Florida Shores Protection and Fairness Act

II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 28 To include the State of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program, to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JANUARY 22, 2021 Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Mr. SCOTT of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To include the State of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico outer Continental Shelf revenue sharing program, to extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Florida Shores Protec- 4 tion and Fairness Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S28.IS S28 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 28 IS SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF STATE OF FLORIDA IN GULF OF 1 MEXICO OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF REV- 2 ENUE SHARING PROGRAM. 3 Section 102 of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 4 Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) 5 is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 6 following: 7 ‘‘(7) GULF PRODUCING STATE.—The term ‘Gulf 8 producing State’ means each of the States of Ala- 9 bama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.’’. 10 SEC. 3. MORATORIUM ON OIL AND GAS LEASING IN CER- 11 TAIN AREAS OF GULF OF MEXICO. 12 Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security 13 Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109–432) 14 is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 15 striking ‘‘June 30, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2032’’. 16 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:56 Feb 04, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S28.IS S28 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS