HR 815 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Arctic Refuge Protection Act

Introduced Feb 4, 2021 Originated House Sponsor Jared Huffman D-CA

Latest action · Mar 1, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

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.

IntroducedFeb 4, 2021
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Arctic Refuge Protection Act

This bill repeals the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program.

The bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.

Cosponsors 140

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2021 to Apr 28, 2022; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Feb 4, 2021
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NC	Deborah K. Ross	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Jamaal Bowman	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CO	Jason Crow	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-IL	Jesús G. "Chuy" García	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Juan Vargas	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-MA	Lori Trahan	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Mike Levin	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Mondaire Jones	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Rick Larsen	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Ro Khanna	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-FL	Val Butler Demings	Original	Feb 4, 2021
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 18, 2021
D-IL	Marie Newman		Feb 18, 2021
D-VA	A. Donald McEachin		Mar 1, 2021
D-HI	Ed Case		Mar 1, 2021
D-MD	Jamie Raskin		Mar 1, 2021
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Mar 1, 2021
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Mar 1, 2021
D-GA	Nikema Williams		Mar 1, 2021
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Mar 8, 2021
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Mar 8, 2021
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Mar 8, 2021
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Mar 8, 2021
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Mar 8, 2021
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Mar 8, 2021
D-MO	Cori Bush		Mar 8, 2021
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	John Garamendi		Mar 8, 2021
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Mar 8, 2021
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Mar 8, 2021
D-WA	Marilyn Strickland		Mar 8, 2021
D-WI	Mark Pocan		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Sara Jacobs		Mar 8, 2021
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Mar 10, 2021
D-IL	Bill Foster		Mar 10, 2021
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Mar 10, 2021
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 10, 2021
D-VA	Donald S. Beyer, Jr.		Mar 16, 2021
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Mar 16, 2021
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Mar 16, 2021
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Mar 16, 2021
D-CA	Mark Takano		Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi		Mar 16, 2021
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Mar 16, 2021
D-GA	Carolyn Bourdeaux		Apr 1, 2021
D-MD	David J. Trone		Apr 1, 2021
D-MA	Jake Auchincloss		Apr 1, 2021
D-CT	James A. Himes		Apr 1, 2021
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Apr 1, 2021
D-CA	Katie Porter		Apr 1, 2021
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Apr 1, 2021
D-IL	Sean Casten		Apr 1, 2021
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Apr 1, 2021
D-NY	Antonio Delgado		Apr 8, 2021
D-WI	Ron Kind		Apr 8, 2021
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Apr 14, 2021
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Apr 14, 2021
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Apr 14, 2021
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Apr 14, 2021
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 30, 2021
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Apr 30, 2021
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Apr 30, 2021
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 30, 2021
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		May 7, 2021
D-WA	Kim Schrier		May 7, 2021
D-NJ	Albio Sires		May 14, 2021
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		May 14, 2021
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		May 14, 2021
D-MN	Angie Craig		May 18, 2021
D-FL	Darren Soto		Jun 8, 2021
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Jun 8, 2021
D-CA	Karen Bass		Jun 8, 2021
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jun 8, 2021
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jun 29, 2021
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Jun 29, 2021
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Jul 16, 2021
D-NM	Melanie A. Stansbury		Jul 16, 2021
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 21, 2021
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		Jul 27, 2021
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 27, 2021
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Aug 13, 2021
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Aug 13, 2021
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Aug 13, 2021
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Aug 13, 2021
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria		Sep 3, 2021
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 3, 2021
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Sep 24, 2021
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Sep 24, 2021
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Oct 5, 2021
D-NY	Grace Meng		Oct 5, 2021
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Oct 5, 2021
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly		Oct 5, 2021
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney		Oct 8, 2021
D-IN	André Carson		Oct 15, 2021
D-NV	Dina Titus		Oct 22, 2021
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Nov 5, 2021
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jan 12, 2022
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Apr 28, 2022

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 Feb 4, 2021
	Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee	Referred Mar 1, 2021
	Federal Lands Subcommittee	Referred Mar 1, 2021

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 1, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House
Feb 4, 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.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 21, February 4, 2021, page H387.

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
RL33872	Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): An Overview	Report	Apr 25, 2025
R41610	Wilderness: Issues and Legislation	Report	Oct 12, 2022

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 282	Arctic Refuge Protection Act of 2021	Related bill	Feb 8, 2021
HR 724	Arctic Refuge Protection Act	Reintroduced Bill	Feb 21, 2023

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present and future generations of Americans.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Arctic Refuge Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 4, 2021Introduced in House

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