[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3026 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3026

To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on 
                         offshore wind leasing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 4, 2023

 Mr. Welch (for himself, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Sanders) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to repeal restrictions on 
                         offshore wind leasing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act'' 
or the ``NOW Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF OFFSHORE WIND LEASING RESTRICTIONS.

    (a) Limitation on Issuance of Certain Leases or Rights-of-Way.--
Section 50265(b) of Public Law 117-169 (commonly known as the 
``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'') (43 U.S.C. 3006(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2);
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``this Act'' in the 
        matter preceding paragraph (1) and all that follows through 
        ``(1) the Secretary may'' in paragraph (1) and inserting ``this 
        Act, the Secretary may'';
            (3) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately; and
            (4) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by redesignating 
        clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
        respectively, and indenting appropriately.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 50265 of Public Law 117-169 
(commonly known as the ``Inflation Reduction Act of 2022'') (43 U.S.C. 
3006) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2); and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        of''.
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