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H.R. 1146: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

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H.R. 1146: Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-02-11 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-02-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 5 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 526 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR1146 (2019-09-12), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

Plain summary

Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (Sec. 2) This bill prohibits the Bureau of Land Management from administering an oil and gas leasing, development, production, and transportation program in and from the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Sec. 3) The bill establishes permanent fees that the Department of the Interior must collect from the operators of offshore oil and gas facilities subject to inspection under current law, including inspection fees for offshore platform facilities and drilling rigs. All fees collected must be deposited into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund established by this bill. Interior may use the funds to administer the inspection program, to the extent that the funds are provided in advance in an appropriations bill.

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Official text

Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] · 183 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1146, Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (2019-06-21); CBO cost estimate: Rules Committee Print 116-30 for H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, with the Manager's Amendment (2019-09-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Sean Casten (D-IL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), James A. Himes (D-CT), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Mike Levin (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY) and 123 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

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Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr1146 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116