Defend our Coast Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 569 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to withdraw the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic planning area from disposition, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 28, 2021 Mr. MCEACHIN (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CON- NOLLY, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. ROSS, and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to with- draw the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic planning area from disposition, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defend our Coast 4 Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:18 Feb 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H569.IH H569 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 569 IH SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSITION OF MID-ATLAN- 1 TIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 2 Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 3 (43 U.S.C. 1341) is amended by adding at the end the 4 following: 5 ‘‘(g) WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSITION OF MID-AT- 6 LANTIC OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—The Secretary 7 may not issue a lease for the exploration, development, 8 or production of oil or gas on the outer Continental Shelf 9 in the Mid-Atlantic planning area.’’. 10 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:18 Feb 18, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H569.IH H569 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS