H.R. 2673

Summary

H.R. 2673, the Florida Coastal Protection Act, was introduced in the House on Apr 7, 2025 by Rep. Kathy Castor (D) with 14 co-sponsors. It was referred to Natural Resources, and last saw action on Apr 7, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Record

Text

H.R. 2673 has 14 co-sponsors.

119 HR 2673 IH: Florida Coastal Protection Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-04-07
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 2673  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   April 7, 2025   Ms. Castor of Florida  (for herself,  Mr. Buchanan ,  Mr. Soto , and  Mr. Bilirakis ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Natural Resources    A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Florida Coastal Protection Act  .
2.
Prohibition of oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas off the coast of Florida
Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(j)
Prohibition of oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas off the coast of Florida
(1)
Prohibition
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in—
(A)
any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006;
(B)
the portion of the South Atlantic Planning Area, as such planning area is depicted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (September 2023), south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude; or
(C)
the Straits of Florida Planning Area, as such planning area is depicted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (September 2023).
(2)
Limitation on effect
Nothing in this subsection affects any right under any lease issued under this Act before the date of enactment of this subsection.
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Tracker

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To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Kathy Castor (D) sponsors H.R. 2673, and 14 members have co-sponsored it, 3 of them from the day it was introduced.

Kathy Castor

Rep. · D–FL-14 · Sponsor

Introduced Apr 7, 2025

Gus Bilirakis

Rep. · R–FL-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 7, 2025 · Original

Vern Buchanan

Rep. · R–FL-16 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 7, 2025 · Original

Darren Soto

Rep. · D–FL-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 7, 2025 · Original

Lois Frankel

Rep. · D–FL-22 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2025

Frederica Wilson

Rep. · D–FL-24 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 14, 2025

Brian Fitzpatrick

Rep. · R–PA-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 17, 2025

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Rep. · D–FL-25 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 17, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Apr 24, 2025

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick

Rep. · D–FL-20 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 2, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 2673 went before 1 committee: Natural Resources.

Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Referred To · Apr 7, 2025 · 395 Bills

Actions

H.R. 2673 has taken 2 actions since Apr 7, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 2673 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 2673 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Florida Coastal Protection Act — Display Title
• Florida Coastal Protection Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 9 firms and 57 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 2673 in 30 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Natural Resources, Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Energy/Nuclear, Immigration, Homeland Security, Defense.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 57.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 2673 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 2673’s is Energy.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 2673, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 62 (Monday, April 7, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. CASTOR of Florida:H.R. 2673.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Congress has the power to enact legislation pursuant to thefollowing: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitutionprovides Congress with the authority to ``provide for thecommon Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.[Page H1461]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com