3.0.0 991 2023-01-11T13:36:21Z 2023-01-11T13:36:21Z Senate S 2017-05-01 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-01T19:27:50Z Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 115 1784 HR 2017-04-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS 2017-05-01 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2017-05-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2017-05-01 True H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2017-05-01 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2017-05-01 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2017-05-01 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2017-05-01 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2017-05-01 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2017-05-01 True P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2017-05-01 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2017-05-01 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-05-10 False Energy Air quality Arctic Ocean Arctic and polar regions Climate change and greenhouse gases Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Mining Oil and gas Energy 00 2017-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2017-09-06T18:43:42Z Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017

This bill declares that it is the policy of the United States that the Arctic Ocean should be managed for the best interests of the people of the United States, including by keeping fossil fuels in the ground to avoid the dangerous impacts of climate change.

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act is amended to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing or renewing a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Arctic Ocean, including the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.

]]> Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 Display Title Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s991is/xml/BILLS-115s991is.xml 2017-05-01 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.