West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-653
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-01
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Mining

Oil and gas

Oregon

Pacific Ocean

Washington State
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 653 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 1, 2021 Mr. Huffman (for himself, Ms. Barragán , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Bonamici , Ms. Brownley , Mr. Carbajal , Mr. Cárdenas , Mr. DeFazio , Ms. DelBene , Mr. DeSaulnier , Ms. Eshoo , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Grijalva , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Khanna , Mr. Kilmer , Mr. Larsen of Washington , Mr. Levin of California , Mr. Lowenthal , Ms. Matsui , Mr. McNerney , Mrs. Napolitano , Ms. Norton , Mr. Panetta , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Schiff , Mr. Schrader , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Smith of Washington , Ms. Speier , and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 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 off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2021 . 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington 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 for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of the State of California, Oregon, or Washington. .