[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 387 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 387

 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

                            January 19, 1999

 Mr. LoBiondo 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. 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, 2003.
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