COAST Anti-Drilling Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 341 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, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning areas. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 8, 2019 Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. PASCRELL, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Ms. SHALALA, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MALINOWSKI, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mrs. LURIA, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. KIM, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. KEATING, Mr. ROONEY of Florida, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. OMAR, and Mr. BEYER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- mittee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to perma- nently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlan- tic, North Atlantic, Straits of Florida, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning areas. VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H341.IH H341 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 341 IH 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 ‘‘Clean Ocean and Safe 4 Tourism Anti-Drilling Act’’ or the ‘‘COAST Anti-Drilling 5 Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER- 7 TAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 8 SHELF. 9 Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 10 (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 11 following: 12 ‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 13 CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 14 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any 15 other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a 16 lease or any other authorization for the exploration, devel- 17 opment, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other 18 mineral in— 19 ‘‘(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area; 20 ‘‘(2) the South Atlantic planning area; 21 ‘‘(3) the North Atlantic planning area; 22 ‘‘(4) the Straits of Florida planning area; or 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H341.IH H341 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 341 IH ‘‘(5) the Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning 1 area.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:00 Jan 18, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H341.IH H341 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS