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43 U.S.C. § 1841

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United States · Title 43 — PUBLIC LANDS · Status: effective

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43 U.S.C. § 1841, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/486502
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As used in this subchapter, the term— “area affected by Outer Continental Shelf activities” means any geographic area: “citizen of the United States” means any person who is a United States citizen by law, birth, or naturalization, any State, any agency of a State, or a group of States, or any corporation, partnership, or association organized under the laws of any State which has as its president or other chief executive officer and as its chairman of the board of directors, or holder of a similar office, a person who is a United States citizen by law, birth, or naturalization, and which has at least 75 per centum of the interest of 11 So in original. The “of” is probably unnecessary. therein owned by citizens of the United States. Seventy-five per centum of the interest in the corporation shall not be deemed to be owned by citizens of the United States—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 95-372(S. 9)1978-09-18
    Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Amendments of 1978
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-212(H.R. 3816)1982-06-30
    A bill to improve the operation of the Fishermen's Contingency Fund established to compensate commercial fishermen for damages resulting from oil and gas exploration, development, and production in areas of the Outer Continental Shelf.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally