Florida Coastal Protection Act

Subjects: Energy

Summary:  <p><b>Florida Coastal Protection Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas: </p> <ul> <li> the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida,</li> <li> the South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude, or </li> <li> the Straits of Florida Planning Area.</li> </ul>

<html><body><pre>[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1443 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1443

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas 
  preleasing, leasing, and related activities 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

                             March 8, 2023

Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Soto, Mr. Frost, 
 Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Mr. Moskowitz, 
   Ms. Wilson of Florida, and Ms. Wasserman Schultz) 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 gas 
  preleasing, leasing, and related activities 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 PRELEASING, LEASING, AND 
              RELATED ACTIVITIES 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 Preleasing, Leasing, and 
Related Activities in Certain Areas Off the Coast of Florida.--
            ``(1) Prohibition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this section or any other law, the Secretary may not offer for 
        oil and gas leasing, preleasing, or any related activity any 
        tract located 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 south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude; or
                    ``(C) the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
            ``(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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