{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-4936","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":4936,"title":"NOW Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-07-26","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"O000172","fullName":"Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]","party":"D","state":"NY","district":14}],"cosponsorsCount":47,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2023-07-26","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources."},"policyArea":"Energy","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2023-07-26","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-07-26","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-07-26","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Nonrestrictive Offshore Wind Act or the NOW Act</strong></p><p>This bill repeals certain requirements that the Department of the Interior must meet before issuing a lease for offshore wind development. Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Interior may not issue a lease unless (1) an offshore oil and gas lease sale has been held in the year prior to issuing the lease, and (2) Interior offers a specified minimum acreage for offshore lease sales in the previous year. The bill repeals those requirements.</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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-->","updateDate":"2024-09-25T08:05:51Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":456,"ts":"2026-04-19T08:44:10.445Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=NOW%20Act"}]}}