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S 1311 110th Congress Senate 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

Introduced: May 4, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 4, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 4, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 4, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Jun 19, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1311: Bristol Bay Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1311/
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"S. 1311: Bristol Bay Protection Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-1311/.
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