Conservation Funding Protection Act
Summary
Conservation Funding Protection Act This bill requires the Department of the Interior to hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. In addition, the bill establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Feb 18, 2021
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Actions timeline
Total actions
3
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Committee
2
Feb 18, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 12 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Crenshaw
RRepublican
Co
August Pfluger
RRepublican
Co
Clay Higgins
RRepublican
Co
Jerry L. Carl
RRepublican
Co
Jim Hagedorn
RRepublican
Co
Lance Gooden
RRepublican
Co
Louie Gohmert
RRepublican
Co
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
RRepublican
Co
Michael Guest
RRepublican
Co
Randy K. Weber, Sr.
RRepublican
Co
Ronny Jackson
RRepublican
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