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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8998 (Engrossed in House) — Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year endin... · Sec. 149

Sec. 149.

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None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce any restriction, stipulation, or mitigation related to offshore energy leasing, exploration, development, or production carried out pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ) intended to reduce or eliminate possible disturbance to the North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica), North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis), or Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei). Subsection
(a)does not apply to any action required to comply with a court order in regard to litigation concerning the document titled Biological Opinion on the Federally Regulated Oil and Gas Program Activities in the Gulf of Mexico (OPR–2017–00002; March 13, 2020) or any environmental document required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) needed for Gulf Of Mexico lease sales, provided that such actions are necessary to prevent a decrease, reduction, or prohibition of access to the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf for energy-related activities.
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