[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 197 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 197

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary 
    of the Interior to cease mineral leasing activity on the outer 
   Continental Shelf seaward of a coastal State that has declared a 
moratorium on mineral exploration, development, or production activity 
                            in State water.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

  Mrs. Boxer introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to direct the Secretary 
    of the Interior to cease mineral leasing activity on the outer 
   Continental Shelf seaward of a coastal State that has declared a 
moratorium on mineral exploration, development, or production activity 
                            in State water.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coastal States Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE MORATORIA ON OFFSHORE MINERAL LEASING.

    Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) State Moratoria.--When there is in effect with respect to 
land beneath navigable water (as defined in section 2 of the Submerged 
Lands Act (16 U.S.C. 1301)) of a coastal State a moratorium on oil, 
gas, or other mineral exploration, development, or production activity 
established by statute or by order of the Governor, the Secretary shall 
not issue a lease for the exploration, development, or production of 
minerals on the outer Continental Shelf that is seaward of or adjacent 
to that land.''.
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