,i  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cigh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #i1 #bjbc,mr4  
,levin 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4
 ,jacobs1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,barragn1
 ,mr4 ,swalwell1 ,ms4 ,ross1 ,mr4       
,vargas1 ,ms4 ,brownley1 ,mr4 ,khanna1  
,mr4 ,connolly1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,mr4        
,sherman1 and ,mr4 ,peters7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,natural ,resources
  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,outer       
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act to      
prohibit oil and gas leasing in the     
,southern ,california planning area4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,southern ,california ,coast and
 ,ocean ,protection ,act4  #b4          
,prohibition of oil and gas leasing in  
the ,southern ,california planning area 
,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 the ,southern ,california

 planning area ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of this section or any  
other law1 the ,secretary of the        
,interior may not issue a lease for the 
exploration1 development1 or production 
of oil or natural gas in the ,southern  
,california planning area1 as such      
planning area is described in the       
document entitled #bjai-bjbd ,national  
,,ocs ,oil and ,gas ,leasing ,draft     
,proposed ,program1 dated ,january      
#bjah1 or a subsequent oil and gas      
leasing program developed under section 
#ah of the ,outer ,continental ,shelf   
,lands ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd74  4