A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to insure that leases of the Outer Continental Shelf for the recovery of oil and gas are issued only to citizens of the United States.

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Introduced

4 January 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Summary

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require that leases issued or otherwise transferred under such Act be issued or transferred only to citizens of the United States. Stipulates that corporations, partnerships, and associations shall be considered United States citizens as long as not more than a five percent interest in such organization is owned or controlled by non- citizens.

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summary · EN · 4 January 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/1367
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