,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #f1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,lo,biondo 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lance1  
,mr4 ,smith of ,new ,jersey1 and ,mr4   
,frelinghuysen7 introduced the following
 bill2 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 ,jersey4  #a4 ,prohibition
 on oil and gas leasing off the coast of
 ,new ,jersey  7a7 ,prohibition ,the    
,secretary of the ,interior shall not   
issue a lease1 permit1 or license for   
the exploration for or extraction of oil
 or gas on or from submerged lands      
described in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,lands
 described ,the submerged lands with    
respect to which subsection 7a7 applies 
are all submerged lands seaward from the
 landward boundary of the ,outer        
,continental ,shelf that lie within #abe

 miles of any point of the coast line of
 the ,state of ,new ,jersey4