[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1149 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1149

    To prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing certain 
    geological and geophysical exploration permits under the Outer 
          Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2019

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Smith of 
 New Jersey, Ms. Shalala, and Mr. Mast) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing certain 
    geological and geophysical exploration permits under the Outer 
          Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Atlantic Coastal Economies 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ISSUING PERMITS UNDER OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
              LANDS ACT.

    (a) In General.--The Department of the Interior may not issue any 
of the permits described in subsection (b). Any such permit issued 
before the date of the enactment of this Act shall have no force or 
effect.
    (b) Permits Described.--The permits referred to in subsection (a) 
are the following:
            (1) A permit under section 11 of the Outer Continental 
        Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) authorizing TGS-NOPEC 
        Geophysical Company to engage in geophysical exploration for 
        mineral resources (permit application number E14-001).
            (2) A permit under such section authorizing Ion/GX 
        Technology Corporation to engage in geophysical exploration for 
        mineral resources (permit application number E14-003).
            (3) A permit under such section authorizing WesternGeco LLC 
        to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources 
        (permit application number E14-004).
            (4) A permit under such section authorizing CGG Services 
        (US) Inc. to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral 
        resources (permit application number E14-005).
            (5) A permit under such section authorizing Spectrum Geo 
        Inc. to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources 
        (permit application number E14-006).
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