Require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to expand offshore lease sales for oil and gas.

Bill Cassidy · Louisiana · Republican

policy impact 0.66 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 88%

Occurrences

require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to expand offshore lease sales for oil and gas

Cassidy said he had included provisions requiring BOEM to expand offshore lease sales for oil and gas.

Cassidy Meets with Business, Community Leaders from One Acadiana | U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy
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Evidence

Congress.gov shows that H.R. 4899 would have required the Interior Secretary to implement an offshore leasing program covering at least 50% of eligible unleased acreage in the most oil- and gas-rich Outer Continental Shelf planning areas. The bill status on the same page says the latest action was "Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred" on 2014-06-26, after passage in the House by recorded vote 229-185.

Cassidy-backed offshore leasing expansion language advanced in the House but stalled in the Senate and never became law.

never same_term A for effort

H.R.4899 - 113th Congress (2013-2014): Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Cassidy materially advanced the promised policy by backing legislation that would have required a much larger offshore leasing program, and that bill passed the House in 2014. But it stalled in the Senate and never became law, so the promised requirement on BOEM was not delivered. Because there was a serious legislative attempt during the relevant term, this counts as a failed effort rather than no effort.

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