Bill > HR205

Introduced Session

(Sec. 2) permanently extends the moratorium on oil and gas leasing, preleasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Florida. (Sec. 4) The Department of the Interior must collect non-refundable fees from the operators of facilities subject to inspection under this bill, including inspection fees for offshore energy facilities and oil drilling rigs. All fees collected must be deposited into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund. (Sec. 6) Interior must contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete the study on the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program.

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Francis Rooney (R)*,  Gus Bilirakis (R),  Vern Buchanan (R),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Kathy Castor (D),  Charlie Crist (D),  Joe Cunningham (D),  Mario Diaz-Balart (R),  Neal Dunn (R),  Matt Gaetz (R),  Mike Gallagher (R),  Josh Harder (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jim Himes (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Brian Mast (R),  Bill Posey (R),  John Rutherford (R),  Darren Soto (D), 

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (on 09/12/2019)

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