H.R. 1957 · 110th Congress

Bristol Bay Protection Act

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Jay Inslee
Introduced
2007-04-19
Latest action
2007-04-26 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summary

Bristol Bay Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such Planning Area from a mandated inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.