Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “North Pacific Ocean Protection Act”.
North Pacific Ocean Protection Act
A BILL
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
Sec. 2 Prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the 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 the Outer Continental Shelf—Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior may not issue a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the Washington/Oregon planning area, the Northern California planning area, or the Central California planning area (as such planning areas are described in the document entitled “2019–2024 National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program”, dated January 2018, or a subsequent oil and gas leasing program developed under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1344)).”