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House vote: H.R. 2231 // June 28, 2013

Offshore Energy and Jobs Act

Sponsor: DOC HASTINGS (R-WA)

Offshore Energy and Jobs Act - Title I: Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Program Reforms - (Sec. 101) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to implement a leasing program that includes at least 50% of the available unleased acreage within each outer Continental Shelf (OCS) planning area considered to have the largest undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources, with an emphasis on offering the most geologically prospective parts of the planning area. (Sec.

Energy Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Nay

235 votes, representing 130,387,485 people53.9%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Yea

183 votes, representing 102,324,395 people42.3%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 3.8% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
NayWon23553.9%
YeaLost18342.3%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken03.8%