This bill would change the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by adding a new paragraph that permanently bars the Secretary from issuing any lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in certain Pacific outer continental shelf planning areas. The planning areas named are the Washington/Oregon Planning Area, Northern California, Central California, and Southern California. The bill ties those areas to the maps and descriptions in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (published September 29, 2023; notice at 88 Fed. Reg. 67798 on October 2, 2023).
If this bill becomes law, federal agencies would be barred from issuing new leases or authorizations for offshore oil or gas activities in the listed Pacific planning areas. The bill text does not say how it would affect any existing leases, permits, or ongoing operations.
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