United States · Bill · S
S. 318 (103rd)
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
Introduced
4 February 1993
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Status
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.
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Summary
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in order to promote development and new production on a producing or nonproducing lease or to encourage production of marginal or uneconomic resources on such a lease, to reduce or suspend any royalty or net profit share set forth in the lease. Provides that no royalty payment shall be due on new production from any lease located in water depths of 200 meters or greater in the Western and Central Planning Areas of the Gulf of Mexico until the capital costs directly related to such production have been recovered by the lessee out of the proceeds from production.
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Reported to Senate (text)
Reported to Senate · EN · 11 April 1994
Reported to Senate (PDF)
Reported to Senate · EN · 11 April 1994
Reported to Senate with amendment(s)
summary · EN · 11 April 1994
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 February 1993
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 February 1993
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 February 1993
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/senate-bill/318
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/103/s/318