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HR 1890 104th Congress House Environmental Protection California Continental shelf Energy Energy policy Gas in submerged lands Incineration Law Licenses Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Mining leases Ocean Ocean mining Oil and gas leases Petroleum in submerged lands Prospecting Public Lands and Natural Resources Submarine oil well drilling Territorial waters

California Ocean Protection Act of 1995

Introduced: June 20, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 3, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jul 3, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jun 23, 1995
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, EPA.
Jun 23, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Jun 20, 1995
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 20, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

California Ocean Protection Act of 1995 - Establishes a California Ocean Protection Zone consisting of waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone off the coast of California that are outside the waters of the State of California and that portion of the outer Continental Shelf underlying the waters.

Prohibits: (1) the head of a Federal agency from issuing a lease, permit, or license for exploration for, or development or production of, minerals in or from the Zone; (2) a person from engaging in such activities after the date of the cancellation, expiration, transfer, relinquishment, or termination of a lease, permit, or license for such activities, the date of the suspension of operations associated with such activities under regulations implementing the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act as in effect on January 1, 1986, or the date on which a lease, permit, or license for such activities in any way becomes inactive; or (3) an agency head from issuing a lease, permit, or license for ocean incineration or harmful ocean dumping within the Zone or for any onshore facility that facilitates ocean incineration or harmful ocean dumping within the Zone.

Declares that this Act is not intended to regulate, restrict, or prohibit commercial or recreational fishing, or other harvesting of ocean life in the Zone.

What's happening now July 3, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 894 Text similarities California Ocean Protection Act of 1995
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 20, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 20, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1890: California Ocean Protection Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1890/
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"H.R. 1890: California Ocean Protection Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1890/.
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H.R. 1890, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-1890/.
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