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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3978
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas
leasing in the Southern California planning area.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 2023
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms.
BARRAGA´N, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. ROSS, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. BROWNLEY,
Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. LIEU, Mr. SHERMAN, and Mr.
PETERS) 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 prohibit
oil and gas leasing in the Southern California planning area.
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 ‘‘Southern California
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Coast and Ocean Protection Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN THE
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLANNING AREA.
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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 THE
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SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
PLANNING
AREA.—Notwith-
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standing any other provision of this section or any other
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law, the Secretary of the Interior may not issue a lease
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for the exploration, development, or production of oil or
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natural gas in the Southern California planning area, as
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such planning area is described in the document entitled
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‘2019–2024 National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Draft
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Proposed Program’, dated January 2018, or a subsequent
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oil and gas leasing program developed under section 18
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of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
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1344).’’.
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