An amendment numbered 6 printed in Part A of House Report 112-398 to change the underlying bill's requirement that the Department of the Interior substitute two new lease blocks for each one lease block that is deferred from a lease sale at the request of the Department of Defense, to replace each deferred lease block with one new lease block. The amendment also calls attention to the existing authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for the President to designate National Defense Areas on the outer Continental Shelf that are restricted from exploration and operation. The amendment also requires the North Aleutian Basin lease sale to be conducted by 2015 rather than one year after enactment of the Act.

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   Change 1: Replaces “two other lease blocks” with “1 other lease block”

   ReplacesPage 935, line 7Printed page

   [struck: two other lease blocks][inserted: 1 other lease block]

   Original wording

   Page 935, line 7, strike “two other lease blocks” and insert “1 other lease block”.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 937, line 13

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: (3) National defense areas.--The United States reserves the right to designate by and through the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, national defense areas on the Outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).

   Original wording

   Page 937, after line 13, insert the following:

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   Change 3: Replaces “1 year after the date of enactment of this Act” with “December 31, 2015”

   ReplacesPage 941, line 1Printed page

   [struck: 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act][inserted: December 31, 2015]

   Original wording

   Page 941, beginning at line 1, strike “1 year after the date of enactment of this Act” and insert “December 31, 2015”.

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   Change 4: Replaces “two other lease blocks” with “1 other lease block”

   ReplacesPage 945, line 8Printed page

   [struck: two other lease blocks][inserted: 1 other lease block]

   Original wording

   Page 945, line 8, strike “two other lease blocks” and insert “1 other lease block”.

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   Change 5: Inserts new text on page 946, line 22

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: (3) National defense areas.--The United States reserves the right to designate by and through the Secretary of Defense, with the approval of the President, national defense areas on the outer Continental Shelf pursuant to section 12(d) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1341(d)).

   Original wording

   Page 946, after line 22, insert the following:

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