3.0.0 956 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z 2023-01-11T13:36:55Z Senate S 2017-04-27 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-27T15:21:11Z OCEAN Act 115 2157 HR 2017-05-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans. Related bill CRS 2017-04-27 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA N K000393 Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] John Kennedy R LA Neely 2017-04-27 True S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-05-16 False Energy Administrative law and regulatory procedures Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Monuments and memorials Oil and gas Parks, recreation areas, trails Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Energy 00 2017-04-27 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-02T20:04:14Z Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act or the OCEAN Act

This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf.

The President may prohibit, through a rule making, oil and gas leasing on areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in a national marine sanctuary.

Any suspension of operations under a lease arising from a state of war or declaration of national emergency shall be for 90 days and may be renewed.

The bill rescinds existing moratoriums on oil and gas leasing on areas of the outer Continental Shelf other than marine sanctuaries and national monuments.

The President may not declare or reserve any ocean waters or lands beneath ocean waters as a national monument.

]]> OCEAN Act Display Title OCEAN Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to limit the authority of the President to withdraw areas from oil and gas leasing, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced OCEAN Act Short Titles as Introduced Outer Continental Shelf Energy Access Now Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s956is/xml/BILLS-115s956is.xml 2017-04-27 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.