This bill would change the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently ban the issuance of leases or any other authorization for exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in four specific planning areas. The banned areas are the North Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, and the Straits of Florida planning areas as shown in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program.
If this law is enacted, the federal agency that manages offshore leasing (the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) would not be allowed to issue new leases or other permits for oil, gas, or mineral activities in those four planning areas. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
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The bill’s short title is the "Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act of 2025," and sponsors in the House introduced it to permanently prohibit offshore drilling in the named planning areas. No additional sponsor statements or cost estimates are included in the bill text.
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