119-hr2849

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2849 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2849

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
 oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer 
 Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 10, 2025

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. 
Chu, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. 
Jayapal, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, Mr. 
 Panetta, Mr. Peters, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
 Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. 
Min, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Correa, and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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 A BILL

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
 oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer 
 Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

 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 ``West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
 PRODUCTION ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF THE COAST 
 OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON.

 

Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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    (q) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and 
Production in Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.--
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    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
 this section or any other law, the Secretary shall not issue a 
 lease or any other authorization for the exploration, 
 development, or production of oil or natural gas in the 
 planning areas described in paragraph

    (2) .
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    (2) Planning areas.--The planning areas referred to in 
 paragraph

    (1) are the following, as depicted in the 2024-2029 
 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 
 Final Program published on September 29, 2023, by the Bureau of 
 Ocean Energy Management (as announced in the notice of 
 availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled 
 `Notice of Availability of the 2024-2029 National Outer 
 Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 
 and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement' (88 Fed. 
 Reg. 67798 (October 2, 2023))):
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        (A) The Washington/Oregon Planning Area.
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        (B) The Northern California Planning Area.
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            (C) The Central California Planning Area.
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            (D) The Southern California Planning Area.''.
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