H.R.1231 - Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act

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, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: 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, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as introduced.
  • Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as reported to house.
  • Short: Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act as passed house.

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Interests that support this bill:

Top recipients for ALL supporting interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Joe Wilson [R, SC-2] $204,781 Abstain
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] $162,822 Aye
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] $161,942 Abstain
Rep. Tom Graves [R, GA-14] $153,768 Aye
Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-1] $150,590
Rep. Stevan Pearce [R, NM-2] $140,906 Aye
Rep. William L. Owens [D, NY-21] $138,817 Nay
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] $137,620 Aye
Rep. Paul C. Broun [R, GA-10] $118,717 Aye
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R, KS-1] $108,204 Aye
 
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey [R, PA] $1,041,429
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $542,821
Sen. Marco Rubio [R, FL] $495,429
Sen. Rob Portman [R, OH] $353,363
Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] $330,119
Sen. John Thune [R, SD] $279,417
Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK] $251,776
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $213,901
Sen. Tom Coburn [R, OK] $197,456
Sen. Mark Kirk [R, IL] $191,450

Specific Organizations Supporting H.R.1231

  • American Petroleum Institute
  • Petroleum Marketers Association of America
  • Independent Petroleum Association of America
  • American Conservative Union
  • American Gas Association
  • American Chemistry Council
  • Industrial Energy Consumers of America
  • American Energy Alliance
  • National Petrochemical & Refiners Association
  • Shallow Water Energy Security Coalition
  • Consumer Energy Alliance
  • Industrial Minerals Association – North America
  • Petroleum Equipment Suppliers Association
  • Baton Rouge Area Chamber of Commerce
  • Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce
  • Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
  • St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce
  • South Central Industrial Association
  • Business Council of Alabama
  • Southern Crop Production Association
  • Terrebonne Economic Development Authority
  • Gulf Citizens United
  • Gulf Economic Survival Team
  • Louisiana Association of Business and Industry
  • Louisiana Mid Continent Oil and Gas Association
  • Louisiana Oil and Gas Association
  • Southwest Louisiana Chamber of Commerce
  • Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce
  • Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
  • U. S. Chamber of Commerce
  • American Highway Users Alliance
  • National Association of Manufacturers

Interests that oppose this bill:

Top recipients for ALL opposing interest groups

Name Amount Received Vote On Passage
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-9] $30,710 Nay
Rep. Daniel B. Maffei [D, NY-24] $25,800
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R, MN-3] $24,950 Aye
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-30] $23,510 Nay
Rep. Gary C. Peters [D, MI-14] $23,279 Nay
Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-1] $20,334
Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] $19,200 Aye
Rep. Nick J. Rahall II [D, WV-3] $16,758 Aye
Rep. Michael E. Capuano [D, MA-7] $16,100 Nay
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6] $15,200 Aye
 
Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] $157,321
Sen. Michael F. Bennet [D, CO] $134,792
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D, CA] $121,879
Sen. Charles E. Schumer [D, NY] $98,000
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D, NY] $77,136
Sen. Roy Blunt [R, MO] $31,326
Sen. Patty Murray [D, WA] $31,050
Sen. Ron Wyden [D, OR] $30,264
Sen. Chuck Grassley [R, IA] $28,000
Sen. Richard Burr [R, NC] $20,750

Specific Organizations Opposing H.R.1231

  • Public Citizen
  • Sierra Club
  • Ocean Champions
  • Alaska Wilderness League
  • Defenders of Wildlife
  • Center for Biological Diversity
  • Surfrider Foundation
  • Endangered Species Coalition
  • Clean Water Action
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Ocean Conservancy
  • Marine Fish Conservation Network
  • Clean Power Now
  • Southern Environmental Law Center
  • Conservation Law Foundation
  • Pacific Environment
  • Cape & Islands Self-Releance Corp.
  • Environmental Northeast
  • Grace Team Massachusetts
  • Healthlink
  • Lexington Global Warming Action Coalition
  • Massachusetts Climate Action Network
  • Bedford Global Warming Action Coalition
  • Clean Ocean Action
  • Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges
  • Gulf Coast Environmental Defense
  • Mass Audobon
  • Massachusetts Climate Action Network Harvard Local
  • Natural Estuarine Research Reserve Association
  • New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance
  • New Jersey Environmental Lobby
  • Ocean River Institute
  • People for Puget Sound
  • Somervill Climate Action
  • Sustainable Life Solutions
  • Sustainable Sudbury
  • Wildlife Society
  • Massachusetts Climate Action Network Bolton Local
  • National Audobon Society
  • New Jersey Environmental Federation
  • Ocean Conservation Research
  • Sustainable Duxbury
  • Sustainable South Shore
  • Vermont Public Interest Research Group
  • Earthjustice
  • Physicians for Social Responsibility
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