[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1977 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1977

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, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic planning areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Connolly, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Sires, 
 Mr. Pascrell, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. 
 Tonko, Mr. Langevin, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Keating, Ms. Castor of Florida, 
 and Mr. Quigley) 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 in the 
    Mid-Atlantic, South 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:
    ``(q) 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 or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or 
production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in--
            ``(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area;
            ``(2) the South Atlantic planning area; or
            ``(3) the North Atlantic planning area.''.
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