# 117-hr-8980: Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act

117-hr-8980, Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL); status Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8980
- Congress: 117
- Title: Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Introduced: 2022-09-22
- Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 13
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act This bill establishes a moratorium on energy development (e.g., offshore wind development) in specified areas of the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2032. Until that date, the Department of the Interior may not conduct certain energy development activities in any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium also applies to other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf—the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or any area west of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico—if energy exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been identified as having any adverse effect on national security, military readiness, or the Department of Defense's testing capabilities. However, Interior may issue leases in those areas for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.

## Cosponsors (13)

- Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Webster, Daniel [R-FL-11] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2022-09-22T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8980 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8980)

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