HR 3417 · 99th Congress · Public Lands and Natural Resources
Marine and Coastal Resources Management Act of 1985
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment.(1985-10-30)
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Marine and Coastal Resources Management Act of 1985 - Title I: Amendments to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to revise certain definitions and findings. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to distribute specified sums to specified coastal States (including Texas, Louisiana, California, Alaska, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida) in full satisfaction, upon such States' acceptance of such payment, of each State's claims arising from Federal leasing of submerged lands within three nautical miles of the coastal State (coastal nearshore tracts). Requires each such State, unless prohibited by its constitution, to provide at least 33 percent of such funds to local coastal governments for certain economic and environmental purposes. Requires that after April 1, 1985, 27 percent of all bonuses and rents from leases executed by the Secretary after September 18, 1978, for coastal nearshore tracts shall be paid to the adjacent coastal State. Provides that such percentage of the bonuses and rents for each leased acre lying within three nautical miles of two States shall be divided between the two States. Provides that when a State's seaward…
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