[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 104 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 104

To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of 
      the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 15, 2025

   Mr. Cruz introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To rescind Presidential memoranda on the withdrawal of certain areas of 
      the outer Continental Shelf from oil or natural gas leasing.

    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 ``Overturn Biden's Offshore Energy Ban 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDA ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF 
              CERTAIN AREAS OF THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

    The following Presidential memoranda shall have no force or effect:
            (1) The Presidential memorandum entitled ``Memorandum on 
        the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
        Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing'', and dated 
        January 6, 2025, relating to the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic, and 
        Pacific areas of the outer Continental Shelf.
            (2) The Presidential memorandum entitled ``Memorandum on 
        the Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer 
        Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing'', and dated 
        January 6, 2025, relating to the Bering Sea areas of the outer 
        Continental Shelf.
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