Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976

Summary

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish on any public lands, with specified exceptions, national petroleum reserves, the development of which needs to be regulated in a manner that will meet the total energy needs of the Nation. Requires the Secretary, 60 days before beginning development of such reserves, to give the Congress a detailed plan of the proposed development, explaining the need for the resources as compared with the reasons for prohibiting development to further some other public interest. Directs the Secretary to explore for gas and oil on public lands in Alaska and to prepare a plan for the development of such resources for the approval of Congress.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

3 official files

• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 6 April 1976

  ViewDownloadOpen at official source

• Conference report filed in Senate

  summary · EN · 23 March 1976

  Open at official source

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 January 1975

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.