US Congress House Bill 4294 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-09-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses offshore and onshore oil and gas resources, and the use of renewable energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and other federal lands. Among other things, the bill allows states with an established permitting and regulatory program to manage certain federal permitting and regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas development on federal lands within their borders; limits the President's authority to prohibit oil and gas leasing on the OCS; establishes a revenue sharing framework to distribute revenues collected from oil and gas leasing on the OCS to certain states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alaska); provides a mechanism for states to receive their entitled percentage of sales, bonuses, royalties, and rentals for all public land or deposits located in the state; requires the Department of the Interior to establish certain federal land as geothermal and wind energy leasing priority areas; and limits the authority of Interior to declare a moratorium on the leasing of federal lands for oil and gas activities unless such moratorium is authorized by Congress.

American Energy First Act

Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]	Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT]	Rep. Liz Cheney [R-WY]	Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC]	Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]	Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX]	Rep. Gregory Pence [R-IN]
Rep. Pete Stauber [R-MN]	Rep. Debbie Lesko [R-AZ]	Rep. Kelly Armstrong [R-ND]	Rep. Ben Cline [R-VA]
Rep. Kevin Hern [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-09-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
2019-09-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
2019-09-16	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
2019-09-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
2019-09-11	House	Introduced in House

HB998 (Related) 2019-02-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HB1014 (Related) 2019-10-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 182.
HB1650 (Related) 2019-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
HB3424 (Related) 2019-07-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
HB4026 (Related) 2019-09-19 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
SB218 (Related) 2019-01-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
SB499 (Related) 2019-05-14 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
SB2270 (Related) 2019-07-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/4294/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr4294/BILLS-116hr4294ih.pdf