House Bill 2002
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Florida Coastal Protection Act
Introduced
Introduced in House on Apr 6, 2017
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
2002
Congress
115
Policy Area
Energy
Energy
Primary focus of measure is all sources and supplies of energy, including alternative energy sources, oil and gas, coal, nuclear power; efficiency and conservation; costs, prices, and revenues; electric power transmission; public utility matters.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Florida Coastal Protection Act
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas:
- the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida,
- the South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude, or
- the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
April 6, 2017
04/19/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
04/06/2017
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
04/06/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
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