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From Times Staff and Wire Reports

New Energy Bill Called ‘Killer Legislation’: The bill, which is tougher on the energy industry than one recently passed by the Senate, was offered by House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee Chairman George Miller (D-Martinez). It would essentially limit offshore gas and oil drilling to the Gulf of Mexico and parts of Alaska until the year 2002, tighten nuclear plant licensing and provide other measures that energy industry groups immediately denounced.

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