Coastal Economies Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-291
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cunningham, Joe [D-SC-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-08
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean

Florida

Gulf of Mexico

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Coastal Economies 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 until June 30, 2029, in the following areas:</p> <ul> <li>the North Atlantic planning area,</li> <li>the Mid-Atlantic planning area,</li> <li>the South Atlantic planning area,</li> <li>the Straits of Florida planning area, or</li> <li>the Eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 291 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 8, 2019 Mr. Cunningham (for himself and Mr. Rooney of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to place a ten-year moratorium on oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities on the Outer Continental Shelf in the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas and in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coastal Economies Protection Act . 2. Moratorium on oil and gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the outer continental shelf Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Moratorium on oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas of the outer continental shelf (1) Moratorium Effective during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on June 30, 2029, the Secretary shall not offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related activity on the following geographic areas of the outer Continental Shelf: (A) The North Atlantic planning area. (B) The Mid-Atlantic planning area. (C) The South Atlantic planning area. (D) The Straits of Florida Planning Area. (E) The area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico described in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 (title I of division C of Public Law 109–432 ; 43 U.S.C. 1331 note). (2) Limitation on effect Nothing in this subsection affects any right under any lease issued under this Act before the date of the enactment of this subsection. .