[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2555 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2555

To prohibit the Department of the Interior from expending any funds for 
         a mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 1997

  Mr. Pallone (for himself, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Smith of New 
    Jersey, Mr. Payne, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Gejdenson, and Ms. DeLauro) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Department of the Interior from expending any funds for 
         a mid-Atlantic coast offshore oil and gas lease sale.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR MID-ATLANTIC OIL AND 
              GAS LEASE SALE.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall not expend any funds for the 
preparation of, or conduct of, preleasing and leasing activities 
(including calls for information, tract selection, notices of sale, 
receipt of bids, and award of leases) with respect to an oil and gas 
lease sale on any lands of the outer Continental Shelf between the 
seaward boundary between the States of Connecticut and Rhode Island and 
the seaward boundary between the States of North Carolina and South 
Carolina.
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