,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baeg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bf1 #bjag,mr4
 ,brat 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4
 ,mc,kinley1 ,mr4 ,jody ,b4 ,hice of    
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4       
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,franks of ,arizona1    
,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4 ,palmer1 ,mr4 ,graves 
of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,gosar1 ,mr4 ,duncan
 of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,westerman1  
,mr4 ,loudermilk1 ,mr4 ,rouzer1 ,mr4    
,biggs1 ,mr4 ,labrador1 ,mr4 ,burgess1  
,mr4 ,scalise1 ,mr4 ,lamborn1 ,mr4      
,guthrie1 ,mr4 ,wittman1 and ,mr4       
,babin7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,outer ,continental ,shelf    
,lands ,act to limit the authority of   
the ,president to withdraw areas from   
oil and gas leasing1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,outer ,continental 
,shelf ,energy ,access ,now ,act or the 
,,ocean ,act 4  #b4 ,limitation of      

authority of the ,president to withdraw 
areas of the ,outer ,continental ,shelf 
from oil and gas leasing  7a7           
,withdrawals  7#a7 ,limitation ,section 
#ab of the ,outer ,continental ,shelf   
,lands ,act 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acda7 is    
amended--  7,a7 by amending subsection  
7a7 to read as follows3  7a7 ,limitation
 on withdrawals  7#a7 ,in general       
,except as otherwise provided in this   
section1 no unleased lands of the outer 
,continental ,shelf may be withdrawn    
from disposition except by statute4     
7#b7 ,national marine sanctuaries ,the  
,president may withdraw from disposition
 any of the unleased lands of the outer 
,continental ,shelf located in a        
national marine sanctuary designated in 
accordance with the ,national ,marine   
,sanctuaries ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #adca  
et seq47 or by statute1 by issuance of a
 rule in accordance with section #eec of
 title #e1 ,united ,state ,code4  2 and 
7,b7 in subsection 7c71 by adding at the
 end the following3 ,any suspension of  

operations under this subsection shall  
be for a period of not more than #ij    
days1 and may be renewed one or more    
times for an additional period of not   
more than #ij days44  7#b7 ,existing    
withdrawals ,any withdrawal before the  
date of the enactment of this ,act under
 section #ab7;a7 of the ,outer          
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc    
,u4,s4,c4 #acda71 other than a          
withdrawal of an area in a national     
marine sanctuary established in         
accordance with the ,national ,marine   
,sanctuaries ,act 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #adca  
et seq47 or in a national monument      
declared under the ,act of ,june #h1    
#aijf 7ch4 #cjfj2 #cd ,stat4 #bbe71 or  
chapter #cbjc of title #ed1 ,united     
,states ,code1 shall have no force or   
effect4  7b7 ,termination of authority  
,to establish marine national monuments 
7#a7 ,termination of authority ,section 
#cbjcja of title #ed1 ,united ,states   
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7e7 ,limitation on      

marine areas ,notwithstanding           
subsections 7a7 and 7b71 the ,president 
may not declare or reserve any ocean    
waters 7as such term is defined in      
section #c of the ,marine ,protection1  
,research1 and ,sanctuaries ,act of     
#aigb 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #adjb77 or lands   
beneath ocean waters as a national      
monument4  4  7#b7 ,existing monuments  
not affected ,nothing in this subsection
 affects any national monument declared 
before the date of the enactment of this
 ,act4