HOUSE 3116117th CongressSubcommittee Hearings Held.
COAST Anti-Drilling Act
- Last Action
- 5/13/2021
Actions
- 2021-05-13Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- 2021-05-12Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- 2021-05-11Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2021-05-11Introduced in House
- 2021-05-11Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-05-11 (00)
Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from authorizing the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in specified planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf along the Atlantic Coast, including the Straits of Florida.
Cosponsors (20)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
- Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
- WILLIAM PASCRELL (D-NJ)
- Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- David Cicilline (D-RI)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA)
- A. McEachin (D-VA)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- John Rutherford (R-FL)
- Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ)
- CHRISTOPHER SMITH (R-NJ)
- Marie Newman (D-IL)
- Ed Case (D-HI)
- Charlie Crist (D-FL)
Subjects
- Atlantic Ocean
- Florida
- Gulf of Mexico
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Oil and gas
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