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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 46 (Friday, March 10, 2023)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. MORAN:H.R. 1559.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section 8 of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:Offshore energy[Page H1281]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>More Energy More Jobs Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill revises requirements concerning oil and gas lease sales under the Outer Continental Shelf leasing program.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill directs the Department of the Interior to allow coastal states to nominate areas off their coasts for oil and gas development.</p> <p>In addition, Interior must hold at least two region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico. Each lease sale must include areas in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. The bill also establishes deadlines for completing environmental reviews of the lease sales.</p>]]></text>
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        <title>To direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue an oil and gas leasing program under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes.</title>
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