House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025
Official title: To nullify certain Presidential withdrawals of unleased offshore land, amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish limits on the authority of the President to withdraw unleased offshore land, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Clay Higgins R-LAWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 20, 2025 — Subcommittee Hearings Held
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 513.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 9, January 16, 2025, Page H222):Under Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress has the power ``to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or any Department or Officer thereof''Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 16, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 303 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 513, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/513
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 12, 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.
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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
25 cosponsors — 25 Republicans
0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), James Baird (R-IN), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Tim Burchett (R-TN), Eric Burlison (R-MO), Andrew Clyde (R-GA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Andy Harris (R-MD), Wesley Hunt (R-TX), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Mary Miller (R-IL), Barry Moore (R-AL), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Andrew Ogles (R-TN), Scott Perry (R-PA), Jefferson Shreve (R-IN), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Thomas Tiffany (R-WI), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Randy Weber (R-TX).
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.