An amendment to include areas within 100 miles of the coastline under the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998 and to include areas within 100 miles of the coastline in the funding restrictions regarding oil and natural gas preleasing activities.

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   Change 1: Inserts “and within 100 miles of the coastline” before “in the areas of”

   InsertsPage 49, line 25Printed page

   In H.R. 2643 · Reported in House

   Sec. 103. Appropriations made to the Department of the Interior in this title shall be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, when authorized by the Secretary, in total amount not to exceed $500,000; purchase and replacement of motor vehicles, including specially equipped law enforcement vehicles; hire, maintenance, and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of reprints; payment for telephone service in private residences in the field, when authorized under regulations approved by the Secretary; and the payment of dues, when authorized by the Secretary, for library membership in societies or associations which issue publications to members only or at a price to members lower than to subscribers who are not members.

   Sec. 104. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, [inserted: and within 100 miles of the coastline ]in the areas of northern, central, and southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.

   Sec. 105. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.

   Original wording

   Page 49, line 25, insert “and within 100 miles of the coastline” before “in the areas of”.

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   Change 2: Inserts “and within 100 miles of the coastline” before “in the Mid-Atlantic”

   InsertsPage 50, line 7Printed page

   In H.R. 2643 · Reported in House

   Sec. 104. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude.

   Sec. 105. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing and related activities [inserted: and within 100 miles of the coastline ]in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.

   Sec. 106. Appropriations made in this Act under the headings Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of Special Trustee for American Indians and any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts made under the same headings shall be available for expenditure or transfer for Indian trust management and reform activities, except that total funding for historical accounting activities shall not exceed amounts specifically designated in this Act for such purpose.

   Original wording

   Page 50, line 7, insert “and within 100 miles of the coastline” before “in the Mid-Atlantic”.

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