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Increase Louisiana's (and Gulf states') share of federal offshore energy revenue by lifting the offshore revenue-sharing cap through his Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R.1).

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ChampionedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 88%

Independently re-verified. Cited source 1 (coastal.la.gov 'House of Representatives Passes Parity in Revenue Sharing') is REAL and directly supports the outcome: it credits Scalise with 'spearheading the most favorable, and valuable, legislation on coastal revenue sharing to pass a chamber of Congress in decades,' notes his BREEZE Act provisions were folded into H.R.1, and states the bill removes the arbitrary GOMESA cap and elevates the Gulf-states share from 37.5% to 50%. Cited source 2 (coastal.la.gov 'CPRA Chairman Dove celebrates...') is also REAL but pertains to the later 2025 reconciliation vehicle (Con. Res. 14), which partially raised the GOMESA cap from $500M to $650M annually 'Thanks to Leader Scalise's efforts' — corroborating both his continued leadership and that only a partial version was enacted. Scalise is the sponsor of H.R.1 and, as House Majority Leader, drove it through House passage (225-204, March 30, 2023), far beyond a single supporting vote; the Senate never took it up, so the full promised change (cap removal / 50% share) was never enacted, and only a partial cap increase later became law. That record fits CHAMPIONED (+0.75), not FULL. The label would be identical for a member of either party with this record (sponsored hallmark bill, led it through one chamber, partial later enactment). The third cited source (scalise.house.gov press release) returned HTTP 403 on fetch — a server block, not evidence of fabrication; the two confirmed coastal.la.gov primary sources independently satisfy the evidentiary bar. Rating stands; confidence nudged from 0.90 to 0.88 to reflect that one cited source addresses the 2025 vehicle rather than H.R.1 itself.

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