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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 4, 1993
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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Sen. Johnston, J. Bennett [D-LA] · D–LA
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 402.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with amendments. With written report No. 103-248.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported to Senate by Senator Johnston with amendments. With written report No. 103-248.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Department of the Interior, and Office of Management and Budget.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1398-1399)
Introduced in Senate
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