[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2930 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2930

 To prohibit the issuance of any Federal or State permit or lease for 
 new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under 
                    one or more of the Great Lakes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2005

 Mr. Stupak (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Emanuel, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. 
 Brown of Ohio, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Kirk, Mr. LaTourette, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
 Dingell, Mr. Levin, Mr. Kucinich, Ms. Bean, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Kaptur, 
and Ms. Slaughter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                       the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the issuance of any Federal or State permit or lease for 
 new oil and gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under 
                    one or more of the Great Lakes.

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

SECTION 1. GREAT LAKES OIL AND GAS DRILLING BAN.

    No Federal or State permit or lease shall be issued for new oil and 
gas slant, directional, or offshore drilling in or under one or more of 
the Great Lakes.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``Great Lakes'' has the same meaning 
as provided by section 118(a)(3) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1268(a)(3)).
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