Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act
Summary
Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act This bill establishes a moratorium on energy development (e.g., offshore wind development) in specified areas of the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2032. Until that date, the Department of the Interior may not conduct certain energy development activities in any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium also applies to other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf—the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or any area west of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico—if energy exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been identified as having any adverse effect on national security, military readiness, or the Department of Defense's testing capabilities. However, Interior may issue leases in those areas for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.
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Introduction
Sep 2022
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Floor Vote
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Introduced Sep 22, 2022
Last action Sep 22, 2022
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Sep 22, 2022
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Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Sep 22, 2022
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1 primary · 13 co-sponsors
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Michael Waltz
RRepublican
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Brian J. Mast
RRepublican
Co
Byron Donalds
RRepublican
Co
Carlos A. Gimenez
RRepublican
Co
Daniel Webster
RRepublican
Co
Gus M. Bilirakis
RRepublican
Co
John H. Rutherford
RRepublican
Co
Kat Cammack
RRepublican
Co
Maria Elvira Salazar
RRepublican
Co
Mario Diaz-Balart
RRepublican
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