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American Energy First Act

Introduced: September 11, 2019 Introduced by: Scalise, Steve Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Sep 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Sep 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Sep 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Sep 11, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Sep 11, 2019
Introduced in House
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American Energy First Act

This bill addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands.

Among other things, the bill

  • allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders;
  • limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS;
  • establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the OCS to certain states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska);
  • provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state;
  • requires the Department of the Interior to establish certain federal land as geothermal and wind energy leasing priority areas; and
  • limits the authority of Interior to declare a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas activities unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.
What's happening now September 16, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

 Related & companion bills 8
  • S 218 Related bill ONSHORE Act
  • S 499 Related bill Offshore Wind for Territories Act
  • S 2270 Related bill Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
  • HR 998 Related bill State Mineral Revenue Protection Act of 2019
  • HR 1014 Related bill Offshore Wind for Territories Act
  • HR 1650 Related bill Ending Duplicative Permitting Act
  • HR 3424 Related bill SEA Act of 2019
  • HR 4026 Related bill Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 4
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Hern, Kevin
Oklahoma · Nov 8, 2019
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Cline, Ben
Virginia · Oct 18, 2019
Armstrong, Kelly
· Sep 26, 2019
Lesko, Debbie
· Sep 26, 2019
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Sep 26, 2019
Pence, Greg
· Sep 18, 2019
Olson, Pete
· Sep 17, 2019
Bishop, Rob
· Sep 11, 2019
Cheney, Liz
· Sep 11, 2019
Duncan, Jeff
· Sep 11, 2019
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Gosar, Paul A.
Arizona · Sep 11, 2019
Mullin, Markwayne
· Sep 11, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4294: American Energy First Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4294/
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"H.R. 4294: American Energy First Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4294/.
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H.R. 4294, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4294/.
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