New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2865 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2865

To prohibit oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf off the 
                         coast of New England.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2025

   Mr. Magaziner (for himself, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Keating, Mr. 
 Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Auchincloss, Mr. 
Himes, Mr. McGovern, and Mr. Neal) introduced the following bill; which 
           was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf off the 
                         coast of New England.

    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 ``New England Coastal Protection Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING ON OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
              OFF COAST OF NEW ENGLAND.

    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.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this section 
or any other law, the Secretary may not issue a lease for the 
exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any 
area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of 
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.''.
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