[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1022 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1022

  To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas 
 leases for waters off the coast of the State of New Jersey until the 
                   year 2000, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 25 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. Bradley (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas 
 leases for waters off the coast of the State of New Jersey until the 
                   year 2000, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New Jersey Offshore Oil and Gas 
Moratorium Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Lease.--The term ``lease'' has the same meaning as is 
        provided in section 2(c) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands 
        Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(c)).
            (2) Preleasing activity.--The term ``preleasing activity'' 
        means any activity conducted before a lease sale is held 
        including--
                    (A) the scheduling of a lease;
                    (B) a request for industry interest;
                    (C) a call for information or a nomination;
                    (D) the identification of an area;
                    (E) the publication of a draft or final 
                environmental impact statement;
                    (F) a notice of sale; and
                    (G) any form of rotary drilling.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. NEW JERSEY OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS MORATORIUM.

    Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
January 1, 2000, the Secretary of the Interior may not conduct any 
preleasing activity, or hold any lease sale, under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) with respect to 
the area seaward from the State of New Jersey.

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