S.Amdt. 3470

SA 3470. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Carper, Mr.
Booker, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Reed, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Hassan,
Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Nelson) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 6147, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title I, add the following:

proposed oil and gas leasing programs

Sec. 117. None of the funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used by the Secretary of the Interior--
(1) to approve or carry out the 2019-2024 National Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program
issued by the Secretary of the Interior in January 2018 under
section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1344); or
(2) to prepare, approve, or carry out any other proposed
oil and gas leasing program under that section that would
open up new areas of the outer Continental Shelf to oil and
gas exploration, development, production, or leasing.
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