House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Florida Coastal Protection Act
Official title: 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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 7, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 7, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2673.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. CASTOR of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 62, April 7, 2025, Page H1461):Congress has the power to enact legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution provides Congress with the authority to ``provide for the common Defense and general Welfare'' of Americans.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 230 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2673, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2673
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of June 30, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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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
14 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 8 Democrats
6 of 14 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Maxwell Frost (D-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), John Rutherford (R-FL), Maria Salazar (R-FL), Darren Soto (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Frederica Wilson (D-FL).
More from the sponsor
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- H.R. 1781 (119th) To repeal certain executive orders.
- H.J.Res. 197 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare…
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.