West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2019

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1318 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 2, 2019 Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 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 off the coast of California, Or- egon, and Washington. 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 ‘‘West Coast Ocean Pro- 4 tection Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 May 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1318.IS S1318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1318 IS SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING ON THE 1 OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OFF THE COAST 2 OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON. 3 Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 4 (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 5 following: 6 ‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN 7 CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.— 8 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any 9 other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a 10 lease for the exploration, development, or production of 11 oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental 12 Shelf off the coast of the State of California, Oregon, or 13 Washington.’’. 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:51 May 08, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1318.IS S1318 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS