Sec. 4. Disposition of certain oil and natural gas leases in state submerged lands
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Any oil lease and natural gas lease executed by the Secretary of the Interior under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 and following) that is in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act covering an area within lands transferred to States under section 3 shall remain in full force and effect until it expires pursuant to its terms or is cancelled pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. Subject to subsection (b), upon the expiration or cancellation of such a lease, the State in whose territory the leased area is situated shall have the authority to grant oil and natural leases in such area.
A State may not grant a lease in the area transferred to the State under that section until the Secretary of Commerce determines that the State has an approved program or is making satisfactory progress in developing a program under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1455 ). As used in this section— the term lease has the meaning given that term in section 2(c) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331(c) ); and the term coastal zone has the meaning given that term in section 304(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ( 16 U.S.C. 1453(1) ).
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Sec. 4
Disposition of certain oil and natural gas leases in state submerged lands
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