S.Amdt. 3245

SA 3245. Mr. VITTER 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 the end, add the following:

SEC. __. SEAWARD BOUNDARIES.

(a) In General.--Section 4 of the Submerged Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1312) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The'' and
inserting the following:
``(a) General Rule.--
``(1) In general.--Except for the States described in
subsection (b), the'';
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Any State'' and
inserting the following:
``(2) Extensions.--Any State'';
(3) in the third sentence, by striking ``Any claim'' and
inserting the following:
``(3) Claims.--Any claim'';
(4) in the fourth sentence, by striking ``Nothing'' and
inserting the following:
``(4) Prior approval.--Nothing''; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Seaward Boundaries of Certain Coastal States.--
Subject to subsection (a), for management activities pursuant
to the fishery management plan for the reef fish resources of
the Gulf of Mexico or any amendment to such plan, the seaward
boundary of each of the following States shall be a line 3
marine leagues distant from the coast line of the State as of
the date that is 1 day before the date of enactment of this
subsection:
``(1) Alabama.
``(2) Florida.
``(3) Louisiana.
``(4) Mississippi.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2 of the Submerged
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``, or 3 marine
leagues distant from the coast line of a State described in
section 4(b),'' after ``the coast line of each such State'';
and
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``from the coast line'';
(B) by inserting ``from the coast line of a State, or more
than 3 marine leagues from the coast line of a State
described in section 4(b),'' after ``three geographical
miles''; and
(C) by inserting ``from the coast line of a State, or more
than 3 marine leagues from the coast line of a State
described in section 4(b),'' after ``three marine leagues''.
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