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HR 1559 118th Congress House Energy

More Energy More Jobs Act of 2023

Introduced: March 10, 2023 Introduced by: Moran, Nathaniel Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Mar 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 10, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

More Energy More Jobs Act of 2023

This bill revises requirements concerning oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to allow coastal states to nominate areas off their coasts for oil and gas development.

In addition, Interior must hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. The bill also establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.

What's happening now March 22, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Mar 10, 2023
 R
Moore, Barry
Alabama · Mar 10, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1559: More Energy More Jobs Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1559/
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"H.R. 1559: More Energy More Jobs Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1559/.
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H.R. 1559, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-1559/.
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