Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from either conducting any lease sales, or issuing any new leases in any area of the outer continental shelf off the State of Florida, between the seaward lateral boundary between Florida and Alabama and the seaward lateral boundary between Florida and Georgia. Sets forth a moratorium period.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) undertake specified environmental or oceanographic studies; (2) initiate cancellation of all leases within a specified area; and (3) report annually to the Congress on the status of such cancellations.
Provides that: (1) compensation for such leases shall be paid out of the Treasury; and (2) the State of Florida shall incur no cost or other liability as a consequence of such lease cancellations.
Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography, Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer Continental Shelf.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
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