[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2279 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2279

To establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off 
     the coastline of the State of Florida, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2015

   Mr. Posey (for himself and Mr. Murphy of Florida) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To establish a moratorium on oil and gas-related seismic activities off 
     the coastline of 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 ``Seismic Moratorium Act''.

SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS-RELATED SEISMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE 
              EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF THE COASTLINE OF THE STATE OF 
              FLORIDA.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may conduct 
geological or geophysical activities (as those terms are described in 
the final programmatic environmental impact statement of the Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management entitled ``Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and 
Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning 
Areas'' and completed February 2014) in support of oil or gas 
exploration and development in any area located within the exclusive 
economic zone (as defined in section 107 of title 46, United States 
Code) located off the coastline of the State of Florida.
    (b) Termination of Moratorium.--The moratorium described in 
subsection (a) shall only be terminated if the Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration determines that the 
reasonably foreseeable impacts of the geological or geophysical 
activities described in subsection (a) to individuals or populations of 
marine mammals, sea turtles, or fish are minimal.
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