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House Bill 1149
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act
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Introduced in House on Feb 11, 2019
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H. R. 1149 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1149


To prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing certain geological and geophysical exploration permits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2019

Mr. Van Drew (for himself, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Ms. Shalala, and Mr. Mast) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

A BILL

To prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing certain geological and geophysical exploration permits under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Atlantic Coastal Economies Protection Act”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition on issuing permits under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

(a) In general.—The Department of the Interior may not issue any of the permits described in subsection (b). Any such permit issued before the date of the enactment of this Act shall have no force or effect.

(b) Permits described.—The permits referred to in subsection (a) are the following:

(1) A permit under section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1340) authorizing TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources (permit application number E14–001).

(2) A permit under such section authorizing Ion/GX Technology Corporation to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources (permit application number E14–003).

(3) A permit under such section authorizing WesternGeco LLC to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources (permit application number E14–004).

(4) A permit under such section authorizing CGG Services (US) Inc. to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources (permit application number E14–005).

(5) A permit under such section authorizing Spectrum Geo Inc. to engage in geophysical exploration for mineral resources (permit application number E14–006).