Senate Bill 1263
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on May 25, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1263
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 Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf.
The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."
May 25, 2017
05/25/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
05/25/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:36:23 PM