3.0.0 2841 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z 2023-01-11T13:33:08Z Senate S 2016-04-21 114 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-21T20:03:59Z Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act 114 5817 HR 2016-08-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Identical bill CRS 2016-04-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2016-04-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-04-21 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2016-04-21 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2016-04-21 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2016-04-21 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2016-04-25 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2016-05-09 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2016-09-22 False Energy Atlantic Ocean Earth sciences Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Florida Mammals Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Oil and gas Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Energy 00 2016-04-21 Introduced in Senate 2016-07-18T21:08:51Z 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 or gas 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."

]]> Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act Display Title Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil-, gas-, and methane hydrate-related seismic activities in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas of the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act Introduced in Senate 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2841is/xml/BILLS-114s2841is.xml 2016-04-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.