NOW Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D Ocasio-CortezSponsor

47 cosponsors · 47 D

25 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 26, 2023

Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act

This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: NOW Act

Also known as: Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act

Latest action (Jul 26, 2023): Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Policy area: Energy · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 26, 2023

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.