[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4770 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4770

To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently 
   extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of 
                                Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2018

Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently 
   extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of 
                                Mexico.

    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 ``Protecting and Securing Florida's 
Coastline Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM ON LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS 
              OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.

    Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 
(43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended by striking ``Effective during'' and 
all that follows through ``the Secretary'' and inserting ``The 
Secretary''.
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