§ 2276. Access to and examination by Comptroller General of books, documents, etc., of farm credit system banks and institutions

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1985

   Pub. L. 99–190 § 107 · 99 Stat. 1185

   Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 2276

   (Pub. L. 99–190, § 107, Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1316.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Pub. L. 99–190, § 107, Dec. 19, 1985, 99 Stat. 1316.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 107. No funds provided in this title may be expended by the Prohibitions. Outer Continental Shelf. Department of the Interior for the preparation for, or conduct of, pre-leasing and leasing activities (including but not limited to: calls for information, tract selection, notices of sale, receipt of bids and award of leases) of lands within: (a) An area of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a)), located in the Atlantic Ocean, bounded by the following line: from the intersection of the seaward limit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts territorial sea and the 71 degree west longitude line south along that longitude line to its intersection with the line which passes between blocks 598 and 642 on Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 19–10; then along that line in an easterly direction to its intersection with the line between blocks 600 and 601 of protraction diagram NK 19–11; then in a northerly direction along that line to the intersection with the 60 meter isobath between blocks 204 and 205 of protraction diagram NK 19–11; then along the 60 meter isobath, starting in a roughly southeasterly direction; then turning northeast and north until such isobath intersects the maritime boundary between Canada and the United States of America, then north northeasterly along this boundary until this line intersects the 60 meter isobath at the northern edge of block 851 of protraction diagram NK 19–6; then along a line that lies between blocks 851 and 807 of protraction diagram NK 19–6 in a westerly direction to the first point of intersection with the seaward limit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts territorial sea; then southwesterly along the seaward limit of the territorial sea to the point of beginning at the intersection of the seaward limit of the territorial sea and the 71 degree west longitude line. (b) The following blocks are excluded from the described area: In protraction diagram NK 19–10, blocks numbered 474 through 478, 516 through 524, 560 through 568, and 604 through 612; in protraction diagram NK 19–6, blocks numbered 969 through 971; in protraction diagram NK 19–5, blocks numbered 1005 through 1008; and in protraction diagram NK 19–8, blocks numbered 37 through 40, 80 through 84, 124 through 127, and 168 through 169. (c) The following blocks are included in the described area: In protraction diagram NK 19–11, blocks numbered 633 through 644, 677 through 686, 721 through 724, 765 through 767, 809 through 810, and 853; in protraction diagram NK 19–9, blocks numbered 106, 150, 194, 238, 239, and 283; and in protraction diagram NK 19–6, blocks numbered 854, 899, 929, 943, 944, and 987. (d) Blocks in and at the head of submarine canyons: An area of the Outer Continental Shelf, as defined in section 2(a) of the 43 USC 1331. Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (45 U.S.C. 1331(a)), located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coastline of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, lying at the head of, or within the submarine canyons known as Atlantis Canyon, Veatch Canyon, Hydrographer Canyon, Welker Canyon, Oceanographer Canyon, Gilbert Canyon, Lydonia Canyon, Alvin Canyon, Powell Canyon, and Munson Canyon, and consisting of the following blocks, respectively: (1) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NJ 19–1; blocks 36, 37, 38, 42–44, 80–82, 86–88, 124, 125. 130– 132,168,169, 174–176, 212, 213. (2) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NJ 19–2; blocks 8, 9, 17–19, 51–52, 53, 54, 61–63, 95–98, 139, 140. (3) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 19–10; blocks 916, 917, 921, 922, 960, 961, 965, 966, 1003– 1005, 1009, 1011. (4) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 19–11; blocks 521, 522, 565, 566, 609, 610, 653–655, 697–700, 734, 735, 741–744, 769, 778–781, 785–788, 813, 814, 822–826, 829–831, 857, 858, 866–869, 873–875, 901, 902, 910–913, 917, 945–947, 955, 956, 979, 980, 989–991, 999. (5) On Outer Continental Shelf protraction diagram NK 19–12; blocks 155, 156, 198, 199, 280–282, 324–326, 369–371, 401, 413–416, 442–446, 450, 451, 489–490, 494, 495, 530, 531, 533–540, 574, 575, 577–583, 618, 619, 621–623, 626, 627, 662, 663, 665–667, 671, 672, 706, 707, 710, 711, 750, 751, 754, 755, 794, 795, 798, 799. (e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the lease of that portion of any blocks described in subsection (d) above which lies outside the geographical boundaries of the submarine canyons and submarine canyon heads described in subsection (d) above: Provided, That for purposes of this subsection, the geographical boundaries of the submarine canyons and submarine canyon heads shall be those recognized by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, on the date of enactment of this Act. (f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the Secretary of the Contracts. Interior from granting contracts for scientific study, the results of which could be used in making future leasing decisions in the planning area and in preparing environmental impact statements as required by the National Environmental Policy Act. (g) References made to blocks, protraction diagrams, and isobaths are to such blocks, protraction diagrams, and isobaths as they appear on the map entitled Outer Continental Shelf of the North Atlantic from 39° to 45° North Latitude (Map No. MMS–10), prepared by the United States Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service, Atlantic OCS Region.

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