Drill for oil and gas in the offshore Outer Continental Shelf and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Austin Scott · Georgia · Republican

policy impact 0.80 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 97%

Occurrences

Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico. (Jul 2016)

Commits to expanding offshore oil and gas drilling.

Austin Scott on the Issues
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Evidence

"Drill for oil & gas in offshore OCS & Eastern Gulf of Mexico."

A compiled issue page attributes to Scott a pro-drilling position covering offshore OCS and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, which matches the substance of the claim but is not an official campaign document.

partial unknown

Austin Scott on the Issues
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Vote Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution ... Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1231) to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that each 5-year offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in the areas with the most prospective oil and gas resources, to establish a domestic oil and natural gas production goal. Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Aye.

Scott supported a House step toward expanding offshore oil and gas leasing, showing concrete follow-through on the promise, though only at the procedural stage.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 311
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Vote Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass ... President Obama’s Proposed 2010-2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act. Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Nay.

Scott voted against final passage of a bill aimed at advancing offshore drilling lease sales, which undercuts the promise and shows that the policy was not delivered through enacted action in his term.

never same_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 512
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Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Yea

In a later Congress, Scott again voted with the pro-offshore-drilling side on a House vote, reinforcing his long-term support for offshore leasing even though it did not amount to enactment of the specific claim.

partial later_term

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 131
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BOEM announced a proposed offshore lease sale offering about 15,000 unleased blocks across the Gulf's Western, Central, and Eastern Planning Areas, with the sale presented as the first of three planned Gulf lease sales under the 2024-2029 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program.

An official BOEM notice shows the federal government advanced offshore oil and gas leasing in the Gulf, including the Eastern Planning Area, which is the closest later-term implementation signal for the promise.

partial later_term

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management: BOEM Proposes Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of America
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Assessments

partial later_term

The record supports Scott's consistent policy support for expanded offshore oil and gas leasing, including procedural and later House votes, but not full delivery of the specific promise during the relevant federal House term. The closest implementation evidence is BOEM's 2025 proposed Gulf lease sale including the Eastern Planning Area, which occurred much later and appears to be an executive leasing action rather than an outcome Scott wrote, sponsored, or materially caused. Because unrelated federal officials advanced part of the promised outcome after his initial term, and because the evidence shows support rather than decisive enactment or actual drilling in the Eastern Gulf, partial credit with later-term timing is most appropriate.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%

never same_term A for effort

The promise was to deliver expanded offshore OCS and Eastern Gulf drilling, not merely express support. The evidence shows Austin Scott took some legislative steps aligned with the goal, including supporting a 2011 procedural resolution and later pro-drilling votes, but there is no showing that the promised drilling expansion was enacted or implemented. His 2012 nay vote on final passage of an offshore lease-sale bill further weakens a full-delivery finding. Because he made at least some serious legislative effort but the promised outcome was not delivered, the proper outcome is never with an effort badge.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%