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: 114-hr-569
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2015-01-27
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: 2015-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-27
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 coastline of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act<i>.</i></p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 569 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2015 Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Frelinghuysen , Mr. Lance , and Mr. Smith of New Jersey ) 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 coastline of the State of New Jersey.