S 3749 · 94th Congress · Continental shelf
Outer Continental Shelf Management Reorganization Act
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Introduced2
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House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.(1976-08-10)
Plain Language Summary
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Outer Continental Shelf Management Reorganization Act - Establishes within the Department of the Interior an Office of Assistant Secretary for Outer Continental Shelf Matters to carry out specified functions of the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Transfers to the Secretary such functions: (1) of the Federal Power Commission pursuant to the National Gas Act; (2) of the Interstate Commerce Commission pursuant to the Interstate Commerce Act; (3) of the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968; and (4) of the Secretary of the Army, as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget determines relate to the placing or use of any artificial island or fixed structure, including any pipeline, on the Outer Continental Shelf for the purpose of exploring for, developing, removing, or transporting resources therefrom, or to the placing or use of any such pipeline for such purpose through the navigable waters of the United States or the coastal zone, as established for the purposes of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. States that any action taken by the Secretary in carrying out any function transferred…
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