WHALE Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2986 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2986 To prohibit the issuance of an interim or final rule, and to prohibit the inclusion in certain oil and gas leases, exploration or development plans, or well permits requirements or recommendations, that establish a vessel speed or operational restriction in the Central or Western Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico of the outer Continental Shelf until the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce complete a study demonstrating that proposed mitigation efforts would have no negative impact on supply chains, United States offshore energy production and generation, military activities, including readiness, and United States commercial and recreational fishing maritime commerce, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2023 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Lummis, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Tuberville, and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the following bill; which was r…