[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 372 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 372

    To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the 
  Secretary of the Interior to deny leases and permits to persons who 
engage in activities with the government of any foreign country that is 
subject to any sanction or an embargo established by the Government of 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 20, 2011

  Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, and Mr. Stearns) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorize the 
  Secretary of the Interior to deny leases and permits to persons who 
engage in activities with the government of any foreign country that is 
subject to any sanction or an embargo established by the Government of 
                           the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO DENY OIL AND GAS LEASES AND PERMITS TO PERSONS 
              WHO ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES WITH CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    Section 8(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(9) The Secretary may deny issuance of an oil and gas lease under 
this Act, or a permit for exploration, development, or production under 
such a lease, to any person that has engaged in activities with the 
government of any foreign country that is subject to any sanction or an 
embargo established by the Government of the United States, including 
any sanction or embargo established under section 203 of the Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702).''.
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