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

26 February 1975

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Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.

Summary

Requires, under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, that leases for the recovery of oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf shall be issued only to United States citizens. States that a corporation, partnership, or association shall be deemed a citizen of the United States so long as not more than a 5 percent interest therein is owned or controlled by persons who are not U.S. citizens.

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summary · EN · 26 February 1975
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/3811
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