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This bill would отмен? No, in English. This bill would cancel two presidential memoranda that blocked some areas of the outer continental shelf from being leased for oil and natural gas drilling. In simple terms, it would reopen those offshore areas to possible energy development by removing the Biden administration’s restrictions.
- It targets areas in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific oceans.
- It also targets areas in the Bering Sea.
- The bill says these presidential memoranda would have no legal effect.
Official Summaries
Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act
This bill nullifies two presidential memoranda that were published on January 6, 2025, including (1) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS); and (2) the Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the OCS. The memoranda prohibited the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) from issuing offshore leases for the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in those areas.
This bill reverses the withdrawal to allow BOEM to issue leases in those areas.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 104 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 104
To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of
the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 15, 2025
Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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A BILL
To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of
the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Overturn Biden's Offshore Energy Ban
Act''.
SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDA ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.
The following Presidential memoranda shall have no force or effect:
(1) The Presidential memorandum entitled ``Memorandum on
the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer
Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing'', and dated
January 6, 2025, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and
Pacific areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
(2) The Presidential memorandum entitled ``Memorandum on
the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer
Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing'', and dated
January 6, 2025, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the outer
Continental Shelf.
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