H.R. 793: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorized the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise authorized by that Act.

H.R. 793: To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorized the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise authorized by that Act.

108th Congress · introduced 2003-02-13 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3983)

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-02-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorized the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise authorized by that Act.

Plain summary

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit easements or rights-of-way for energy and related purposes on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise proscribed by the Act (including the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980) when such activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; and (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas.

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Official text

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to authorized the Secretary of the Interior to grant easements and rights-of-way on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities otherwise authorized by that Act.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108hr793.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/hr>

Record fed-us-cong108-hr793 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108