalAug 1, 2019
R-MSCindy Hyde-SmithNov 19, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred Aug 1, 2019Hearings Nov 7, 2019Markup Nov 19, 2019Reported Feb 25, 2020

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2020Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. Without written report.
  2. Feb 25, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.
  3. Nov 19, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
  4. Nov 7, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-346.
  5. Aug 1, 2019Introduced in Senate
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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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S1718John Kennedy R-LAMar 12, 2020

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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Jun 25, 2020S. 2418, Conservation of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on February 25, 2020

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 116-346AN EXAMINATION OF FEDERAL REVENUES DERIVED FROM ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON FEDERAL AND INDIAN LANDS AS WELL AS FEDERAL OFFSHORE AREAS AND PROGRAMS THAT SHARE THOSE REVENUES WITH STATE, LOCAL AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND TESTIMONY ON S. 2418 AND S. 2666179 pagesEnergy and Natural Resources CommitteeNov 7, 2019

CRS reports 3

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 3

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4311Restoring State Mineral Revenues ActRelated billJul 23, 2020

Titles 5

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to modify a definition and the disposition and authorized uses of qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues under that Act and to exempt State and county payments under that Act from sequestration, to provide for the distribution of certain outer Continental Shelf revenues to the State of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
COASTAL Act
Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
COASTAL Act
Conservation Of America’s Shoreline Terrain and Aquatic Life Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2020Reported to Senate
  2. Aug 1, 2019Introduced in Senate

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