lessee
Defined in 6 places across 6 titles of the United States Code.
“lessee” means a person holding a leasehold interest in an oil or gas lease on lands beneath navigable waters (as that term is defined in section 1301(a) of title 43) or on submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf, granted or maintained under applicable State law or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);
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- 1994–present33 U.S.C. § 2701Navigation and Navigable Waters · Definitions · in this section
“lessee” means any person to whom the United States, an Indian tribe, or an Indian allottee, issues a lease, or any person who has been assigned an obligation to make royalty or other payments required by the lease;
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- 1994–199630 U.S.C. § 1702Mineral Lands and Mining · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
“lessee” means any person to whom the United States issues an oil and gas lease or any person to whom operating rights in a lease have been assigned;
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- 1996–present30 U.S.C. § 1702Mineral Lands and Mining · Definitions · for the purposes of this chapter
The term “lessee” means a natural person who leases or is offered a consumer lease.
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- 1994–present15 U.S.C. § 1667Commerce and Trade · Definitions · for purposes of this part
the term “lessee” means the holder of an 1890 lease which either expires in 1991 or is one of the leases listed in document 1 of the Technical Documents, including any lessee who holds an 1890 lease by reason of assignment, inheritance, or other manner as provided by the Act referred to in paragraph (1)(A);
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- 1994–present25 U.S.C. § 1774AIndians · Definitions · for the purposes of this subchapter
The term “lessee” means the holder of any lease.
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- 1994–present43 U.S.C. § 316APublic Lands · Definitions · as used in this subchapter
The term “lessee” means the party with whom the Secretary has entered into an enhanced-use lease under this subchapter.
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- 2016–present38 U.S.C. § 8161Veterans Benefits · Definitions · for the purposes of this subchapter