Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2862 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2862

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas 
    leasing in the Southern California Planning Area, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

 Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. Khanna, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Peters, Mr. Min, 
Mr. Sherman, Mr. Carbajal, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Panetta, Mr. 
     Mullin, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Connolly, and Ms. Castor of Florida) 
 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 the Southern California Planning Area, 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 ``Southern California Coast and Ocean 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 
              PLANNING AREA.

    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 the Southern California 
Planning Area.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or 
any other law, the Secretary may not issue a lease or any other 
authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil or 
natural gas in the Southern California Planning Area, as such planning 
area is described in the document entitled `2024-2029 National Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program', dated 
September 2023.''.
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