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Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act
This bill revises provisions related to oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf.
(Sec. 2) The Department of the Interior must publicize reports regarding onsite inspections of each facility on the Outer Continental Shelf that is subject to safety and environmental regulations. Interior must also publicize information about each payment made into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund, including the facility name, operator name, and the payment amount.
(Sec. 3) The bill prohibits Interior from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf planning area (North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and the Straits of Florida) or the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning area (Washington/Oregon, Northern California, Central California, and Southern California).
(Sec. 4) Interior must collect non-refundable fees from the operators of facilities subject to inspection under this bill, including inspection fees for offshore energy facilities and oil drilling rigs. All fees collected must be deposited into the Ocean Energy Safety Fund.
(Sec. 6) Interior must report to Congress on whether this bill poses a risk to national security due to potential increase in dependence on foreign oil.
(Sec. 7) The Government Accountability Office must report on the impacts of offshore drilling on coastal communities and coastal economies.
(Sec. 8) The bill prohibits conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil, gas, or methane hydrate exploration and development in any area located in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
(Sec. 9) The Department of Commerce must conduct a study to determine the potential economic impact of offshore drilling on tourism, commercial fishing, recreational fishing, boating, transportation, and other waterfront-related and coastal-related businesses.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1941 as passed House on Sep 11, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Sep 11, 2019Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 11, 2019
House Sep 11, 2019 · the primary vote
Coastal and Marine Economies Protection Act
Passed
238 Yea 189 Nay 5 not voting
Party-line vote 17 of 427 voting members broke with their own party: 5 Democrats, 12 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
432 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1941 and vote against it. 30 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1941 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
75 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.