House bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law
Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act
Sponsor: Rep. Doc Hastings R-WAWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 29, 2011
- Committee actionApr 13, 2011
- Passed HouseMay 12, 2011 · 243–179
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 17, 2011 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 52.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1231.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1231, Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act” on May 2, 2011. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 13, 2011”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 2, 2011 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/22123
- CBO publication date
- May 2, 2011
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1231, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1231
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-69 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on May 2, 2011.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 2, 2011 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/69
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1231, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1231
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H2038):Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1231, 112th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/1231
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 25, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
69 cosponsors — 69 Republicans
0 of 69 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
W. Akin (R-MO), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Diane Black (R-TN), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Dan Burton (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Francisco Canseco (R-TX), Shelley Capito (R-WV), John Carter (R-TX), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Jeff Denham (R-CA), Jeff Duncan (R-SC), John Duncan (R-TN), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Stephen Fincher (R-TN), Charles Fleischmann (R-TN), John Fleming (R-LA), Bill Flores (R-TX), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), Dean Heller (R-NV), Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) and 39 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings.
- H.R. 1229 (112th) Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act
- H.R. 1230 (112th) Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act
- H.R. 3397 (112th) Cabin Fee Act of 2012
- H.R. 6082 (112th) Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan
- H.R. 2351 (112th) North Cascades National Park Service Complex Fish Stocking Act
- H.R. 2719 (112th) Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 2011
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.