,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjai,mr4 ,cunningham 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,rooney of ,florida7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,outer         
,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act to place
 a ten-year moratorium on oil and gas   
preleasing1 leasing1 and related        
activities on the ,outer ,continental   
,shelf in the ,north ,atlantic1         
,mid-,atlantic1 ,south ,atlantic1 and   
,straits of ,florida planning areas and 
in the ,eastern ,gulf of ,mexico4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,coastal ,economies ,protection     
,act4  #b4 ,moratorium on oil and gas   
preleasing1 leasing1 and related        
activities in certain areas of the outer
 continental shelf ,section #ah of the  
,outer ,continental ,shelf ,lands ,act  
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #acdd7 is amended by     
adding at the end the following3  7i7   

,moratorium on oil and natural gas      
preleasing1 leasing1 and related        
activities in certain areas of the outer
 continental shelf  7#a7 ,moratorium    
,effective during the period beginning  
on the date of enactment of this        
subsection and ending on ,june #cj1     
#bjbi1 the ,secretary shall not offer   
for leasing1 preleasing1 or any related 
activity on the following geographic    
areas of the outer ,continental ,shelf3 
7,a7 ,the ,north ,atlantic planning     
area4  7,b7 ,the ,mid-,atlantic planning
 area4  7,c7 ,the ,south ,atlantic      
planning area4  7,d7 ,the ,straits of   
,florida ,planning ,area4  7,e7 ,the    
area of the ,eastern ,gulf of ,mexico   
described in section #ajd7;a7 of the    
,gulf of ,mexico ,energy ,security ,act 
of #bjjf 7title ,i of division ,c of    
,public ,law #aji-dcb2 #dc ,u4,s4,c4    
#acca note74  7#b7 ,limitation on effect
 ,nothing in this subsection affects any
 right under any lease issued under this
 ,act before the date of the enactment  

of this subsection4  4