Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
League of Conservation Voters
Offshore Drilling.
The perils associated with oil and gas development along the country’s outer continental shelf
prompted Congress in 1982 to create the first offshore oil and gas drilling moratorium. In 1991,
President George H. W. Bush instituted a separate set of protections on new coastal drilling, which President Bill Clinton extended through 2012, protecting large and sensitive areas off the Atlantic, Pacific and eastern Gulf coasts.
H.R. 5386, the Interior-Environment Appropriations bill, included language that would have repealed the longstanding congressional moratorium and permitted drilling as close as three miles away from some of America’s most pristine coastlines and vibrant coastal communities. Representatives Adam Putnam (R-FL), Lois Capps (D-CA), Jim Davis (D-FL) and Mark Foley (R-FL) offered an amendment to keep the moratorium in place. House Amendment
856 was approved.
BIPAC
H.R.5386, On Agreeing to the Amendment.
This was another of the votes aimed at opening offshore sites for exploration for natural gas, with the intention of increasing domestic supplies in order to reduce the price.Republicans for Environmental Protection
Prohibits the use of funds for activities in violation of the moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
An amendment to the FY 07 Interior Appropriations bill offered by Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) to prohibit the use of funds for activities in violation of the moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).