Sec. 201. Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing
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Section 12 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1341 ) is amended by amending subsection
(a)to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this section, no lands of the outer Continental Shelf may be withdrawn from disposition except by an Act of Congress. 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 ( 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.) or otherwise by statute. Except for the withdrawals listed in subparagraph (B), any withdrawal from disposition of lands on the outer Continental Shelf before the date of the enactment of this subsection shall have no force or effect. Subparagraph
(A)shall not apply to the following withdrawals: Any withdrawal in a national marine sanctuary designated in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act. Any withdrawal in a national monument declared under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, or the Act of June 8, 1906 (ch. 3060; 34 Stat. 225). Any withdrawal in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area, including Bristol Bay. . Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsections
(a)and (b), the President may not declare or reserve any ocean waters (as such term is defined in section 3 of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ( 33 U.S.C. 1402 )) or lands beneath ocean waters as a national monument. This subsection shall not affect any national monument designated by the President before the date of the enactment of this Act. .
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Limitation of authority of the President to withdraw areas of the Outer Continental Shelf from oil and gas leasing
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