[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2272 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2272

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, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida 
                            planning areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2017

  Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Connolly, Mr. 
 Pascrell, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cartwright, Mr. Langevin, Mr. 
      Huffman, Mr. Keating, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clark of 
  Massachusetts, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Schakowsky, 
 Mr. Sires, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Demings, Ms. Meng, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Norcross, and Mr. 
  Hastings) 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, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida 
                            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;
            ``(3) the North Atlantic planning area; or
            ``(4) the Straits of Florida planning area.''.
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