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H.R. 4936: NOW Act

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H.R. 4936: NOW Act

118th Congress · introduced 2023-07-26 · Energy · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2023-07-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] · 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

NOW Act

Plain summary

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.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

NOW Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] · 47 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Glenn Ivey (D-MD), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC), Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY), Morgan McGarvey (D-KY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI), Mark Takano (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Gabe Amo (D-RI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] reported raising $38.0 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-cong118-hr4936 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong118 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong118