119 HR 2849 IH: West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-04-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 2849IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESApril 10, 2025Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Chu, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Larsen of Washington, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Mr. Swalwell, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Min, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Correa, and Ms. Lofgren) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025.

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Prohibition of oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington

Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the following: (q)

Prohibition of Oil and Gas Exploration, Development, and Production in Certain Areas of the Outer Continental Shelf

(1)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the planning areas described in paragraph (2). (2)

Planning areas

The planning areas referred to in paragraph (1) are the following, as depicted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program published on September 29, 2023, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (as announced in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled Notice of Availability of the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (88 Fed. Reg. 67798 (October 2, 2023))): (A)The Washington/Oregon Planning Area. (B)The Northern California Planning Area. (C)The Central California Planning Area. (D)The Southern California Planning Area..