for more than 2 fiscal years. (f) Applicability The requirements of this section shall only apply if appropriations are provided to the Secretary to make grants under this section. (g) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed to convey any new authority to any coastal State, or repeal or supersede any existing authority of any coastal State, to regulate the siting, licensing, leasing, or permitting of alternative energy facilities in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf under the administration of the Federal Government. Nothing in this section repeals or supersedes any existing coastal State authority. (h) Assistance by the Secretary The Secretary, as authorized under section 310(a) and to the extent practicable, shall make available to coastal States the resources and capabilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide technical assistance to the coastal States to prepare revisions to approved management programs to meet the requirements under this section. . 103. Moratorium on oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida Section 18 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i) Moratorium on oil and natural gas preleasing, leasing, and related activities in certain areas off the coast of Florida Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or any other law, the Secretary may not offer for oil and gas leasing or preleasing or any related activity, any tract located in— (1) any area of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico that is referred to in section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006