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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 286
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas
preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Outer
Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 8, 2019
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. CRIST, and
Mr. BUCHANAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit
oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in
certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the
coast of Florida, 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 ‘‘Florida Coastal Protec-
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tion Act’’.
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SEC.
2.
PROHIBITION
OF
OIL
AND
NATURAL
GAS
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PRELEASING, LEASING, AND RELATED AC-
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TIVITIES IN CERTAIN AREAS OFF THE COAST
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OF FLORIDA.
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Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
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(43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(i) PROHIBITION
OF
OIL
AND
NATURAL
GAS
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PRELEASING, LEASING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
IN
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CERTAIN AREAS OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.—
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‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other
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provision of this section or any other law, the Sec-
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retary may not offer for oil and gas leasing or
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preleasing or any related activity, any tract located
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in—
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‘‘(A) any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mex-
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ico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the
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Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006;
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‘‘(B) the portion of the South Atlantic
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Planning Area south of 30 degrees 43 minutes
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North Latitude; or
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‘‘(C) the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
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‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON EFFECT.—Nothing in this
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subsection affects any right under any lease issued
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under this Act before the date of enactment of this
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subsection.’’.
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