I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6041 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 27, 2012 Mr. Markey (for himself, Mr. Holt, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To provide that the Secretary of the Interior shall require the disclosure of political contributions as a condition of accepting bids for oil and gas leases of Federal onshore and offshore lands.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Obtaining Information Through Leasing on Money and Disclosure Act or the OIL Money Disclosure Act.

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Information required before granting of oil or gas lease

(a)

Information required

The Secretary of the Interior shall issue new oil and gas leases of Federal lands under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and submerged lands under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) only to a bidder that has submitted to the Secretary a list containing the date, amount, and recipient of the following for the 5-year period preceding the submission of the bid to the Secretary: (1)Any payments consisting of a contribution, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement for an electioneering communication that is made by the bidder with respect to any election for Federal office. (2)Any disbursement of funds (other than a payment described in paragraph (1)) made by the bidder with the reasonable expectation that the individual or entity will use the funds to make a payment described in paragraph (1). (b)

Publication

The Secretary shall publish each list submitted under subsection (a) within 10 days after the date the Secretary receives the list. (c)

Definitions

In this section each of the terms contribution, expenditure, independent expenditure, electioneering communication, candidate, election, and Federal office has the meaning given such term in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.).