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CORE Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-2556| House 
| Updated: 6/25/2025
Wesley Hunt

Wesley Hunt

Republican Representative

Texas

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
The "Comprehensive Offshore Resource Enhancement Act of 2025," or CORE Act of 2025, seeks to enhance national security and energy independence through a multifaceted approach to offshore energy resource management. A key provision requires the Secretaries of Energy, Interior, and State to jointly submit a report within 18 months on transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs . This report will identify existing and potential transboundary areas, analyze relevant legal frameworks, evaluate economic, environmental, and geopolitical implications, and recommend strategies for international cooperation and dispute resolution, particularly focusing on the U.S.-Canada relationship. The bill also amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to standardize and expand the scope of offshore resource inventories, requiring assessments of undiscovered resources in various U.S. regions and their potential impact on U.S. competitiveness, employment, and national security. It further mandates an analysis of how lands withdrawn from leasing affect energy exploration and related revenues. Additionally, the legislation requires periodic assessments and updates of the models used by the Department of the Interior for these inventories to ensure accuracy and reliability. Finally, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other Secretaries, must publish a comparative analysis every 10 years of offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production practices from major producing countries, covering leasing data, production volumes, market demands, and resource assessments.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7076
CORE Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9472
CORE Act
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
May 13, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 20, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 25, 2025
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Jun 25, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
Jun 25, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7076
    CORE Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9472
    CORE Act


  • April 1, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • April 1, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.


  • May 13, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.


  • May 20, 2025
    Subcommittee Hearings Held


  • June 25, 2025
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged


  • June 25, 2025
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.


  • June 25, 2025
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

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CORE Act of 2025

USA119th CongressHR-2556| House 
| Updated: 6/25/2025
The "Comprehensive Offshore Resource Enhancement Act of 2025," or CORE Act of 2025, seeks to enhance national security and energy independence through a multifaceted approach to offshore energy resource management. A key provision requires the Secretaries of Energy, Interior, and State to jointly submit a report within 18 months on transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs . This report will identify existing and potential transboundary areas, analyze relevant legal frameworks, evaluate economic, environmental, and geopolitical implications, and recommend strategies for international cooperation and dispute resolution, particularly focusing on the U.S.-Canada relationship. The bill also amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to standardize and expand the scope of offshore resource inventories, requiring assessments of undiscovered resources in various U.S. regions and their potential impact on U.S. competitiveness, employment, and national security. It further mandates an analysis of how lands withdrawn from leasing affect energy exploration and related revenues. Additionally, the legislation requires periodic assessments and updates of the models used by the Department of the Interior for these inventories to ensure accuracy and reliability. Finally, the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other Secretaries, must publish a comparative analysis every 10 years of offshore oil and gas exploration, development, and production practices from major producing countries, covering leasing data, production volumes, market demands, and resource assessments.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-7076
CORE Act

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 118-9472
CORE Act
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.
May 13, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
May 20, 2025
Subcommittee Hearings Held
Jun 25, 2025
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
Jun 25, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.
Jun 25, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-7076
    CORE Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 118-9472
    CORE Act


  • April 1, 2025
    Introduced in House


  • April 1, 2025
    Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, 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.


  • May 13, 2025
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.


  • May 20, 2025
    Subcommittee Hearings Held


  • June 25, 2025
    Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged


  • June 25, 2025
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 18.


  • June 25, 2025
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Wesley Hunt

Wesley Hunt

Republican Representative

Texas

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee, Natural Resources Committee

Energy

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AlaskaBahamasCaliforniaCanadaCaribbean areaCubaEuropeGeography and mappingGovernment studies and investigationsHawaiiInternational law and treatiesMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMexicoMiningNorth AmericaOil and gasOregonRussiaWashington State