HR 1957
110th Congress
House
Energy
Alaska
Bering Sea
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Petroleum in submerged lands
Bristol Bay Protection Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Apr 19, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Apr 19, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E810)
Apr 19, 2007
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Bristol Bay Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such Planning Area from a mandated inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1957: Bristol Bay Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-1957/
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