Defend our Coast Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2886 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2886

 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to withdraw the outer 
 Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area from disposition, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

 Ms. Ross (for herself, Mr. Connolly, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. Foushee, Ms. 
Elfreth, Mr. Scott of Virginia, and Mr. Beyer) 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 withdraw the outer 
 Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area from disposition, 
                        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 ``Defend our Coast Act''.

SEC. 2. WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPOSITION OF MID-ATLANTIC OUTER CONTINENTAL 
              SHELF.

    Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1341) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Withdrawal From Disposition of Mid-Atlantic Outer Continental 
Shelf.--The Secretary may not issue a lease for the exploration, 
development, or production of oil or gas on the outer Continental Shelf 
in the Mid-Atlantic Planning Area, as such planning area is depicted in 
the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 
Proposed Final Program (September 2023).''.
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