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House Bill 2272
115th Congress(2017-2018)
COAST Anti-Drilling Act
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H. R. 2272 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2272


To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 1, 2017

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Pascrell, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Langevin, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Keating, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clark of Massachusetts, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Sires, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Meng, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Norcross, and Mr. Hastings) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act” or the “COAST Anti-Drilling Act”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.

Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(q) Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in—

“(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area;

“(2) the South Atlantic planning area;

“(3) the North Atlantic planning area; or

“(4) the Straits of Florida planning area.”.