IB Union Calendar No. 116 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 205 [Report No. 116–156] To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. ROONEY of Florida (for himself and Ms. CASTOR of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources JULY 16, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. DUNN, Mr. POSEY, Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr. MAST, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CRIST, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HARDER of California, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Mr. HIMES kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS JULY 16, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:37 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H205.RH H205 2 A BILL kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico. •HR 205 RH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:37 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H205.RH H205 3 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting and Secur- 5 ing Florida’s Coastline Act of 2019’’. 6 SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM ON 7 LEASING IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE GULF 8 OF MEXICO. 9 Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 10 Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note) is amended by striking 11 ‘‘Effective during’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Sec- kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 12 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’. •HR 205 RH VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:37 Jul 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H205.RH H205 Union Calendar No. 116 H. R. 205 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION [Report No. 116–156] A BILL To amend the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico. JULY 16, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed H205 E:\BILLS\H205.RH Sfmt 6651 Fmt 6651 Frm 00004 PO 00000 Jkt 089200 23:37 Jul 16, 2019 VerDate Sep 11 2014