For example. some have suggested that OCS revenues be reserved for the environmental impacts caused by the accelerated leasing program recently announced by the administration. Others have recommended that OCS revenues be shared with adjacent coastal States which are most seriously and directly affected by OCS development. In addition. my Subcommittee on Immigration. Citizenship. and International Law has pending before it H.R. 4920 and H.R. 376. which would share a portion of OCS revenues with adjacent coastal States while the remaining revenues would be placed into a Marine Resources Conservation and Development Funds. Finally. our Government during the current negotiations on the law of the sea has proposed that the United States would share certain revenues derived from oil and gas production on the shelf with the international community.
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