Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-08-06 — Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf: cross-connection with arctic-ocs-exploratory-drilling: Both address the operational and planning standards (EP/DPP) governing offshore federal oil and gas leases. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-26 — Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026: HR9034 (Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026, introduced) was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources; title signals offshore leasing standards and accountability reforms but no bill text or specific regulatory mechanism is available at the referral stage. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-15 — Offshore Leasing Standards and Accountability Act of 2026: S4715 (119th Congress) advanced to hearings before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining; no enacted rule text or novel regulatory mechanism disclosed at this stage. (novelty: 2)