[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2818 Referred in Senate (RFS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2818

 To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, 
                                 Ohio.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 1999

                                Received

                           November 19, 1999

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To prohibit oil and gas drilling in Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, 
                                 Ohio.

    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 Mosquito Creek Lake in Cortland, Ohio. 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.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 16, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.