Central Coast of California Conservation Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2882 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2882

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas 
            leasing of the Central California Planning Area.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

   Mr. Panetta (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Min, Mr. Khanna, Mr. 
   Mullin, Ms. Brownley, Mr. Levin, Mr. Correa, Ms. Lofgren, and Ms. 
   Jacobs) 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 of the Central California Planning Area.

    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 ``Central Coast of California 
Conservation Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OIL AND GAS LEASING OF THE CENTRAL 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 on Oil and Gas Leasing of the Central California 
Planning Area.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
the Secretary of the Interior may not issue a lease for the 
exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in any area of 
the Central California Planning Area.''.
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