[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1205 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1205

          To prohibit oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 18, 1999

 Mr. Stupak (for himself, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Barrett of 
Wisconsin, Mr. Kucinich, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Bonior, Ms. Kilpatrick, Ms. 
Stabenow, Ms. Rivers, Mr. Markey, Mr. Holden, Mr. Luther, and Mr. Kind) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
          To prohibit oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION.

    After the enactment of this Act no person may commence any drilling 
activity (including any slant or directional drilling) to extract oil 
or gas from lands beneath waters under the jurisdiction of the United 
States in any of the Great Lakes. The Attorney General of the United 
States may bring an action in the appropriate United States district 
court to enforce the prohibition contained in this section. As used in 
this Act, the term ``Great Lakes'' has the same meaning as provided by 
section 2 of the Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 931; 70 
Stat. 242).
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