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National
Key Vote
Outer Continental Shelf for Gas and Oil Amendment
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to adopt an amendment that removes sections 104, 105, and 106 from HR 5386, thus giving power to the Department of the Interior to provide funds for offshore oil preleasing, leasing, and other activities along the Outer Continental Shelf included in President Clinton's moratorium statement of 1998.
Official Title of Legislation:
H Amdt 842 to HR 5386: An amendment comprised of 3 amendments offered en bloc to strike sections 104, 105 and 106 from the bill. Sections 104, 105, and 106 provide that no funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior for the conduct of offshore oil preleasing, leasing and related activities placed under restriction in the President's moratorium statement of June 12, 1998, in the areas of northern, central, and southern California; the North Atlantic; Washington and Oregon; and the eastern Gulf of Mexico south of 26 degrees north latitude and east of 86 degrees west longitude; no funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior to conduct offshore oil preleasing, leasing and related activities in the eastern Gulf of Mexico planning area for any lands located outside Sale 181, as identified in the final Outer Continental Shelf 5-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program, 1997-2002; and, no funds provided in this title may be expended by the Department of the Interior to conduct oil preleasing, leasing and related activities in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic planning areas.
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:hamdt842:
House Amendment Vote: 05/18/2006 : Amendment Rejected 141 - 279 (Roll no. 164)
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted (R-TX)
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