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43 USC § 1865 - Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in Outer Continental Shelf 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t43/s1865"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "43 USC § 1865 - Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in Outer Continental Shelf"
title_number: 43
title_name: "PUBLIC LANDS"
section_number: "1865"
section_name: "Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in Outer Continental Shelf"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 99–367, § 2(c), July 31, 1986, 100 Stat. 774.)"
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# § 1865. Investigation of reserves of oil and gas in Outer Continental Shelf

The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a continuing investigation to determine an estimate of the total discovered crude oil and natural gas reserves by fields (including proved and indicated reserves) and undiscovered crude oil and natural gas resources (including hypothetical and speculative resources) of the Outer Continental Shelf.

The Secretary of the Interior shall provide a biennial report to Congress on June 30 of every odd numbered year on the results of such investigation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–372, title VI, § 606, as added Pub. L. 99–367, § 2(c), July 31, 1986, 100 Stat. 774.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1865, , , , directed Secretary of the Interior to conduct a continuing investigation of reserves of oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf, specified items to be included in the investigation, provided for initial and subsequent reports to Congress, and required consultation with the Federal Trade Commission and information to be made available to the Federal Trade Commission, prior to repeal by .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions in this section relating to the requirement that the Secretary of the Interior provide a biennial report to Congress, see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance, and the 17th item on page 111 of House Document No. 103–7.