119-s1486

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1486 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1486

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.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 April 10, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. King, 
 Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, 
 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Energy and Natural Resources

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 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 of 2025'' or the ``COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF 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:
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    (q) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of 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, natural gas, or any other 
 mineral 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 North Atlantic Planning Area.
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        (B) The Mid-Atlantic Planning Area.
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            (C) The South Atlantic Planning Area.
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            (D) The Straits of Florida Planning Area.''.
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