House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Offshore Energy Modernization Act of 2025

H.R. 3742Introduced Jun 4, 2025Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Official title: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to support the responsible development of offshore renewable energy projects, establish the Offshore Power Administration, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko D-NY

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Where it went

IntroducedJun 4, 2025
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Latest action: Jun 4, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3742.

Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 95, June 4, 2025, Page H2470):
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 4, 2025 ↗
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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

No cosponsors.

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-20 district

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