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H.R. 4936

NOW Act

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.

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14](D-NY)Sponsor
47 cosponsors47 D
47cosponsors1committees3actions
  1. IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

    Natural Resources Committee
  2. IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  3. IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

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