S.Amdt. 4237

SA 4237. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4899, making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief and summer jobs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

On page 79, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:

oil and gas leasing

Sec. 20__. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds made available by this Act shall be used by the Secretary of the Interior to conduct any oil and natural gas leasing, preleasing, or related activities in the outer Continental Shelf without the concurrence of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration takes into account--

(1) available scientific information, including information on siting, mitigation, and habitat conservation; and

(2) the effect on living marine resources managed or protected under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.); and

(3) applicable requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).