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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2673 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and natural |
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| 6 | 6 | | gas exploration, development, and production in certain areas of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ASTORof Florida (for herself, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. BILI- |
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| 12 | 12 | | RAKIS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Natural Resources |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit |
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| 16 | 16 | | oil and natural gas exploration, development, and produc- |
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| 17 | 17 | | tion in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf |
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| 18 | 18 | | off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Florida Coastal Protec-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tion Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 2673 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLO-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | RATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | IN CERTAIN AREAS OFF THE COAST OF FLOR-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | IDA. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (43 U.S.C. 1344) is amended by adding at the end the 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | following: 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(j) P |
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| 35 | 35 | | ROHIBITION OFOIL ANDNATURALGASEX-8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | PLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, ANDPRODUCTION INCER-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | TAINAREASOFF THECOAST OFFLORIDA.— 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) P |
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| 39 | 39 | | ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | provision of this section or any other law, the Sec-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | retary shall not issue a lease or any other authoriza-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion for the exploration, development, or production 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of oil or natural gas in— 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(A) any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mex-16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006; 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) the portion of the South Atlantic 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Planning Area, as such planning area is de-20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | picted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Conti-21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | nental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Final Program (September 2023), south of 30 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | degrees 43 minutes North Latitude; or 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(C) the Straits of Florida Planning Area, 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | as such planning area is depicted in the 2024– 26 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 2673 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (Sep-2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | tember 2023). 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 62 | 62 | | IMITATION ON EFFECT.—Nothing in this 4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | subsection affects any right under any lease issued 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | under this Act before the date of enactment of this 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | subsection.’’. 7 |
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