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HR 5817 114th Congress House Energy Atlantic Ocean Earth sciences Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Florida Mammals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

Introduced: September 21, 2016 Introduced by: Beyer, Donald S. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Aug 4, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jul 14, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jul 14, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.

The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."

What's happening now August 4, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Sep 21, 2016
Sanford, Mark
· Sep 21, 2016
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 7, 2016
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jul 14, 2016
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jul 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5817: Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5817/
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"H.R. 5817: Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5817/.
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H.R. 5817, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5817/.
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