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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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117TH CONGRESS [REPT. 117-628
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
RESTORING COMMUNITY INPUT AND PUBLIC
PROTECTIONS IN OIL AND GAS LEASING ACT OF 2021
DECEMBER 14, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 1503]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 1503) to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to make certain
adjustments in leasing on Federal lands for oil and gas drilling,
and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favor-
ably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as
amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Restoring Community Input and Public Protections
in Oil and Gas Leasing Act of 2021.
SEC. 2. LEASING PROCESS.
(a) ONSHORE OIL AND GAS LEASING.-Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act (30
U.S.C. 226(a)) is amended by striking the matter preceding (a) All lands and all
that follows through the end of subsection (a) and inserting the following:
SEC. 17. LEASING OF LAND CONTAINING OIL OR GAS DEPOSITS.
(a) LEASING AUTHORITY.-
(1) IN GENERAL.-All lands subject to disposition under this Act that are
known or believed to contain oil or gas deposits may be leased by the Secretary.
(2) RECEIPT OF FAIR MARKET VALUE.-Leasing activities under this Act shall
be conducted to assure receipt of fair market value for the lands and resources
leased and the rights conveyed by the United States..
(b) COMPETITIVE BIDDING.-Section 17(b)(1) of the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C.
226(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking all that precedes (A) All lands and all that
follows through the end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
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