[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2248 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2248

 To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved 
    oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2017

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from revising the approved 
    oil and gas leasing program for fiscal years 2017 through 2022.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON REVISING APPROVED 2017-2022 OIL AND GAS 
              LEASING PROGRAM.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall not revise the approved oil and 
gas leasing program for the period of fiscal years 2017 through 2022 
prepared under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
U.S.C. 1344) and described in the document entitled ``2017-2022 Outer 
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program'' and 
dated November 2016.
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