COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act

This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from authorizing the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil, natural gas, or other minerals in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf along the Atlantic Coast. Specifically, the prohibition applies to the Mid-Atlantic planning area, the South Atlantic planning area, the North Atlantic planning area, and the Straits of Florida.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1320 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1320

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2023

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. 
    Pascrell, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Pingree, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Scott of 
Virginia, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Ross, Mr. Case, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
Nadler, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Payne, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Kim of 
      New Jersey, Mr. Evans, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Mr. Kean of New Jersey, Mr. Gottheimer, Ms. Porter, Mr. 
   Schiff, Mr. Norcross, Ms. Sherrill, Mr. Menendez, and Ms. Lee of 
 California) 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 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'' or the ``COAST Anti-Drilling Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE 
              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 the 
Outer Continental Shelf.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue 
a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or 
production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in--
            ``(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area;
            ``(2) the South Atlantic planning area;
            ``(3) the North Atlantic planning area; or
            ``(4) the Straits of Florida planning area,''.
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