COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Bill: 117-s-1851
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-05-26
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean

Florida

Gulf of Mexico

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-26
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>This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from authorizing the exploration, development, or production (i.e., offshore drilling) of oil or natural gas in specified planning areas of the Outer Continental Shelf along the Atlantic Coast, including the Straits of Florida.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1851 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 26, 2021 Mr. Menendez 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, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida 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; (3) the North Atlantic planning area; or (4) the Straits of Florida planning area. .