H.R. 2849 — West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2025

This section prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any lease or other authorization for oil or natural gas exploration, development, or production on the outer Continental Shelf in four specified planning areas off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California—as depicted in the 2024–2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (published September 29, 2023, by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management)—namely (1) the Washington/Oregon Planning Area, (2) the Northern California Planning Area, (3) the Central California Planning Area, and (4) the Southern California Planning Area. (Thus, the prohibition applies notwithstanding any other provision of law.)