HR 6057 110th Congress House Energy Alaska Animals Arctic and polar regions Bears Climate change and greenhouse gases Coastal zone Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Continental shelf Endangered species Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental technology Gas in submerged lands Habitat conservation Indigenous peoples Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology

Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

Introduced: May 14, 2008 See on congress.gov

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May 14, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

May 14, 2008

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Polar Bear Seas Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering or approving any new lease, or approving an exploration or development plan, within any area of the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea marine and coastal ecosystems until: (1) the National Research Council reports to Congress on certain missing information regarding the composition, distribution, status, and ecology of the living marine resources in such ecosystems; (2) the polar bear is listed as either an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and critical habitat is designated for it; (3) the Secretary performs an oil spill response gap analysis for proposed and existing arctic oil operations; and (4) the Secretary makes specified determinations, including that oil and gas exploration and development can be conducted in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas without posing a risk of substantial adverse impact to wildlife, or wildlife habitat and subsistence.

What's happening now May 14, 2008

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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