[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2244 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2244

  To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas 
leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast 
                             of New Jersey.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2003

 Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, and 
 Mr. Saxton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas 
leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast 
                             of New Jersey.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON OIL AND GAS LEASING OFF THE COAST OF NEW 
              JERSEY.

    (a) Prohibition.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a 
lease, permit, or license for the exploration for or extraction of oil 
or gas on or from submerged lands described in subsection (b).
    (b) Lands Described.--The submerged lands with respect to which 
subsection (a) applies are all submerged lands seaward from the 
landward boundary of the Outer Continental Shelf that lie within 125 
miles of any point of the coast line of the State of New Jersey, 
including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas 
leasing activities existed before the date of enactment of this Act.
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