[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2634]
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  SA 489. Mr. SCOTT of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle G of title X, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. 10____. PROHIBITION ON OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CERTAIN 
                   AREAS OF GULF OF MEXICO.

       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 the section heading, by striking ``moratorium'' and 
     inserting ``prohibition''; and
       (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``Effective'' and all that follows through 
     ``June 30, 2022, the'' and inserting ``The''.
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