Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act

Bill: 119-s-104
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-15
Policy area: Energy
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Overturn&nbsp;Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act</strong></p><p>This bill nullifies two presidential memoranda that were published on January 6, 2025, including (1) the <em>Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing,</em> relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and (2) the <em>Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing,</em> relating to&nbsp;the Bering Sea areas of the OCS. The memoranda&nbsp;prohibited the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing offshore leases for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in those areas.</p><p>This bill reverses the withdrawal to allow&nbsp;BOEM to issue leases in&nbsp;those areas.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 104 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 15, 2025 Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act . 2. Rescission of Presidential Memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf The following Presidential memoranda shall have no force or effect: (1) The Presidential memorandum entitled Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing , and dated January 6, 2025, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the outer Continental Shelf. (2) The Presidential memorandum entitled Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing , and dated January 6, 2025, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the outer Continental Shelf.