A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.

Bill: 115-s-985
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-04-27
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alaska

Gulf of Mexico

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-04-27
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from revising the approved Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for FY2017-FY2022. (Interior approved the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's proposed final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for FY2017-FY2022 on January 17, 2017.)</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 985 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 27, 2017 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Menendez , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Booker , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Hassan , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Franken , Mrs. Shaheen , Ms. Warren , Mr. Cardin , Mrs. Gillibrand , Mr. Nelson , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Reed , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Harris , and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.

1. Prohibition on revising approved 2017–2022 oil and gas leasing program The Secretary of the Interior shall not revise the approved oil and gas leasing program for the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2022 prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) and described in the document entitled 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program and dated November 2016.