[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3104. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. Warren, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
Mikulski, Mr. Markey, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
Nelson, and Mr. Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 31__. 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:
       ``(q) 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 or any other 
     authorization for the exploration, development, or production 
     of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in--
       ``(1) the Mid-Atlantic planning area;
       ``(2) the South Atlantic planning area; or
       ``(3) the North Atlantic planning area.''.
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