House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJun 3, 2019
- Committee actionJan 15, 2020
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 16, 2020 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 543.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3068.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 3068, Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunity Act” on June 22, 2020. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on January 15, 2020”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 22, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56425
- CBO publication date
- June 22, 2020
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3068
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 116-659 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Natural Resources Committee on December 16, 2020.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2020 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/116/HRPT/659
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3068
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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. KEATING, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 165, No. 92, June 3, 2019, Page H4217):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 3, 2019 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3068, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/3068
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 21, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 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
33 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 32 Democrats
0 of 33 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Anthony Brown (D-MD), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), James Himes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Joseph Kennedy (D-MA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Ann Kuster (D-NH), James Langevin (D-RI), Mike Levin (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Elaine Luria (D-VA), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), A. McEachin (D-VA), James McGovern (D-MA), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), Richard Neal (D-MA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Darren Soto (D-FL), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and 3 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.