Pub. L. 100-446, tit. I, sec. 113

Sec. 113. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit the approval of permits for the acquisition of geologic and geophysical data in Outer Continental Shelf areas, except that exploratory drilling shall not be permitted by this provision in lands within the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area which lie south of 26 degrees North latitude and east102 STAT. 1802 of 86 degrees West longitude and for areas identified as the Northern California Planning Area and the Georges Bank-North Atlantic Planning Area out to 400 meters.