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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 See on congress.gov
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Jan 11, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jan 11, 2018
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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 January 11, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4774 Identical bill New England Coastal Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Jan 11, 2018
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jan 11, 2018
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jan 11, 2018
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Jan 11, 2018
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 11, 2018
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Jan 11, 2018
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Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Jan 11, 2018
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jan 11, 2018
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Jan 11, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2298: New England Coastal Protection Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2298/
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"S. 2298: New England Coastal Protection Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2298/.
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S. 2298, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2298/.
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