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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 279
To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State
of California, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 8, 2019
Mr. CARBAJAL (for himself, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. LOFGREN,
Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr.
CA´RDENAS, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. SWALWELL of
California,
Mr.
MCNERNEY,
Mr.
KHANNA,
Ms.
SPEIER,
Mr.
LOWENTHAL, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LEE of California, Ms.
ROYBAL-ALLARD, Ms. HILL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LEVIN of
California, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. PANETTA,
Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. CORREA, Ms. ESHOO, Ms.
SA´NCHEZ, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. RUIZ, Mr. BERA, Mr. COX of California, Mr.
PETERS, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. PORTER, Ms. JUDY CHU of
California, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, and Ms. BASS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat-
ural Resources
A BILL
To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast
of the State of California, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘California Clean Coast
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Act of 2019’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN AREAS
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OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LO-
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CATED OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.
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Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
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(43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN
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AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LOCATED
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OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
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provision of this Act or any other law and except as
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provided in paragraph (2), beginning on the date of
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enactment of this subsection, the conduct of oil and
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gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities is pro-
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hibited in areas of the outer Continental Shelf lo-
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cated off the coast of the State of California.
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‘‘(2) EFFECT.—Nothing in this subsection af-
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fects any rights under leases issued under this Act
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before the date of enactment of this subsection.’’.
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