3.0.0 3810 2023-01-11T13:21:24Z 2023-01-11T13:21:24Z Senate S S 2010-09-21 111 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-09-21T19:54:32Z Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act 111 6043 HR 2010-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. Related bill CRS 2010-09-21 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2010-09-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2010-09-21 True International Affairs Arms control and nonproliferation Congressional oversight Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Foreign and international corporations International organizations and cooperation Iran Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Middle East Nuclear weapons Oil and gas Sanctions Terrorism U.S. and foreign investments International Affairs 00 2010-09-21 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-30T19:31:00Z Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to include in each lease issued after enactment of this Act that authorizes oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf a provision that requires: (1) the lessee to certify annually to the Secretary that it does not engage in any activity for which sanctions may be imposed under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996; and (2) the Secretary to cancel the lease if the lessee fails to make such a certification or makes a false one.

Requires such a lease also to require the lessee to disclose to the Secretary any participation in any energy-related joint venture, investment, or partnership located outside Iran that involves: (1) any person whose property and property interests are blocked pursuant to Executive Orders 13224 (for transacting business with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism) or 13382 (because they are weapons of mass destruction proliferators or their supporters); or (2) any entity on a specified list relating to Iranian Transactions Regulations. Requires cancellation of any lease whose lessee has failed to make such a disclosure or makes a false disclosure.

Allows a national interest waiver of these requirements.

]]> Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act Display Title Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to restrict participation in offshore oil and gas leasing by a person who engages in any activity for which sanctions may be imposed under section 5 of the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996, to require the lessee under an offshore oil and gas lease to disclose any participation by the lessee in certain energy-related joint ventures, investments, or partnerships located outside Iran, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Gulf Security and Iran Sanctions Enforcement Act Introduced in Senate 2010-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3810is/xml/BILLS-111s3810is.xml 2010-09-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.