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HR 291 116th Congress House Energy Atlantic Ocean Florida Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas

Coastal Economies Protection Act

Introduced: May 24, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jan 10, 2019
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H372)
Jan 8, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coastal Economies Protection Act

This bill prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing until June 30, 2029, in the following areas:

  • the North Atlantic planning area,
  • the Mid-Atlantic planning area,
  • the South Atlantic planning area,
  • the Straits of Florida planning area, or
  • the Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida.
What's happening now February 5, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 1
Rice, Kathleen
· May 24, 2019
PRICE, DAVID
· Mar 5, 2019
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 25, 2019
 R
Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Feb 25, 2019
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 25, 2019
Rooney, Francis
· Jan 8, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 291: Coastal Economies Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-291/
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"H.R. 291: Coastal Economies Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-291/.
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H.R. 291, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-291/.
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