119 S1486 IS: Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 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.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 1486IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESApril 10, 2025Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesA BILLTo 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, and Straits of Florida planning areas.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act of 2025 or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025.

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Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of outer Continental Shelf

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 leasing in certain areas of 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, natural gas, or any other mineral 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 North Atlantic Planning Area. (B)The Mid-Atlantic Planning Area.(C)The South Atlantic Planning Area.(D)The Straits of Florida Planning Area..