117 HR 3048 IH: North Pacific Ocean Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives 2021-05-07 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 3048IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESMay 7, 2021Mr. Huffman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural ResourcesA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the North Pacific Ocean Protection Act.

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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))..