To require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and development on lands of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of California, and for other purposes.

Declares a moratorium for the Planning Areas of Southern, Central, and Northern California, until certain peer-reviewed environmental studies are submitted to the Congress, during which period the Secretary of the Interior may neither conduct oil or gas preleasing or leasing activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, nor approve oil or gas exploration or development activities.