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Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced

Stop Giving Big Oil Free Money Act

S. 1030Introduced Mar 13, 2025Policy area: Energy

Official title: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing new oil or natural gas production leases in the Gulf of Mexico under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to a person that does not renegotiate its existing leases in order to require royalty payments if oil and natural gas prices are greater than or equal to specified price thresholds, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey D-MA
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 13, 2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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

4 cosponsors — 3 Democrats, 1 independent

0 of 4 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Peter Welch (D-VT).

More from the sponsor

Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey.

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Sponsor’s state and district

Massachusetts in Congress

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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.