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<dc:title>115 S985 IS: To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. Senate</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2017-04-27</dc:date>
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<dc:language>EN</dc:language>
<dc:rights>Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.</dc:rights>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<congress>115th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 985</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
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			<action-date date="20170427">April 27, 2017</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S369">Mr. Markey</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S306">Mr. Menendez</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S316">Mr. Whitehouse</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S370">Mr. Booker</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S341">Mr. Blumenthal</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S221">Mrs. Feinstein</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S313">Mr. Sanders</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S388">Ms. Hassan</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S229">Mrs. Murray</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S332">Mr. Franken</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S324">Mrs. Shaheen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S366">Ms. Warren</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S308">Mr. Cardin</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S331">Mrs. Gillibrand</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S282">Mr. Nelson</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S247">Mr. Wyden</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S259">Mr. Reed</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S322">Mr. Merkley</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S390">Mr. Van Hollen</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S387">Ms. Harris</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S057">Mr. Leahy</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSEG00">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</committee-name></action-desc>
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		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved oil and gas leasing program
			 for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.</official-title>
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 <section id="id6201CFA079D049DCA9EA3FB7899301DF" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Prohibition on revising approved 2017–2022 oil and gas leasing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior shall not revise the approved oil and gas leasing program for the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2022 prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1344">43 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>) and described in the document entitled <quote>2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program</quote> and dated November 2016.</text>
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