To amend title 10, United States Code, to transfer jurisdiction over Naval Oil Shale Reserves Numbered 1 and 3 to the Secretary of the Interior and to authorize the leasing of such reserves for oil and gas exploration and production.

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Directs the Secretary of Energy to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior administrative jurisdiction over all public domain lands included within: (1) Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 1; and (2) the undeveloped tracts of Oil Shale Reserve Numbered 3. Requires transfer of the developed tract of Reserve Number 3 within one year after enactment of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to lease the public domain lands of each Reserve for exploration for, and development and production of, petroleum and natural gas. Directs such Secretary to endeavor to enter into such a lease with respect to the developed tract of Reserve Numbered 3 within one year after enactment of this Act.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 20 March 1997

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