,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,mr4 
,beyer 7for himself and ,mr4 ,smith of  
,new ,jersey7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,outer            
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act to      
prohibit oil-1 gas-1 and methane        
hydrate-related seismic activities in   
the ,north ,atlantic1 ,mid-,atlantic1   
,south ,atlantic1 and ,straits of       
,florida planning areas of the outer    
,continental ,shelf1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,atlantic ,seismic  
,airgun ,protection ,act4  #b4          
,moratorium on oil-1 gas-1 and methane  
hydrate-related seismic activities in   
,north ,atlantic1 ,mid-,atlantic1 ,south
 ,atlantic1 and ,straits of ,florida    
planning areas of outer ,continental    
,shelf ,section #aa of the ,outer       
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act 7#dc    

,u4,s4,c4 #acdj7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7i7 ,moratorium
 on oil-1 gas-1 and methane             
hydrate-,related seismic activities in  
,north ,atlantic1 ,mid-,atlantic1 ,south
 ,atlantic1 and ,straits of ,florida    
planning areas ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 no person or    
agency of the ,united ,states may       
conduct geological or geophysical       
activities 7as those terms are described
 in the final programmatic environmental
 impact statement of the ,bureau of     
,ocean ,energy ,management entitled     
,atlantic ,,ocs ,proposed ,geological   
and ,geophysical ,activities1           
,mid-,atlantic and ,south ,atlantic     
,planning ,areas and completed ,february
 #bjad7 in support of oil1 gas1 or      
methane hydrate exploration or          
development in any area located in the  
,north ,atlantic1 ,mid-,atlantic1 ,south
 ,atlantic1 or ,straits of ,florida     
planning areas of the outer ,continental
 ,shelf4  4