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S.J.Res. 11119th Congress
Official title: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources".
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Congress killed BOEM's rule protecting underwater shipwrecks and artifacts from offshore energy projects.
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This resolution cancels a BOEM regulation finalized in September 2024 called "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources," which set rules for identifying and protecting historically significant underwater sites like shipwrecks from offshore energy projects. It was passed using the Congressional Review Act, which lets Congress overturn recent agency rules with a simple majority vote. The rule is now treated as if it never took effect.
Offshore oil, gas, and wind energy companies that would have followed the rule's protection procedures; also historians, archaeologists, and preservation groups relying on it.
BOEM can no longer enforce the specific protections for underwater archaeological sites during offshore energy projects. The agency is also generally barred from creating a substantially similar rule unless Congress passes new legislation allowing it.
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Right now: the President signed it. It's law.Now law
Latest action: — Became Public Law No: 119-3.