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%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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
secondary · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

unverified · Source version 540 · locator unknown

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

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 62%

unverified · Source version 12455 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 96%

unverified · Source version 12456 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

unverified · Source version 12457 · locator unknown

Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Yea

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 88%

unverified · Source version 13763 · locator unknown

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.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): 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
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%

verified · Source version 54266 · locator 4137

MMA offered approximately 15,100 unleased blocks covering roughly 80.4 million acres across the Western, Central and portions of the Eastern Gulf Planning Areas.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Interior reported that Lease Sale BBG3 offered Gulf offshore acreage including portions of the Eastern Gulf Planning Areas, a later-term agency implementation step toward the offshore/Eastern Gulf leasing promise.

partial later_term

Interior Advances American Energy Dominance with Third Gulf of America Lease Sale | U.S. Department of the Interior
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

unverified · Source version 54268 · locator unknown

Scott, Austin | Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Aye

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official House roll call shows Austin Scott voted aye on H.R. 1, the later enacted law whose offshore-leasing provisions underpinned the 2025-2040 Gulf lease-sale schedule.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

verified · Source version 67024 · locator 406

Bids on the following tracts were deemed acceptable on, September 17, 2026, in Phase 2 of Sale BBG3.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, BOEM recorded acceptable bids for Phase 2 of the BBG3 Gulf offshore lease sale, showing concrete later-term leasing implementation but not actual drilling or full Eastern Gulf delivery.

partial later_term

Phase%202%20Acceptances%20-%20September%2017,%202026.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

verified · Source version 67026 · locator 2750

On August 12, 2026, MMA held Lease Sale BBG3. The sale generated $82,689,756 in high bids for 59 blocks across approximately 330,150 acres in federal waters of the Gulf of America.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): BOEM’s sale page confirms the third OBBBA Gulf offshore sale occurred and generated bids, a concrete later-term offshore leasing result short of proving Eastern Gulf drilling.

partial later_term

Big Beautiful Gulf 3 (BBG3) Oil & Gas Lease Sale | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

unverified · Source version 67028 · locator unknown

BOEM will offer for bid in this lease sale all available unleased acreage in the GOA OCS as identified on the map, “Final Oil and Gas Sale Area for Sale BBG3”

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The Federal Register notice proves the BBG3 sale offered available Gulf OCS acreage for oil and gas leasing, supporting partial delivery through leasing rather than drilling.

partial later_term

Federal Register :: Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 3
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

unverified · Source version 67030 · locator unknown

Portions of the Central and Eastern Gulf of America Planning Areas (area formerly designated by section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, or GOMESA, Public Law 109-432); see Presidential Memorandum, dated September 8, 2020. Expires June 30, 2032.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): BOEM’s restrictions page shows portions of the Eastern Gulf remain withdrawn from leasing until 2032, so the Eastern Gulf element remains incomplete despite Gulf lease-sale activity.

unresolved later_term

Areas Under Restriction | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

unverified · Source version 67032 · locator unknown

except within areas subject to existing oil and gas leasing moratoria, the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a minimum of 30 region-wide oil and gas lease sales

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted OBBBA required Gulf region-wide lease sales but expressly preserved existing moratoria, supporting partial later-term delivery rather than full Eastern Gulf access.

partial later_term

BILLS-119hr1enr.pdf
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

unverified · Source version 67034 · locator unknown

Scott, Austin | Scott, Austin | Republican | GA | Aye

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Scott voted aye on final House concurrence for H.R. 1, the later enacted law mandating Gulf offshore lease sales; this is concrete later-term effort by Scott, not sole delivery of the original promise.

partial later_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): 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%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): 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%