Kim Reynolds: “Amendment No. 22 offered by Mr. Reynolds: At the end of the bill add the following: DIVISION--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS…”

“Amendment No. 22 offered by Mr. Reynolds: At the end of the bill add the following: DIVISION--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 01. ENCOURAGING PROHIBITION OF OFF-SHORE DRILLING IN THE GREAT LAKES. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that-- (1) the water resources of the Great Lakes Basin are precious public natural resources, shared and held in trust by the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and the Canadian Province of Ontario; (2) the environmental dangers associated with off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas outweigh the potential benefits of such drilling; (3) in accordance with the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.), each State that borders any of the Great Lakes has authority over the area between that State's coastline and the boundary of Canada or another State; (4) the States of Illinois, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin each have a statutory prohibition of off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes for oil and gas; (5) the States of Indiana, Minnesota, and Ohio do not have such a prohibition; and (6) the Canadian Province of Ontario does not have such a prohibition, and drilling for and production of gas occurs in the Canadian portion of Lake Erie.”