FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2014
Contact: Matt McCullough
(202) 225-5235
SOUTHERLAND INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OCEANS FROM EXECUTIVE OVERREACH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, II introduced legislation today in response to the President’s plan to shut off an additional 780,000 square miles of ocean from fishing and energy exploration. The Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act would require such unilateral actions to be first approved by Congress or the bordering states’ governor and legislature.
“The President is brazenly attempting to shut down access to a portion of our oceans that’s larger than Florida, Texas, and Alaska combined,” said Southerland. “In response, I introduced common sense legislation to improve transparency and stop this unprecedented water grab from occurring without the consent of the individual states and their citizens. North and Northwest Florida’s fishermen are already struggling to survive under this President’s overregulation of our oceans, and they deserve to know some in Congress are fighting to stop him from making their jobs even tougher.”
While the MAST Act (H.R. 4988) has no impact on coastal areas of Florida already closed to oil exploration, it prevents the administration from using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to cordon off ocean regions as marine monuments.
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June 26, 2014
Contact: Matt McCullough
(202) 225-5235
SOUTHERLAND INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OCEANS FROM EXECUTIVE OVERREACH
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland, II introduced legislation today in response to the President’s plan to shut off an additional 780,000 square miles of ocean from fishing and energy exploration. The Marine Access and State Transparency (MAST) Act would require such unilateral actions to be first approved by Congress or the bordering states’ governor and legislature.
“The President is brazenly attempting to shut down access to a portion of our oceans that’s larger than Florida, Texas, and Alaska combined,” said Southerland. “In response, I introduced common sense legislation to improve transparency and stop this unprecedented water grab from occurring without the consent of the individual states and their citizens. North and Northwest Florida’s fishermen are already struggling to survive under this President’s overregulation of our oceans, and they deserve to know some in Congress are fighting to stop him from making their jobs even tougher.”
While the MAST Act (H.R. 4988) has no impact on coastal areas of Florida already closed to oil exploration, it prevents the administration from using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to cordon off ocean regions as marine monuments.
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New Cosponsors H.R. 4988: Marine Access and State Transparency
Date: Jul 09, 2014 New Cosponsor: Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT1]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ8]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD1]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC2]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI8]
New Cosponsors H.R. 4988: Marine Access and State Transparency
Date: Jul 08, 2014 New Cosponsor: Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC3]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA4]
Date: Jul 09, 2014 New Cosponsor: Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT1]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ8]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD1]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Renee Ellmers [R-NC2]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI8]
New Cosponsors H.R. 4988: Marine Access and State Transparency
Date: Jul 08, 2014 New Cosponsor: Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC3]
New Cosponsor: Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA4]
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