A bill to amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to suspend until no later than June 30, 1976, Federal oil and gas leasing in areas seaward of State coastal zones.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Provides, under the Coastal Zone Management Act, that the Secretary of Interior may not grant any lease for the exploration and development of oil and gas deposits of submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf which are seaward of the seaward boundary of any coastal State before the approval of the State coastal zone management program or June 30, 1976, whichever occurs first. (Adds 16 U.S.C. 1455(i))…