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H.R. 1977: COAST Anti-Drilling Act

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H.R. 1977: COAST Anti-Drilling Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-22 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-22 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Plain summary

Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or the North Atlantic planning areas.

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] · 30 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), William R. Keating (D-MA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Alma S. Adams (D-NC), Lois Frankel (D-FL)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6] reported raising $2.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1977 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114