HOUSE 2836117th CongressSubcommittee Hearings Held.
Florida Coastal Protection Act
- Last Action
- 5/13/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-13Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2021-05-10Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- 2021-04-26Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2021-04-26Introduced in House
- 2021-04-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-26 (00)
Florida Coastal Protection Act
This bill prohibits 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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
- Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
- Charlie Crist (D-FL)
- Val Demings (D-FL)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- Byron Donalds (R-FL)
- Lois Frankel (D-FL)
- C. Franklin (R-FL)
- Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
- Carlos Gimenez (R-FL)
- Al Lawson (D-FL)
- Brian Mast (R-FL)
- Stephanie Murphy (D-FL)
- Bill Posey (R-FL)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- Frederica Wilson (D-FL)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Subjects
- Florida
- Gulf of Mexico
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Oil and gas
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