[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5287 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5287

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf of the 
                   Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2010

 Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural 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 of the 
                   Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

    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 ``East Coast and Gulf Coast Ocean 
Protection Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING ON ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF 
              OF MEXICO OCS.

    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.--
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 or natural gas in any 
area on the outer Continental Shelf of the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of 
Mexico.''.
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