To nullify the Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.
HR 408 would reverse two January 2025 presidential memoranda that blocked oil and gas leasing in specific offshore areas. It directly affects federal offshore leasing by making these memoranda unenforceable, restoring access to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, Pacific coasts, and the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. The bill's key mechanism is a simple statutory reversal: it declares the memoranda "shall have no force or effect." This changes policy by removing existing restrictions on leasing without creating new rules. The bill focuses solely on undoing the executive action, not on new environmental or energy policies.
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Introduced Jan 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
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Jodey C. Arrington
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