To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Bill: 113-hr-1011
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean

Land transfers

Licensing and registrations

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

New Jersey

Oil and gas
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction from specified submerged Outer Continental Shelf lands located within 125 miles of the coast of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1011 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 6, 2013 Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Lance , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , and Mr. Frelinghuysen ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

1. Prohibition on oil and gas leasing off the coast of New Jersey (a) Prohibition The Secretary of the Interior shall not issue a lease, permit, or license for the exploration for or extraction of oil or gas on or from submerged lands described in subsection (b). (b) Lands described The submerged lands with respect to which subsection (a) applies are all submerged lands seaward from the landward boundary of the Outer Continental Shelf that lie within 125 miles of any point of the coast line of the State of New Jersey.