5/6/10 Several House members from the West Coast - including Congressman Mike Thompson - want to permanently re-impose the moratoria on offshore drilling in California, Oregon, and Washington, even though federal plans don’t even contemplate lease sales in Pacific waters. Bans on oil-and-gas leasing along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts expired in 2008.

H.R. 5213. A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the  Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington; to the Committee on Natural Resources.

To read the full text of H.R. 5213, click here.