NOW Act

Bill: 118-hr-4936
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2023-07-26
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act</strong></p><p>This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4936 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2023 Ms. Ocasio-Cortez (for herself, Ms. Ross , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Kamlager-Dove , Ms. Clarke of New York , Ms. Norton , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Scott of Virginia , Ms. McCollum , Ms. Lee of California , Mr. Cleaver , Mr. Huffman , Mr. Carbajal , Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania , Mr. Ivey , Mr. Bowman , Mr. Beyer , Ms. Tlaib , Ms. Castor of Florida , Ms. Velázquez , Mr. Trone , Mr. Panetta , Mr. Mullin , Mr. Pallone , Mr. Espaillat , and Mrs. Foushee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on offshore wind leasing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act . 2. Repeal of offshore wind leasing restrictions Paragraph (2) of section 50265(b) of Public Law 117–169 ( 43 U.S.C. 3006(b) ) is repealed.