A bill to permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area, and for other purposes.
Bristol Bay Protection Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the conduct of oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area.
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to exclude such Planning Area from a mandated inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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