Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act
Latest action · Feb 21, 2023 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.
- IntroducedFeb 9, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act
This bill establishes a moratorium on energy development (e.g., offshore wind development) in specified areas of the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2032.
Until that date, the Department of the Interior may not conduct certain energy development activities in any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium also applies to other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf—the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or any area west of the Military Mission Line in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area—if energy exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been identified as having any adverse effect on national security, military readiness, or the Department of Defense's testing capabilities.
However, Interior may issue leases in those areas for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2023 to May 9, 2023; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Original | Feb 9, 2023 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Mar 23, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | May 9, 2023 |
Committees 2
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 9, 2023 |
| Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee | Referred Feb 21, 2023 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 9, 2023 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 21, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- Feb 9, 2023Introduced in House
- Feb 9, 2023Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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. 169, no. 27, February 9, 2023, page H829.
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.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44692 | Five-Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program: Status and Issues in Brief | Report | Jul 29, 2026 |
| IN11980 | Offshore Wind Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Archived | Insight | Oct 22, 2024 |
| R46970 | U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Development: Overview and Issues for the 118th Congress | Report | Sep 13, 2023 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 279 | Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act | Identical bill | Feb 7, 2023 |
| HR 8980 | Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act | Reintroduction of | Sep 22, 2022 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a moratorium on energy development in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2023Introduced 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.
