Sec. 20115. Requirement for GAO report on wind energy impacts
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The Secretary of the Interior shall not publish a notice for a wind lease sale or hold a lease sale for wind energy development in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, the South Atlantic Planning Area, or the Straits of Florida Planning Area (as described in the 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Final Program (November 2016)) until the Comptroller General of the United States publishes a report on all potential adverse effects of wind energy development in such areas, including associated infrastructure and vessel traffic, on— military readiness and training activities in the Planning Areas described in this section, including activities within or related to the Eglin Test and Training Complex and the Jacksonville Range Complex; marine environment and ecology, including species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) or designated as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. ) in the Planning Areas described in this section; and tourism, including the economic impacts that a decrease in tourism may have on the communities adjacent to the Planning Areas described in this section.
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