[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3073 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3073

 To prohibit certain oil and gas leasing activities on portions of the 
    Outer Continental Shelf, consistent with the President's Outer 
        Continental Shelf moratorium statement of June 26, 1990.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

   Mr. Riggs (for himself, Mr. Bilbray, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Farr of 
  California, Mr. Filner, Ms. Harman, Ms. Lofgren, Ms. Roybal-Allard, 
 Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Horn, Mr. LoBiondo, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Gilchrest, 
  Mr. Klug, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Mr. Cox of 
 California, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Sherman, Ms. 
    Woolsey, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Bono, and Mr. Condit) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit certain oil and gas leasing activities on portions of the 
    Outer Continental Shelf, consistent with the President's Outer 
        Continental Shelf moratorium statement of June 26, 1990.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT MORATORIUM.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall not conduct any oil and gas 
preleasing, leasing, or development activities under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act in any area placed under restriction by the 
President's moratorium statement of June 26, 1990. This section shall 
cease to be effective on January 1, 2001.
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