,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aghd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bi1 #bjag,mr4
 ,huffman 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,barragn1  
,mr4 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4     
,cartwright1 ,ms4 ,clark of             
,massachusetts1 ,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4    
,de,saulnier1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,ms4       
,eshoo1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,khanna1   
,mr4 ,langevin1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,ted    
,lieu of ,california1 ,ms4 ,lofgren1    
,mr4 ,lowenthal1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,mr4  
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,norton1 
,mr4 ,pallone1 ,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4     
,peters1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,pocan1    
,mr4 ,polis1 ,mr4 ,quigley1 ,ms4        
,schakowsky1 ,mr4 ,schiff1 ,ms4 ,speier1
 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,ms4 ,tsongas1 ,ms4       
,velzquez1 and ,mr4 ,welch7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit drilling in   
the ,arctic ,ocean4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,arctic ,ocean ,drilling ,act of #bjag4 

#b4 ,findings2 statement of policy  7a7 
,findings ,congress finds that1 as of   
the date of enactment of this ,act--    
7#a7 global climate change is occurring 
due largely to anthropogenic emissions  
of greenhouse gases and will continue to
 pose ongoing risks and challenges to   
the people and the ,government of the   
,united ,states2  7#b7 the evidence of  
impacts and dangers of climate change   
are supported by numerous reports and   
panels1 such as the #bjad ,national     
,climate ,assessment1 the ,united       
,states ,global ,change ,research       
,program1 and the #bjad ,quadrennial    
,defense ,review of the ,department of  
,defense2  7#c7 the average temperature 
in the ,united ,states during the past  
decade was #j4h degree ,celsius 7#a4e   
degrees ,fahrenheit7 warmer than the    
#aija-aifj average1 and the last decade 
was the warmest on record both in the   
,united ,states and globally2  7#d7 a   
global temperature increase of #b       
degrees ,celsius will lead to increased 

droughts1 rising seas1 mass extinctions1
 heat waves1 desertification1 wildfires1
 and acidifying oceans2  7#e7 delaying  
action on climate change will result in 
severe economic losses1 and global      
mitigation costs increase by            
approximately #dj percent for each      
decade of delay2  7#f7 at least #hj     
percent of the carbon from known fossil 
fuel reserves must not be released to   
the atmosphere to have an #hj-percent   
chance of avoiding the worst effects of 
climate change stemming from a          
#b-;degree-,celsius change in global    
temperature2  7#g7 developing oil and   
gas reserves in the ,arctic ,ocean is   
incompatible with staying within that   
global carbon budget and avoiding the   
worst effects of climate change2 and    
7#h7 the ,arctic ,ocean is home to      
invaluable and fragile ecosystems1 which
 are critical to fisheries1 migratory   
birds1 indigenous populations1 and      
subsistence hunters4  7b7 ,statement of 
policy ,it is the policy of the ,united 

,states that the ,arctic ,ocean should  
be managed for the best interests of the
 people of the ,united ,states1         
including by keeping fossil fuels in the
 ground to avoid the dangerous impacts  
of climate change4  #c4 ,prohibition of 
oil and gas leasing in ,arctic ,ocean   
areas of the outer ,continental ,shelf  
,section #h of the ,outer ,continental  
,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #accg7
 is amended by adding at the end the    
following3  7q7 ,prohibition of oil and 
gas leasing in ,arctic planning area of 
the outer ,continental ,shelf           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act or any other law1 the         
,secretary of the ,interior shall not   
issue or renew a lease or any other     
authorization for the exploration1      
development1 or production of oil1      
natural gas1 or any other mineral in the
 ,arctic ,ocean1 including the ,beaufort
 ,sea and ,chukchi ,sea ,planning       
,areas4  4