New England Coastal Protection Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 14
- Latest action
- Apr 10, 2025
What it does
The bill would prohibit oil and gas leasing on the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut by amending the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. It affects federal energy policy and offshore drilling activities in New England coastal waters. The Secretary of the Interior would be barred from issuing any new leases for oil or natural gas exploration, development, or production in those specified areas, regardless of other existing laws.
No official summary is available here. This one was written by AI from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.