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H.R. 6057: Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

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H.R. 6057: Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-05-14 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-05-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

Plain summary

Polar Bear Seas Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from offering or approving any new lease, or approving an exploration or development plan, within any area of the Chukchi or Beaufort Sea marine and coastal ecosystems until: (1) the National Research Council reports to Congress on certain missing information regarding the composition, distribution, status, and ecology of the living marine resources in such ecosystems; (2) the polar bear is listed as either an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and critical habitat is designated for it; (3) the Secretary performs an oil spill response gap analysis for proposed and existing arctic oil operations; and (4) the Secretary makes specified determinations, including that oil and gas exploration and development can be conducted in the Beaufort and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas without posing a risk of substantial adverse impact to wildlife, or wildlife habitat and subsistence.

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Official text

Polar Bear Seas Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA-1] · 26 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), André Carson (D-IN), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6057 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110