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S 104 119th Congress Senate Energy

Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act

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

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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