Senate Bill 13
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 3, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
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
13
Congress
116
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 Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act
This bill expands the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program to include Florida.(Currently, only Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas are included in the program that shares the revenues from oil and gas leasing on the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf.)
Additionally, the bill extends to June 30, 2027, the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico.
January 3, 2019
01/03/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
01/03/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:49:34 PM