H.R. 5657 · 111th Congress

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to ensure that protection of the marine and coastal environment is of primary importance in making areas of the outer Continental Shelf available for leasing, exploration, and development rather than expeditious development of oil and gas resources, to prohibit oil and gas leasing, exploration, and development in important ecological areas of the outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes.

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Mike Quigley
Introduced
2010-06-30
Latest action
2010-07-06 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Subjects

Accidents
Oil and gas
Energy
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Endangered and threatened species
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Ecology
Marine pollution