Arctic Refuge Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3067 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3067

 To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs 
   Act'') to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas 
    program, and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic 
 National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its 
extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present 
                  and future generations of Americans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2025

  Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Brownley, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Beyer, Ms. 
Castor of Florida, Ms. Norton, Ms. Adams, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Tlaib, 
 Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Davids of Kansas, 
   Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
   Raskin, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Moskowitz, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. 
 Neguse, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Vargas, 
  Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. Schakowsky, Mrs. 
   McBath, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Carson, Ms. 
     Salinas, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. McCollum, Mr. Soto, Mr. 
Auchincloss, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Waters, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Elfreth, Ms. 
  Tokuda, Ms. Craig, Ms. Omar, Mr. Takano, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. 
 Ruiz, Mrs. Trahan, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Frost, 
Mr. Casten, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Amo, 
Mr. Cohen, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
   Ms. Meng, Ms. DelBene, Ms. McBride, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. 
Randall, Mr. Min, Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Larsen of 
Washington, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Chu, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Case, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
    Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Balint, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Vasquez, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the ``Tax Cuts and Jobs 
   Act'') to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas 
    program, and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic 
 National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its 
extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present 
                  and future generations of Americans.

    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 ``Arctic Refuge Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OIL AND GAS PROGRAM.

    Section 20001 of Public Law 115-97 is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE, ALASKA.

    (a) Designation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska comprising 
approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Plain Proposed 
Wilderness'', dated October 20, 2015, labeled with Map ID 03-0172, and 
available for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the 
Interior, is designated as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
the area designated as wilderness by subsection (a) in accordance with 
the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness area already in existence 
within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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