H.R. 5058

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from selling any oil and gas lease for any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

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110th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 5058

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 17, 2008

Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Larson of Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from selling any oil and gas lease for any tract in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region until the Secretary determines whether to list the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and for other purposes.

1.

Schedule for sale of oil and gas leases for tracts within the Lease Sale 193 Area

(a)

Schedule

The Secretary of the Interior may not sell any oil and gas lease for any tract located in the Lease Sale 193 Area of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region before the earlier of—

(1)

the effective date of—

(A)

the listing of the polar bear as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and

(B)

the final decision regarding the determination of critical habitat for such species under that Act; or

(2)

the date the Secretary publishes a determination that such listing is not warranted.

(b)

Lease Sale 193 Area defined

In this section the term Lease Sale 193 Area means the area offered for lease in the Final Notice of Sale (FNOS), OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, Chukchi Sea published in the Federal Register by the Minerals Management Service on January 2, 2008 (73 Fed Reg. 209).