119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 15, 2025
Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act
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Latest action (Jan 15, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 15, 2025)
Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act
This bill nullifies two presidential memoranda that were published on January 6, 2025, including (1) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and (2) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the OCS. The memoranda 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.
This bill reverses the withdrawal to allow BOEM to issue leases in those areas.
No cosponsors.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE · lobbying firm or registrant: DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Natural Resources
$80,000
Spent on own lobbying
…prohibit implementation of a Land Protection Plan for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge H.R. 556/S. 537 - Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2025 S. 104 - Overturn Bidens Offshore Energy Ban Act S. 109 - Offshore Energy Security Act of 2025 H.R 408 - To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of ce…
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