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S. 1030 119th Congress Senate

Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 13, 2025 Introduced by: Edward J. Markey Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2053 Identical bill Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 6

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

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Independent 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Mar 13, 2025
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 13, 2025
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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Mar 13, 2025
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · Mar 13, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1030: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1030/
MLA
"S. 1030: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1030/.
Bluebook (legal)
S. 1030, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1030/.
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[S. 1030: Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1030/)
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