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HR 4770 115th Congress House Public Lands and Natural Resources Florida Gulf of Mexico Land use and conservation

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018

Introduced: May 8, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 11, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018

This bill amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing, preleasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico.

What's happening now January 16, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 1 Republican 4
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · May 8, 2018
Poliquin, Bruce
· May 8, 2018
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · Apr 12, 2018
Bishop, Mike
· Apr 12, 2018
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Mar 15, 2018
Rooney, Thomas
· Feb 27, 2018
Trott, David
· Feb 27, 2018
DeSantis, Ron
· Feb 15, 2018
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Feb 14, 2018
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Feb 14, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4770: Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4770/
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"H.R. 4770: Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4770/.
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H.R. 4770, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4770/.
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