April 10, 2025
Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Reed, Mr. Padilla, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. King, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Coons, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Wyden) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Clean Ocean And Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act of 2025
or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act of 2025
.
Sec. 2. Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of 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 outer Continental Shelf
(1) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the planning areas described in paragraph (2).
(2) Planning areas
The planning areas referred to in paragraph (1) are the following, as depicted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program published on September 29, 2023, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (as announced in the notice of availability of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled
Notice of Availability of the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement(88 Fed. Reg. 67798 (October 2, 2023))):(A)
The North Atlantic Planning Area.
(B)
The Mid-Atlantic Planning Area.
(C)
The South Atlantic Planning Area.
(D)
The Straits of Florida Planning Area.