[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 290 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 290

 To provide for the cancellation of all existing leases and to ban all 
 new leasing activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in 
       the area off the coast of Florida, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Mack 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 provide for the cancellation of all existing leases and to ban all 
 new leasing activities under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act in 
       the area off the coast of Florida, 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 ``Florida Coastal Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Definitions.--As used in this Act:
            (1) Development.--The term ``development'' has the same 
        meaning as is provided in section 2(l) of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(l)).
            (2) Exploration.--The term ``exploration'' has the same 
        meaning as is provided in section 2(k) of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(k)).
            (3) 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)).
            (4) Preleasing activity.--The term ``preleasing activity'' 
        means any activity conducted before a lease sale is held--
                    (A) including--
                            (i) the scheduling of a lease;
                            (ii) a request for industry interest;
                            (iii) a call for information or a 
                        nomination;
                            (iv) the identification of an area;
                            (v) the publication of a draft or final 
                        environmental impact statement;
                            (vi) a notice of sale; and
                            (vii) any form of rotary drilling; and
                    (B) not including an environmental, geologic, 
                geophysical, economic, engineering, or other scientific 
                analysis, study, or evaluation.
            (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.

SEC. 3. BAN ON LEASING OFF FLORIDA COAST.

    The Secretary 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.), in the South Atlantic Planning Area off the coast of Florida, 
the Straits of Florida Planning Area, and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico 
Planning Area (as established by the Minerals Management Service of the 
Department of the Interior).

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF EXISTING LEASES OFF FLORIDA COAST.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 5(a)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1334(a)(2)), not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall cancel each lease issued under such Act 
that--
            (1) is in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; 
        and
            (2) applies to an area described in section 3.
    (b) Plans and Permits.--Before the cancellation of a lease pursuant 
to subsection (a), the Secretary may not approve any exploration or 
development plan or permit to drill with respect to the area that is 
the subject of the lease.
    (c) Compensation to Lessees.--After considering the results of the 
report required under section 5, the Secretary shall determine 
compensation to lessees owning leases that are canceled under 
subsection (a) in accordance with subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 
5(a)(2) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1334(a)(2)).

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    (a) In General.--With respect to leases canceled in accordance with 
section 4, the Secretary shall prepare a report analyzing the 
alternatives for exchanging the leases for any other lands or interest 
in lands, including submerged lands, owned by the United States, as a 
means of providing compensation for the cancellation of the leases.
    (b) Submission to Congress.--The report described in subsection (a) 
shall be submitted to Congress not later than ninety days after the 
date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this Act.

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