S 1263
115th 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
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 25, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
May 25, 2017
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, gas, or methane hydrate 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.
Committees of jurisdiction
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