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title: "42 U.S.C. § 7140"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 7140 - Leasing Liaison Committee; establishment; composition

## Text

There is established a Leasing Liaison Committee which shall be composed of an equal number of members appointed by the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior.

(Pub. L. 95–91, title II, § 210, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577.)