Safe COAST Act

Bill: 116-hr-1335
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2019-02-25
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental regulatory procedures

Environmental technology

Government studies and investigations

Marine pollution

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-25
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safe Coasts, Oceans, And Seaside Towns Act or the Safe COAST Act</b></p> <p>This bill addresses the safety of offshore oil and gas drilling.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for specified safety regulations that govern offshore oil and gas production in the Outer Continental Shelf and provide protections for human, marine, and coastal environments.</p> <p>In addition, the Department of the Interior must contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete the study titled "Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program."</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1335 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 25, 2019 Ms. Barragán (for herself, Mr. Price of North Carolina , and Mr. Crist ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide that the production safety systems rule and the well control rule in section 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, shall have the same force and effect of law as if such rules had been enacted by an Act of Congress, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Coasts, Oceans, And Seaside Towns Act or the Safe COAST Act . 2. Force and effect of production safety systems rule and the well control rule Subparts D, E, F, G, H, and Q of section 250 of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2018), shall have the same force and effect of law as if such subparts had been enacted by an Act of Congress. 3. Study on BSEE offshore oil and gas operations inspection program The Secretary of the Interior shall contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete, not later than 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the study entitled Review and Update of Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program that the Secretary of the Interior had previously contracted with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete.