[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1697 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1697

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
            Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 9, 2003

 Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
            Mid-Atlantic and North Atlantic planning areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-
Drilling Act'' or the ``COAST Anti-Drilling Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE 
              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:
    ``(p) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the 
Outer Continental Shelf.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue 
a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural 
gas, or any other mineral in--
            ``(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area; or
            ``(2) the North Atlantic planning area.''.
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