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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.

H.R. 728 · 115th Congress · Jan 30, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 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.