§ 6505. Executive department responsibility for studies to determine procedures used in development, production, transportation, and distribution of petroleum resources in reserve; reports to Congress by President; establishment of task force by Secretary of the Interior; purposes; membership; report and recommendations to Congress by Secretary; contents
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(1)The President shall direct such Executive departments and/or agencies as he may deem appropriate to conduct a study, in consultation with representatives of the State of Alaska, to determine the best overall procedures to be used in the development, production, transportation, and distribution of petroleum resources in the reserve. Such study shall include, but shall not be limited to, a consideration of—
(A)the alternative procedures for accomplishing the development, production, transportation, and distribution of the petroleum resources from the reserve, and
(B)the economic and environmental consequences of such alternative procedures.
(2)The President shall make semiannual progress reports on the implementation of this subsection to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives beginning not later than six months after April 5, 1976, and shall, not later than one year after the transfer of jurisdiction of the reserve, and annually thereafter, report any findings or conclusions developed as a result of such study together with appropriate supporting data and such recommendations as he deems desirable. The study shall be completed and submitted to such committees, together with recommended procedures and any proposed legislation necessary to implement such procedures not later than January 1, 1980.
(1)The Secretary of the Interior shall establish a task force to conduct a study to determine the values of, and best uses for, the lands contained in the reserve, taking into consideration
(A)the natives who live or depend upon such lands,
(B)the scenic, historical, recreational, fish and wildlife, and wilderness values,
(C)mineral potential, and
(D)other values of such lands.
(2)Such task force shall be composed of representatives from the government of Alaska, the Arctic slope native community, and such offices and bureaus of the Department of the Interior as the Secretary of the Interior deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geological Survey, and the United States Bureau of Mines.
(3)The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report, together with the concurring or dissenting views, if any, of any non-Federal representatives of the task force, of the results of such study to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the Senate and the House of Representatives within three years after April 5, 1976, and shall include in such report his recommendations with respect to the value, best use, and appropriate designation of the lands referred to in paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 105, Apr. 5, 1976, 90 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
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- Public Law 94–258To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the United States national petroleum reserves the development of which needs to lie regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy needs of the Nation, and for other purposes
- Public Law 98–366Entitled, the “Barrow Gas Field Transfer Act of 1984”
- Public Law 96–514Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and for other purposes
- Public Law 96–487To provide for the designation and conservation of certain public lands in the State of Alaska, including the designation of units of the National Park, National Wildlife Refuge, National Forest, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National Wilderness Preservation Systems, and for other purposes
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- Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 105
- 90 Stat. 305
- Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b)
- 106 Stat. 172
- section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285
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§ 6505
Executive department responsibility for studies to determine procedures used in development, production, transportation, and distribution of petroleum resources in reserve; reports to Congress by President; establishment of task force by Secretary of the Interior; purposes; membership; report and recommendations to Congress by Secretary; contents
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 94–258, title I, § 105
Stat.90 Stat. 305
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b)
Stat.106 Stat. 172
Pub. L.section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285
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