Florida Coastal Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2673 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2673

  To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and 
 natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas 
of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2025

  Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Soto, and Mr. 
  Bilirakis) 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 prohibit oil and 
 natural gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas 
of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Florida Coastal Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, 
              AND PRODUCTION IN CERTAIN AREAS OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA.

    Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Prohibition of Oil and Natural Gas Exploration, Development, 
and Production in Certain Areas Off the Coast of Florida.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--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 or natural gas in--
                    ``(A) any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that 
                is referred to in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico 
                Energy Security Act of 2006;
                    ``(B) the portion of the South Atlantic Planning 
                Area, as such planning area is depicted in the 2024-
                2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas 
                Leasing Proposed Final Program (September 2023), south 
                of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude; or
                    ``(C) the Straits of Florida Planning Area, as such 
                planning area is depicted in the 2024-2029 National 
                Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 
                Final Program (September 2023).
            ``(2) Limitation on effect.--Nothing in this subsection 
        affects any right under any lease issued under this Act before 
        the date of enactment of this subsection.''.
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