Sec. 202. Requirements for certain dual lessees
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Section 8(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act ( 43 U.S.C. 1337(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: If a bidder for an oil or gas lease under this subsection is conducting oil or gas operations in the territorial sea, on the continental shelf, or within the exclusive economic zone of Cuba, the Secretary shall not grant an oil or gas lease to the bidder unless the bidder submits to the Secretary— an oil spill response plan for the oil and gas operations in the territorial sea, on the continental shelf, or within the exclusive economic zone of Cuba, that includes 1 or more worst-case-scenario oil discharge plans; and evidence that the bidder has sufficient financial resources and other resources necessary for removal, response costs, and damages, as determined by the Secretary, to respond to a worst-case-scenario oil discharge in the territorial sea, on the continental shelf, or within the exclusive economic zone of Cuba that occurs in, or that poses a substantial threat to enter, the marine environment of the United States. .
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