H.R. 2881

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2881 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2881

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 10, 2025

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Menendez, Ms. 
Sherrill, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Panetta, Ms. 
Castor of Florida, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. 
Bonamici, Mr. Case, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Norton, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Levin, 
Mr. Kean, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Ross, Ms. Pou, and Mr. 
Magaziner) 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 
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:
``(q) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of Outer 
Continental Shelf.--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 following planning areas, as 
each such planning area is depicted in the 2024-2029 National Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program referenced 
in the notice of availability published by the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management titled `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; 
published October 2, 2023):
``(1) The North Atlantic planning area.
``(2) The Mid-Atlantic planning area.
``(3) The South Atlantic planning area.
``(4) The Straits of Florida planning area.''.
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