COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Bill: 114-s-1042
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2015-04-22
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

Atlantic Ocean

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Mining

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2015-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act</b></p> <p> Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in either the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, or the North Atlantic planning areas. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1042 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2015 Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Markey , Mr. Booker , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Mikulski , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Warren , Mr. Blumenthal , and Mr. Reed ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and North Atlantic planning areas.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act . 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf 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 the outer Continental Shelf Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in— (1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area; (2) the South Atlantic planning area; or (3) the North Atlantic planning area. .