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(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1341(a) ) is amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this section, no submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf may be withdrawn from disposition except by an Act of Congress.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 submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are located in a national marine sanctuary designated— in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. ); or by an Act of Congress.
Except for the withdrawals described in subparagraph (B), any withdrawal from disposition of submerged lands of 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 from disposition of submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are located in a national marine sanctuary designated in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1431 et seq. ). Any withdrawal from disposition of submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf that are located in the boundary of a national monument declared under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code. Any withdrawal from disposition of the North Aleutian Basin planning area, including Bristol Bay (as such planning area is depicted in the document titled 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program , dated November 2016, or a subsequent oil and gas leasing program developed under section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 )). . Section 320301 of title 54, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking The President may, and inserting Except as provided in subsection (e), the President may, ; in subsection (b), by striking The President may and inserting Except as provided in subsection (e), the President may ; and by adding at the end the following: 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 submerged lands 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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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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