[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3375]
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  SA 2555. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
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. 316. REQUIRED GULF OF MEXICO LEASE SALES.

       (a) In General.--Section 104 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy 
     Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-
     432) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``June 30, 2022'' and inserting ``June 30, 
     2019''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) Extension of Moratorium.--Effective during the period 
     beginning on July 1, 2019 and ending on June 30, 2026, the 
     Secretary shall not offer for leasing, preleasing, or any 
     related activity any area in the Eastern Planning Area that 
     is within 50 miles of the coastline of the State of 
     Florida.''.
       (b) Required Lease Sales.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eastern planning area.--The term ``Eastern Planning 
     Area'' means the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area of the 
     outer Continental Shelf, as designated in the document 
     entitled ``2019-2024 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and 
     Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program'' and dated January 2018.
       (B) Oil and gas leasing program.--The term ``oil and gas 
     leasing program'' means the 5-year oil and gas leasing 
     program prepared by the Secretary of the Interior under 
     section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 
     U.S.C. 1344) (as in effect on the date of the applicable 
     lease sale under paragraph (2)).
       (C) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       (2) Required lease sales.--Notwithstanding any omission of 
     any portion of the Eastern Planning Area from the oil and gas 
     leasing program, the Secretary shall--
       (A) offer for oil and gas leasing under the Outer 
     Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) all 
     available leases in the Eastern Planning Area; and
       (B) conduct--
       (i) not fewer than 1 lease sale in the Eastern Planning 
     Area before December 31, 2020; and
       (ii) a second lease sale in the Eastern Planning Area 
     before December 31, 2023.
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