S 2841
114th Congress
Senate
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: April 21, 2016
Introduced by:
Booker, Cory A.
Democratic
· New Jersey
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Became law
Apr 21, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Apr 21, 2016
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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