[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 108 (Thursday, June 11, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2947-S2948]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1674. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
Markey, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Merkley, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Booker) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1617 
proposed by Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Daines, Mr. 
Warner, Mr. Portman, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Alexander, Mr. King, Mr. Burr, 
Mr. Tester, Ms. Collins, Mr. Udall, Mr.

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Boozman, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Blunt, Ms. Harris, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Peters, 
Mr. Tillis, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. McSally, Mr. Casey, Mr. Graham, Mr. 
Heinrich, Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Booker, Ms. 
Cortez Masto, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Sinema, Ms. Rosen, 
Mr. Coons, Ms. Smith, Ms. Hassan, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Durbin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Jones, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Menendez, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Brown, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Warren, Mr. Murphy, 
Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Leahy, Mr. McConnell, 
Mr. Markey, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Schatz) to the 
bill H.R. 1957, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize 
and improve the Internal Revenue Service, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end, add the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION OF OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS 
                   OF 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 Outer Continental Shelf.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary 
     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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