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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Gulf of Mexico</title>
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  <updated>2011-12-19T19:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4858</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3757 SHORE Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3757/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-19:/action/318215</id>
    <updated>2011-12-19T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the ability of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Coast Guard, and coastal States to sustain healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems by maintaining and sustaining their capabilities relating to oil spill preparedness, prevention, response, restoration, and research, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3710 Deficit Reduction, Job Creation, and Energy Security Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3710/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-12-15:/action/317795</id>
    <updated>2011-12-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to initiate immediate action to create jobs in America, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3446 Administrative Cost Recovery for Oil and Natural Gas on Public Lands Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3446/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-15:/action/314407</id>
    <updated>2011-11-15T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish an annual production incentive fee with respect to Federal onshore and offshore lands that are subject to a lease for production of oil or natural gas under which production is not occurring, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3429 Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3429/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-14:/action/314210</id>
    <updated>2011-11-14T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3410 Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3410/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-13:/action/314067</id>
    <updated>2011-11-13T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales, to provide fair and equitable revenue sharing for all coastal States, to formulate future offshore energy development plans in areas with the most potential, to generate revenue for American infrastructure, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3400 Jobs Through Growth Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3400/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-11-09:/action/313890</id>
    <updated>2011-11-09T19:00:00Z</updated>
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To spur economic growth and create jobs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3302 Restore America Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3302/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-31:/action/312951</id>
    <updated>2011-10-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To create private sector jobs by simplifying the tax code, increasing domestic energy production, reforming government regulations, and strengthening workforce training programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1701 Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1701/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-12:/action/311454</id>
    <updated>2011-10-12T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1678 Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1678/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-10:/action/311080</id>
    <updated>2011-10-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3096 Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3096/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-10-04:/action/310628</id>
    <updated>2011-10-04T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To restore the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2983 Rebuilding American Roads Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2983/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-20:/action/309575</id>
    <updated>2011-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas leasing, to deposit use revenues from such activity into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2954 Viral Hepatitis and Liver Cancer Control and Prevention Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2954/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-14:/action/308835</id>
    <updated>2011-09-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2937 Pipeline Infrastructure and Community Protection Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2937/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-14:/action/308905</id>
    <updated>2011-09-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the Nation's energy products by pipeline, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1555 Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1555/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-09-13:/action/308893</id>
    <updated>2011-09-13T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize the use of certain offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico for artificial reefs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2821 To allow damage payments from BP in connection with the blowout and explosion on the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon to be included in gross income ratably over 3 years.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2821/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-08-15:/action/307574</id>
    <updated>2011-08-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To allow damage payments from BP in connection with the blowout and explosion on the offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon to be included in gross income ratably over 3 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2772 Saving Fishing Jobs Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2772/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-31:/action/307058</id>
    <updated>2011-07-31T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2673 Gulf Coast Oil and Gas Royalty Giveaway Repeal and Deficit Reduction Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2673/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-26:/action/306352</id>
    <updated>2011-07-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to modify the disposition of qualified treatment qualified outer Continental Shelf revenues under that Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1400 Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1400/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-20:/action/305695</id>
    <updated>2011-07-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restore the natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetlands of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2484 Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h2484/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-07-10:/action/303988</id>
    <updated>2011-07-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To reauthorize the Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 to include a comprehensive and integrated strategy to address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, to provide for the development and implementation of a comprehensive research plan and action strategy to reduce harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1321 Practical Energy Plan Act of 2011</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1321/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2011-06-29:/action/302975</id>
    <updated>2011-06-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to establish energy policies to make measurable gains in reducing dependence on foreign oil, saving Americans money, increasing United States competitiveness, improving energy security, improving environmental stewardship, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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