Bill > HR408

This bill seeks to nullify two specific Presidential memoranda issued on January 6, 2025, which previously withdrew certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) from oil and natural gas leasing. The first memorandum relates to potential leasing areas in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific regions, while the second memorandum specifically concerns the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. By passing this legislation, Congress would effectively invalidate these executive actions, restoring the potential for oil and natural gas exploration and leasing in these previously protected maritime regions. The bill represents a direct legislative intervention to reverse executive branch decisions about offshore energy development, potentially opening up these marine areas to future fossil fuel exploration and extraction activities.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/408/all-info