[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3533. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3399 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6147, 
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 142, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:


   prohibition of oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the outer 
                           continental shelf

       Sec. 433. 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;
       ``(3) the North Atlantic planning area; or
       ``(4) the Straits of Florida planning area.''.
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