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HR 408 119th Congress House Energy

To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Arrington, Jodey C. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill nullifies two presidential memoranda that were published on January 6, 2025, including (1) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and (2) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the OCS. The memoranda prohibited the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing offshore leases for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in those areas.

This bill reverses the withdrawal to allow BOEM to issue leases in those areas.

What's happening now January 15, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 408: To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-408/
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"H.R. 408: To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-408/.
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H.R. 408, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-408/.
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[H.R. 408: To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-408/)
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