HR 2918
110th Congress
House
Energy
California
Continental shelf
Gas in submerged lands
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas leases
Oil well drilling
Pacific Ocean
Petroleum in submerged lands
Prospecting
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act
Introduced: June 28, 2007
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 5, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 28, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jun 28, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such areas from the waters of the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf whose oil and natural gas resources the Secretary of Energy is required to inventory and analyze.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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