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Yes, the house voted, but the bill was never voted on in the Senate and died at that point. Just another bill that never made it all the way.

This bill did not open every thing up like letting the original ban simply expire.

This included letting the states decide if offshore drilling could approach 50 miles, even though their control stops at 3 miles. If each state did not agree, then the drilling was limited to 100 miles away from shore. It also tried to impose other restrictions.

In my opinion, this was attempt at political grandstanding days away from the Ban expiring at the end of September while still making it nearly impossible to drill.