Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026

Opposed H.R.7979, the Public Lands Access Restoration Act. Urged the Department of Interior to pause rulemaking on its Carbon Sequestration Rule. Opposed H.R. 7695, To provide that the final rule titled "Special Areas; Roadless Area Conservation" and issued on January 12, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 3244) shall have no force or effect and require the Secretary of Agriculture to construct certain roads on National Forest System lands, and for other purposes. Opposed S.140, the Wildfire Prevention Act, as well as any amendments that would nullify the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Opposed the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (S.544 & H.R. 1366). Supported H.R.582, the Community Protection and Wildfire Resilience Act. Supported H.R. 7957, the Preserve the Traditional Cultural Place Chichil Biłdagoteel Historic District Act. Supported H.R.8003, the Expanding the Fast Track Act. Supported H.R.9035, the Ending Fossil Fuel Bailouts Act. Supported H.R.9034, the Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act. Supported S.4455, the Public Lands Integrity Act. Opposed H.J.Res. 140, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN. Opposed H.J.Res. 151 and S.J.Res. 109, Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan". Opposed Steve Pearces nomination to Director of the Bureau of Land Management. Supported H.R.3555, the Protect our Parks Act. Opposed H.R.471, the Fix Our Forests Act.

Client expense: $230,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), SENATE

House bills that have been introduced: H.R. 2673 Florida Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2820 California Clean Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 2848 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2849 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2862 Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2865 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions H.R. 2881 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions H.R. 2882 Central Coast of California Coastal Conservation Act, all provisions H.R. 2886 Defend Our Coast Act, all provisions H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act, all provisions H.R. 6068, PROTECT Florida Act, all provisions H.R. 8800, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act: - Rep. Carbajal Amendment #81 requiring the Secretary of Defense to certify that new offshore oil and gas development off the coasts of CA and FL will not adversely affect military testing, training, or operations before the Department of Defense may use funds authorized by the Act to support related decisions or agreements. - Any provisions to reauthorize Title I of the Defense Production Act H.R. 9034, Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 9035, Ending Fossil Fuels Bailouts Act of 2026, all provisions H.R. 9171, FY2027 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, amendment offered in full committee markup: - Rep. Levin Amendment restricting funds made available by the Act from being used by the Secretary of the Interior to conduct or authorize oil or gas preleasing, leasing, or related activities, including the issuance of permits for geological and geophysical exploration, in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico OCS Planning Area, as well as the Southern California, Central California, and Northern California OCS Planning Areas. House bills that have not yet been introduced/reintroduced: Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Senate bills that have been introduced: S. 1432 West Coast Ocean Protection Act, all provisions S. 1445 Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, all provisions S. 1472 New England Coastal Protection Act, all provisions S. 1486 Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism (COAST) Anti-Drilling Act, all provisions S. 3082, American Shores Protection Act of 2025, all provisions S. 4784, FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act: -S.Amdt.649 (Sen. Padilla) requiring the Secretary of Defense to certify that new offshore oil and gas development off the coasts of CA and FL will not adversely affect military testing, training, or operations before the Department of Defense may use funds authorized by the Act to support related decisions or agreements. -Any provisions to reauthorize Title I of the Defense Production Act Senate bills that have not yet been introduced:   Energy permitting reform legislation: lobbied against provisions facilitating new offshore oil and gas leasing Talked to Congress about executive branch activities: - Bureau of Ocean Energy Managements 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program - Draft Proposed Program (Secretarys 1st Proposal) - Proposed Program (Secretarys 2nd Proposal) - Anticipated seismic airgun blasting in preparation for the Programs anticipated lease sales off new coasts - President Trumps revocation of President Bidens 12(a) withdrawals of the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Arctic Ocean from oil and gas leasing disposition. - Merger of BOEM and BSEE into the Marine Minerals Administration (MMA) - Offshore oil and gas drilling; offshore oil and gas leasing reform proposals

Client expense: $280,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE

Legislation relating to offshore oil and gas, OCSLA reforms, DOI Five Year Plan, offshore oil safety rules (Arctic Drilling rule), oil spill response, offshore wind energy, offshore wind revenue sharing, port infrastructure, clean shipping, hydrogen energy, CZMA, offshore oil and gas infrastructure decommissioning, offshore oil and gas infrastructure liability, and renewable marine resources. RISEE Act S.818 - Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act H.R.2673 - 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 H.R.2848 - Stop Arctic Drilling Act H.R.2881 COAST Anti-Drilling Act S.460 Supporting Made in America Energy Act S.1445 - Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2025 S.1486 - COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025 H.R.2556 - CORE Act of 2025 H.R.3742 - Offshore Energy Modernization Act of 2025 H.R.4018 - To Unleash America's Offshore critical minerals and resources S.2860 - A bill to unleash United States offshore critical minerals and resources, and for other purposes Plug Offshore Wells Act H.R.6068 - PROTECT Florida Act H.R.6098 - Climate Solutions Act of 2025 S.3082 - American Shores Protection Act of 2025 H.R.8099/S.4239 - To require the Secretary of the Interior to annually submit to Congress, and make publicly available on a website, a report on decommissioning offshore oil and gas wells, platforms, and pipelines, and for other purposes. H.R.3071 - Increasing Penalties for Offshore Polluters Act. S.4213 - A bill to require data center operators to submit to States or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretaries of Energy and Agriculture reports on data center energy and water use, and for other purposes. H.R.8919 - To nullify the decision and order of the Endangered Species Committee with respect to certain oil and gas activities, and for other purposes. H.R.9034 - Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026 S.4715 - Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026 H.R.9035 - Ending Fossil Fuel Bailouts Act of 2026

Client expense: $260,000 · Firm income: Not reported

Government targets: Commerce, Dept of (DOC), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Energy, Dept of, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Interior, Dept of (DOI), Maritime Administration (MARAD), SENATE, Transportation, Dept of (DOT), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)