S.Amdt. 3094

SA 3094. Mr. NELSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:

At end of subtitle B of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3105. MORATORIUM ON OIL- AND GAS-RELATED SEISMIC
ACTIVITIES IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF
THE COAST OF FLORIDA.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and
notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may
conduct geological or geophysical activities (as those terms
are described in the final programmatic environmental impact
statement of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled
``Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical
Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas''
and completed February 2014) in support of oil or gas
exploration and development in any area located within the
exclusive economic zone (as defined in section 107 of title
46, United States Code) located off the coastline of the
State of Florida.
(b) Termination of Moratorium.--The moratorium described in
subsection (a) shall only be terminated if the Administrator
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
determines that the reasonably foreseeable impacts of the
geological or geophysical activities described in subsection
(a) to individuals or populations of marine mammals, sea
turtles, or fish are minimal.
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