COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1486

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
 Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida 
                            planning areas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 10, 2025

Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. King, 
 Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, 
 Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit 
the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the 
 Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida 
                            planning areas.

    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 ``Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-
Drilling Act of 2025'' or the ``COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF 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 Outer 
Continental Shelf.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section or any other law, the Secretary shall not issue a 
        lease or any other authorization for the exploration, 
        development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other 
        mineral in the planning areas described in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Planning areas.--The planning areas referred to in 
        paragraph (1) are the following, as depicted in the 2024-2029 
        National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 
        Final Program published on September 29, 2023, by the Bureau of 
        Ocean Energy Management (as announced in the notice of 
        availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled 
        `Notice of Availability of the 2024-2029 National Outer 
        Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program 
        and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement' (88 Fed. 
        Reg. 67798 (October 2, 2023))):
                    ``(A) The North Atlantic Planning Area.
                    ``(B) The Mid-Atlantic Planning Area.
                    ``(C) The South Atlantic Planning Area.
                    ``(D) The Straits of Florida Planning Area.''.
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