House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Southern California Coast and Ocean Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit oil and gas leasing in the Southern California Planning Area, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2862.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LEVIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 65, April 10, 2025, Page H1602):Article IV, Section III, Clause IISource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 34 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2862, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2862
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 25, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 25, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
23 cosponsors — 23 Democrats
0 of 23 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Nanette Barragán (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Salud Carbajal (D-CA), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA), Gerald Connolly (D-VA), Laura Friedman (D-CA), Robert Garcia (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Sam Liccardo (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Scott Peters (D-CA), Luz Rivas (D-CA), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Derek Tran (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Levin.
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- H.R. 7038 (119th) Protecting Taxpayers from Risky Investments in Venezuela Act
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- H.R. 7066 (119th) SHIELD Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.