[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3048 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3048

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas 
        leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2021

 Mr. Huffman 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 prohibit oil and gas 
        leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.

    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 ``North Pacific Ocean Protection 
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 may not issue a 
lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural 
gas in the Washington/Oregon planning area, the Northern California 
planning area, or the Central California planning area (as such 
planning areas are described in the document entitled `2019-2024 
National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program', dated January 
2018, or a subsequent oil and gas leasing program developed under 
section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344)).''.
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