California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

California Ocean and Coastal Protection Act

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1952 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1952

To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State 
                 of California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 22, 2015

  Mrs. Capps (for herself, Mr. Farr, Mr. Lowenthal, and Mr. Huffman) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the State 
                 of California, and for other purposes.

    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 ``California Ocean and Coastal 
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.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this Act or any other law and except as provided in paragraph 
        (2), beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, the 
        conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related 
        activities is prohibited in areas of the outer Continental 
        Shelf located off the coast of the State of California.
            ``(2) Effect.--Nothing in this subsection affects any 
        rights under leases issued under this Act before the date of 
        enactment of this subsection.''.
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