US Congress Senate Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-05-14 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Addresses offshore wind development and coral reef conservation. The Department of the Interior may conduct wind and mineral development lease sales on the Outer Continental Shelf in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone adjacent to U.S. territories. The bill establishes the Coral Reef Conservation Fund for the Department of Commerce to carry out the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, including to preserve, sustain, and restore the condition of coral reef ecosystems. The bill also specifies requirements for distributing revenues from the leases authorized by this bill to the Treasury, the Coral Reef Conservation Fund, and U.S. territories.

Offshore Wind for Territories Act

Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-14	Senate	Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
2019-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB1014 (Same As) 2019-10-11 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 182.
HB4294 (Related) 2019-09-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/499/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s499/BILLS-116s499is.pdf