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 Oil and Gas: Exploration Rights and Land Leases
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Quitclaim to Submerged Lands1945
Tidelands1948
Royalty Oil Premium Payments1949
Tidelands1949
Tidelands Oil1950
“Tidelands” Oil1951
“Tidelands” Oil Measure Vetoed1952
Continental Shelf1953
Submerged Lands Act1953
Alaska Mineral Leases1959
Two Committees Investigate Oil Shale Policy1967
Oil Shale1968
Oil Leases1969
Oil Shale Development1970
Continental Shelf1972
Santa Barbara Oil Leases1973
Outer Continental Shelf1974
Oil Shale Development1978
Naval Oil Reserves1979
Oil Shale Lands Leasing1980
CEQ Funds/Oil Leasing Ban1982
Oil, Gas Royalty Collection1982
Congress Overhauls Oil, Gas Leasing System1987
Oil Shale Land Claims1987
Following Exxon Valdez, the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) Oil Drilling Bill Goes Nowhere in 19891989
Oil Shale Claims1989
Oil-Shale Lands Bill Balked1990
Royalties Collections for Oil and Gas Leasing1991
Budget Veto Kills Arctic Drilling Plan1995
High Gas Prices Lead to Expansion Of Drilling Leases in Gulf of Mexico2006
With Rallying Cry, ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,' GOP Brings End to Offshore Ban2008
Support for Oil-Drilling Bills Fades2010
GOP Backs Oil Bills, to Little Effect2011
GOP Advances Measures in House to Push Offshore Drilling, Pipeline2012
ANWR Is OK'd for Oil, Gas Exploration2017