Coastal Economies Protection Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 291 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to place a ten-year morato- rium on oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlan- tic, and Straits of Florida planning areas and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself and Mr. ROONEY of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to place a ten-year moratorium on oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. 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 ‘‘Coastal Economies 4 Protection Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:45 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H291.IH H291 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 291 IH SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS PRELEASING, LEAS- 1 ING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN CERTAIN 2 AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 3 Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 4 (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the 5 following: 6 ‘‘(i) MORATORIUM ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS 7 PRELEASING, LEASING, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES IN 8 CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 9 ‘‘(1) MORATORIUM.—Effective during the pe- 10 riod beginning on the date of enactment of this sub- 11 section and ending on June 30, 2029, the Secretary 12 shall not offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related 13 activity on the following geographic areas of the 14 outer Continental Shelf: 15 ‘‘(A) The North Atlantic planning area. 16 ‘‘(B) The Mid-Atlantic planning area. 17 ‘‘(C) The South Atlantic planning area. 18 ‘‘(D) The Straits of Florida Planning 19 Area. 20 ‘‘(E) The area of the Eastern Gulf of Mex- 21 ico described in section 104(a) of the Gulf of 22 Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of 23 division C of Public Law 109–432; 43 U.S.C. 24 1331 note). 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:45 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H291.IH H291 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 291 IH ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON EFFECT.—Nothing in this 1 subsection affects any right under any lease issued 2 under this Act before the date of the enactment of 3 this subsection.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:45 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H291.IH H291 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS