Reinforcing Existing Permit Sanctions On Leases Act

Reinforcing Existing Permit Sanctions On Leases Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any lease for federal lands (including submerged lands) to: (1) any person who has violated the Trading with the Enemy Act, (2) any person who conducts business with a state sponsor of terrorism, or (3) any person at least 5% of which is owned or controlled by at least one person who conducts business with a state sponsor of terrorism.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3876 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3876

To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from leasing Federal lands to 
   any person who has violated the Trading with the Enemy Act or who 
  conducts business with a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2012

  Mr. Rivera introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from leasing Federal lands to 
   any person who has violated the Trading with the Enemy Act or who 
  conducts business with a state sponsor of terrorism, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reinforcing Existing Permit 
Sanctions On Leases Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR LEASES.

    (a) Restriction.--The Secretary of the Interior shall not issue any 
lease of Federal lands (including submerged lands) to--
            (1) any person who has violated the Trading with the Enemy 
        Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.);
            (2) any person who conducts business with a state sponsor 
        of terrorism; or
            (3) any person 5 percent or more of which is owned or 
        controlled by one or more persons who conduct business with a 
        state sponsor of terrorism.
    (b) Definition.--In subsection (a), the term ``state sponsor of 
terrorism'' means any country the government of which the Secretary of 
State has determined has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism pursuant to--
            (1) section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 
        (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)) (as continued in effect pursuant to 
        the International Emergency Economic Powers Act);
            (2) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2371); or
            (3) section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
        2780).
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