S 2298
115th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Oil and gas
Rhode Island
New England Coastal Protection Act
Introduced: January 11, 2018
Introduced by:
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Democratic
· Rhode Island
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 11, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
New England Coastal Protection Act
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of: (1) Maine, (2) New Hampshire, (3) Massachusetts, (4) Rhode Island, or (5) Connecticut.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
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