NOW Act
- Last Action
- 7/26/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-26Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
- 2023-07-26Introduced in House
- 2023-07-26Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-26 (00)
Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act
This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.
Cosponsors (20)
- Deborah Ross (D-NC)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Robert Scott (D-VA)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- BARBARA LEE (D-CA)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Jared Huffman (D-CA)
- Salud Carbajal (D-CA)
- Summer Lee (D-PA)
- Glenn Ivey (D-MD)
- Jamaal Bowman (D-NY)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Kathy Castor (D-FL)
- NYDIA VELAZQUEZ (D-NY)
- David Trone (D-MD)
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