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H.R. 2556 119th Congress House

CORE Act of 2025

Official title: To enhance national security and energy independence through comprehensive offshore energy resource assessment and mapping, to establish a framework for the re… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To enhance national security and energy independence through comprehensive offshore energy resource assessment and mapping, to establish a framework for the regular review and standardization of offshore resource exploration methodologies, and for related purposes.

Introduced: June 25, 2025 Introduced by: Wesley Hunt Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 25, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
Jun 25, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Jun 25, 2025
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
May 20, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
May 13, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Apr 1, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced in House
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What's happening now June 25, 2025

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.

 Hearings & markups 2
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Lobbying activity 16

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    for UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • OCEAN CONSERVANCY
    for OCEAN CONSERVANCY · District of Columbia · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Begich, Nicholas J.
Alaska · Jun 25, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2556: CORE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2556/
MLA
"H.R. 2556: CORE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2556/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 2556, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2556/.
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[H.R. 2556: CORE Act of 2025](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-2556/)
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