[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3251 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3251

 To permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer 
  Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2005

     Ms. Harris (for herself, Mr. Mack, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
Bilirakis, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of 
 Florida, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Foley, Mr. Keller, Ms. 
Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Young of Florida, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Putnam, Mr. Crenshaw, 
    Mr. Stearns, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Feeney, Ms. Wasserman 
Schultz, and Mr. Meek of Florida) introduced the following bill; which 
               was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer 
  Continental Shelf off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Florida Coastline Protection Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE 
              OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

    Section 8 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(p) Prohibition of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the 
Outer Continental Shelf.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
section or any other law, the Secretary of the Interior shall not issue 
a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural 
gas, or any other mineral in--
            ``(1) the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area;
            ``(2) the Straits of Florida planning area; or
            ``(3) the South Atlantic planning area, extending from the 
        Straits of Florida planning area to the border between the 
        States of Florida and Georgia.''.
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