,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aadi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aa1       
#bjai,mr4 ,van ,drew 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,rutherford1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 ,mr4     
,smith of ,new ,jersey1 ,ms4 ,shalala1  
and ,mr4 ,mast7 introduced the following
 bill2 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 ,act1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,atlantic ,coastal  
,economies ,protection ,act4  #b4       
,prohibition on issuing permits under   
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  
7a7 ,in general ,the ,department of the 
,interior may not issue any of the      
permits described in subsection 7b74    
,any such permit issued before the date 
of the enactment of this ,act shall have
 no force or effect4  7b7 ,permits      

described ,the permits referred to in   
subsection 7a7 are the following3 7#a7  
,a permit under section #aa of the      
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdj7 authorizing       
,,tgs-,,nopec ,geophysical ,company to  
engage in geophysical exploration for   
mineral resources 7permit application   
number ,e#ad-jja74  7#b7 ,a permit under
 such section authorizing ,ion_/,,gx    
,technology ,corporation to engage in   
geophysical exploration for mineral     
resources 7permit application number    
,e#ad-jjc74  7#c7 ,a permit under such  
section authorizing ,western,geco ,,llc 
to engage in geophysical exploration for
 mineral resources 7permit application  
number ,e#ad-jjd74  7#d7 ,a permit under
 such section authorizing ,,cgg         
,services 7,,us7 ,inc4 to engage in     
geophysical exploration for mineral     
resources 7permit application number    
,e#ad-jje74  7#e7 ,a permit under such  
section authorizing ,spectrum ,geo ,inc4
 to engage in geophysical exploration   

for mineral resources 7permit           
application number ,e#ad-jjf74