Mike Thompson: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will…”

On the recordFebruary 16, 2012

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 954, after line 19, insert the following: SEC. __. LIMITATION ON LEASING OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. Section 8(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(9) No oil and gas lease may be issued under this Act for any area of the outer Continental Shelf for which the State of California is an affected State under section 2(f)(1) and that is located west of Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, or Del Norte County, California.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 547, the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.

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Feb 16, 2012

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