United States 115th Congress Status: Died 53 D cosponsors

HR 2272 — COAST Anti-Drilling Act

Last action — Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

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Summary

Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, or the Straits of Florida planning areas.

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Submerged lands · 43 U.S.C. ch. 29 1 section
  • § 1337 Leases, easements, and rights-of-way on the outer Continental Shelf Amends

    43 U.S.C. § 1337

    The law today

    (a) Oil and gas leases; award to highest responsible qualified bidder; method of bidding; royalty relief; Congressional consideration of bidding system; notice (1) The Secretary is authorized to grant to the highest responsible qualified bidder or bidders by competitive bidding, under regulations promulgated in advance, any oil and gas lease on submerged lands of the outer Continental Shelf which are not covered by leases meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of section 1335 of this title. Such regulations may provide for the deposit of cash bids in an interest-bearing account until the Secretary announces his decision on whether to accept the bids, with the interest earned thereon to be paid to the Treasury as to bids that are accepted and to the unsuccessful bidders as to bids that are rejected. The bidding shall be by sealed bid and, at the discretion of the Secretary, on the basis of— (A) cash bonus bid with a royalty at not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ percent, fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold; (B) variable royalty bid based on a per centum in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold, with either a fixed work commitment based on dollar amount for exploration or a fixed cash bonus as determined by the Secretary, or both; (C) cash bonus bid, or work commitment bid based on a dollar amount for exploration with a fixed cash bonus, and a diminishing or sliding royalty based on such formulae as the Secretary shall determine as equitable to encourage continued production from the lease area as resources diminish, but not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ percent, at the beginning of the lease period in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold; (D) cash bonus bid with a fixed share of the net profits of no less than 30 per centum to be derived from the production of oil and gas from the lease area; (E) fixed cash bonus with the net profit share reserved as the bid variable; (F) cash bonus bid with a royalty at not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ percent, fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold and a fixed per centum share of net profits of no less than 30 per centum to be derived from the production of oil and gas from the lease area; (G) work commitment bid based on a dollar amount for exploration with a fixed cash bonus and a fixed royalty in amount or value of the production saved, removed, or sold; (H) cash bonus bid with royalty at not less than 12½ percent, but not more than 16⅔ percent, fixed by the Secretary in amount or value of production saved, removed, or sold, and with suspension of royalties for a period, volume, or value of production determined by the Secretary, which suspensions may vary based on the price of production from the lease; or (I) subject to the requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection, any modification of bidding systems authorized in subparagraphs (A) through (G), or any other systems of bid variables, terms, and conditions which the Secretary determines to be useful to accomplish the purposes and policies of this subchapter, except that no such bidding system or modification shall have more than one bid variable. (2) The Secretary may, in his discretion, defer any part of the payment of the cash bonus, as authorized in paragraph (1) of this subsection, according to a schedule announced at the time of the announcement of the lease sale, but such payment shall be made in total no later than five years after the date of the lease sale. (3) (A) The Secretary may, in order to promote increased production on the lease area, through direct, secondary, or tertiary recovery means, reduce or eliminate any royalty or net profit share set forth in the lease for such area. (B) In the Western and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico and the portion of the Eastern Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico encompassing whole lease...

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The bill permanently prohibits offshore drilling in specific planning areas of the outer Continental Shelf.

  • 43 U.S.C. 1337

    (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 shall not issue a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in-- (1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area; (2) the South Atlantic planning area; (3) the North Atlantic planning area; or (4) the Straits of Florida planning area.

    This addition establishes a permanent ban on offshore drilling activities in specified areas.

Action History

  1. Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

  4. Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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Frequently asked questions

What does HR 2272 do?
Clean Ocean and Safe Tourism Anti-Drilling Act or the COAST Anti-Drilling Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease or other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, or the Straits of Florida planning areas.
Who sponsors HR 2272?
HR 2272 is sponsored by Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" (Democratic), Connolly, Gerald E. (Democratic), Pascrell, Bill (Democratic), Tsongas, Niki (Democratic), Norton, Eleanor Holmes (Democratic), Cartwright, Matt (Democratic), Langevin, James R. (Democratic), Huffman, Jared (Democratic), Keating, William R. (Democratic), Beyer, Donald S. (Democratic), Serrano, Jose E. (Democratic), Clark, Katherine M. (Democratic), Cicilline, David N. (Democratic), Quigley, Mike (Democratic), Tonko, Paul (Democratic), Wasserman Schultz, Debbie (Democratic), DeLauro, Rosa L. (Democratic), Pocan, Mark (Democratic), Castor, Kathy (Democratic), Schakowsky, Janice D. (Democratic), Sires, Albio (Democratic), McGovern, James P. (Democratic), Demings, Val Butler (Democratic), Meng, Grace (Democratic), Blumenauer, Earl (Democratic), Boyle, Brendan F. (Democratic), Panetta, Jimmy (Democratic), Norcross, Donald (Democratic), Hastings, Alcee L. (Democratic), Sarbanes, John P. (Democratic), Grijalva, Raúl M. (Democratic), Jayapal, Pramila (Democratic), Maloney, Carolyn B. (Democratic), Lofgren, Zoe (Democratic), Kihuen, Ruben J. (Democratic), Evans, Dwight (Democratic), Moulton, Seth (Democratic), Crist, Charlie (Democratic), Blunt Rochester, Lisa (Democratic), DeSaulnier, Mark (Democratic), Bonamici, Suzanne (Democratic), Soto, Darren (Democratic), Waters, Maxine (Democratic), Lipinski, Daniel (Democratic), Adams, Alma S. (Democratic), Schiff, Adam B. (Democratic), Barragán, Nanette Diaz (Democratic), McEachin, A. Donald (Democratic), Pingree, Chellie (Democratic), Lowenthal, Alan S. (Democratic), Price, David E. (Democratic), Bass, Karen (Democratic), and Pallone, Frank (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 2272?
This bill died with 115th Congress. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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