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S. 104In committee
Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act
Introduced: Jan 15, 2025
Latest action date: Jan 15, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- 119th Congress
- Introduced
- Jan 15, 2025
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Status detail: The most advanced recorded stage is committee consideration.
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What this bill does
Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act
This bill nullifies two presidential memoranda that were published on January 6, 2025, including (1) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and (2) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the OCS. The memoranda prohibited the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing offshore leases for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in those areas.
This bill reverses the withdrawal to allow BOEM to issue leases in those areas.
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