OCR Text |
Show I - NEW OIL LEASING BILL BILLOn BILLIS IS PASSED BY OONGRESS CONGRESS CONGRESSOn On thursday the 10\\ 10 lower 10er \ \ er house of con congress conpress congress gress press adoed adaed adced its approval to that of the thesenate thesenate thesenate senate for a definite defimte change choange of goiernment gO\ gO gOern goiern government \ ern ernment ment policy pollcy affecting affectmg oil and gas pros prospecUng prospecting prospecting pecUng pecting on the public omainThe omainThe omain omainThe The house passed without a record recordote recordvote \ ote the tht > bill b11l by Senator O'Mahoney OMahoney ' ' of ofWyoming I Wyoming Wyommg , to substitute the Issuance of ofstraight ofstraight cfstraight straight oil lea leases es foi the long longestabIished estab estabhshed establashed hshed lashed S } system stem of prospecting pernuts permits.The permitsThe . . The bIllas bill \ was \\as as changed slightly by the thehouse thehouse thehouse house , most of the amendments beingdesigned being beingdesigned beingdesigned designed to clarify administrative adrnini.strative adrninistrative . andtechnical and andtechnical andtechnical technical details The measure went wentback wentback wentback back to the senate for expected con concurrencE concuurrence concurrencp currencE cuurrence ' on house amendmentsThe amendmentsThe amendments amendmentsThe The most important change made m in mthe inthe inthe the house was contained in m an amendment amend amendment amendment ment which provides for e extension .tension tension > . toDecember to toDecember toDecember December 31 , 1937 , . of all 'all ' out standing standingpenruts standingpermits standingpermits I standingI penruts permits which are in good standing |