I 
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. 
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 Cali-
fornia, 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. 
BARRAGA´N, and Mr. RASKIN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
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 ex-
traordinary natural ecosystems and for the permanent 
good of present and future generations of Americans. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arctic Refuge Protec-
tion Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE 
OIL AND GAS PROGRAM. 
Section 20001 of Public Law 115–97 is hereby re-
pealed. 
SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL WILDERNESS, ARC-
TIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, ALASKA. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Ref-
uge 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 Na-
tional Wilderness Preservation System under the Wilder-
ness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary of the Interior 
shall administer the area designated as wilderness by sub-
section (a) in accordance with the Wilderness Act as part 
of the wilderness area already in existence within the Arc-
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tic National Wildlife Refuge as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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