Arctic Refuge Protection Act

Subjects: Public Lands and Natural Resources, Alaska, Arctic and polar regions, Oil and gas, Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:  <p><b>Arctic Refuge Protection Act</b> </p><p>This bill repeals the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program. </p> <p>The bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.</p>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 724 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 724

  To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs 
Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, 
    and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National 
     Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its 
extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present 
                  and future generations of Americans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2023

Mr. Huffman (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. 
Boyle of Pennsylvania, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Chu, Mr. Connolly, Ms. Davids 
  of Kansas, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Mr. Evans, Mr. Foster, Mr. 
Grijalva, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. 
Larsen of Washington, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Levin, Ms. Matsui, Ms. 
McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Omar, Mr. 
  Pocan, Ms. Porter, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. Smith of 
 Washington, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Takano, Ms. Tokuda, Ms. 
  Barragan, and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs 
Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program, 
    and to preserve the Arctic coastal plain of the Arctic National 
     Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, as wilderness in recognition of its 
extraordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent good of present 
                  and future generations of Americans.

    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 ``Arctic Refuge Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OIL AND GAS PROGRAM.

    Section 20001 of Public Law 115-97 is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE 
              REFUGE, ALASKA.

    (a) Designation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska comprising 
approximately 1,559,538 acres, as generally depicted on the map 
entitled ``Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Coastal Plain Proposed 
Wilderness'', dated October 20, 2015, labeled with Map ID 03-0172, and 
available for inspection in the offices of the Secretary of the 
Interior, is designated as a component of the National Wilderness 
Preservation System under the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).
    (b) Administration.--The Secretary of the Interior shall administer 
the area designated as wilderness by subsection (a) in accordance with 
the Wilderness Act as part of the wilderness area already in existence 
within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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