[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7030 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7030

To make available for oil and gas leasing, under the 2007-2012 oil and 
  gas leasing program, areas of the Outer Continental Shelf for which 
  expenditures for such leasing are prohibited on September 19, 2008.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 2008

  Mr. Terry introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To make available for oil and gas leasing, under the 2007-2012 oil and 
  gas leasing program, areas of the Outer Continental Shelf for which 
  expenditures for such leasing are prohibited on September 19, 2008.

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

SECTION 1. LEASING UNDER 2007-2012 LEASING PROGRAM OF AREAS OF OCS 
              SUBJECT TO LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES.

    Any area of the Outer Continental Shelf for which expenditure of 
Federal funds for oil and gas leasing is prohibited on September 19, 
2008, may be leased under the 2007-2012 oil and gas leasing program 
under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1344) effective upon the termination of such prohibition.
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