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S 926 112th Congress Senate Energy Atlantic Ocean Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mining Oil and gas

COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Introduced: May 9, 2011 See on congress.gov
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May 9, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 9, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or COAST Anti-Drilling Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic or the North Atlantic planning areas.

What's happening now May 9, 2011

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

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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · May 10, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 926: COAST Anti-Drilling Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-926/
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"S. 926: COAST Anti-Drilling Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-926/.
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S. 926, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-926/.
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