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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 3895 (Introduced in House) — To renew America’s founding principles by freeing Americans to produce more energy in the United States from all sour... · Sec. 5

Sec. 5. Definitions

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For purposes of this Act— The term Act means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ). The term authorizing leasing statute means the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. ), the Mineral Leasing Act ( 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq. ), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ( 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq. ), and any other law authorizing the use or disposition of Federal lands for oil and gas production or transmission. The term Coastal Plain means that area described in appendix I to part 37 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations.
The term covered oil and natural gas activity means— the leasing or other disposition of any lands pursuant to an authorizing leasing statute for the exploration, development, production, processing, or transmission of oil, natural gas, or associated hydrocarbons, and oil shale, including actions or decisions relating to the selection of which lands may or shall be made available for such leasing; and any activity taken or proposed to be taken pursuant or in relation to such leases, including their suspension, and any environmental analyses relating to such activity.
Any terms used in this Act shall have the meaning such term has in the Act. The term Priority Energy Project means a project or facility in the United States whose operation results in the production of a domestic supply of energy or the generation of electricity. The term Priority Energy Project Developer means a person, organization, or other entity that owns or operates a Priority Energy Project. The term program means a Final Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program issued pursuant to section 18 of the Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1344 ).
The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, unless otherwise indicated.
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