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H.R. 205: Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019

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H.R. 205: Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-03 · 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 2019-01-03 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 520 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR205 (2019-09-11), 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

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019

Plain summary

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019 (Sec. 2)This bill permanently extends the moratorium on oil and gas leasing, preleasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico near the coast of Florida. (Sec. 4)The Department of the Interior must collect non-refundable fees from the operators of facilities subject to inspection under this bill, including inspection fees for offshore energy facilities and oil drilling rigs. All fees collected must be deposited into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund. (Sec. 6)Interior must contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to complete the study on the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Offshore Oil and Gas Operations Inspection Program.

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Official text

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19] · 18 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 205, Protecting and Securing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019 (2019-07-15); CBO cost estimate: Rules Committee Print 116-29 for H.R. 205, the Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2019, with the Manager's Amendment (2019-09-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Kathy Castor (D-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Neal P. Dunn (R-FL), Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Josh Harder (D-CA), James A. Himes (D-CT)

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Record fed-us-cong116-hr205 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116