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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2848 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL10, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. H |
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| 9 | 9 | | UFFMAN(for himself, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. |
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| 10 | 10 | | C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONNOLLY, Mr. BEYER, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. NADLER, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Ms. C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ASTORof Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. COHEN) in- |
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| 14 | 14 | | troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Nat- |
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| 15 | 15 | | ural Resources |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To prohibit drilling in the Arctic Ocean. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Arctic Ocean 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Drilling Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN ARCTIC 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF. 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the 9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | following: 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:58 Apr 24, 2025 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2848.IH H2848 |
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| 29 | 29 | | kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | •HR 2848 IH |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(q) PROHIBITION OFOIL ANDGASLEASING IN 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | A |
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| 33 | 33 | | RCTICAREAS OF THEOUTERCONTINENTALSHELF.— 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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| 35 | 35 | | EFINITION OF ARCTIC .—In this sub-3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | section, the term ‘Arctic’ has the meaning given the 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Pol-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | icy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111). 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 40 | 40 | | ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | provision of this Act or any other law, the Secretary 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | of the Interior shall not issue or extend a lease or 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | any other authorization for the exploration, develop-10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ment, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | mineral on Arctic areas of the outer Continental 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Shelf.’’. 13 |
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