[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2298 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2298

To prohibit oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the 
                         coast of New England.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 11, 2018

Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Markey, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. 
   Reed, Mr. King, Ms. Warren, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
    Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf off the 
                         coast of New England.

    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 ``New England Coastal Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL 
              SHELF OFF THE COAST OF NEW ENGLAND.

    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 may not issue a lease for the 
exploration for, or development or production of, oil or natural gas in 
any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of 
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.''.
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