HR 519 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

Introduced Jan 28, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Liz Cheney R-WY

Latest action · Feb 18, 2021 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.

IntroducedJan 28, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

This bill requires the President and the Department of the Interior to obtain the approval of Congress before implementing a moratorium on oil and gas leasing in the Gulf of Mexico region of the outer Continental Shelf.

Cosponsors 33

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Jul 2, 2021; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-WA	Dan Newhouse	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	Daniel Meuser	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-WV	David B. McKinley	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	John Joyce	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	Mike Kelly	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	Pat Fallon	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-MN	Pete Stauber	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-KS	Ron Estes	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	Ron Wright	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-TX	Ronny Jackson	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-KS	Tracey Mann	Original	Jan 28, 2021
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Feb 2, 2021
R-SC	Jeff Duncan		Feb 2, 2021
R-AL	Jerry L. Carl		Feb 2, 2021
R-TX	Lance Gooden		Feb 2, 2021
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Feb 2, 2021
R-GA	Austin Scott		Feb 4, 2021
R-OH	Brad R. Wenstrup		Feb 4, 2021
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Feb 4, 2021
R-MI	Lisa C. McClain		Feb 4, 2021
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Feb 4, 2021
R-PA	Fred Keller		Mar 11, 2021
R-KS	Jake LaTurner		Jul 2, 2021

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 Jan 28, 2021
	Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee	Referred Feb 18, 2021

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 18, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
Jan 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2: ``The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state.'

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H250.

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To provide that an order or other action by the President, Secretary of the Interior, or Department of the Interior official imposing a moratorium on Federal oil and gas leasing or permitting shall not take effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Safeguarding Oil and Gas Leasing and Permitting Act of 2021

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House

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