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<dc:title>119 S104 IS: Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-01-15</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 104</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250115">January 15, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S355">Mr. Cruz</sponsor> 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></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.</official-title></form><legis-body><section id="S1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Overturn Biden’s Offshore Energy Ban Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id47a5bb9ccd1145e09fc94320efcda1de"><enum>2.</enum><header>Rescission of Presidential Memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of the outer Continental Shelf</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following Presidential memoranda shall have no force or effect:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33eb5b48e2d6468f9a51652424baf6ae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Presidential memorandum entitled <quote>Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing</quote>, and dated January 6, 2025, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and Pacific areas of the outer Continental Shelf.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ad5e6d1462c4ee19200efbba2c428fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Presidential memorandum entitled <quote>Memorandum on the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing</quote>, and dated January 6, 2025, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the outer Continental Shelf.</text></paragraph></section></legis-body></bill> 

