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118TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4030
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas
leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 12, 2023
Mr. HUFFMAN (for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr.
KHANNA, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. JACOBS, Mr. KILMER, Mr. PETERS, Ms.
BROWNLEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the fol-
lowing 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 leasing in certain areas of the Outer Conti-
nental Shelf.
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 ‘‘North Pacific Ocean
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Protection Act of 2023’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER-
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TAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL
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SHELF.
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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
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CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.—
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any
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other law, the Secretary of the Interior may not issue a
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lease for the exploration, development, or production of
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oil or natural gas in the Washington/Oregon planning
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area, the Northern California planning area, or the Cen-
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tral California planning area (as such planning areas are
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described in the document entitled ‘2019–2024 National
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OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program’,
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dated January 2018, or a subsequent oil and gas leasing
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program developed under section 18 of this Act.’’.
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