HR 4936 United States House · 118th Congress

NOW Act

Summary

Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.

Issues: ✓ Energy ✓ Environment

Sub-Topics: Wind Oil & Gas

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jul 2023

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Introduced Jul 26, 2023 Last action Jul 26, 2023

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Jul 26, 2023

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Jul 26, 2023

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 47 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Adriano Espaillat

Bonnie Watson Coleman

Chellie Pingree

Daniel S. Goldman

Deborah K. Ross